Skambankt
Norwegian musical group
Skambankt (Beaten to a pulp or beaten up) was a Norwegian hard rock band from Klepp Municipality, just south of Stavanger, formed in 1994. They played their last concert on November 4, 2022, at the DNB Arena in Stavanger.
They played a mixture of classic rock'n'roll, punk and hardrock in the tradition of bands like Motörhead, AC/DC, Sex Pistols, Ramones and The Stooges, with lyrics against the state, the system, religious fanaticism, hatred, capitalism, and betrayal among other things. All song lyrics are in Norwegian (Nynorsk).
History
Formation
Skambankt was formed in 1994 at Klepp Rockeklubb in Kleppe when a band scheduled to play couldn't make it. Ted Winters (Terje Winterstø, guitar and vocals), Don Fist (Tollak Friestad, bass), and Hans Panzer (Hans Egil Løe, drums) wrote 9 songs in the period of about 3 hours and played that night in place of the other band. They continued to play in live-gigs and made demo recordings from fall 1994 to spring of 1995, disbanding thereafter.
The original line-up met again at a bachelor party in 2003 and decided to reform. Pursuing record deals, Hans Panzer shifted from drums to rhythm guitar and backing vocals and recruited Tom Skalle (Tom-Erik Løe) to act as drummer. The band signed for Norwegian record company DogJob and started work on their self-titled album Skambankt, released in November 2004.
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