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Hurra Torpedo is Norway's most famous kitchen appliance band, formed in the early nineties. They are a part of the artistic collective Duplex Records, and all members of the band also play in a variety of other bands in Norway. Image File history File linksMetadata Hurra_torpedo. ...
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Duplex Records is an independent Norwegian Record Label situated in Oslo, Norway. ...
The band struck international fame for a clip from a Norwegian Saturday Night Live type show called Lille lørdag ("Little Saturday") in which they performed a version of the 1983 Bonnie Tyler power ballad, Total Eclipse of the Heart. The performance was filmed in 1995. In mid 2005 the clip was uploaded to the internet and began spreading as an internet meme. During recent years Hurra Torpedo have had annual split- and reunion tours. Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute comedy-variety show from NBC which has been broadcast nearly every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ...
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Bonnie Tyler Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins on June 8, 1953 in Skewen, Neath) is a Welsh singer. ...
Power ballad is the name given to a certain genre of songs that were frequently included on heavy metal albums in the 1980s. ...
Total Eclipse of the Heart is a power ballad written and produced by Jim Steinman. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
An Internet phenomenon (sometimes called an Internet meme) occurs when something relatively unknown becomes increasingly popular, often quite suddenly, through the mass propagation of media content made feasible by the Internet; however, the popularity of the phenomenon usually wanes as rapidly as it was acquired: the Internets lack of...
In the clip the three members of Hurra Torpedo are on a stage surrounded by various kitchen appliances such as stoves and freezers. The three are dressed in jogging suits that don't fit them well. One member plays the guitar and sings the lyrics, another plays the rhythm of the song by hitting a stove with a stick and slamming the door of a freezer. At the climax of the song the third member (who also sings backing vocals) smashes the top of an eletrical stove with a large piece of metal on the beat of the song.
In October/November 2005 they became part of a viral ad campaign by going on a coast to coast tour in the US that was paid for by Ford in order to promote the Ford Fusion car. As part of the ad campaign, a mockumentary movie called "The Crushing Blow" is being made, directed by the "character" Pip Simon who is played by the actress Tara Copeland. 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Mockumentary, a portmanteau of mock documentary (also fictional documentary or false documentary), names a film and TV genre, or a single work of the genre. ...
By the end of November 2005 a clip from The Crushing Blow was viewed more than 500 000 times in a couple of days from the web site iFilm, and some of the clips spread around blog sites. 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Percussion instruments are played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped. ...
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