When The Going Gets Weird, The Weird Turn Pro or How I Learned To Love Broccholi In Five Simple Ways

Yihaa, finally it's confirmed that we'll go to Denmark once again, to play on the Copenhagen Live 2010 festival!

I'm really, really excited, because we're playing our set before Slash. For those who don't know me, Slash is my first and foremost musical idol. He is the guy responsible for me picking up the guitar, and throughout my playing "career" has been the biggest influence on my playing. Even the Gibson Les Paul fetish has rubbed off to me from him.

I first got turned to Guns N' Roses by my big brother when I was five years old. That was "way back" in 1990. Started to listen to GNR full-time when I started to play guitar, and Slash is still my number one guitar hero. The only guitar hero I've ever had actually. His playing style, solos, sound, look, persona, everything is just so... Cool. He's the ultimate rock guitar player.

All the other post 1980 guitar heroes bore me out with their endless stream of pre-practiced scales, technique focused and boring arpeggios that only beg "please look at me" when the riffs should scream and spit "fuck you, i don't give a shit". Well, that's my 2c about that.

Then Rammstein. Faaaak. Almost same thing as Rammstein has been a favorite since Herzeleid came out. They've also been my sc. "sound idols" as their records, especially "Reise Reise" has been a focal point in my sound planning, as I think it's a very good sounding record. The drums are always amazing sounding in Rammsteins records. 2c.

Yappedy yap yap yap. Yes sir I can boogie.

Oh, come to think of that. Now I don't have a cast anymore. But the leg is far from good. Now it's stuck in a crooked position so I can't walk normally. And now I've got osteoporosis in it, so the bone has almost withered to just a old fragile stick. So now I eat old peoples medicine and try to learn to walk. As the foot is in the shape of a propeller, I can only walk on the side of the foot, so it's really hard and painful.

Don't really know if this leg is ever going to work again. Don't have that really high hopes for it. But let's see.

But according to my scientific calculations, if I have a wide rock pose, then my leg is kinda straight, and I might be able to play the gig standing up! Can't move around much but I'll just have to compensate by putting my head and upper body in such a high velocity centrifugal mosh-sling that nobody will notice or care that I don't move around.

Yeppers. And you can take that to the bank, sir.

The point is, to play with my band before my idol, and in the same event as my "sound idol" in a big festival abroad is a huge dream come true! Really excited about it! It'll probably be a fun trip! Lot's of Spinal Tapping and other shenanigans!!



I leave you now with a select collection of classic quotes from "This Is Spinal Tap", quotes that gets more true as years go by;

"Well, I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation."
-David St. Hubbins

"May I start by saying how thrilled we are to have you here. We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll. "
-Lt. Hookstratten

"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever."
-David St. Hubbins

"It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black."
-Nigel Tufnel

"[reading a review of the album 'Shark Sandwich']
The review for "Shark Sandwich" was merely a two word review which simply read 'Shit Sandwich'."
-Marty DiBergi

"[when asked by Marty if he has a creed he lives by] Have... a good time... all the time."
-Viv Savage


Nigel Tufnel is another hero of mine. Not musically tho. It's funny and scary how most musicians can relate to that movie. It's not even funny for some. Sometimes I'm Nigel and Tuukka is David. It all matches so good sometimes.

And every bass players I've known are just like Derek. And we've have had a problem in the past with drummers leaving suddenly, almost spontaniously combusting themselves from the band. Hehe.

But let's leave that discussion for some other time. I've yapped enough, probably too much already :D

/Jonas