Turbojugend

Turbojugend, sometimes shortened to TJ, is the international fan club of the Norwegian rock band Turbonegro. A Turbojugend member can be recognised by their specially made denim jackets with the Turbonegro logo and "Turbojugend [name of chapter]" stitched on the back. The logo of Turbojugend Oslo can be found on almost every album Turbonegro has made. There are more than 2300 Turbojugend chapters worldwide, with Turbojugend Oslo and Turbojugend St. Pauli believed to be the largest chapters.

The fan club was originally designed as a joke in 1995 to include on Turbonegro's album sleeves, as guitarist Euroboy explained in a 2007: "We thought about how Kiss had the Kiss Army so we thought that Turbonegro should have our own Navy. It started as a joke in Happy Tom's apartment in 1995. We put his address on the album sleeves and it was all just for laughs." Following Turbonegro's break up in 1998, German label Bitzcore Records bought the rights to the band's music catalog and began reissuing their previous albums. Bitzcore label owner Jürgen Goldschmitt attempted to contact the Turbojugend address from the band's album sleeves, but received no answer. The jackets would soon became sought after by fans and Bitzcore started producing them as a merchandising venture. In 2011 the 7th edition of WTJT was held featuring the comeback of Turbonegro, with Duke of Nothing on vocals. In addition to the Welt Turbojugend Tage in Hamburg, in recent years, the Punk Rock Bowling festival in Las Vegas has served as meeting point for Turbojugend chapters worldwide. Each year, several hundred members can be encountered there.