Turbojugend
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Turbojugend sometimes shortened to TJ is the international fan club of the Norwegian rock band Turbonegro. A turbojugend member can be recognised by their specially-made denim jackets with the Turbonegro logo and "Turbojugend [name of chapter]" stitched on the back. The logo of Turbojugend Oslo can be found on almost every album Turbonegro has made. There are more than 2300 chapters worldwide.
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[edit] Origins
Turbonegro guitarist Euroboy explained the club's origin: "We thought about how Kiss had the Kiss Army so we thought that Turbonegro should have our own Navy. It started as a joke in Happy-Tom’s apartment in 1995. We put his address on the album sleeves and it was all just for laughs. The Jugend blossomed into something way bigger than we ever expected." When you sent in a letter/application you would receive a diploma to prove that you were a member of Turbojugend.[1]
Ever since its initial foundation, Turbojugend has more and more become a movement independent of the band itself. According to a poll on a TJ-website, a majority of members would choose the Jugend, if they had to decide between band and TJ.[2]
[edit] The jackets
The jacket commonly known as "Kutte" first appeared in the late '90's. Bitzcore Records would print up Levi's jackets with the "Turbojugend Oslo" logo on it, but eventually changed Oslo to St. Pauli.
After a while these jackets became so sought-after, so that Bitzcore Records-run Turbonegro-Mailorder would start printing up Levi's jackets with Turbojugend Oslo written on them (these jackets are still available but are not considered authentic by some Turbojugend members). After a while Turbonegro-Mailorder made it possible to buy jackets with different chapter names, and this is how Turbojugend Worldwide was started.
Many members who travel around the world usually gets patches and buttons from the different chapters they met to sew on their jackets. This is usually a good way to spot well-travelled members eventough internet trading occurs and some members prefer a jacket with less or no patches and buttons.
[edit] Welt-Turbojugend-Tage
Once a year, Turbojugends from all over the world meet in St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany to celebrate Turbonegro themselves as well as punk rock in general. This 2 day event called "Welt-Turbojugend-Tage" (English: "World Turbojugend Days") with concerts and meetings in different clubs has taken place from July 17 and 18 2009 for the fifth time now.
[edit] Bands
Even though Turbojugend is the fan club of Turbonegro, Turbojugend has also taken a shine to other rock bands as well. Some of these bands are:
[edit] Turbojugend Oslo
Turbojugend Oslo is what many believe to be the biggest Turbojugend chapter in the world, along with Turbojugend St. Pauli. One of the main reasons for this is that the Turbojugend Oslo logo can be found on almost every album Turbonegro has ever released. The Turbojugend Oslo jacket can be bought online by anybody. The difference between the jackets of a member of Turbojugend Oslo and the jacket bought online is that the latter does not have the name of the member on the side of the jacket.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Carman, Keith (2007). "Turbonegro Web Exclusive Interview". Exclaim.ca. http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/webexclusives.aspx?csid1=114. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
- ^ [1], Chris Campion: Clowns of evil go on the rampage, Observer Music Monthly, 22nd of May 2005.
- Håkon Moslet (2007). TRBNGR - Sagaen om denimfolket (1st edition ed.). Gyldendal.
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