Never is Forever
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| Studio album by Turbonegro | |||||
| Released | 1994 | ||||
| Recorded | March, 1993–December, 1993 at Nesodden Musikkverksted by Christian A. Calmeyer and Åsgeir Knudsen | ||||
| Genre | Heavy Metal Rock Punk Rock |
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| Length | 65:55 | ||||
| Label | Dog Job Records Bitzcore Records (Re-press) |
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Never is Forever is the second full-length album by the Norwegian band Turbonegro released in 1994 on Dog Job Records. It was a limited and CD only release to only 1,000 copies (some accounts suggest 1,200). Bitzcore Records re-released the album remastered and with a new "Derrick-style" cover artwork in 1999. This album - "a tribute to Blue Öyster Cult" as claimed by the band themselves - is an attempt to dissociate from the Lo-Fi estethics of the garage scene: "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."[1]
Four songs from the Grunge Whore EP are also included here. As well as a hidden track that features Bingo singing "Staten Och Kapitalet", a 70's radical left-wing prog rock tune by Blå Tåget made into a national hit song in Sweden in 1980 by punk rock band Ebba Grön, plus bits of Evel Knievel performing a couple of country ballads.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Letter From Your Momma" – 2:16
- "Suburban Prince's Death Song" – 3:36
- "Übermensch" – 3:37
- "I Will Never Die" – 3:54
- "No Beast So Fierce" – 3:54
- "Destination: Hell" – 3:23
- "Timebomb" – 3:18
- "Pain In Der Arsch Pocket Full Of Cash" – 1:31
- "Hush, Earthling" – 3:14
- "Nihil Sleighride" – 2:59
- "(He's A) Grunge Whore" – 4:37
- "Black Chrome" – 2:26
- "Oslo Bloodbath Pt. II: I Don't Care" – 2:44
- "Oslo Bloodbath Pt. III: The Ballad Of Gerda And Tore" – 24:26
- "Satan Och Kapitalet" (hidden track, CD-only)
[edit] Line-up
[edit] Band members
[edit] Additional musicians
- Åsgeir Knudsen - Additional instruments on "Letter From Your Momma"
[edit] Credits
- Morten Anderson - Photography
- Ando - Photography
- Christian A. Calmeyer - Engineer
- Dimitri - Artwork
- Craig Morris - Editing, Mastering
[edit] Miscellanea
- Although the recording sessions took place at a time when they had opted for "Stierkampf" they returned to their former name Turbonegro again for the album release. Its initial working title "Diary From A Female Prison" was later switched to "Never Is Forever", the chorus line from the song "Nihil sleighride" - a tune with evident references to Blue Öyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) The Reaper".
- The album was also released on 12" Vinyl in 1999. A limited number of 123 transparent red vinyl were also made available.
- The Bitzcore Records re-issue comes with new sleeve artwork designed by Dimitri 'from Oslo' Kayiambakis showing German TV detective superintendent 'Derrick' Horst Tappert holding a gun to his head. Furthermore the LP insert / CD traycard depicts a photo montage of Pål imitating H.M. Schleyer (president of the German employers association) as abducted by the R.A.F. terrorists in 1977. According to Happy-Tom this "was a special greeting from the other members of the band, regarding Pål's newly found role as owner and operator of Pamparius Pizza".
[edit] References
- ^ Heffington, Mike & Lucassen, Martin. Turbojugend USA - Turbonegro Discography: Full Length. Turbojugend USA. Retrieved on 2007-06-08.
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