My M*C interview in AMP!!!

[karro]

[Car]

Congratulations Karro!! ;D ;D

[karro]

I'll sent you a better scan for the website. Photobucket is reformatting the pictures


Yeah, I'm very very very happy with!!! Moreover, they took my favorite press picture for the visual. I couldn't be happier. I don't know if mc knows how it's a big deal for me. I would like to get a glass of wine with them to party it ;D

There is a question missing. I guess they missed place so there you go. Its about Biftek Supernova.


Could you explain the song Biftek Supernova?

The song is about the friendship of Nikola and his cousin from Toronto. Kind of like a tribute to his cousin. A strange and funny story where everything is for real and has happened. Biftek is a bar in Montreal where we've been a bunch of times and so is Rover (which he also mentions) in Gothenburg, Sweden.

[Chastity]

;D ;D ;D

CONGRATULATIONS, KARRO! I'll bring my sombrero to your place and we'll do tequila shots, smoke captain blacks (because I'm too damn cheap with my cigars) and invite that Rona salesguy over.

[karro]

Maybe I'm better to post the text version. The scans totally sucks cause it's on diary paper.


**They edited some of my English. So it's the version before it gets into the revisor hands.



MILLENCOLIN AS RANGERS
By Caroline Bolduc, April 2005

With over 1.5 million of albums sold throughout the world to date, Millencolin come back to charge with their ammunition grouped together within Kingwood. In the Ray video, we happen to watch its effectiveness having them fighting against Evil Robot Ray to save the Kingwood forest from being chopped down into pieces. An interview with Ranger Fredrik Larzon.


What is the idea hidden behind Kingwood?

Kingwood represents our musical forest/jungle, the source of our inspirations. That is also the idea behind the song Mooseman’s Jukebox. The moose is considered the king of the Swedish woods. That’s why Erik put horns on Nikola and that’s why the rest of us are the hunters. If we protect or hunt Nikola is up to you to decide…

We see you with rifles on the new cover design. Did you guys add hunting to your fishing hobby?

No, absolutely not. It was just an idea (or concept) Erik came up with when he started to design the cover artwork. We’re really, really happy with the artwork by the way. It looks great.

I noticed that Nikola's voice became rougher on this album. Is this a result that the band planned out?
I think the whole production is rougher as well as some of the songs so I guess that reflected on Nikola’s vocals too. Also, I guess he wanted to do some rougher stuff after his solo-album.

Can you explain to us the functions of Softcore Inc. in Millencolin? Also, what about the functions of Eckhouse Design?

Softcore Inc is our company we’ve had since 1995. Since our contract with Burning Heart ran out before Kingwood, we decided to record the album and pay for it ourselves and then we licensed it to BHR. Softcore Inc is where we take out our salaries from every month. It’s our company! Eckhouse Design is Erik's artwork company name. I believe Eckhouse comes from the father (the actor’s last name) in the Walsh-family in TV-series Beverly Hills. There you got a real scoop!!

Who are Ray, Golden, Pepper and Tony? Let's introduce them to us.
Okay. Ray comes from a Greek saying called ”Panta Rei” which means ”everything floats” or ”you don’t go down the same river twice”. We changed REI to RAY. The ”My Name Is Golden” lyrics are about a Swedish soccer player called Zlatan which can be translated to Golden in Serbo-Croatian. Pepper is just a Swedish-English translation. It’s pretty much like ”Pep-talk”. Tony is just a name, nothing more.

Shut You Out, Novo, Stalemate and Hard Times are songs that touch similar subjects, are those songs related to each other?

Not really. I guess you can say they're all about relations!

What exactly does Novo mean?

Novo means New.

Could you explain the song Biftek Supernova?

The song is about the friendship of Nikola and his cousin from Toronto. Kind of like a tribute to his cousin. A strange and funny story where everything is for real and has happened. Biftek is a bar in Montreal where we've been a bunch of times and so is Rover (which he also mentions) in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Since you are going to make the East Coast part of the Warped Tour, are there any bands you are looking forward to this year?

Hell yeah. Dillinger Escape Plan, Transplants, Fu Manchu and The Unseen.

What got you interested in DJ tours? Will there be a possibility that you will make a DJ tour on American soil?

We have DJ’d at the bar we hang out at in Örebro many many times and it’s pretty common in Sweden that artists do this. I think it’s really fun to just get to play your favourite songs while you’re partying. We have no plans in bringing it to the states now but you never know.

I noticed that you guys are much more open with fans more than ever. What made you take this direction?

I don’t know really, probably because it’s easy when you have access to Internet and those things. It has become easier to give materials out such as small video clips, photos and stuff like that. We’ve always tried to have good contact with people who like us and answer they’re questions, etc.

What would you like to say to the people who criticize your musical evolution?

If you don’t like, don’t listen to it. We make music because we love it and if we wouldn’t do the stuff we like ourselves it wouldn’t be fair to us or the fans. When I buy records, I like surprises and when bands find new angles. I understand that some people have their nostalgic memories that they might relate to certain albums but you can’t think about that when you make music so we try to evolve but of course keep the Millencolin feeling in the songs.

I often hear that you guys say you are lazy boys. Is procrastination a habit of yours?

No. It’s probably because we set up a lot of plans and when we can’t keep the deadlines we can feel a little lazy but to be honest we really put in lots of work in this band, it’s not just touring and recording. We’re pretty much involved and in charge of everything such as the website, all the artwork stuff (album covers, ads, merch, etc.), fan mails/questions, the Millencolin Open Skateboarding Contest and we also try to keep daily contact with the working partners in North America, Australia, Japan, etc. Anyway, we would never complain. It feels really really good to be aware of everything regarding our band, we love this band and it’s a huge part of our lives.

You guys mentioned you drank every night out of the recording session. Any cool stories about “Le Drunk Spot” or the local bar?

It’s a really really small bar called “Rover” and they have hundreds of different beer types and we were just hanging out drinking beers and talking a lot. One night, me and Mathias were joking a little with Erik and took a part from Erik’s mobile phone and he was a little drunk, sick and tired (of living on the floor in the studio and doing nothing when he could be home doing the album cover). We took a photo of the stolen part and sent it to his mobile phone and then he flipped out totally. He got so angry and just left the place. It was stupid and we were all tired, bored and homesick I guess and we laugh a lot to it nowadays.

So do you have any favourite beers?

No, not really. We love all kinds of beers. You know sometimes you just want to sit and sip on a beer for half an hour, then you would probably want a beer that taste a lot but when you are out partying you are not that picky I guess. So it depends on the mood I guess.

Your last words…

Thanks very much for doing this interview and thanks to everybody who’s supporting Millencolin in any way!

[karro]

The French version (for Gilles, Dams and Dany!) will come in July since the Radzine issue has been delayed in time. I'm doing correction until tomorrow so. It will get in the printer hands next week.

[greener greg]

never tired to say it : KARRO RULES!!!!!

[greener greg]

AHAHAH....my name is golde referred to Zlatan Ibrahimovic Juventus football player?ahah that's too funny and cool.
zlatan zlatan zlatan!
niko is right, he is the best.

karro, this interview is full of scoops! ;D

[androdaking]

Great interview! Finally we got some information on the song titles!

[Dany]

Karro rules once again ! Congratulation ! I guess One of your dream come true !

[Dams]

Amazing!!!

Very cool, karro!

I believe Eckhouse comes from the father (the actor’s last name) in the Walsh-family in TV-series Beverly Hills. There you got a real scoop!!

Jhonny Eckhouse is mentionned on home from home.

[Millencoolin]

Just me i dont understand all english ithinks on this forum...

[Jonas]

Wow cool interview!

[millenCOOLin]

greg22 said:

zlatan zlatan zlatan!
niko is right, he is the best.

who is he? (or was)

[millenCOOLin]

androdaking said:

Great interview! Finally we got some information on the song titles!

that reminds me the 2nd thread that I created, the birth of the song´s names if I´m right...


Great job Karro ;D