DumDum Boys

DumDum Boys
DumDum Boys

Per Øivind Houmb
Background information
Origin Trondheim, Norway
Genres Rock
Years active 1985–present
Labels Sony Music (1985-1992)
Oh! Yeah (1992–present)
Members
Prepple Houmb
Kjartan Kristiansen
Aslak Dørum
Sola Jonsen
Past members
Persi Iveland
Atle Karlsen

DumDum Boys is a Norwegian rock band from Trondheim.[1] Template:MIC Norway They started up in the late 1970s as a punk band under the name "Wannskrækk", and released a few singles under that name before they reinvented themselves with a new name and a somewhat new sound in 1985.

The new name, "DumDum Boys", was taken from a song on the album "The Idiot" by Iggy Pop. Their debut album is called Blodig alvor (na na na na na).

Contents

Members

Former members

Discography

Albums

  • Blodig Alvor (NaNaNaNa) (1988)
  • Splitter pine (1989)
  • Pstereo (1990)
  • Transit (1992)
  • Ludium (1994)
  • 1001 watt (1994 live)
  • Sus (1996)
  • Totem (1998)
  • Schlägers (2001 compilation)
  • Gravitasjon (2006)
  • Tidsmaskin (2009)

Singles

  • Sorgenfri / Har du hørt?, (7") (1986)
  • En vill en / Sorgenfri, CBS 651390 (1988)
  • Boom boom (Allah og Herregud) /Idyll (Live), CBS 654646 (1989)
  • Splitter pine / Slave (Live), CBS 655051/DUM 1 (1989)
  • Plaster på såret / En plass i solen, CBS 656190 (1990)
  • Englefjes / En vill en (Live), CBS 6563987(1990)
  • Boom boom (Live), flexi, Folk & Røvere No. 37-91 (1990)
  • Transit sigmata exit, CD-EP, Oh Yeah! RAMCDEP 1(1992)
  • Mitt hjertes trell / Hva var det med det da / Gatelangs, CD, Oh Yeah! RAMCDM 1(1994)
  • Sustema Magica ((I)), CD-EP, Oh Yeah! RAM XIII(1996)
  • Stjernesludd / Høsten / Who's Gonna Take Your Boots Off, CD, Oh Yeah! RAMXVII (199-)
  • Ikke faen, CD, Oh Yeah! ramcds XVIII(1998)
  • Enhjørning, CD-single, (2006)
  • Snø på Mars, CD-single, (2009)

DVDs

DumDum Boys i dødens dal (live), (2004)

References

  1. ^ DumDum Boys in Store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
Preceded by
"Hung Up" by Madonna		 Norwegian VG-lista number-one single: "Enhjørning"
1 February 2006 – 22 February 2006		 Succeeded by
"Don't Save Me" by Marit Larsen

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