Poetic Terrorism  Release Date: 09/25/2006 · Format: CD ·
Catalog-No:  We live in a world where the word “terrorism”
immediately conjures images of mayhem, bloodshed and shock. How
then is it possible to bring a rock record to the top of the
sales lists (on first week of release!) with the very word
terrorism in its title? The answer is simple and complicated at
the same time. The Norwegian rock trio Bigbang just added poetry
to the equation and immediately the whole message changed.
Poetic Terrorism is Bigbang´s fifth studio album since the
band’s start ten years ago. Bigbang’s singer, guitarslinger and
main songwriter Øysten Greni ran across the concept of “poetic
terrorism” while visiting his girlfriend, Maria Orieta’s,
homeland of Argentina. A country plagued by bad economy and
constant social unrest. In this situation the Argentinean
artists have created a set of tools to get their messages
across, spearheaded by cheap graphic solutions such as stencil
graffiti and low-budget movie making. The impact of