This came out in 2005 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
They go by names like Happy-Tom and Pål Pot Pamparius. They dress in dungarees. They deliberately project an image of aggressive homoeroticism. They write songs about pizza, death, NAMBLA and rock against ass (whatever that is).
Clearly, the demented, deviant Norwegian metal-punks of Turbonegro don’t take themselves particularly seriously. Which makes their new DVD rockumentary The ResErection all the more startling. And all the more worthwhile. Far more revealing and moving than the usual sanitized PR footage, ResErection chronicles the band’s 2002 comeback, which came four years after singer Hank Von Helvete’s runaway heroin addiction destroyed the band. As the group slowly progress from rehearsing in a tiny room to headlining on festival stages, Hank’s palpable trepidation at returning to a lifestyle that nearly killed him — coupled with his fear of disappointing his bandmates again — makes for compelling viewing. Of course, so do those concert scenes of him sticking a lit firecracker up his butt-crack. Hey, I told you they don’t take themselves seriously.
