The Quart Festival was an annual popular music festival that took place in Kristiansand , Norway in the beginning of July, from 1991 to 2008. It was the most visited music festival in Norway.
64-594: It was first named Qvadradurmusivalen in 1991, but changed into the more ear-catching Quart Festival the following year. For several years Quart was the largest music festival in Norway, but went bankrupt in 2008 in part due to tough competition from the Hovefestivalen in Arendal and some Oslo -based festivals. There have been some scandals during the years. On the evening of 6 June, citing low ticket sales (14,000 against
128-658: A band called "De Dype" – a noisy and subversive ensemble inspired by American rock band Butthole Surfers . Early Turbonegro continued that conceptional style. Turbonegro played their first show in March 1989 at Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen , Denmark. In April, they played their home town of Oslo for the first time. In the following weeks, they recorded their debut single Route Zero and additional songs for their Turboloid 12" EP . Both records were released by Thomas Seltzer's label, Straitjacket Records, which he started in 1983 to release
192-565: A budget of 30,000), the festival management officially decided to cancel the 2008 festival (due to start on 1 July) and as well file the managing company for bankruptcy. Following the 2007 festival, the company had a deficiency of roughly 16 million kroner . The Quart Festival was revived by one of the original organisers and was held on 30 June to 4 July 2009. Slash's performance was backed by Teddy Andreadis, Jason Bonham , Chris Cheney, John 5 and Frankie Perez, and included guest performances from Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie Wood and Fergie. The festival
256-475: A focus on other projects, we have been forced to ask drummer Chris Summers to resign from Turbonegro." Chris' replacement was announced to be The Vikings drummer Thomas Dahl, who had been filling in for Chris since he broke his foot. In early 2008, guitarist Euroboy also announced that he and Happy-Tom were working on a new album tentatively titled Tumours . They continued their Retox album tour throughout 2008 and 2009, and on 7 August 2008, Turbonegro celebrated
320-399: A modified version of a Grand Funk song, "We are a Norwegian Band". With their next album, Apocalypse Dudes , the band made a musical move into mid-1970s punk and glam territory in the spirit of proto-punk pioneers á la The Dictators , The Ramones or late Iggy & The Stooges, plus a bit of New York Dolls travesty thrown in. As Euroboy explained, "When I came into the band, that added
384-431: A more consumer-friendly choice. The band's name raised some eyebrows and, for that reason, their first releases were sometimes branded "TRBNGR", perhaps to preclude backlash against what some consider to be a racist name. However, the band's stated motivations are anti-racist, an attempt to change the attitude of racism and nationalism perceived as prevalent in parts of Scandinavia . According to lead guitarist Euroboy,
448-585: A new band featuring Hank von Helvete on vocals had been formed, called Doctor Midnight & the Mercy Cult , with an album to be released in 2011. Euroboy stated in an interview with "Lydverket" that Turbonegro would appear with Tony Sylvester as the replacement for Hank von Helvete for the first time in Hamburg on 15 July. Former member Rune Rebellion also rejoined the band as rhythm guitarist, while Rune's replacement and former keyboardist Pål Pot went on to become
512-467: A part-time member, due to family and working commitments. In May 2012, social networks announced that a new Turbonegro album was about to be released. The new album would be titled Sexual Harassment , and would be released on 13 June 2012, on the Universal Music label for Norway, Sweden and Finland, and Volcom Entertainment for the rest of the world. This announcement was followed by the release of
576-549: A record deal for two new albums with Burning Heart Records , an independent record company from Sweden with a long tradition in the punk & hardcore sector. Burning Heart also licensed Turbonegro's most successful albums Ass Cobra and Apocalypse Dudes from Bitzcore and reissued them as digipak CDs with additional video footage from the recent Res-erection show at Quart. Turbonegro appeared in an episode of Viva La Bam during Season 1. The band plays their concert at Bam's West Chester home. Their single, "All My Friends Are Dead",
640-690: A ruinous tour outside Norway. With money left from a grant, they went for one gig confirmed in Ålborg , Denmark, then headed south to Hamburg , Germany, where they became stranded in an unsuccessful search for an opportunity to play. After five days, the band ran out of money, but then they were able to make contacts with Gravy Train Agency, who organized several tours for Turbonegro outside Scandinavia in later years, as well as people from Crypt Records . In late March 1993, Fossberg played his last show with Turbonegro at Sentrum Scene in Oslo. He quit for health reasons and
704-666: A serious problem and, as a result, the remainder of the tour was cancelled. They bid their farewell on 18 December 1998, at Mars in their hometown of Oslo. The last song they performed onstage before they broke up was the final encore "I Am in Love with the Destructive Girls". On the threshold of what was expected to be a major breakthrough for the band, Turbonegro withdrew from the music business and appeared unlikely to ever return. While there were several reasons, Hank von Helvete's drug addiction made it impossible for him to continue. Leaving
SECTION 10
#1732855346108768-513: A tendency to disruptive and sarcastic lyrics. Swedish broadcasting DJ Lars Aldman once described their sound as, "Radio Birdman meets Venom in an institution for sexually abused retards," and Danish Moshable magazine wrote, "One great big hunk of an album that simply barfs up the best in Scandinavian punk rock - and then slam it into overdrive. So fucking punk that it will tear you a new asshole - and then some!" In December 1992, Turbonegro began
832-705: A ’70s rock-n-roll feel that wasn't there before...Turbonegro was just as dirty, but they were certainly more punk rock-driven than (before). We brought the Rolling Stones into the Ramones." It was time to take the new and improved Turbonegro back across the Atlantic with the "Summer of Head" U.S. tour. They were more warmly received this time, but still played only a few shows that were plagued with problems. Nonetheless, after years of stumbling through lineup changes, name changes and various shticks, they finally found themselves. In
896-556: Is "not enough suffering" and "not enough natural selection". Their genre of punk has been self-described as deathpunk. The band has stated that their music superseded existing genres, so they dubbed it "deathpunk" as a way to avoid being pigeonholed into musical groupings they felt they were above. Lyrics referencing the genre choice include "gimme deathpunk baby, and I like it" from the song "Get It On". Sharing characteristics with certain musical predecessors, ( Sex Pistols wearing swastikas, etc.), Turbonegro has been praised by some as playing
960-515: Is a Norwegian rock band, active from 1989 to 1998 and from 2002 to the present. The band combines glam rock , punk rock , and hard rock into a self-described "deathpunk" musical style. Turbonegro formed in Oslo during the winter of 1988–1989. The initial lineup consisted of Thomas Seltzer (a.k.a. Happy-Tom), Vegard Heskestad, Pål Bøttger Kjærnes, Rune Grønn, Pål Erik Carlin and Tor-Kristian "TK" Jenssen. Seltzer and Heskestad had formerly performed in
1024-448: Is the perfect mix of classic 70's US punk / rock'n'roll like Dictators, Heartbreakers & Ramones... every tune on this release is fucking brilliant". Jello Biafra said, "The new Turbonegro record is possibly the most important European record ever." Turbonegro supported the album by touring the US in the spring and playing 24 sold-out shows throughout Europe. Kåre João Pedersen of Kåre and
1088-487: The lo-fi aesthetics of the garage . "When the rest of the punk oriented world tried hard to be lo-fi and 'real', Turbonegro as usual went the opposite way, creating a miniature suburban deathpunk opera. Seldom have pop culture, darkness and desperation blended so well." The release of this album followed their first full European Tour, which was nicknamed "Nihil Jung" and had 17 shows in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and
1152-454: The 10-year anniversary of Apocalypse Dudes by performing the entire album at the Øya Festival in Oslo, Norway. After finishing their Retox world tour, the band announced through the Turbojugend -Forum that they were going on hiatus for an unknown amount of time. On 9 July 2010, Norwegian newspapers announced that Hank had left the band. Subsequently, in early December 2010, news broke that
1216-832: The Bad Seeds , Pulp , Ministry , Massive Attack , Coolio , Orbital , Leftfield , Underworld , Beck , Black Grape Goldie / Metalheadz , The Presidents of the USA , Foo Fighters , The Amps , The Chemical Brothers , The Roots , Ocean Colour Scene , Fear Factory , Slayer , GZA , The Mike Flowers Pops Ken Ishii , Nightmares on Wax , BT , Faithless , Lionrock , Moloko , Ash , Nicolette , Spring Heel Jack , Dog Eat Dog , Whipping Boy , Dirty Three , The Brotherhood , Morcheeba , Fun Lovin' Criminals , Hallucinogen , Super Furry Animals , Bis , Motorpsycho , Peltz, The Highrollers, Penthouse Playboys, Palace of Pleasure, Folk & Røvere, Gartnerlosjen , Turbonegro , Subgud, Kåre and
1280-1021: The Bad Seeds , Pulp , Ministry , Orbital , Underworld , Beck , Massive Attack , Black Grape 1997 : Rage Against the Machine , Suede , Einstürzende Neubauten , Daft Punk , Aphex Twin , The Charlatans 1998 : Beastie Boys , Portishead , Björk , Iggy Pop , Tori Amos , Teenage Fanclub , Wyclef Jean 1999 : The Roots , Fatboy Slim , Happy Mondays , Garbage , Marilyn Manson , Blur , Massive Attack , The Cardigans , Skunk Anansie 2000 : Sonic Youth , Oasis , Leftfield , Moby , Death in Vegas , Morten Abel , Madrugada , Nine Inch Nails , Counting Crows , Macy Gray 2001 : Manic Street Preachers , Deftones , Beck , Alanis Morissette , PJ Harvey , The Dandy Warhols , Motörhead , Coldplay , Wyclef Jean , Mayhem 2002 : David Bowie , Travis , Rammstein , No Doubt , Morten Abel , Belle and Sebastian , Turbonegro , Kent , …And You Will Know Us by
1344-516: The Cavemen substituted for Hank on the US tour as the singer was hospitalized in a mental facility. By fall, the band returned for another 16 European dates on the "Darkness Forever" tour, which was for a long time their last, and ultimately the end of Turbonegro. According to Happy-Tom, "Turbonegro broke up in the waiting room of a psychiatric emergency ward in Milan , Italy." Hank's mental indisposition became
SECTION 20
#17328553461081408-674: The Cavemen , The 3rd and the Mortal , Alania, Tørst, Salida, Gluecifer , Mindstate, Red Cloud, Dryads, Silent, Ad Libitum, Groms, The Weeds, Cirkus Gilmour, Whipped Cream Royale. 28 and 29 June 2016, the Quart Festival will be revived at Odderøya . The occasion is the 25th anniversary since the first festival. The organisers promise major Norwegian and International names. 58°08′07″N 8°00′14″E / 58.1354°N 8.004°E / 58.1354; 8.004 Hovefestivalen The Hove Festival ( Norwegian : Hovefestivalen )
1472-548: The Dude , Placebo , Rufus Wainwright , Opeth , The Raconteurs , Wolfmother , Richard Hawley , Gogol Bordello , Flogging Molly , The Cat Empire , Death Cab for Cutie 2007 : Turbonegro , The Who , Scissor Sisters , 50 Cent , BigBang , Chris Cornell , Motorpsycho , Black Debbath , The Roots , Mew , Talib Kweli 2009 : Marilyn Manson , John 5 , Slash , Ozzy Osbourne , Young Jeezy , The Black Eyed Peas , Placebo , Korn , Chris Cornell Headliners: Nick Cave and
1536-486: The EP of his first band Akutt Innleggelse . The first session was recorded at Nesodden Musikkverksted by Christian Calmeyer. Seltzer played bass and drums on Route Zero . An initial pressing of 50 copies came with an exclusive demo tape called Computech, featuring a cover of The Stooges ' song 1970 . The early pre-deathpunk Turbonegro sound featured fairly tormented and distorted noise rock (contemporary reviews compared
1600-606: The Netherlands. By the winter of 1994–1995, the band had reclaimed the name Turbonegro, but had a new look referred to as the " Al Jolson schtick ", though it did not last long. Happy-Tom summed it up with an anecdote, "So there we were backstage with our black faces and wigs and little hats, smoking pot with our all-time heroes the Bad Brains , and the absurdity just didn't cross our minds. I mean, those guys didn't mention it, they were probably just embarrassed on our behalf." The gag
1664-483: The Record Industry. All songs on this release would resurface on their next album, with the exception of "Six Pack". Their second album Never Is Forever (1994) was recorded by Christian Calmeyer at Nesodden Musikkverksted, and was self-released (limited to 1,200 copies) with a friend at Oslo Musikk Distribusjon. In their own words, this second album was "a tribute to Blue Öyster Cult ", an attempt to dissociate from
1728-572: The Rolling Stones , KISS , Venom , Radio Birdman , AC/DC , Iggy Pop & James Williamson , Circle Jerks , David Bowie , Ramones , the Lewd, Hanoi Rocks , Alice Cooper , Negazione , the Dictators and the Stooges . Initially, the band had two running ideas for band names: Nazipenis and Turbonegro . They were advised that a band named Nazipenis would never sell records, so they chose Turbonegro as
1792-896: The Stone Age proved that the American Turbojugend contingent had grown completely out of control, and almost 150 shows later, Turbonegro finished the Scandinavian Leather campaign by selling out the House of Blues in Los Angeles two days in a row in December 2004. While Scandinavian Leather was recorded at their own Crystal Canyon Studio in Oslo, Turbonegro decided to bring in Steven Shane McDonald as co-producer for Party Animals . This follow-up to 2003s Scandinavian Leather and
1856-774: The Trail of Dead , Jon Spencer Blues Explosion , Kaizers Orchestra , Muse , White Stripes 2003 : Massive Attack , Nas , Coldplay , The Flaming Lips , Queens of the Stone Age , Röyksopp , The Cardigans , Immortal , Mew , Tumi And The Volume 2004 : Alicia Keys , The Black Eyed Peas , Sean Paul , The Darkness , Morrissey , Pixies , Franz Ferdinand , The Hives , !!! , Phoenix , Pleasure , The Cumshots , Slipknot , N.E.R.D. 2005 : Audioslave , Green Day , Foo Fighters , Jimmy Eat World , Snoop Dogg , Thomas Dybdahl , The Game , Porcupine Tree , Stonegard , Fantômas 2006 : Depeche Mode , Tool , Kanye West , Muse , Pharrell , Arctic Monkeys , Damian Marley , Devin
1920-538: The United Kingdom. The Turbonegro official site was completely redesigned for the new album release, and the new site debuted on 11 June 2007. On 27 October 2007, Rune Rebellion played his last live show with Turbonegro in Stavanger , Norway, and subsequently left the band. He said, "The decision was made this summer, realizing I hadn't had time off at all from work or touring for three years." Despite his departure from
1984-514: The age of 12 were admitted free of charge. Hove strove to be an environmentally neutral festival, both buying carbon offset quotes for all power and transportation used during and prior to the festival, and sorting and recycling all trash produced by the event. Preparation for the festival relied heavily on volunteer work. In 2010 there were a total of 2,500 people volunteering for security, stage hand, drivers, kitchen duty and post-festival cleanup. Hove consisted of several different areas such as
Quart Festival - Misplaced Pages Continue
2048-453: The age of 49. His former bandmate Happy-Tom paid tribute to him on social media, as did current Turbonegro frontman Tony "Duke of Nothing" Sylvester, who wrote "I never tried to fill your shoes as that would have been impossible." . Turbonegro's lyrics often attack political correctness . For example, the cover of the single "Bad Mongo" depicts Adolf Hitler as mentally retarded, and in the song "Hobbit Motherfuckers", they complain that there
2112-669: The album's first single "You Give Me Worms" on 4 May. The Album is produced by Matt Sweeney . In an interview with the Swedish Newspaper Värmlands Folkblad in April 2015, Tony Sylvester says that the band is currently working on new material, but that he can not say when and how the music becomes available. A later update revealed the album, titled "Rock N' Roll Machine", would be released in February 2018. Former frontman Hank von Helvete passed away on 19 November 2021, at
2176-405: The autumn of 1997, their next album Apocalypse Dudes – the first part of the so-called Apocalypse trilogy – was recorded at Endless Sound studios in Oslo with producer Pål Klaastad. When Happy-Tom was asked if their new sound and album had anything to do with Euroboy's entry into the band, he replied, "Yep, he's a genius, and so is our new drummer Chris Summers, The Prince of Drummers. We released
2240-521: The band as the keyboard player and dancer. His return would be the final touch in the latest incarnation of the band. The new look, sound and album irritated and fascinated the European underground . People were starting to pay attention to Turbonegro. In December and January, Turbonegro continued touring with 14 more dates in Spain, Portugal, France, Germany and Denmark. The insignia of their stage performance –
2304-445: The band name also has a peculiar origin. "I think Pål saw it spray-painted on a brick wall in a tube-station in a suburb of Oslo back in the day. It's actually two Latin words. It means 'fast' and 'black,' and we thought that was a cool name for a band. Because our music is very fast and very dark. And also, it's a name for a color. In the car industry, it's the name for the paint, for the darkest paint. If you want to paint your car black,
2368-497: The band states that early on they were often driven away from shows they were to play because they were not edgy enough or did not fit the look that the crowd wanted. As a result, the onstage schticks started to become as much of the Turbonegro experience as the music. Following several tours in blackface, the band started an oddball theme of tight denim pants, nautically themed stage props and homosexual innuendo, stylistically similar to
2432-481: The band to undergo treatment for heroin dependency, as well as his struggle with depression, von Helvete returned to his childhood town in northern Norway. There, he worked at a Local radio station and as a guide at a Fishing Village Museum. Another reason for Turbonegro's hiatus was that the band was stuck in an oppressive record deal with Boomba. The band saw very little money from the arrangement, and cancelling their tour with Nashville Pussy after playing only half
2496-611: The band's sound to Halo of Flies or early Mudhoney ). Turboloid was the second and last release by the original lineup. Drummer Carlos Carrasco left to play guitar for Anal Babes. In 1990, Route Zero was reissued by Sympathy for the Record Industry with two additional songs from the Turboloid EP. In September of that year, Turbonegro left for a three-week tour of the United States. Hours after their arrival in Minneapolis , Grønn
2560-632: The band, Happy-Tom said, "Most rock 'n' roll bands start as a riot but end up as a parody. We started up as a parody but ended up as a revolution." On 8 March 2007, the new single " Do You Do You Dig Destruction " was released in Norway. The single was from the album, Retox , released on 13 June 2007. On 10 July 2007, Turbonegro was one of the warmup bands, alongside HIM , at Metallica 's headlining concert at Valle Hovin Stadium in Oslo, Norway. The band toured Europe in late summer in 2007, including an appearance at Download Festival and 10 intimate gigs in
2624-473: The band, putting Turbonegro on hold. Pål wanted to travel, while Bingo didn't like the new musical direction ("less Slayer, more rock'n'roll.") Happy-Tom, at the same time, was suffering from stress injuries to his arms after the U.S. tour. Therefore, agreements were made to put the band on hold for a while. In that same year, Anthony Martin started his new label, Boomba Records, in order to release Turbonegro's third album Ass Cobra . It did not come out until
Quart Festival - Misplaced Pages Continue
2688-486: The bulging denim, make-up, Hank's routine of sticking a lit Roman candle in his butt-crack, Happy-Tom's sailor hat, Euroboy's lithesome and sultry guitar choreography, and Hank's attempts at addressing the audience in their broken native tongue – became Turbonegro's trademarks. In spring 1997, Turbonegro had another lineup change. Christer Engen (a.k.a. Chris Summers , from BigBang ) took over on drums, and they were ready to tour Europe again. This time, they opened up with
2752-464: The camp area, festival area and "zero" area. The camp held up to 10,000 campers and was open throughout the festival. The festival area, including the shopping street, was open to everyone who had a day bracelet or festival bracelet. The zero area, which has several fast-food shops, was open to everyone with or without bracelet. The festival had three main performance stages: Hovescenen , Amfiscenen and Teltscenen (tent stage), with Hovescenen being
2816-494: The characters of Tom of Finland . A tongue-in-cheek joke, the homosexual/ transvestite stage presence found its way into the band's music, including songs such as "Prince of the Rodeo" and "Rendezvous with Anus". Levi's jeans endorsements soon followed, and the trucker-cut jacket soon became standard fare among fans. The band's first break-out album, Ass Cobra (1996), was widely acclaimed. Jello Biafra would later comment that it
2880-524: The dates added to their financial problems. In 1999, Bitzcore Records out of Hamburg bought the contracts from Boomba and began to reissue Turbonegro's entire back-catalogue of albums. The year 1999 also saw the release of a posthumous live album entitled Darkness Forever! It released selections from two of the band's shows in Hamburg and Oslo, documenting Turbonegro's larger-than-life stage antics. Their appreciation among contemporary artists from diverse musical genres as rock, pop, punk and even black metal
2944-429: The largest. One of the more prominent acts at Hovescenen was Muse in 2010. In 2007 there were 72,000 visitors and 53,000 sold tickets, which included 7,700 week passes, making this Norway's largest music festival of the year. Program 2007 Tuesday 26 June Wednesday 27 June "In southern Norway the sun only sets for two hours," noted Brandon Flowers of The Killers . "We headlined and we came off just as it
3008-623: The last installment in the Apocalypse trilogy was released throughout Europe on 9 May (in Norway 2 May). It continued the 1970s and 1980s glam metal and hard rock-influenced party-oriented deathpunk sound that was first introduced on Apocalypse Dudes . Party Animals was followed by intense touring throughout Europe and, in October, they visited the U.S. A collection of remixes and rarities appeared in 2005 as Small Feces . Turbonegro went on tour again in 2006 to mostly European locations. In summarizing
3072-444: The momentum from their previous albums (especially Ass Cobra and Apocalypse Dudes ) continued to grow as more and more music fans turned to their music. Unbeknownst to the band, Turbonegro was becoming a cult phenomenon . Fan clubs were established all over the world (see Turbojugend ). The immense following and the tribute album revealed a huge interest that, by audience numbers, hadn't existed before they had quit. When Turbonegro
3136-518: The most up-to-date form of punk with an anarchic blend of humour, shock and sexuality. In the Turbonegro – The Movie DVD extras, Happy-Tom says that, early on, festival-goers expected Turbonegro to be gothic metal or black metal in the vein of other Norwegian bands. They are notorious for their on-stage gimmicks . An early version of the band wore blackface and wigs onstage in an effort to challenge those watching their shows. On The Reserection DVD,
3200-618: The new singer. Bengt "Bingo" Calmeyer soon joined the band on bass guitar. In the summer of 1991, the new lineup released the Vaya Con Satan 7" in the U.S., followed by their 1992 debut album of Hot Cars and Spent Contraceptives on Big Ball Records. Both the single and the CD introduced the world to deathpunk, Turbonegro's self-acclaimed genre. The musical pre-settings were anticipating later Ass Cobra era – dark death-driven punk rock with occasional excursions into hardcore and metal , as well as
3264-408: The position of rhythm guitar , he was still closely collaborating with the band by running their label, Scandinavian Leather Recordings and managing their itinerary. On 3 March 2008, it was announced that Chris Summers had been asked to leave the band. He had already been gone from the band for six months due to a broken foot. On the band's website, they announced that, "[due to] personal problems and
SECTION 50
#17328553461083328-495: The punk album of the millennium with 'Ass Cobra,' and didn't want to make an 'Ass Cobra' part two, plus we spent two years writing new stuff, so as to make sure that every song is a hit, so we ended up making the rock album of the next millennium." The album was released in March 1998 by Boomba Records. However, it was released in Norway exclusively by Virgin . It is regarded among many fans and critics as their best and most successful album. Moshable magazine wrote, " Apocalypse Dudes
3392-423: The sound." The first recordings of the new and improved Turbonegro were the "Denim Demon" and "Bad Mongo" singles in the spring of 1995. That summer, Turbonegro left for their second attempt at a U.S. tour, "Namblin in the 90's". They played only 11 shows. In the words of Happy-Tom, "at least we didn't get the shit kicked out of us like we did the last time we were in the USA". In the fall of 1995, Bingo and Pål left
3456-721: The spring of 1996 and, by September, they were touring Europe again with a new lineup. Anders Gerner from Angst was added as the new drummer, so Happy-Tom returned to playing bass. Pål was replaced by Knut Schreiner , with whom Happy-Tom had played in The Vikings. Knut (a.k.a. Euroboy) was added to the band to help reshape their sound. The "Prince of the Rodeo" 7" was Euroboy's recording debut with Turbonegro. Also at this time, Pamparius returned from traveling in Thailand to open his "Pamparius" pizza parlor outside Oslo in Kolbotn . He decided to rejoin
3520-480: Was a music festival held on the island Tromøya outside of Arendal in southern Norway . It was held for the first time from 26 to 30 June 2007. Running for eight years and at one time the largest music festival in Norway, Hove Festival was discontinued after its 2014 show due to negative profits. Hove Festival was acquired by Festival Republic in 2008 after going bankrupt. As with other Festival Republic events, there were no age restrictions, and children under
3584-477: Was also used in some episodes of the show. Turbonegro played 22 U.S. dates in the spring of 2003, culminating in two U.S. shows at The Troubadour in Los Angeles , the first of which sold out in under an hour. The band released its highly anticipated album, the second installment of the Apocalypse trilogy, Scandinavian Leather in 2003, complete with artwork of a skull Ouroboros from legendary Revolver -designer Klaus Voormann . A U.S. tour with Queens of
3648-493: Was an economic disaster with low attendances and slow revenues. The festival was by mid-September 2009 still not able to pay their employees and is now threatened by bankruptcy. 1992 : Spiritualized , The Boo Radleys , Tom Russell , Bel Canto , Pogo Pops , Black Press , 1993 : Motorpsycho , Seigmen , 808 State 1994 : Elvis Costello , The Orb , Blur , Elastica 1995 : The Black Crowes , Weezer , Lisa Germano , Morphine 1996 : Motorpsycho , Nick Cave and
3712-558: Was approached by the organizers of the Norwegian Quart Festival about possible participation in 2002, Turbonegro agreed to the reunion. What was initially meant to be a one-off event to provide an opportunity to the many new fans to witness a Turbonegro performance, finally resulted in the band's reunion. The festival shows received tremendous response. Shortly after the Bizarre Festival, the band announced that they signed
3776-404: Was beaten by local denizens and, as a result, hospitalized. The band continued touring without him, but the tour was unsuccessful. Three weeks after the tour began, the band returned to Oslo. In the winter of 1990, Seltzer reformed Turbonegro with Kjærnes and Grønn. Norwegian punk veteran Harald Fossberg, who had gained fame in the late 1970s with Norwegian punk pioneers Hærverk, was recruited as
3840-445: Was displayed on Alpha Motherfuckers , a tribute album to Turbonegro that was compiled over a span of two years and released by Bitzcore in May 2001. The lineup included, among others, Queens of the Stone Age , Nashville Pussy , Therapy? , HIM , Bela B. & Denim Girl (a.k.a. German technopop star Blümchen ). During these four years, the band members would rarely speak; however,
3904-479: Was getting dark. We dried off and I sent to see Bright Eyes at 1am, just as it was getting light. That was incredibly moving." Thursday 28 June Friday 29 June Saturday 30 June 23 – 27 June 2008, lineup: 22 – 25 June 2008, lineup: 29 June – 2 July lineup 28 June – 1 July lineup Turbonegro Turbonegro ( Turboneger in Norway)
SECTION 60
#17328553461083968-406: Was long gone by May 1995 when they debuted the denim and moustache look. Happy-Tom said, "We feel that denim out-rocks leather at all levels. Leather is for empty, little people. Denim is for us big guys! And the kids love it!" With a new look came a new sound. Calmeyer, their engineer at the time, said, "We decided to make things more raw, trying to convey the power of the live performance, if not
4032-411: Was one of the best punk albums of the 1990s. Following Ass Cobra, was Turbonegro's most critically acclaimed release Apocalypse Dudes (1998). Apocalypse Dudes introduced a combination of 1970s arena rock , irreverent lyrics, and punk stylings, which brought the band a level of notoriety that they had not achieved at any other point in their career. Among the band's main influences are Black Flag ,
4096-618: Was replaced by Hans Erik Husby (a.k.a. Hank von Helvete), who would become their best known vocalist. With the new singer, the band was renamed Stierkampf (German for " bullfight "). They opened up for Poison Idea in Oslo and Denmark, as well as the Ramones in August 1993 at the Oslo Rock Festival. The band's only professional release as Stierkampf was the Grunge Whore EP on Sympathy for
#107892