Never Is Forever is the second full-length album by the Norwegian

Norway

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 band Turbonegro

Turbonegro

Turbonegro is a Norwegian punk rock band that was initially active from 1989 to 1998, and later reformed in 2002. Their style combines glam rock, punk rock and hard rock into a style the band describes as "deathpunk"....

 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

Derrick (TV series)

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-style" cover artwork in 1999. This album - "a tribute to Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult

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" 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."

Four songs from the Grunge Whore EP

Extended play

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 are also included here. As well as a hidden track that features Bingo singing "Staten Och Kapitalet", a 70's radical left-wing progressive rock

Progressive rock

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 tune by Blå Tåget

Blå Tåget

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 made into a national hit song in Sweden

Sweden

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 in 1980 by punk rock band Ebba Grön

Ebba Grön

Ebba Grön was a Swedish punk band formed in Stockholm in 1977. Ebba Grön consisted of Joakim Thåström , Gunnar Ljungstedt and Lennart Eriksson . After the release of their second album in 1981, they were joined by a fourth member, Anders Sjöholm, also known as Stry Terrarie, on keyboard...

, plus bits of Evel Knievel

Evel Knievel

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 performing a couple of country ballads.

Track listing

1. "Letter From Your Momma" – 2:16
2. "Suburban Prince's Death Song" – 3:36
3. "Übermensch" – 3:37
4. "I Will Never Die" – 3:54
5. "No Beast So Fierce" – 3:54
6. "Destination: Hell" – 3:23
7. "Timebomb" – 3:18
8. "Pain In Der Arsch Pocket Full Of Cash" – 1:31
9. "Hush, Earthling" – 3:14
10. "Nihil Sleighride" – 2:59
11. "(He's A) Grunge Whore" – 4:37
12. "Black Chrome" – 2:26
13. "Oslo Bloodbath Pt. II: I Don't Care" – 2:44
14. "Oslo Bloodbath Pt. III: The Ballad Of Gerda And Tore" – 24:26
15. "Satan Och Kapitalet" (hidden track, CD-only)

Band members

• Hans Erik
  Hank Von Helvete
  Hans Erik Dyvik Husby , also known as Hank von Helvete, Hertugen and Hærtis, most famous for being the former lead vocalist of the Norwegian death-punk band Turbonegro. While not explicitly addressed to date, the name Helvete was adopted due to its meaning "hell" or "a place of suffering" in...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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• Rune
  Rune Rebellion
  Rune Rebellion is the stage name of Rune Grønn, a guitarist from Verdal, Norway, born 1965, he is most famous of being the former rhythm guitarist of the Norwegian band Turbonegro, which he quit in Oct. 26. 2007, and played his last show in Folken in Stavanger the day after. However, he returned in...
  
   - Guitar
  Guitar
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• Pål - Guitar/Vocals
• Bengt - Bass
  Bass guitar
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  /Vocals
• Thomas
  Happy-Tom
  Thomas Seltzer , better known by his stage name Happy-Tom, is the bassist and main songwriter in the band Turbonegro, famous for wearing feminine makeup and a sailor's uniform....
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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Credits

• Morten Anderson - Photography
• Ando - Photography
• Christian A. Calmeyer - Engineer
• Dimitri - Artwork
• Craig Morris - Editing, Mastering