So fucking punk that it will tear you a new asshole - and then some!" Swedish broadcasting DJ Lars Aldman once described their sound as, "Radio Birdman meets Venom in an institution for sexually abused retards," and Danish Moshable magazine wrote, "One great big hunk of an album that simply barfs up the best in Scandinavian punk rock - and then slam it into overdrive. The musical pre-settings were anticipating later Ass Cobra era – dark death-driven punk rock with occasional excursions into hardcore and metal, as well as a tendency to disruptive and sarcastic lyrics. Both the single and the CD give an early introduction to the deathpunk sound – Turbonegro's self-acclaimed own genre. In the summer of 1991 the reformed lineup released the Vaya Con Satan 7" in the U.S., followed in early 1992 by their debut album Hot Cars and Spent Contraceptives on upcoming local label Big Ball Records.
Norwegian punk veteran Harald Fossberg, who had gained fame in the late 1970s with Norwegian punk pioneers Hærverk, was recruited as the new singer and, in the subsequent months, Bengt "Bingo" Calmeyer joined them on bass guitar. In the winter of 1990, Seltzer reformed Turbonegro with Kjærnes and Grønn. Three weeks later, Turbonegro returned to Oslo. The band continued without him, but the tour was unsuccessful.
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Grønn was beaten up in a quarrel with crack addicts in front of a hotel in Minneapolis a few hours after their arrival and remained in the hospital. In September of that year, Turbonegro left Norway to tour the U.S. Route Zero was reissued by Sympathy For The Record Industry in 1990 with two songs from the Turboloid EP. Drummer Carlos Carrasco left to play guitar for Anal Babes. Turboloid was the second and last release by the original lineup. The early pre-deathpunk Turbonegro sound featured fairly tormented and distorted noise rock (some contemporary reviews compared it to a Halo of Flies or early Mudhoney type of sound). An initial pressing of 50 copies came with an exclusive demo tape called Computech, featuring a cover of The Stooges' 1970. Seltzer played bass and drums on Route Zero. This first session was recorded at Nesodden Musikkverksted by Christian Calmeyer. Both records were released by Thomas Seltzer's own label, Straitjacket Records, which he started in 1983 to release the EP of his first band Akutt Innleggelse. In the following weeks, they recorded their debut single Route Zero and additional songs for their Turboloid 12" EP.
By April, Turbonegro played their first show in their hometown of Oslo. Turbonegro performed their first show at Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark in March 1989. Early Turbonegro continued their conceptional styles. Seltzer and Heskestad had formerly performed in a band called "De Dype" – a noisy and subversive ensemble inspired by American rock band Butthole Surfers.
Happy-Tom), Vegard Heskestad, Pål Bøttger Kjærnes, Rune Grønn, Pål Erik Carlin and Tor-Kristian "TK" Jenssen. The initial lineup was Thomas Seltzer (a.k.a. Turbonegro came together as a band in Oslo, Norway, during the winter of 1988-1989.
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