Motorpsycho

Motorpsycho has its humble beginnings in Trondheim, Norway's third biggest city. Bent Sæther (bass/vox) met up with Hans Magnus "Snah" Ryan (guitar) and Kjell Runar "Killer" Jenssen (drums) after having played in a variety of local hardrock bands and they formed Motorpsycho. They found the name after having seen a triple-movie Russ Meyer showing at a cinema. Since the two other titles ('Mudhoney' and 'Faster Pussycat') were already taken, they settled for Motorpsycho. This line-up released the a mc demo called MAIDEN VOYAGE (1990) and the by then vinyl-only album LOBOTOMIZER (1991) before Killer quit and Håkon Gebhardt joined. Gebhardt had met Ryan some years earlier at a folk high school, and now called him up saying that the band needed him badly.

He decided to join and the band had formed the nucleus they've kept up until present day. After having released LOBOTOMIZER on CD, the vinyl-only ep SOOTHE (1992), the vinyl-only 7" 3 SONGS FOR RUTH, and putting the two latter releases on a CD-only release called 8 SOOTHING SONGS FOR RUT, they got better aquainted with Helge Steen (audio noise, keyboards, theremin). Helge would join the band for the next release DEMON BOX (1993) contributing with experimental sound collages to their prog-inspired hard rock. This album marked their 'breakthrough' in underground environments and set up Motorpsycho as a force to be reckoned with. Norwegian music press claimed this album to be one of the best rock albums ever. The band were nominated to the norwegian Grammy's were Bent turned up in a dress, contributing to the underground vibe already established.