Gravmar & the Gravediggers
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Gravmar & the Gravediggers is a Norwegian band, originating from Jæren and Bergen. Inventors of the genre "grave punk" and the "E-String Revolution". It's members are at the current time spread all over the world. The line-up is:
- Turd Ferguson - lead singer
- Bonebreaker - guitar, backing vocals
- $id $ombie - e-string bass, backing vocals
- Doctor Gravmar - e-string random rhythm cowboy guitar
- The Bitch Slappin' Little One - drums
Gravmar & the Gravediggers made their first appearance at the Hoggstock Festival 2003 (now called Ranglerock), located at Bryne, Norway. The band's ambition was to bring back punk rock to what it's all about: DIYmentality and energy instead of skills, as well as being an alternative to the music being played on radio every day. With only Bonebreaker as a proper musician (Doctor Gravmar and $id $ombie only use the e-string due to their incompetence) the band nonetheless managed to compose three songs in time for the festival. These songs ended up on Gravmar & the Gravediggers first release: Penaltyfucking With A Cactus EP. A second release, Rich Bitch EP, followed in 2004.
The band has become a regular act at the Ranglerock Festival, appearing four years in a row. They have figured on the bill alongside names such as Mika Bomb and The Young Knives. Apart from this, Gravmar & the Gravediggers has made few live appearances.
The first Gravmar & the Gravediggers album was released in 2006, called A Whole New Ballgame. Songs from this album has been played on radio podcasts all over the world, including Punky Radio and Rock Hell Radio. In Norway, the popular heavy metal show Pyro, broadcasted on national radio, played the Gravmar & the Gravediggers song Welcome To Pussyland several times throughout the autumn of 2006, making it a sort of cult underground hit. Norway's equivalent to John Peel, Harald Are Lund, played Holy Fuck on his weekly show.
