DumDum Boys is a Norwegian

Norway

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 rock

Rock and roll

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 band from Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

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They started up in the late 1970s as a punk band under the name "Wannskrækk

Wannskrækk

Wannskrækk was a Norwegian punk rock band, from Trondheim which gained a cult following. They recorded one album, one compilation and two singles. Their only album was a split with fellow punk band Liliedugg and was named Wannskrækk/Liliedugg - Last Opera/Live Ritz Trondheim 12. juni 84 which was...

", and released a few singles under that name before they reinvented themselves with a new name and a somewhat new sound in 1985.

The new name, "DumDum Boys", was taken from a song on the album "The Idiot

The Idiot (album)

The Idiot is the debut solo album by American rock singer Iggy Pop. It was the first of two LPs released in 1977 which Pop wrote and recorded in collaboration with David Bowie...

" by Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues...

. Their debut album is called Blodig alvor (na na na na na).

Members

• Prepple Houmb
  Prepple Houmb
  Per Øivind Houmb, stage name Prepple is the vocalist and frontman in the Norwegian rock band DumDum Boys. He has also been the vocalist in the band Wannskrækk, the drummer in Belsen Boys and the bassist in the band Betty Bohm Bang Band.-References:...
  
    - Vocals
• Kjartan Kristiansen
  Kjartan Kristiansen
  Kjartan Kristiansen is the guitarist and backing vocals in the Norwegian band DumDum Boys, and he is also the lyricist and main songwriter.-References:...
  
    - Guitar, backing vocals
• Aslak Dørum
  Aslak Dørum
  Aslak Dørum is the bassist in the Norwegian rock band DumDum Boys. He joined the band in 1993, after having been closely associated with them for years, and been responsible for the band's videos. Dørum also became a song writer for DumDum Boys, a responsibility that had until then mostly been...
  
    - Bass, backing vocals
• Sola Jonsen
  Hans Olav Jonsen
  Hans Olav Sola Johnsen , stage name Sola Jonsen, is a Norwegian musician. He is the drummer in Wannskrækk, DumDum Boys, Det Gurgles and Motorpsykkel.-References:...
  
    - Drums, backing vocals

Former members

• Persi Iveland
  Persi Iveland
  Per Christian "Persi" Iveland is a Norwegian musician. He was the former bassist of Wannskrækk - and later on - DumDum Boys he was replaced by Aslak Dørum in 1993.-References:...
  
   - bass (1985–1993)
• Atle Karlsen
  Atle Karlsen (keyboardist)
  Atle Karlsen was the keyboardist of the Norwegian Rock band DumDum Boys from 1989 to 2007.-References:...
  
  - keyboards (1989–2007)

Albums

• Blodig Alvor (NaNaNaNa) (1988)
• Splitter pine (1989)
• Pstereo (1990)
• Transit (1992)
• Ludium (1994)
• 1001 watt (1994 live)
• Sus (1996)
• Totem (1998)
• Schlägers (2001 compilation)
• Gravitasjon (2006)
• Tidsmaskin (2009)

Singles

• Sorgenfri / Har du hørt?, (7") (1986)
• En vill en / Sorgenfri, CBS 651390 (1988)
• Boom boom (Allah og Herregud) /Idyll (Live), CBS 654646 (1989)
• Splitter pine / Slave (Live), CBS 655051/DUM 1 (1989)
• Plaster på såret / En plass i solen, CBS 656190 (1990)
• Englefjes / En vill en (Live), CBS 6563987(1990)
• Boom boom (Live), flexi, Folk & Røvere No. 37-91 (1990)
• Transit sigmata exit, CD-EP, Oh Yeah! RAMCDEP 1(1992)
• Mitt hjertes trell / Hva var det med det da / Gatelangs, CD, Oh Yeah! RAMCDM 1(1994)
• Sustema Magica ((I)), CD-EP, Oh Yeah! RAM XIII(1996)
• Stjernesludd / Høsten / Who's Gonna Take Your Boots Off, CD, Oh Yeah! RAMXVII (199-)
• Ikke faen, CD, Oh Yeah! ramcds XVIII(1998)
• Enhjørning, CD-single, (2006)
• Snø på Mars, CD-single, (2009)