Egil Hegerberg (born 23 March 1970) is a Norwegian comedian and musician known for his humorous lyrics and behavior.

Career

He is best known as a bassist and vocalist, but also plays the guitar, keyboard and synth. He has experimented in several different genres such as punk rock, heavy metal, hard rock, stoner rock, acoustic rock, blues, noise rock, reggae and hip hop. He has played in numerous bands. Much of his notable work has been the result of his solo project Bare Egil Band, and bands like

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Black Debbath Black Debbath is a Norwegian hard rock/Heavy metal music, metal band created by four of the core members of Duplex Records. They often make a political statement, calling their genre "Heavy Politically Incorrect Humor Rock". Members *Egil Hegerb ...

, Hurra Torpedo, and Gartnerlosjen.

is the only non-humorous band he has been involved with. Black Debbath stole the Spellemannprisen award for best metal album from The Kovenant in 1999 as a joke in collaboration with Kristopher Schau, their friend, who presented the award. Afterward, in his thanking speech, Hegerberg said, "Where is

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when you need him the most?". Performing as a one-man entity, Hegerberg has released seven albums as Bare Egil Band (Only Egil Band). The first of these, "Absolutt ikke Bare Egil Band", was released in 1996 and became a huge cult hit. It took him however 11 years before releasing the follow-up album "Det noe svakere andrealbumet" ("The Slightly Poorer Second Album"), which released in March 2008, including "Iskrem" (Ice cream), a song begging the Minister of Finance to not spend the entire national budget on ice cream. Another hit from this album was "Gulost i doss", a seldom-seen social commentary from the erstwhile humorous lyricist. While the second album took 11 years to release, the third followed swiftly. In August 2008 Hegerberg promptly released the album "Jeg er helt rå" (I am amazing). It features the song "'N Narcissius, 'n Loke, 'n Orfeus og n' je", which explores the many inherent myths of Greek and Nordic mythology in the social and political setting of post-consumerist Norwegian society. The lyrics are written in Oslo dialect. He lives in

Bøler Bøler () is a south-eastern suburb of Oslo, Norway. It is one of the more picturesque areas of Oslo. Østmarka forest and lake Nøklevann are in its immediate vicinity. Infrastructure-wise, it has a shopping cente two elementary schools, a publ ...

, Oslo.

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Duplex Records
(Egil's record label) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hegerberg, Egil 1970 births Living people Musicians from Oslo Norwegian rock singers Norwegian rock musicians Norwegian male comedians Norwegian rock bass guitarists Norwegian male bass guitarists Norwegian rock guitarists Norwegian multi-instrumentalists Norwegian heavy metal singers 21st-century Norwegian bass guitarists 21st-century Norwegian male singers 21st-century Norwegian singers