A NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL MUSICIAN WAS ACCIDENTALLY VOTED TO HIS TOWN COUNCIL

''Parks and Recreation protagonist Leslie Knope put her entire heart into being elected to public office, and she had to overcome many roadblocks to get it done. Inversely, Norwegian metal musician Fenriz, of the band Darkthrone, is a member of Kolbotn’s town council, even though he really doesn’t want to be.

According to Fenriz, it started when he agreed to be put on the ballot, thinking that he would just be on it to make sure the minimum number of candidates was reached: “They called and asked if I wanted to be on the list [of backup representatives],” he said (via FACT). “I said ‘yeah,’ thinking I would be like 18th on the list and I wouldn’t really have to do anything.

”From there, his platform was straightforward: He literally asked people to not vote for him, presenting this photo of him and his cat as his campaign poster:..''

by DERRICK ROSSIGNOL