I was looking closely at an image of Leif Munkelien – frontman of Metalheads Against Bullying from Norway – and was sure I had seen him somewhere before.

Maybe performing in the Eurovision Song Contest?

Or probably someone very much like him.

He certainly looked the part when thinking of some recent skull-and-crossbones Scandinavian entries: dressed-to-shock with heavy-metal tattoos and extraordinarily long talon-like fingernails.

Yes, I know I’m stereotyping the poor man and should leave him alone.

But I read somewhere that there are more heavy-metal bands in Norway and Finland than anywhere else.

I don’t know about Eurovision, but Leif’s line-up brought the house down with a performance at Ellon Academy.

Not for the right reasons, though.

School staff felt obliged to step in to protect the ears of young S1s and S2s in the audience after something was lost in translation – as the Norwegians attempted their first English-language anti-bullying show.

Maybe clumsy AI translation was to blame for a stream of allegedly unsuitable material pouring from the stage.

Although having said that, award-winning Leif is well-known for using “direct” language which relates to young people and makes them listen –........

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