14 Facts About Herodes Falsk

Herodes Falsk is often credited as Norway's first stand-up comedian.

In line with this new image, Herodes Falsk would begin joining the band on stage, even though he did not sing or play any instruments, usually dancing around on stage, telling jokes or reading dirty poetry in-between songs as well as various other crazy antics.

The image change seemed to pay dividends, because in 1973 the band got a record deal, and for Herodes Falsk, who was still the band's manager, it became much easier to book concert dates.

Together they wrote a collection of comedy sketches and humorous songs in the summer of 1976, and were later joined by former Popol Vuh singer Jahn Teigen whom Herodes Falsk had become friends with on the road.

Annoyed by this, Herodes Falsk included "Arne Belinda" on the debut album's track list, with the line "Censored by Erik Bye" written underneath.

In-between their work with Prima Vera, Teigen had a solo career as a more serious artist, and Herodes Falsk wrote many songs for the Teigen albums Teigen's Tivoli, This Year's Loser, En dags pause and Mentalkrem, with the latter two albums reaching the top of the Norwegian album chart.

Herodes Falsk wrote the Teigen songs "Adieu" and "Do Re Mi", which Teigen performed in the Eurovision Song Contest, the former in duet with Teigen's future wife Anita Skorgan.

Prima Vera's shows had always had a certain element of toilet humor in their material, but for his solo act, Herodes Falsk got even dirtier.

The album title is a reference to Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA, which topped the charts in Norway at the time, and the album cover is an almost exact copy of the Born in the USA cover, except that Herodes Falsk is not wearing jeans or even underpants on the picture.

Herodes Falsk directed the film, which was slaughtered by the critics after its premiere in September 1989, and bombed at the box office.

In early 1995, Herodes Falsk went solo and toured Norway with his stand-up comedy show Sann er jeg, og det er du ogsa which became a huge success.

However, in 1999, after the funeral of their mutual friend, guitarist Marius Muller who died in a car accident, Teigen and Herodes Falsk talked for the first time since the breakup, and cleared the air.

In recent years, Herodes Falsk has begun a second career as a public speaker, and has been hired in this capacity by many of Norway's largest companies.

Herodes Falsk has continued his writing career by releasing the crime novel Elsk din neste in 2009.