Pushwagnergruppen
“Norwegian dada punk sounds like the next great thing,” was written about Pushwagnergruppen when only their demos were out. Just one year later, the world’s only DADA punk band has released two albums and turned stages upside down across Norway.
After the band’s ruff-collared frontman Surrealismus smashed yet another precious painting at the Bukta Festival in Tromsø, Eagles of Death Metal’s frontman thundered: “If you don't know this band, you're a fucking idiot.”
Pushwagnergruppen brings DADA back, featuring Honningbarnas’ Edvard Valberg on one track, comedian and artist Amir Asgharnejad on another, and two alpacas on the next. Surrounded by a new twenties, we are again in the interwar period. Pushwagnergruppen heals you from it, even though they are completely useless—like everything else in life—and have no pretensions, just as life shouldn’t either.
The band consists of Spellemann-winning Tor-Arne Vikingstad aka DA GAMA on bass (Sløtface, Embla & The Karidotters), Per Åsmund Reymert aka TAM-TAM on drums (Dead Movie Animals, Despereaux, THE IV), and Geir Magne Staurland aka SURREALISMUS on vocals.
Magpie Revolution
The band gave a legendary performance in the basement of Steppulven on Norway’s Constitution Day this spring. Now they are ready to give it their all when they take the stage at Studio USF this evening. Or as they describe the project themselves: Free rock from Bergen, improvised love and hate—flowing between screams and song, hard and soft.