In ‘Turbovixen’ five denim clad women play a savage and frenetic dose of rock n roll to men solely devoted to them. The band’s singer undresses and spits at the camera. The guitar players kiss passionately. The drummer showers her bandmates in alcohol. Each one sports a different hat while they play balls out punk rock about fighting, sex, destruction and being fed up.
Each one of these women represents a member of the Norwegian death-punk band Turbonegro in their early days. In the late nineties, when Turbonegro was slowly but surely starting to become notorious, they used to play in desolated bars to few religiously devoted fanatics. Unknowingly to them at the time, every single one of these fans would multiply by the millions becoming one of the most devoted fan-base in the world called Turbojugend years later.
DANTE is releasing a new song off their album Gunblade Blues volume 2 every month of 2017. For their third track, ‘Turbovixen’ the band has chosen to tribute the Norwegian punk rockers and their fans both with imagery and video. Filmed in Bogota’s own Dynasty Bar, a legendary rock bar devoted to KISS in the band’s hometown, DANTE and the video’s director Nicolas Romero sought to recreate the Norwegian rockers early days of playing seedy bars and hard partying.
Recruiting a local band of cabaret women whom are also devoted rock n roll fans (diabolique cabaret) the band and the video’s director decided that given the sexual undertones of everything Turbonegro they should be represented by rock n rollin women ala The Runaways . “If Metallica can tribute Mayhem in a video, we thought it would be awesome that someone do the same for Turbo specially an underground band like us”. – says Alexx Black the band’s rhythm guitar player who came up with the idea.
The result, a blistering combination of infectious riffs and sexual deviance that tributes Norway’s finest export besides Black metal.
lyrics
I WAS TIRED AND FED UP
WANTED THE ULTRAVIOLENCE BACK
SO I FOUND MY SAILOR GANG
AND NOW I AM READY TO FIGHT BACK
(ARE YOU READY?) GONNA PARTY TONIGHT
(RIDE WITH US) THROUGH THE VOID
THROUGH THE SEAS OF LUST AND FAME
GONNA BURN, GONNA FIGHT , GONNA FUCK SOMEONE SIX TIMES TONIGHT
LET’S DESTROY, COME ON BABY, LET’S DESTROY SOMEONE SIX TIMES TONIGHT
GONNA BURN, GONNA FIGHT, LET’S DESTROY SOMEONE SIX TIMES TONIGHT
LET’S DESTROY, COME ON BABY, GONNA FUCK SOMEONE SIX TIMES TONIGHT
NOW I’M HERE, I’M ALIVE
DENIM CLAD, MY GANG IN OVERDRIVE
ULTRAVIOLENT, ON SATAN’S JIVE ON WE THRIVE
RIDE THE NIGHT, GIMME FLESH AND FUCK THE WORLD
LET’S BREAK THAT OLDSCHOOL GOLDEN RULE (ONE BLINDING FLASH)
LET’S LOSE OUR FUCKIN HEADS TONIGHT (CLOSE YOUR EYES)
LET’S FUCK IT ALL
COMING ON STRONG
ON THE WINGS OF DESTRUCTION
A PRICE FOR THE WINNING
A DEAD FOR THE RAISING
GONNA SAVE ROCK N ROLL
GONNA FORCE THAT TOLL
SWEAT IT ALL OUT
AND DON’T FORGET
WE’RE MEANT TO WIN
MEANT TO WIN
credits
from Gunblade Blues volume II,
released October 3, 2017
Vocals: Kami Rayne
Rhythm Guitar: Alexx Black
Lead Guitar: Gonzo
Bass: Carlos Cortes
Drums: Andres Gutierrez (Andy Summers III)
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