

The Kaizers Orchestra project began after the dissolution of gnom, the previous band formed by Janove Ottesen and Geir Zahl. Main articles: Blod, snått og juling and gnom The lyrical content of their material usually manifests as interconnected stories told through song. Their work spans a variety of genres, from gypsy punk to bluegrass to surf rock, and is constantly changing. With their energetic live performances and critically praised recordings, they are amongst the most well-renowned and popular acts in their homeland, and have also gained international sccess and recognition. The band consists of Janove Ottesen, Geir Zahl, Terje Winterstø Røthing, Rune Solheim, Øyvind Storesund, and Helge Risa. Kaizers Orchestra is a Norwegian alternative rock band, founded by Janove Ottesen and Geir Zahl in Bryne, Rogaland, Norway on 1 January 2000. Terje Winterstø Røthing (lead guitar, backing vocals) Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the original Jamaican scene of the 1960s the 2 Tone ska revival of the late 1970s in Britain, which fused Jamaican ska rhythms and melodies with the faster tempos and harder edge of punk rock forming ska-punk and third wave ska, which involved bands from a wide range of countries around the world, in the late 1980s and 1990s.Geir Zahl (second guitar, backing vocals) Later it became popular with many skinheads. In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and was popular with British mods.

It was developed in Jamaica in the 1960s when Stranger Cole, Prince Buster, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, and Duke Reid formed sound systems to play American rhythm and blues and then began recording their own songs. Ska is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off beat. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.
