Both the single and the CD introduced the world to deathpunk, Turbonegro's self-acclaimed genre. In the summer of 1991, the new lineup released the Vaya Con Satan 7' in the U.S., followed by their 1992 debut album of Hot Cars and Spent Contraceptives on Big Ball Records. Bengt 'Bingo' Calmeyer soon joined the band on bass guitar. Norwegian punk veteran Harald Fossberg, who had gained fame in the late 1970s with Norwegian punk pioneers Hærverk, was recruited as the new singer. In the winter of 1990, Seltzer reformed Turbonegro with Kjærnes and Grønn. Three weeks after the tour began, the band returned to Oslo.

The band continued touring without him, but the tour was unsuccessful. Hours after their arrival in Minneapolis, Grønn was beaten by local denizens and, as a result, hospitalized. In September of that year, Turbonegro left for a three-week tour of the United States. In 1990, Route Zero was reissued by Sympathy for the Record Industry with two additional songs from the Turboloid EP. Drummer Carlos Carrasco left to play guitar for Anal Babes. Turboloid was the second and last release by the original lineup. The early pre-deathpunk Turbonegro sound featured fairly tormented and distorted noise rock (contemporary reviews compared the band's sound to Halo of Flies or early Mudhoney). An initial pressing of 50 copies came with an exclusive demo tape called Computech, featuring a cover of The Stooges' song 1970. Seltzer played bass and drums on Route Zero. The first session was recorded at Nesodden Musikkverksted by Christian Calmeyer. Both records were released by Thomas Seltzer's label, Straitjacket Records, which he started in 1983 to release the EP of his first band Akutt Innleggelse. In the following weeks, they recorded their debut single Route Zero and additional songs for their Turboloid 12' EP. In April, they played their home town of Oslo for the first time. Turbonegro played their first show in March 1989 at Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark. Early Turbonegro continued that conceptional style. Seltzer and Heskestad had formerly performed in a band called 'De Dype' – a noisy and subversive ensemble inspired by American rock band Butthole Surfers. Happy-Tom), Vegard Heskestad, Pål Bøttger Kjærnes, Rune Grønn, Pål Erik Carlin and Tor-Kristian 'TK' Jenssen. The initial lineup consisted of Thomas Seltzer (a.k.a. Turbonegro formed in Oslo during the winter of 1988–1989. The band combines glam rock, punk rock, and hard rock into a self-described 'deathpunk' musical style. Turbonegro ( Turboneger in Norway) is a Norwegian rock band, active from 1989 to 1998 and from 2002 to the present. Big Ball, DogJob, Get Hip, Repulsion, Amphetamine Reptile, Boomba, Epitaph, Bitzcore, Sympathy, Burning Heart, Virgin, Man's Ruin, Scandinavian Leather, Burger

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