Clawfinger

The band's origins date back to the summer of 1989, to the meeting of Zak Tell and Jocke Skog at the Rosenlund hospital in Stockholm. In 1990, they were joined by the Norwegian guitarists Bård Torstensen and Erlend Ottem, who also worked at that hospital. The four subsequently realized their shared interest in music. Bård and Erlend played in a band called Theo in Arendal, Norway. Their first demo included three songs (Waste of Time, Nigger and Profit Preacher) and attracted the interest of the label MVG Records. In the early 1990s, Clawfinger self-produced its first album, Deaf Dumb Blind. It sold 600,000 copies worldwide.