Bushman'S Revenge

Emerging from Norway during the early years of the millennium, Bushman's Revenge operates as a power trio that fuses jazz improvisation with the force of heavy metal and the intricacy of prog rock. Festival regulars across Europe after their arrival in the early 2000s, the group achieved broader recognition through a series of bold recordings such as 2009's You Lost Me at Hello, 2012's A Little Bit of Big Bonanza, and 2016's Jazz, Fritt Etter Hukommelsen.

Oslo serves as home base for the unit assembled in 2003 by guitarist Even Helte Hermansen, bassist Rune Nergaard, and drummer Gard Nilssen. Following an intense period of club performances that built a fervent audience and secured initial festival slots, the band tracked its debut, Cowboy Music, for saxophonist Jon Klette's Jazzaway Records in 2007.

A lengthy trek through Western Europe and multiple jazz festival engagements preceded the trio's signing to Rune Grammofon. Critics responded enthusiastically to the label debut You Lost Me at Hello upon its 2009 release. The 2010 follow-up Jitterbug brought keyboardist Stale Storløkken aboard as a guest and shifted emphasis toward the group's rock inclinations, including a version of Metallica's "Damage." Two additional titles appeared in 2012—A Little Bit of Big Bonanza and Never Mind the Botox—while the band extended its reach to Japan alongside continued European dates. Electric Komle, a live document, surfaced in 2013, and Thou Shalt Boogie arrived in early 2014 amid shows spanning Europe, Asia, and the United States.

Reconvening in Europe after these travels, the musicians developed fresh material that yielded a pair of simultaneous 2016 releases: the studio album Jazz, Fritt Etter Hukommelsen, which begins with an interpretation of McCoy Tyner's "Contemplation," and the vinyl-only live collection Bushman's Fire. In 2019 the trio relocated to the Hubro label for the expansive Et Hån Mot Overklassen.