Never Is Forever

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	[1]
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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."

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 progressive 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.

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)

Line-up

Band members

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

Additional musicians

• Åsgeir Knudsen - Additional instruments on "Letter From Your Momma"

Credits

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

References

1. ^ Never Is Forever at Allmusic