Genre: Black Metal
Formed in: 2004
Members:
A.Morbid - Vocals,Guitars,Keyboards,Lyrics B.Devastation - Drums
Past Members:Karmageddon - Drums
The name of the band was derived from the 70s/80s American sitcom of the same name. The reason for naming the group after such was explained by A. Morbid as being because everyone in the show displays "an act of euphoria" and the music composed in Happy Days is "far away from that, I thought the name would be perfect, especially that it catches people off guard and totally messes with their minds."
Happy Days originally started as just a solo project of A. Morbid where he released all three Happy Days demos by himself on all instruments. Before acquiring Karmageddon on drums, Cid participated in a rehearsal, but was never a member of the band.
A. Morbid has also made it clear in an interview that Happy Days officially started in 2004, just material under the name was not released until 2007. He had no way of recording material during the first 3 years of Happy Days so those years were spent writing riffs on an acoustic guitar until he was able to afford a karaoke machine that was used to record the very first Happy Days demos on.
The lyrics on the first three demo releases are sung in Norwegian because A. Morbid reportedly had very personal themes for the songs on those demos and wrote the lyrics by the means of their meanings not becoming so direct to the listener. Another reason why this was done was to pay homage to the Norwegian black metal artists he grew up listening to. He as well was studying the entire language at the time of those recordings.