Fenriz of pioneering Norwegian black-metal band Darkthrone was elected to his town council on the platform of “don't vote for me”.

Fenriz said: "They called and asked if I wanted to be on the list [of backup representatives]. I said yeah, thinking I would be like 18th on the list and I wouldn't really have to do anything". His "campaign" was a photo of him holding his cat with the caption "Please Don't Vote For Me".