Recovering from last night with a whole lot of junk food, good music and good TV....
lördag 5 november 2011
fredag 4 november 2011
Delayed Halloween celebration
This whole day has been a looong wait for the evening to come. It's not exactly here yet, but well on its way. Now I can start getting ready to go out partying in Stockholm. Can't wait to be on that one hour long train ride!!
Here's a really cool bracelet that I bought two weeks ago.
Think this is the perfect night to wear it for the first time!
Rock science
The 9th of December a new game will be released here in Sweden. This will be the perfect thing to bring out at a pre-party, to test everyone's knowledge about their favourite rock n rollas! The creators came up with 2500 questions about hundreds of rock bands. Of course Kiss, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Guns N’ Roses, Venom, Pearl Jam, Sex Pistols and Rolling Stones are just a few of them.
Who did what on what album? How did they get the idea for this song? There are always rumors flying around about these sorts of questions and the discussions can get quite heated. But here you have all the answers. The only question is, can you handle the truth? ;)
Who did what on what album? How did they get the idea for this song? There are always rumors flying around about these sorts of questions and the discussions can get quite heated. But here you have all the answers. The only question is, can you handle the truth? ;)
Casablanca tour postponed
"The Ryan Roxie/Casablanca shows announced last week have unfortunatly been postponed, but Roxie still wants to come to the UK to play! We are setting up a few intimate acoustic nights during which Ryan will play songs from his entire career including some Alice songs never performed live before as well as material from Roxie 77, Casablanca, Electric Angels and other surprises.
So far we have shows on November 17th in Bedford and November 21st in London (a guitar clinic followed by a show), exact details to follow, but are looking for pubs or music shops, small intimate venues, between these two dates that would be interested in having a show, especially major towns like Glasgow and Birmingham where more fans would be able to get to the shows. If you know of anywhere and can promise 'nothing but a good time' then drop me a line and we'll see what can be arranged. Obviously this is only a couple of weeks away so time is of the essesence."
No idea if this includes the other bands too that were going on the tour. I think they are still going.
So far we have shows on November 17th in Bedford and November 21st in London (a guitar clinic followed by a show), exact details to follow, but are looking for pubs or music shops, small intimate venues, between these two dates that would be interested in having a show, especially major towns like Glasgow and Birmingham where more fans would be able to get to the shows. If you know of anywhere and can promise 'nothing but a good time' then drop me a line and we'll see what can be arranged. Obviously this is only a couple of weeks away so time is of the essesence."
No idea if this includes the other bands too that were going on the tour. I think they are still going.
onsdag 2 november 2011
Hardcore Superstar TV4
One of my absolute favourite bands, Hardcore Superstar, did an interview on Swedish television this morning. I have summed it all up for those of you who don't speak swedish!
The guys started the interview by saying that they aren't used to being up this early in the morning. Plus, Adde didn't get any sleep this night and Jocke only slept for two hours.
The band is releasing the 10 year anniversary record to celebrate that they released their first record about 10 years ago. Even though they have been performing much longer. They don't feel like they have changed that much over the years, they still have the same energy even though the energy doesn't come for free anymore.
They aren't as fond of their old songs anymore, but feel like they have to play them for the fans sake.
Of all the places they've played, Jocke prefer festivals and Adde prefer smaller clubs.
The interviewer starts off by talking about the gig the guys had on TV4 in 2003. The neighbours had hated the loud noice going on up on the roof top that morning. TV4 is now forbidden to have any gigs up there, which Hardcore Superstar say they take as a compliment!
They also say that the rock n´ roll lifestyle is not as glamorous as people think. Jocke claims it's just like any other job sometimes.
Adde says that the band don't have a deadline for stop touring or making music. They'll keep going until they drop.
The interviewer knows that Jocke has a child and asks if Adde does too. He replies - "none that I know of". She wonders how they combine family life with touring. Jocke says that you have to have an understanding partner. And sometime he brings his family along, when there's time for it. Which it unfortunately hardly ever is.
The last question is about how do the guys keep themselves so fit. Adde and Jocke says that they try to keep their every day life as calm as possible. They exercise as much as possible so that they can allow themselves to have a few beers after a gig.
Performance - Run to your mama
The guys started the interview by saying that they aren't used to being up this early in the morning. Plus, Adde didn't get any sleep this night and Jocke only slept for two hours.
The band is releasing the 10 year anniversary record to celebrate that they released their first record about 10 years ago. Even though they have been performing much longer. They don't feel like they have changed that much over the years, they still have the same energy even though the energy doesn't come for free anymore.
They aren't as fond of their old songs anymore, but feel like they have to play them for the fans sake.
Of all the places they've played, Jocke prefer festivals and Adde prefer smaller clubs.
The interviewer starts off by talking about the gig the guys had on TV4 in 2003. The neighbours had hated the loud noice going on up on the roof top that morning. TV4 is now forbidden to have any gigs up there, which Hardcore Superstar say they take as a compliment!
They also say that the rock n´ roll lifestyle is not as glamorous as people think. Jocke claims it's just like any other job sometimes.
Adde says that the band don't have a deadline for stop touring or making music. They'll keep going until they drop.
The interviewer knows that Jocke has a child and asks if Adde does too. He replies - "none that I know of". She wonders how they combine family life with touring. Jocke says that you have to have an understanding partner. And sometime he brings his family along, when there's time for it. Which it unfortunately hardly ever is.
The last question is about how do the guys keep themselves so fit. Adde and Jocke says that they try to keep their every day life as calm as possible. They exercise as much as possible so that they can allow themselves to have a few beers after a gig.
Performance - Run to your mama
tisdag 1 november 2011
The electric love parade
I saw the devil cry in pain down in Barcelona
He looked so alone there, I swear
He was all wrecked up, still too wild to tame
I think it's time to go now
I'm leaving Barcelona
Casablanca going on tour
It's finally time! Casablanca released an EP called "Kings, Queens and Guillotines" a year ago with the promise that an album was on its way. This November the band will go on a tour to the UK with several other bands and during that tour they will have their brand new CD with them! The world-wide release will be in February 2012. I have loved this band from the start and truly recommend that you see them live. It's a totally different experience than to hear the recorded versions of the songs.
The bands singer Anders Ljung is the man behind Space Age Baby Jane, Joesphine who plays drums is also in the well established band Sahara Hotnights, guitarist Erik Stenemo has played with Melody Club for several years and still is, Ryan Roxie was Alice Coopers lead guitarist for ten years and is now working in Sweden with his two bands Roxie 77 and Casablanca. The only one who hasn't been working with music before is the former AIK-player Mats Rubarth. Although music has always been a big interest of his and today he and Anders is Casablanca's main songwriters.
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