''Scandinavian Leather'' is an album by the Norwegian band

Turbonegro Turbonegro (Turboneger in Norway) is a Norwegian rock band, active from 1989 to 1998 and from 2002 to the present. The band combines glam rock, punk rock, and hard rock into a self-described "deathpunk" musical style. History Early years (19 ...

that followed the band's reunion in 2002 and was released in April 2003 on

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in Sweden, on Bitzcore Records in Germany, on

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in Japan, and on 6 May 2003 on

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in the United States.

Music and lyrics

With ''Scandinavian Leather'' Turbonegro returned to a more

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style, continuing that found on '' Apocalypse Dudes'' with a development of the 'deathpunk' sound. While the songwriting is reminiscent of that of the

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, the sound is more multi-layered, including string arrangements, harmonic backing vocals,

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influences and psychedelic undertones, which the band coined "Rainbow Rock", or deathpunk with a pop sensibility.

Track listing

Personnel

Hank von Helvete Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby (15 June 1972 – 19 November 2021), also known as Hank von Helvete in Norway and Hank von Hell internationally, was a Norwegian singer best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Turbonegro. He was a member of Turbone ...

(Hans Erik Dyvik Husby) – vocals * Euroboy (Knut Schreiner) – lead guitar *Rune Rebellion (Rune Grønn) – rhythm guitar *Pål Pot Pamparius (Pål Bottger Kjærnes) – keyboards, saxophone, percussion *

Happy-Tom Thomas Seltzer (born 27 July 1969), also known by his stage name Happy-Tom, is a Norwegian-American musician and television presenter. He is best known as the bassist (temporarily drummer) and chief songwriter of the rock band Turbonegro. Ear ...

(Thomas Seltzer) – bass * Chris Summers (Christer Engen) – drums

Additional musicians

*Kristian "Krisvaag" Kirkvaag – drums and arrangements on "The Blizzard of Flames" with Chris Summers *Odd The God – backing vocals on "The Blizzard of Flames" with Happy-Tom *Ivar Winther – flute on "Wipe It 'Til It Bleeds" *Mariann Thomassen – additional backing vocals on "Train of Flesh" *Lars Horntvedt – string arrangements on "Locked Down" with Euroboy *Tomas Dahl – additional backing vocals on "Drenched in Blood (D.I.B.)" *Torgny Amdam – additional backing vocals on "Ride with Us"

Production

*Jürgen Goldschmitt – executive producer *Anders Møller – engineer *Marius Bodin Larsen – engineer *Stefan Boman – recording engineer (additional) *

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– mixing *Henke Jonsson – mastering *Daniel Krieger – lacquer cutting *Sebastian Ludvigsen – photography *

Klaus Voormann Klaus Otto Wilhelm Voormann (born 29 April 1938) is a German graphic artist, artist, musician, and record producer. Voormann was the bassist for Manfred Mann from 1966 to 1969, and performed as a session musician on a host of recordings, includ ...

– cover art *Tobbe Barth – layout *Trond Sættem – director (live footage and documentary) *Erik Ohlsson – DVD animations and menu *Jesper Eriksson – DVD authoring and mastering

References

{{Authority control Turbonegro albums 2003 albums Burning Heart Records albums Albums with cover art by Klaus Voormann