Turbonegro llegaron a la cima con este disco y de la mano de Euroboy, que entró en la formación noruega. Apocalypse Dudes (1998) es uno de los discos de referencia de aquella escena escandinava, que supuso una nueva ola revitalizadora del punk y hard-rock en los últimos años de los 90s. El tema que lo abría, The Age Of Pamparius, comienza con una guitarra ascendente sobre piano y acústicas, a lo Alice Cooper, antes de desvanecerse entre un órgano y sintetizadores, y un susurrante Hank Von Helvete que nos introduce en el álbum. Un riff de guitarra desplumado suena antes de que la canción entre en erupción a ritmo de glam-rock. La cachondisima letra, marca de la casa, está inspirada en la pizzería que abrió el teclista en esa época.
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Letra:
From the ashes of this golden age of confusion,
the denim recruits came to be
known as the apocalypse dudes.
So you think you had an Opera
Well not like this
So you think you had a Napoli
Well not like this
So you think you had a decent pizza
Well not like this
So you think you had a real good pizza
Well not like this
You got nothing to lose at Pamparius
gonna wear them happy shoes tonight
You got nothing to lose at Pamparius
gonna bake a motherfucking pizza tonight
So you think you had a pepperoni
Well not like this
So you think you had a calzone
Well not like this
So you thought you could make your own
Well not like this
So you thought you could take it home
Well not like this
You got nothing to lose at Pamparius
gonna wear them happy shoes tonight
You got nothing to lose at Pamparius
Gonna bake a motherfucking pizza tonight
Apocalypse dudes got nothing to lose
Gonna stomp some teenage ass tonight
Apocalypse dudes got nothing to lose
Gonna bake some motherfucking magic
tonight
