JOACIM, DIDDI, ELIAZ, JONAS, AND TONY
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Interview by: Rikki Rampage
Date: 11/07/04
1. NAME?
JOACIM SANDIN
2. PLACE OF BIRTH?
HELSINGBORG SWEDEN
3. FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY?
WHEN I GOT MY FIRST KISS RECORD AT THE AGE 4
4. FIRST MUSICAL INFLUENCES?
KISS, THE BEATLES AND MY FATHERS BAND SWEET WINE
5. FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND WHAT DO YOU PLAY NOW?
FIRST I PLAYED THE DRUMS THEN BASS AND LATER GUITAR, I PLAY
BASS IN THE BAND
6. YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES GROWING UP?
PLAY SOCCER AND MAKING OUT, NOT AT THE SAME TIME THOUGH
7. WORST THING YOU DID AS A TEENAGER?
FUCKED ALL MY CLASSMATE`S MOTHERS
8. YOUR FIRST GIG EVER AS A MUSICIAN?
WHEN I WAS 13 AT SCHOOL, I PLAYED THE DRUMS, OUR BAND
WAS CALLED ROYAL PUSSYCATS
9. YOUR WORST LIVE PERFORMANCE EVER?
ALWAYS IN OUR HOMETOWN HELSINGBORG WHEN THE MUSIC
POLICE STANDS WITH THEIR LITTLE NOTEBOOKS MAKING MARKS
10. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO OTHER THAN MUSIC NOW DAYS?
I LIKE TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME I CAN IN BED
(NOT ALONE THOUGH)
11. FAVORITE FOOD AND DRINK?
PIZZA AND BEER
12. FAVORITE MOVIE / TV SHOWS
I LIKE LOTS OF MOVIES, HARD TO PICK ONE, TV SHOWS I
LIKE FRIENDS AND CSI
13. NAME A FEW OF YOUR MOST FAVORITE ALBUMS.
DESTROYER-KISS, MOTLEY CRUE WITH CORABI AND SLIDE IT
IN-WHITESNAKE
14. PEOPLE YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET?
JOHN LENNON WHEN HE WAS STILL ALIVE
15. MAKE 3 WISHES.
I`LL MAKE THAT A THREESOME
16. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
A SCANNER TO MY COMPUTER
17. WHAT REALLY MAKES YOU MAD?
WHEN PEOPLE DOESN`T OPEN THEIR MOUTH AND SAY WHATS
ON THEIR MINDS
18. YOUR FAVORITE PLACES TO PERFORM AT?
USA AND GERMANY
19. WORST TOUR BUS STORY?
WHEN WE HAD A FIRE IN THE BUS, NOT SO COOL, BUT
NOTHING CAN STOP US
20. WHAT IS IN YOUR CD PLAYER RIGHT NOW?
GENE SIMMONS ASSHOLE
1. NAME?
Diddi Kastenholt
2. PLACE OF BIRTH?
Helsingborg,SWEDEN
3. FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY?
When I sat on my dads knee when he was playing his B3 Hammond
(he played a lot of blues)
4. FIRST MUSICAL INFLUENCES?
Led Zeppelin,Black Sabbath
5. FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND WHAT DO YOU PLAY NOW?
Flute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I play a little guitar and harmonica
6. YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES GROWING UP?
Football and handball
7. WORST THING YOU DID AS A TEENAGER?
Sat in a Danish jail over the night!!Smashed a big window,drunk!
I did not do it..............................
8. YOUR FIRST GIG EVER AS A MUSICIAN?
At a school
9. YOUR WORST LIVE PERFORMANCE EVER?
On an open air festival in Denmark when it was raining like hell and the
crowd stood hiding for the rain under a tent 100 meters from the stage!!!!!!
10. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO OTHER THAN MUSIC NOW DAYS?
I play golf!!! Im the best hardrockgolfer in the world!!! No one drives
longer than I do!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4,4 in handicap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11. FAVORITE FOOD AND DRINK?
I love a steak with fried potatoes and some spicy sauce.Of course I
looooove Jack Daniels.
12. FAVORITE MOVIE / TV SHOWS
I like Scareface with Al Pacino.I don't look at TV so much.
13. NAME A FEW OF YOUR MOST FAVORITE ALBUMS.
Pump with Aerosmith,Led Zeppelin 1,2,3. KIZZ
14. PEOPLE YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET?
I'd like to meet Tiger Woods and Alice Cooper(Ive already met Alice,we
toured together) and play golf with them. And my father again(he is dead)
15. MAKE 3 WISHES.
To stay healthy me my family and the band(they are also my family).
Make a good new album and a great tour in USA!!!!!!!
16. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
A pair of MC boots
17. WHAT REALLY MAKES YOU MAD?
Jeauloise people!
18. YOUR FAVORITE PLACES TO PERFORM AT?
USA,Germany,Italy and Sweden
19. WORST TOUR BUS STORY?
There are so many, but it took fire when we toured
Germany in October!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
20. WHAT IS IN YOUR CD PLAYER RIGHT NOW?
SLIPKNOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ELIAZ
2. PLACE OF BIRTH?
HELSINGBORG SWEDEN
3. FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY?
WHEN I GOT MY FIRST GUITAR AT THE AGE 10, IT WAS A MARSCHIS
OR SOMETHING...
4. FIRST MUSICAL INFLUENCES?
KISS AND DEEP PURPLE
5. FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND WHAT DO YOU PLAY NOW?
GUITAR AND I STILL PLAY THE 6STRING
6. YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES GROWING UP?
TAE KWONDO
7. WORST THING YOU DID AS A TEENAGER?
HIT PEOPLE WITH MY MOPED
8. YOUR FIRST GIG EVER AS A MUSICIAN?
AT THE 13-14 AT SCHOOL
9. YOUR WORST LIVE PERFORMANCE EVER?
WHEN I DID A TROUBADOR-THING 10 YEARS AGO AND THE
SINGER WAS REALLY DRUNK
10. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO OTHER THAN MUSIC NOW DAYS?
FUCK
11. FAVORITE FOOD AND DRINK?
PIZZA AND BEER
12. FAVORITE MOVIE / TV SHOWS
BRAMSTOKES DRACULA AND JAY LENO SHOW
13. NAME A FEW OF YOUR MOST FAVORITE ALBUMS.
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION-GUN N ROSES, LOVE GUN-KISS, PERFECT STRANGERS-DEEP PURPLE
14. PEOPLE YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET?
PAUL, GENE, ACE AND PETE
15. MAKE 3 WISHES.
LOTS OF MONEY LOTS OF GIRLS AND LOTS OF GUITARS
16. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
A GUNS RECORD
17. WHAT REALLY MAKES YOU MAD?
WHEN PEOPLE DON`T THINK I CAN KICK THEIR ASS JUST BECAUSE I`M SO FUCKING NICE
18. YOUR FAVORITE PLACES TO PERFORM AT?
LOS ANGELES
19. WORST TOUR BUS STORY?
GERMAN TOUR, ASK NO FURTHER
20. WHAT IS IN YOUR CD PLAYER RIGHT NOW?
A DEMO BY POSEIDON (JOACIMS LITTLEBROTHERS BAND)
1. NAME?
Jonas Langebro
2. PLACE OF BIRTH?
Malmo, Sweden
3. FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY?
When I got my first drumkit - I was 9 years old
4. FIRST MUSICAL INFLUENCES?
From listening to my parents Big Band records, to one day hearing The
Sweet on the radio in the 70's - and after that nothing was the same again....
5. FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND WHAT DO YOU PLAY NOW?
Drums forever...
6. YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES GROWING UP?
Tennis and Biking
7. WORST THING YOU DID AS A TEENAGER?
I don't know....I never did anything wrong or made a fool of myself...
hehe - what I know of...
8. YOUR FIRST GIG EVER AS A MUSICIAN?
13 years old and playing with my schools marching band
9. YOUR WORST LIVE PERFORMANCE EVER?
Last gig on our first European tour was in Munich, Germany and it was Oktoberfest....and this band like to drink beer...- I had some real problems not falling of my drum throne......the hangover next day was like hells bells.....
10. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO OTHER THAN MUSIC NOW DAYS?
I'm a sportscar freak, so I like to have fun with my Corvette...Travelling is another hobby I have, so to be a musician is to combine work with pleasure - I'm the "tourist" in the band, I have to see all the "stuff" when we are touring...hehe???
11. FAVORITE FOOD AND DRINK?
Italian and Mexican, but I can never say NO if I can have a real American steak o burger...Beer, Jack & Coke, RedbullVodka are my favourites, but sometimes I go for a bottle of wine.?
12. FAVORITE MOVIE / TV SHOWS
Back to the future/ Married with children
13. NAME A FEW OF YOUR MOST FAVORITE ALBUMS.
The Sweet - Funny Adams, Van Halen - I and II, Led Zeppelin- IV, Whitesnake - Slide It In, Judas Priest - British Steel, Hardline - Double Eclipse, Motley Crue - Dr Feelgood, Kiss - Alive.




14. PEOPLE YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET?
David Lee Roth
15. MAKE 3 WISHES.
World domination with the band, A Koenigsegger sportscar and be able to time travel....
16. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
The Starwars Dvd box
17. WHAT REALLY MAKES YOU MAD?
War and ignorance
18. YOUR FAVORITE PLACES TO PERFORM AT?
Anywhere Anytime...
19. WORST TOUR BUS STORY?
When our bus driver destoyed a gas station with our bus .....It was like a Hollywood movie but for real...hehe - It's only rock n' Roll !
20. WHAT IS IN YOUR CD PLAYER RIGHT NOW?
Masterplan
We would like to thank BAI BANG for doing this interview for ROCK N ROLL UNIVERSE.
Cheers ! ~ Rikki
1. NAME?
Tony Rohtla
2. PLACE OF BIRTH?
Helsingborg,Sweden
3. FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY?
When my parents got me and my sister a
cat.
4. FIRST MUSICAL INFLUENCES?
Kiss
5. FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND WHAT DO YOU PLAY NOW?
I played flute in school when I was 8-9 years old. Now I play guitar.
6. YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES GROWING UP?
Fishing
7. WORST THING YOU DID AS A TEENAGER?
I never did anything too bad.
8. YOUR FIRST GIG EVER AS A MUSICIAN?
Early 80's with a band called Hammer,we didn't have a vocalist.
9. YOUR WORST LIVE PERFORMANCE EVER?
See question 8.
10. WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO OTHER THAN MUSIC NOW DAYS?
To go out and have a good time with my friends.
11. FAVORITE FOOD AND DRINK?
Mexican food with a Corona is always good.
12. FAVORITE MOVIE / TV SHOWS
Movie: Jacobs ladder. TV show: The Simpsons
13. NAME A FEW OF YOUR MOST FAVORITE ALBUMS.
Van Halen I, Accept:Balls to the wall, AC/DC:Back in black, Judas
Priest:Screaming for vengeance, Saxon:Power and the glory.
14. PEOPLE YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET?
Mike Slamer and Michael Schenker would be nice to meet.
And Beyonce Knowles...
15. MAKE 3 WISHES.
A long,healthy and wealthy life.
16. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU BOUGHT?
A shirt
17. WHAT REALLY MAKES YOU MAD?
To be treated unfairly
18. YOUR FAVORITE PLACES TO PERFORM AT?
You can have a great show almost everywhere as long as the audience is cool.
19. WORST TOUR BUS STORY?
What happens in the bus stays in the bus...
20. WHAT IS IN YOUR CD PLAYER RIGHT NOW?
Nightwish:Once
1. NAME?