Hank von Hell

Husby began his musical career with the punk band INRI and released the EP Breakfast Serial X in 1992. After going through rehab, he reunited with Turbonegro in 2002. In 2009, Husby had a number one single on the Norwegian Singles Chart with Maria Solheim and the song "Rom for alle". The single spent three weeks at the number one spot, including the Christmas chart for 2009. In 2010, Husby portrayed singer-songwriter Cornelis Vreeswijk in the Swedish film Cornelis. He released a cover album with Vreeswijk songs titled I ljuset av Cornelis later that year. On 6 June 2011, Husby and his new band Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult, released their first album I Declare: Treason. In late 2011, he was a judge in the Norwegian TV series Idol. Husby's biography was released in Norway in October 2012, written by writer and poet Håvard Rem, where he spoke openly about his life and career. Solo career On 31 August 2018, Husby released the first single, "Bum to Bum", from his debut solo album Egomania. The album was released on 2 November through Sony Music/Century Media worldwide. Egomania was co-written with Swedish guitarist and solo band member Eric Bäckman, also known as Cat Casino of Deathstars. When asked why he decided to return and produce a solo record in a 2018 interview, Husby stated: "The timing was just right. I was done with others "angels" in life, and it felt like it was time to go back and do what I always should've done – ROCK. And shake ass." On 25 January 2019, Husby's song "Fake It" was chosen for competition in the Melodi Grand Prix 2019 to represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel. In June 2020, Husby released his second solo album, Dead. ==Personal life and death==

Husby and his family moved frequently during his childhood and adolescent years, living in various places across Norway. His early childhood years were spent in the village of Å in Moskenes Municipality on the southwest edge of the Lofoten islands, later moving to Fauske, Rognan and Tvedestrand. Following Turbonegro's split in 1998, Husby went through detox while living at the island of Moskenesøya in Lofoten, where he worked as a guide at Norwegian Fishing Village Museum and as a presenter at Moskenesradioen, a local radio station. Husby was married to model Gro Skaustein from August 2009 until October 2014. The couple had a daughter together who was born on 21 December, 2008. Husby died suddenly on 19 November 2021, at the age of 49, and was found dead in Slottsparken in Oslo. No cause of death was made public, but his manager later denied rumours that he had committed suicide, stating that "his body had finally given in" after a long life of drug abuse. Other tributes were made by Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes, Steve-O, Behemoth frontman Nergal, former-Queens of the Stone Age drummer Joey Castillo, Sum 41 bassist Jason McCaslin, Danko Jones, wrestler Darby Allin and actress Juliette Lewis. On 9 December, Husby was buried in Lillestrøm. ==Discography==

Solo • I ljuset av Cornelis (2010) • Egomania (2018) • Dead (2020) ===With Turbonegro=== Studio albums • Never Is Forever (1994) • Ass Cobra (1996) • Apocalypse Dudes (1998) • Scandinavian Leather (2003) • Party Animals (2005) • Retox (2007) Live albums • Darkness Forever! (1999) Compilation albums • Love It to Deathpunk (2001) • Small Feces (2005) === With Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult === • I Declare: Treason (2011) With INRI • Breakfast Serial X (EP, 1992) === With Maria Solheim === • "Rom for Alle" (2009) Guest appearances ==References==