Turbojugend

Turbojugend is the international fan club of the Norwegian rock band Turbonegro. A turbojugend member can be recognised by their specially-made denim jackets with the Turbonegro logo and "Turbojugend [name of chapter] " stitched on the back. The logo of Turbojugend Oslo can be found on almost every album Turbonegro has made. There are more than 2300 chapters worldwide.

Origins

Turbonegro guitarist Euroboy explained the club's origin: "We thought about how Kiss had the Kiss Army so we thought that Turbonegro should have our own Navy. It started as a joke in Happy Tom’s apartment. We put his address on the album sleeves and it was all just for laughs. The Jugend blossomed into something way bigger than we ever expected." When you sent in a letter/application you would receive a diploma to prove that you were a member of Turbojugend.cite web | author= Carman, Keith | title= “Turbonegro Web Exclusive Interview "| url= http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/webexclusives.aspx?csid1=114| work = Exclaim.ca| year=2007| accessdate=2007-09-22]

The jackets

The jacket commomly known as "Kutte" first came in the late '90's. Bitzcore Records would print up Levi's jackets with the Turbojugend Oslo logo on it, but changed the writing from Oslo to St. Pauli.

After a while these jackets became so requested that the Bitzcore Records-run Turbonegro-Mailorder would start printing up Levi's jackets with Turbojugend Oslo written on them (this jackets are still available but a not looked on as real Turbojugend jackets by some Turbojugend members). After a while Turbonegro-Mailorder made it possible to buy jackets with different chapter names, and this is how Turbojugend Worldwide was started.

Welt-Turbojugend-Tage

Once a year, Turbojugends from all over the world meet in St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany to celebrate Turbonegro themselves as well as punk rock in general. This 2 day event called "Welt-Turbojugend-Tage" (English: "World Turbojugend Days") with concerts and meetings in different clubs has taken place from July 18th and 19th 2008 for the fourth time now.

Bands

Even though Turbojugend is the fan club of Turbonegro, Turbojugend has also taken a shine to other rock bands as well. Some of these bands are:

* Silver
* Peter Pan Speedrock
* The Turbo A.C.'s
* Trashcan Darlings

Turbojugend Oslo

Turbojugend Oslo is what many believe to be the biggest Turbojugend chapter in the world, along with Turbojugend St. Pauli. One of the main reasons for this is that the Turbojugend Oslo logo can be found on almost every album Turbonegro has ever released. The Turbojugend Oslo jacket can be bought online by anybody. The difference between the jackets of a member of Turbojugend Oslo and the jacket bought online is that the latter does not have the name of the member on the side of the jacket.

References

External links

* [http://www.turbojugend.net Turbojugend Official Website]