THE MENTORS
El Duce Vita
(MVD)

WAKING UP DEAD
The Pitfalls of Drumming for
Scumbags.
(MVD)

KREATOR
Enemy of God Revisited
(SPV)

EINSTURZENDE
NEUBATEN
Palast Der Republik
(MVD)

THE QUEERS
The Queers Are Here
(MVD)

DWARVES
Fefu 

(MVD)

BAD BRAINS
Live at CBGB 1982

(MVD)

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Poor Hank Von Helvete. He used to light fireworks on his ass and by the time their Darkness Forever tour of 1999 came around the only thing his ass was good for was sucking Valium shots.  The bearded Norwegian, leader of one of the most rambunctious rock and roll bands of the last decade, had after years of living the rock and roll lifestyle succumbed to the haunting power of drugs and his deteriorating health was seriously threatening Turbonegro's stability and future.  The band had built great momentum, and after years of relative obscurity, relentless touring and pretending to be gay the sold out American leg of the tour was supposed to be their real breakthrough. It seemed as if so much work was finally paying, instead it was just the beginning of the end with the situation climaxing during a Texas show where Helvete was a no show.

Days later during the Italian leg of the it would all come to an end. As Happy Tom bluntly puts it, ‘Turbonegro broke up in the waiting room of a psychiatric emergency ward in Milan, Italy’.  A few days after, all the members of Turbonegro were back in their native Norway. It was an abrupt and unceremonious ending for a band that for so long had proudly lived up to every rock and roll cliché.  Helvete retreated to the Lofoten islands, his birthplace, while the rest of the Turbonegro members went on to cook pizza (Pal Pot) and play black metal with other genre luminaries (Euroboy with the black metal side project Scum).  During this time according to Helvete the only things that kept him alive were the love of his grandparents and his faith in God.  In Lofoten, he quit hard drugs cold turkey, stared at the sea, got a radio show for a small island station and became the tour guide for the local fishing museum. It would take two years until Turbonegro would get back together to play some festival dates and then record Scandinavian Leather.

Neatly and professionally produced and filmed, The ResErection is a must for any Turbonegro fan.  With luxury of details tells the story of the band's disintegration and their subsequent 2002 comeback.  It follows the band, and mostly Helvete, to Lofoten, the bars, their rehearsal space and finally to their comeback shows for a triumphant return. Rounded out with live appearances (select tracks from Bizarre and Hultsfred Festivals and their complete first reappearance at Quartz Festival) and The ResErection TV-Rockumentary it is the perfect DVD for any Turbojugend and really, any self-respecting rock and roll fan.