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Clawfinger
Origin Stockholm, Sweden
Genre(s) Rapcore
Industrial metal
Years active 1989–present
Label(s) Nuclear Blast
Associated acts Emigrate
Website clawfinger.net
Members
Zak Tell
Jocke Skog
Bård Torstensen
André Skaug (live)
Henka Johansson (live)
Former members
Morten Skaug
Erlend Ottem

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Band history

The band's origin dates back to the summer of 1989 when Zak Tell and Jocke Skog met while working together at the Rosegrove Hospital somewhere in the vicinity of Stockholm. Zak Nikolas Tell (born November 16, 1970) is a Swedish musician and the lead Vocalist of the Rap metal band Clawfinger. Jocke Skog (born June 3 1969, in Stockholm, Sweden) is the Back up Vocalist and programmist in Rap-Metal ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the In 1990 they were joined by the Norwegian guitarists Bård Torstensen and Erlend Ottem that were also working at the same hospital. Bård Torstensen (born September 13, 1961 in Arendal, Norway) is a Norwegian Musician and co-founder/guitarist in rap-metal Erlend Ottem (born December 13 1968, in Molde, Norway) is a Norwegian Musician and co-founder/former Guitarist Soon the four realized their similar interests in music. Bård and Erlend previously played in a band called Theo in their hometown Arendal back in Norway. is a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Their free time was invested in exploring the musical world, composing and writing songs while evolving into a band.

Their original demo comprising of three tracks ("Waste of Time", "Nigger" and "Profit Preacher") quickly secured them local radio airplay and consequently brought them to the attention of the MVG label. "Nigger" is an anti-racism statement that caused quite a stir and was a massive success; it was also released as a single. By the beginning of the 1990s, Clawfinger self-released their debut Deaf Dumb Blind. Deaf Dumb Blind is the title of Clawfinger's debut Album, first released on 21 April 1993. This sold in over 600,000 copies worldwide and was critically acclaimed in Swedish press. With the addition of André Skaug and drummer Morten Skaug, Clawfinger went on tour and played at countless European festivals including major support slots with Anthrax and Alice in Chains. Anthrax is a New York City -based heavy metal band that released its first full-length album in 1984 Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle Washington in

The band received many awards, including two home Grammies at the Swedish Grammy Awards in 1994 for best hard rock band and best music video. Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics After touring, they went straight back in the studio to record their second album, Use Your Brain. Use Your Brain is Clawfinger's second album and is a more carefully mastered album than their first one After the release of this album they went on yet another touring campaign, most notably participating at Ozzy Osbourne's Monsters of Rock Festival in South America and rocking alongside American metal counterparts like Megadeth, Faith No More, and Alice Cooper. John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder front man guitarist and songwriter Dave Mustaine. Faith No More was an American Alternative metal band that formed in San Francisco, California from 1982 to 1998 Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer songwriter and musician whose career spans five Back in Europe they continued their touring campaign by participating at festivals and countless gigs.

Members

Current members

Former members

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

From Deaf Dumb Blind

From Use Your Brain

From Clawfinger

From A Whole Lot of Nothing

From Zeros & Heroes

From Hate Yourself With Style

From Life Will Kill You

Videos

Most of these videos can be downloaded from the Official Clawfinger Pages. Nothing Going On is a single from A Whole Lot Of Nothing, the fourth album of Clawfinger, released in 2001. Recipe for Hate is Bad Religion 's seventh full-length Album, released on September 21, 1993. All the video clips from 1993-1997 can be found on the "Hate Yourself With Style" Bonus DVD.

Live recordings

External links

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