Skambankt

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Skambankt
Skambankt live in Ås, April 28, 2007
Background information
Origin	Norway
Genre(s)	Rock, Hard rock
Years active	1994-1995 2004-present
Label(s)	DogJob
Website	Skambankt.com
Members
Terje Winterstø Røthing Tollak Friestad Hans Egil Løe Børge Henriksen
Former members
Tom Egil Løe

This article is about the band. For the self-titled album, see Skambankt (album).

Skambankt (Beaten to a pulp or beaten up) is a Norwegian Hardcore band from Klepp, just south of Stavanger. They play a mixture of classic rock'n'roll, punk and hardrock in the tradition of bands like Motörhead, AC/DC, Sex Pistols, Ramones and The Stooges. All the lyrics are in Norwegian, and they convey the real spirit of punk: against the state, against the system, against corruption, capitalism, monitoring, religious fanaticism, and generally hate and treachery. To put it simply, against everything.

The band was founded in 1994 already. The line-up was Ted Winters at guitar and vocals, Don Fist at bass, and Hanz Panzer at drums. But at that time there was not more than a few live-gigs and some demo recordings. Ten years later, the original Skambankt line-up met at a stag-party where there was a stage with full backline. Some time after midnight, a decision was made that the band should be continued. This time, it was easy to get a record deal, and after Hans Panzer shifted to play the second guitar and handed his drumsticks over to Tom Skalle, the band was ready to record their first self-titled album Skambankt, which came out in 2004. This album includes the video-hit KKK (Kristelig KulturKaos), featuring Prepple Homb on guest vocals.

Since then, Skambankt have played lots of concerts and festival shows, in Norway, Denmark and even Germany. The higlight up to now was probably their gig at Roskilde Festival 2005 where they played for 20.000 people.

In 2005, they released the EP Skamania, which contains 6 new songs plus two videos. Also in 2005, Bones Wolsman joined the band, replacing Tom Skalle on drums.

In 2007, they released their second full-length album, Eliksir. The first single from the album, Tyster was b-listed on Norwegian radio, and the album got decent reviews. A video was made for the track Dynasti. It entered the Norwegian album charts on the 8th place.