Okay, this does not belong in the ”strange” category, but it is really one of the most poetic names of a band that I know of. Add to this the almost militaristic pronunciation. The name means ”beaten up”, but the translation hardly conveys the hardness of the original: Skam means ”shame”, so the name could be translated with ”beaten up until you’re a shame to yourself and others”.
Stream songs including 'En For Orgelet, En For Meg', 'En for orgelet, en for meg feat. I was struck by this name the very first time I saw it on a cover in a Trondheim store. Listen to En For Orgelet, En For Meg by Kaizers Orchestra on Apple Music. 31,013 listeners Play album Post Orgasmic Chill. I won’t spell it out here, but I am sure your imagination can… See Industrial Silence pictures, cover art, and listen online to the latest music. Kakkmaddafakka come from Bergen and have recently been swaying Europe with their ”high energy live performances” (thanks, Wikipedia, for the description!) The name is a norwegianized spelling of a really rude English group of words. It’s a mixture of English and østnorsk (East Norwegian) dialect, and means something like ”vaseline auto wreckers” (!) In standard Bokmål Norwegian, the second part of the name should’ve been ” bilopphuggere” (literally ”car choppers”) – but I can’t even find it in the dictionary! I don’t know a lot about Vazelina Bilopphøggers, just that they’ve been making music and films for a lot of years, and have a really crazy name. 8, 1958, Havana, Cuba), who had previously been in a new wave band called Special Affect (fronted by future My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult leader Frankie Nardiello, aka Groovie Mann). I don’t know what the name means, but it sounds fresh and funny, like the name of a town where all the inhabitants are really happy ( -by means ”town, city”). Ministry was formed in Chicago, Illinois, United States in 1981 by Alain Jourgensen (born Oct. The name means seigmenn (”viscous men”), a kind of fruit gum candy figures which are really popular among Norwegian children (especially at birthday parties).īriskeby come from Larvik and have got some international fame. Also, when performing the band introductions during live performances of 'Kontroll p kontinentet', Janove is.
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Motor Mouth: 'Bak et halleluja' might as well be marketed as a professional elocution lesson at times.
In proper Norwegian, it’s spelled røyksopp ( røyk = smoke, sopp = mushroom). Minimalistic Cover Art: The Kaizers Orchestra EP (better known as the Gul EP) has a plain yellow cover, adorned only by a barcode.
The name means ”smoke mushroom” (a kind of mushroom). This Tromsø duo were big stars on the British scene for electronic music just a few years ago. Below are a few of my favourite ”crazy Norwegian band names”: Many bands have strange names, and Norwegian ones are no exception! Since Morten Harket and the rest of a-ha were big stars in the 1980’ies (with global hits such as ”Take On Me”), a large number of Norwegian bands have hit the world with their music … and their names.