Never is Forever

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Never is Forever
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
Length	65:55
Label	Dog Job Records Bitzcore Records (Re-press)
Professional reviews
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Turbonegro chronology
(He's a) Grunge Whore (1993) Never is Forever (1994) Stinky Fingers (1995)
Alternative cover
Original 1994 cover

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.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Line-up 2.1 Band members 2.2 Additional musicians 3 Credits 4 Miscellanea 5 References

[edit] 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)

[edit] Line-up

[edit] Band members

• Hans Erik - Vocals
• Rune - Guitar
• Pål - Guitar/Vocals
• Bengt - Bass/Vocals
• Thomas - Drums

[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

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