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Turbonegro has an exhausting history and rather than pull a “Pitchfork reviews El-P,” here’s a brief catch-up: A billion singers. A billion drummers. Deathpunk giving way to glampunk. Heroin. Rehab. Heroin again. Ass rockets. Cancer. Erections. TV theme show songs. Steadily declining returns on each successive album. Videogame soundtracks. Hiatus. Now that the band is [...]
It’s been five years since Retox was released. In that time Hank Von Helvete left to pursue other interests, Chris Summers was asked to leave the band, and things looked pretty bleak for the Turbojugend in general. Indefinite hiatus, no replacement for Hank, a lackluster “final” album. And then, the band finds a new singer, [...]
Step one: drastically overhaul style. Step two: release best album of career. Step three: unexpectedly split up. It’s not the most common career trajectory, but Norway’s Turbonegro were anything but a common band. After successfully recapturing the chaos of early Black Flag on Ass Cobra, the band’s lineup gained a few new members and the [...]
