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| From left to right: Joachim Karlsson – guitar, Magnus Lundgren – vocals, Mike Israel – drums, Patrick Leandersson – bass and Nicklas Åhlund – keyboards
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Biography
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Discography
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| 2004 Lady
Of The Light
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The band released their first album 'Lady Of The Light'
in July 2004. The album is in the vein of the late 60's early 70's rock with a blend of blues
hard rock, progressive rock and psychedelic pop rock!
TrackList:
01. Lady Of The Light [7:03]
02. Brave Young Soldier [9:08]
03. These Are Days Of Sorrow [6:42]
04. New Day [4:13]
05. Fantasy World [6:45]
06. Freedom [3:20]
07. Sirens [4:53]
08. Jailbait [4:19]
09. Leave Your Burdens [4:03]
10. Where The River Meets The Sea [7:45]
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What do you think about your debut album?
'One of the best albums made.'
- Favourite Song(and why)?
'All of them of course, we love them all in different ways.'
- Any anecdotes /special memories from the
recording sessions?
'When we recorded the intro for "Brave Young Soldier " we
were all in the studio and banging on all kind of strange things. Then we
slowed the speed down on the recording machine, and the result is on the
record.'
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The Concerts
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Magic:
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- First Concert, where/when?
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'A concert in the north of Sweden
called Norrans Popfest in 99', we actually won the contest.'
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- Which songs do you like performing live mostly and why?
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'I don't know, maybe "Break Of Day".'
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- Any anecdotes/speciell memories from your Concerts with Gypsy Sons Of
Magic??
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'We got to play with the great
Swedish band Soundtrack Of Our Lives as their support act.'
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Black Bonzo:
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- First Concert, where/when?
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'In Umeå, up in the north of
Sweden. The concert took place ca 2003. It's on the site somewhere.'
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- Which songs do you like performing live mostly and why?
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'We like to mix our concerts with
heavy rock and some softer material, because we want the audience to both rock
out and get a mind-opener.'
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- Any anecdotes/speciell memories from your Concerts with Black Bonzo?
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'We did a gig here in Skellefteå
with the american band Bigelf, it's was really a fun gig but the afterparty was
better.'
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Black Bonzo Links
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Magnus
Lindgren interview Feb 2005
by Claes Hassel
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Questions:
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| How did
you get into the music business?
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'We've all been in bands since we were little kids, eventually our common
interest in rock music brought us together. ' |
| Who has
been your main influences?
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'Mainly
everything that's good music. For example early blues, Beatles, King Crimson,
Cactus, Masters Apprentices, Yes, Uriah Heep, Styx, David Bowie, Queen, Crosby
Stills & Nash, Pink Floyd, Cream, Grand Funk, Led Zeppelin, ELP, Kansas,
Genesis, Boston, Saxon, the list could go on and on and on...' |
| List five
albums of the bands/artists that you like the most and why!
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'You're not going to
make this easy are you? Ok, here we go...
The Beatles - The White Album (1968) : It's an amazing record.
Pink Floyd - Darkside of the Moon (1973) : Best concept album
ever with a sound that will never become dated.
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) : The
most progressive album made.
Quatermass - Quatermass (1970) : The most underestimated album
of all time.
Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975) : Studio work at it's
best.
There is no certain order of the listing.' |
| What time
was/is the most interesting for the rock music, in your opinion and why - 60s,
70s, 80s, 90s or 00s?
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'Late 60's to mid
70's, though all of us do not agree regarding this. A time when the most
groundbreaking records were cut, no aspect of genre.'
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dream band(living or dead ;), who would they be, vocal/bass/drums/keyboard/lead
guitar/rythm guitar/producer? |
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'Robert
Plant (Led Zeppelin) on vocals
Greg Lake, (King Crimson) on bass
Phil Collins (Genesis) on drums
Rick Wakeman (Yes) on keyboards
Brian May (Queen) on leadguitar
Frank Zappa on rythm guitar
Produced by Sir Paul McCartney & Jimi Hendrix
Engineered by Chas Chandler
Coverart by Roger Dean'
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songs that you have composed, which of them are your favourites?
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'Where
the river meets the sea, Lady of the light, Sirens...but it's hard to decide,
we love them all in different ways.'
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| What kind
of equipment/gear are you using on the road and in the studio?
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'A
lot of stuff, On the road:
Mike - 2 X 28' premier kicks, and other big heavy stuff,
Paiste 2000 series Cymbals.
Patrick- 70's SG Ibanez with Acoustic amp.
Jocke - Gibson SG, Gibson V, 70's Ibanez two neck SG with
Fender Super Reverb, Dynacord Tape Echo.
Nicklas - Hammond C3, Leslie 760, moog prodigy, Yamaha CP 80
and a e-mu for all other sounds.
And in the studio:
Just about the same except: Leslie 147, acoustic guitars and piano, percussion,
minimoog, Roland juno-60. '
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| What
are you doing in your spare time outside of music?
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'Working or
studying.'
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| If you
don't have been in the music business what have you been doing then?
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'We'd
probably have been working in some factory somewhere pushing a button.'
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| What are
you currently up to?
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'The
record is about to be repressed in another 1000 copies which were currenly
trying to sell around the globe. We are working on new material for the next
album which we hope will be out before christmas 2005. '
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| Artist/album
related questions:
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The
Beginning
Your first band, name and when did it begun??
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'My first band (Magnus
Lindgren) was a punkrockband called Zease, and it
started out about 12 years ago.
we were influenced by punkbands such as: Bad Religion, Propaghandi,
Lag Wagon, NOFX etc.' |
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Sons of Magic/Black Bonzo:
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- How did you get together?
'Gypsy Sons Of Magic were formed in a basement at an
afterparty in july 99.'
- Describe the sort of music, influences!
'When we first started out we only knew what we didn't wanna
play, and that was heavy metal and punkrock. Nowadays we don't care so much
about things like that we just play what comes along. Influences then were:
Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, Black Crowes, Led Zeppelin, Santana. a more groove
orientated music.'
Bonzo was a Postcard cartoon dog character created by
George E. Studdy and there was a band in the sixties called The Bonzo Dog
Doo-Dah Band, for example.
- What about the meaning of the band's name, Black Bonzo?
'Somebody mentioned the cartoon character Bonzo, so we ripped
that and added some colour. '
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Thanks to Magnus Lindgren, Black Bonzo for
this interview!
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