Norwegian rock
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Norway has produced a number of famous rock bands, including the pop group a-ha.
Norway also has a notable progressive rock scene, which began in 1971 with the release of Junipher Greene's Friendship, which was the country's first double album. Later, more progressive bands like Folque incorporated elements of traditional Norwegian folk music in their recordings. Other bands include Ruphus, Aunt Mary and Høst. This scene was in large part fueled by the success Frank Zappa had in Norway.
In the 80's Norway had Return, Stage Dolls and TNT, who was the first Norwegian band to be featured on the American Billboard charts. In the latter years of this decade a new generation of bands started to gain popularity. It was bands who sang in Norwegian. Here Norway got the "4 great ones": DumDum Boys, DeLillos, Raga Rockers and Jokke & Valentinerne. All bands except Jokke (Joachim "Jokke" Nielsen died in 2000) are still active.
More recently, the Norwegian rock-scene has been dominated internationally by bands such as Turbonegro, Gluecifer and Madrugada, but several bands (like Bigbang and Euroboys) concentrate on the domestic market.
In the 1990s, Norway saw the growing of the underground black metal scene, with bands including Mayhem, Immortal, Enslaved, Darkthrone, Burzum, Satyricon and Dimmu Borgir.
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