''Skambankt'' is the self-titled first album by

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hard rock band

Skambankt Skambankt (''Beaten to a pulp'' or ''beaten up'') is a Norwegian hard rock band from Klepp, just south of Stavanger. They play a mixture of classic rock'n'roll, punk and hardrock in the tradition of bands like Motörhead, AC/DC, Sex Pistols, ...

. Several of the songs from the band's 1994

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were recorded for the album, as well as the songs they recorded while being an Urørt band. All the track names have an exclamation mark after them, complementing the band's aggressive style. All lyrics are in the

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Track listing

All music/lyrics by Ted Winters/Don Fist unless otherwise stated. #Skambankt! (Beaten up!) #Me sa nei! (We said no!) #Desertør! (Deserter!) (Winters/Hans Panzer) #Revolusjonens aggregat! (The Fuel of the Revolution!) #Panzersjokk! (Panzershock!) #Alarm! (Alert!) #KKK! (Winters/Geir Zahl) #Våre fiender! (Our enemies!) (Zahl) #Kapitalens spel! (The Capital Game!) #Systemets makt! (Power of the system!) #Politistat! (Police state!)

Trivia

*The lyrics for ''Politistat!'' are missing from the booklet. It is unknown whether this is a mistake or intentional. *The track ''Skambankt!'' has been featured in the soundtracks for the Norwegian movies ''Tommys Inferno'' and ''Uro''. *The track ''KKK!'' was co-written by Ted Winters and

Geir Zahl Geir Zahl (born 19 May 1975) is a Norwegian musician. He is known for playing guitar in the Norwegian rock group Kaizers Orchestra. The band was founded by Geir Zahl and Janove Ottesen who had both played together in some other bands, namely Bl ...

(from

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), and ''Våre Fiender'' was written entirely by Zahl. *The track ''KKK!'' (which stands for ''Kristelig KulturKaos'' (Christian CultureChaos)), features a guest appearance by Prepple Houmb from Norwegian rock band DumDum Boys.

References

2004 debut albums Skambankt albums {{2000s-hard-rock-album-stub