Hellbillies

Hellbillies is a Norwegian rock band, formed in 1990 in Ål, a town located in Hallingdal.

Their lyrics are written and sung in the dialect of the Hallingdal area of Norway, and there is evidence of influence from traditional (folk) Norwegian music, giving a distinctive "Norwegian" flavor to their country music.

Their early albums often included songs originally recorded by country music artists from the US with Hellbillies writing new lyrics in the Ål dialect of Norwegian, with the settings of the lyrics differing sharply from the source songs.

Examples include Ei krasafaren steinbu (Past the Point of Rescue by Hal Ketchum) and Pela stein (Against the Grain by Garth Brooks).

[3] In 2013 they also contributed to the book Think Like a Rockstar (Tenk som en rockestjerne,[4] written by Ståle Økland.

Hellbillies during a concert in Langesund , July 2011.