Gluecifer

When you hear of Norway, you might think of fishing or Fjords but not Rock Music. That was exactly the situation that five young men from Oslo found themselves in the Summer of 1994. Amongst the five were Biff Malibu and Captain Poon, who set out to change this. They formed a cover band to play some Misfits songs at a New Year’s Eve Party. They liked it so much that they decided to turn it into a proper Rock Band which they called Gluecifer. In the mid 90’s Rock Music still wasn’t popular in Norway, with the few bands playing this style of music consigned to the underground scene, that Gluecifer thought that they would be part of. The name Gluecifer has no significant meaning; it’s composed of the words glue and Lucifer (one of the archangels who disobeyed and rebelled against God, who would become Satan). It simply sounds cool, like the music they were playing! Gluecifer started out just to have fun, doing their own thing with irony, with tongues firmly in their cheeks. They weren’t supposed to be taken seriously and that’s what set them apart from the more straight laced Heavy Metal bands which did. Their second name of “Kings of Rock” also came about at this time. It became clear that they were pretty good with them thinking that this might turn into something more.

In the early ‘90s Gluecifer started playing rock shows in the more seedy clubs of Oslo which helped them bring their music to the kind of people who really appreciate it. In 1996 they released their first mini-album, Dick Disguised As Pussy. To pay their respect to the Kings of Rock, Suburban Records has re-released all Gluecifer albums – including Dick Disguised As Pussy – on coloured vinyl, followed by the extended “B-Sides and Oddities” double album featuring previously unreleased tracks, in 2023.