Trucks (band)
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Trucks were a British
United Kingdom
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/Norwegian
Norway
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 pop punk
Pop punk
Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...

 band
Band (music)
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, whose most popular release was the 2002 novelty
Novelty song
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 single
Single (music)
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, "It's Just Porn Mum". The single was a Top 5 hit
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...

 in Norway
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, and peaked at #35 in the UK Singles Chart
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.

Line-up

  • Olav Iversen, Vocals/Guitar
    Guitar
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  • Mark Remmington, Guitar
  • Tor Bjarne Bjelland, Drum
    Drum
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  • Steve Ryan, Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....


Albums

Juice - released 26 May 2003
  1. "Kickin'" (Shridhar Solanki, HP Aaserud, Geir Luedy, Trucks)
  2. "The Village Bike" (Shridhar Solanki, HP Aaserud, Geir Luedy, Trucks)
  3. "Monkey See, Monkey Do" (Shridhar Solanki, Sidh Solanki, Trucks)
  4. "Easy" (HP Aaserud, Geir Luedy, Trucks)
  5. "Lovin' The Laughter" (Shridhar Solanki, HP Aaserud, Geir Luedy, Trucks)
  6. "Fuzz About It" (HP Aaserud, Geir Luedy, Trucks)
  7. "Sad Song" (Shridhar Solanki, HP Aaserud)
  8. "Psychos" (Shridhar Solanki, HP Aaserud, Trucks)
  9. "It's Just Porn Mum" "(Shridhar Solanki, HP Aaserud)
  10. "The Chasers" (Shridhar Solanki, HP Aaserud, Geir Luedy, Trucks)
  11. "I'm Okay" (Shridhar Solanki, HP Aaserud,Trucks)
  12. "Coming Over" (HP Aaserud, Geir Luedy, Trucks)


Many promo versions of the album
Album
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 were released, including song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...

s not to be featured on the main album itself, such as a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of The Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson is an English singer-songwriter, bassist and radio presenter, better known for the hits "Glad to Be Gay", "2-4-6-8 Motorway", and "Don't Take No for an Answer", with his Tom Robinson Band...

 Band's hit, "2-4-6-8 Motorway".

Singles

  • "It's Just Porn Mum" - released 23 September 2002
  • "Monkey See, Monkey Do" - April 2004, but played on Kerrang! TV
    Kerrang! TV
    Kerrang! TV is a digital television station owned by Box Television, which is loosely connected to the magazine, Kerrang!. As of 2005, all of its programme content is music videos, the majority of which is open scheduled, for text requests from their playlist....

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