Editing Combichrist (section)

===Formation and early years===
The first material that LaPlegua wrote for the project was a [[power noise]]/[[techno]] crossover track ''Thanx to my Buddies'' under the moniker ''D.r.i.v.E'' for the Advanced Electronics Vol. 2 compilation.<ref>{{cite web|title=D.r.i.v.E song|url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-Advanced-Electronics-Vol-2/release/382552|website=Discogs.com|date=June 12, 2003 |access-date=January 26, 2012}}</ref> The song was later remade into ''Like to Thank My Buddies'' on Combichrist's album ''[[Everybody Hates You]]''. The project's name was later changed to ''Hudlager'' and then finally to Combichrist before the debut album ''[[The Joy of Gunz]]'' was released on the German record label [[Out of Line]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Name Change|url=http://vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=293&t=Interview+with+Combichrist|website=Vampirefreaks.com|access-date=December 30, 2011|archive-date=February 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221040234/http://vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=293&t=Interview+with+Combichrist|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The band name came from a [[fanzine]] of LaPlegua's in the 1990s, with Combichrist being a character in it that was a "punk-rock messiah". The character would go on drug and alcohol fueled rampages, later healing those whom he had beaten.<ref>{{cite web|title=Origin of the Combichrist Name|url=http://www.twistmagazine.se/inter/combichristen|website=Twistmagazine.se|access-date=November 25, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814090111/http://www.twistmagazine.se/inter/combichristen|archive-date=August 14, 2011}}</ref> A few years after the band's conception, LaPlegua departed Norway for the United States, which is now the current home-base for Combichrist and his other projects Scandy, Panzer AG, and Scandinavian Cock.<ref>{{cite web|title=Confirmation of location|url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-155244-atlanta-s-combichrist-brings-feast-of-industrial-chaos-to|website=Clatl.com|access-date=November 25, 2011}}</ref>