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In spring 1997, Turbonegro had yet another line up change.

Christer Engen, aka Chris Summers, from Big Bang took over on drums and they were ready to tour Europe again.

This time out they were opening up with a modified version of a Grand Funk song (" We are a Norwegian band ").

Hank was wearing Alice Cooper like make up and lighting Roman candles in his ass ( referred to as " assrockets "), they were just warming up to their final and greatest album Apocalypse Dudes.

Musicwise – as later will be proved on Apocalypse Dudes – it became obvious that they had meanwhile made a move into mid-70's punk & glam territory – in the spirit of proto punk pioneers á la The Dictators, The Ramones or late Iggy & The Stooges – plus a bit of New York Dolls ' travesty thrown in.

As Euroboy explains: " When I came into the band, that added a ’ 70s rock ’ n ’ roll feel that wasn ’ t there before ... Turbonegro was just as dirty, but they were certainly more punk rock-driven than ( before ).

We brought the Rolling Stones into the Ramones.

" Now it was time to take the new and improved Turbonegro back across the Atlantic with the ' Summer of Head ' US tour.

They were more warmly received this time around but still played only a few shows that were plagued with problems.

Nonetheless, after years of stumbling through line up changes, name changes and various shticks, they had finally found themselves.