What Is Rock?! - Turbonegro

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What is rock?
Rock is the area between the balls
and the anus, of a dom or other man.
What is rock?
Rock is the possibility of choking on your own vomit,
in the back of a rapist's van.

What is rock?
Denim clad satanists making love
in the sewers of Birmingham during Maggie Thatcher's prime.
What is Rock?
Rock is meeting the grim reaper
in a sports arena stampede at the tender age of nine.

We keep on trucking why, oh why?
Spreading like cancer, my, oh my.

What is rock?
Backwards messages to boys and girls
to bring machines guns to the schools.
What is rock?
No, I'm not talking about Canadian producer
and 5th Metallica, Bob Rock, you fool.

What is rock?
Oh, AC/DC, Cleveland, Ohio, well basically it's harder, heavier,
and slightly more blues based than pop.
What is rock?
Historians keep nagging about Fun House, but me?
I think Kill City is where it's at.

After decades of Indian house,
Six cats from Oslo killed the mouse.

We saved rock 'n' roll all on our own,
and forced the toll on rock 'n' roll.
We saved rock 'n' roll with our bare hands,
we saved that god damned rock 'n' roll, so skull.

But it ain't for free, we gotta group, they're our employees.
They need to be catered, got their own nice bus.
They got worthy lives, thanks to us.

And this wait at the airport to pick up my bags.
Feeling so tired, I could lay down and die.
Runes walking on stage, and plays the wrong chord,
roadies laughing so hard, they're wiping their eyes.

Many of them skilled musicians, multiracial and tattooed,
but we're the main attraction, goddamn it,
those guys ain't got a clue.

After the show sometimes we fraternize,
together in the dark back lounge.
Pat each others shoulders, try to groove on a feeling.
Digging the old school sounds.

We ride and ride into the night,
and the temperature's getting hot.
But somehow the chemistry's never right,
'cause we're doing blow and they smoke pot.

We saved rock 'n' roll all on our own,
and forced the toll on rock 'n' roll.
We saved rock 'n' roll with our bare hands,
we saved that god damned rock 'n' roll.

Where do we go from here, what can we do?
We can go left, we can go right, or you can go down on me.
What are we doing here? What's important in life?
My generation? My wife? Wow, what is rock? I don't care.

Where's the cash, where's the cash?
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
Where's the cash, where's the cash?
The money, the money, the money, money, money.

Where's the cash, where's the cash?
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
Where's the cash, where's the cash?
The money, the money, the money, money, money.

The money, the money, the money, money, money.
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
The money, the money, the money, money, money.
The money, the money, the mon.

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Turbonegro (known as Turboneger in Norway) is a Norwegian punk rock band from Oslo, formed in 1989. The band combines glam rock, hardcore punk and heavy metal into a style the band describes themselves as "deathpunk". The band started with Thomas Seltzer (the bassist, Happy-Tom as he is also called) setting up a band with some friends, called Akutt Innleggelse. They played some local concerts, and made an EP, including 3 songs, "CIA/KGB", "Supertstjerne" and "Lovesong", written by Thomas. The EP was named "Echoes From the Asylum". The cover art is a drawing of a skeleton, which Thomas found in his mothers book about the Scottish psychologist R.D Laing. The publisher was Straitjacket Records, also made by Thomas.

Thomas and a couple of friends started another band, now called "De Dype". Butthole Surfers, Sonic Youth, poop, Nietzsche and provocation was what they cared about. Their first concert was in the basement of Chateau Neuf, the Cirkus. They appeared drunk on-stage, none of the guitars were tuned, and they forgot the fuzzpedals, so the guitars sounded like violins. The point was to show the students at the party that they didn't give a fuck about them. The arrangers at last kicked them out.

Then, Turbonegro became a topic.
It wasn't worse than Pål Bøttger Kjærnes (Pål Pot Pamparius) screaming out aloud: "Hey, let's put a new band together! What shall the band name be?" Pål suggests Mindburger. Another suggests Nazipenis (which later ended up as a name of the band's tribute band). But suddenly Pål remembers a tag he had seen under a bridge in Finstad, Ski. Turboneger (Turbonegro in english). Founding member Thomas Seltzer once said, "A turbonegro is a large, well-equipped, armed black male in a fast car, out for vengeance. We are his prophets."

The six original Turbonegros were now: Thomas Seltzer, bass (Happy-Tom), Pål Bøttger Kjærnes, guitarist (Pål Pot Pamparius), Rune Grønn, guitarist (Rune Rebellion), Vegard Heskestad, guitarist, Pål Erik Carlin, vocals and Tor-Kristian Jenssen, drums (TK). Their first concert was in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1989. They smoked pot, drank beer and watched adult movies. The concert became a success for them.

Some months after the success in Denmark, they decided to make a record, "Route Zero", including songs: "Route Zero" and "I Want You Right Now", a cover by MC5. (TK, the drummer, plays a solo on guitar on the MC5-song, and they see that TK is a far better guitarist than the other guitarists). For the cover art, they pick a picture from the cult-horror movie "Basket Case". The vinyl is pink. The band name is shorten to TRBNGR.
Later they made another record, the EP "Turboloid" with no success from the reviews.

Their final band consists of: Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby, vocals (Hank Von Helvete), Thomas Seltzer, bass (Happy-Tom), Rune Grønn, guitar (Rune Rebellion), Pål Bøttger Kjærnes, percussion & piano (Pål Pot Pamparius), Knut Schreiner, lead guitar (Euroboy) and Christer Engen, drums (Chris Summers).

Their fan club is called The Turbojugend. This first 'chapter' of the club began in St Pauli, Hamburg, Germany, with later chapters appearing throughout the world.

Following their "final" tour, in 1998 singer Hank Von Hell (Hank Von Helvete in Norwegian) underwent treatment for heroin dependency. The group disbanded, with Von Helvete returning to his childhood town in Lofoten in northern Norway where he worked at a radio station, Moskenes-radioen, where he soon became their entertainer. He also worked as a guide on a fishing museum.

In 2002 the members met to discuss possibly regrouping and touring. Following practice sessions they recorded their comeback album, "Scandinavian Leather", and followed this with an extensive worldwide tour.

In 2005 they recorded their follow-up album, Party Animals.

In 2007 they released their latest album entitled Retox [11th June 2007].

On July 9th 2010, it was announced in Norwegian newspapers that Hank has left the band. Bassist Happy-Tom says this is the end for Turbonegro as a band.

June 2011 Turbonegro have called upon old friend, legendary Londoner and former Dukes Of Nothing frontman Tony Sylvester to step in as their new vocalist. Sylvester performed his first show as a Turbonegro at the Turbojugend World Days in Hamburg, Germany on July 15th. It has also been stated that Turbonegro is currently working on their new upcoming album with Tony.

Albums:
Turboloid (EP)(1990)
Hot Cars and Spent Contraceptives (1992)
Helta Skelta (1993)
Never Is Forever (1994)
Ass Cobra (1996)
Apocalypse Dudes (1998)
Darkness Forever! (live) (1999)
Love It to Deathpunk - The life & Times of Turbonegro (2001)
Scandinavian Leather (2003)
Party Animals (2005)
Retox (2007) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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