Gravmar & the Gravediggers

Gravmar & the Gravediggers is a Norwegian band, originating from Jæren and Bergen. Inventors of the genre "grave punk" and the "E-String Revolution". It's members are at the current time spread all over the world. The line-up is:

*Turd Ferguson - lead singer
*Bonebreaker - guitar, backing vocals
*$id $ombie - e-string bass, backing vocals
*Doctor Gravmar - e-string random rhythm cowboy guitar
*The Bitch Slappin' Little One - drums
Gravmar & the Gravediggers made their first appearance at the [http://www.ranglerock.no/images/hoggstock03.jpgHoggstock Festival 2003] (now called Ranglerock), located at Bryne, Norway. The band's ambition was to bring back punk rock to what it's all about: DIYmentality and energy instead of skills, as well as being an alternative to the music being played on radio every day. With only Bonebreaker as a proper musician (Doctor Gravmar and $id $ombie only use the e-string due to their incompetence) the band nonetheless managed to compose three songs in time for the festival. These songs ended up on Gravmar & the Gravediggers first release: [http://bandindex.no/index.cfm?template=record.cfm/5446.htm "Penaltyfucking With A Cactus EP"] . A second release, "Rich Bitch EP", followed in 2004.

The band has become a regular act at the Ranglerock Festival, appearing four years in a row. They have figured on the bill alongside names such as Mika Bomb and The Young Knives. Apart from this, Gravmar & the Gravediggers has made few live appearances.

The first Gravmar & the Gravediggers album was released in 2006, called [http://www.last.fm/music/Gravmar%2B%2526%2Bthe%2BGravediggers/A+whole+new+ballgame "A Whole New Ballgame"] . Songs from this album has been played on radio podcasts all over the world, including [http://www.punkyradio.com Punky Radio] and [http://www.rockhellradio.com Rock Hell Radio] . In Norway, the popular heavy metal show [http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/pyro/ Pyro] , broadcasted on national radio, played the Gravmar & the Gravediggers song "Welcome To Pussyland" several times throughout the autumn of 2006, making it a sort of cult underground hit. Norway's equivalent to John Peel, [http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Are_Lund Harald Are Lund] , played "Holy Fuck" on his weekly show.

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/gravmar Gravmar & the Gravediggers on MySpace]