Hans Erik Dyvik Husby – Hank Von Hell to his friends – is a 47-year old Scandinavian who has never once lost his sense of wonderment about the majestic power of rock’n’roll. As the singer with the dependably provocative Turbonegro, Hank has seen it all, he’s done it all, he’s bought the t-shirt, and then he sold the t-shirt to buy heroin. Now clean and serene, and a solo artist in his own right, Hank is about to release Dead, his new LP, a 13-track swagger from a man who describes himself as an “intergalactic rock star”. The album’s title might just be ironic because, frankly, it’s a miracle that he isn’t. But seeing that Hank Von Hell continues to walk among us, Kerrang! caught up with him from his home on the outskirts of Oslo and asked him all about a life lived on the wild si...
