UPDATED! As April turned into May, Stockholm turned into a Rockholm... okay, okay, let's not try to be poetic! Anyway, organizer Chris LeMon put together a fine line-up of hard rock acts of the eighties, spiced up with some hot rock bands of today. Unfortunately, the Icelandic vulcano erupted and the flights were in jeopardy, so it was decided that the festival would be postponed. Still, there was a smaller scale one day Rock Out in May, and our review of that gig can be found here: RockOut May. The pre-show interviews of acts who played at that show can be found at the bottom of this page.
There will be not one but two ROCK OUT's later this year, a two-day event in September (10th & 11th) and a one day gig in October (16th). We interviewed the acts who will be playing, and here's what they had to say! Please note that some of these interviews were conducted before the vulcano erupted, so the artists may refer to acts that were supposed to be on the original line-up, not these current ones.
STOCKHOLM ROCK OUT II - SEPTEMBER 10-11
(Bands confirmed: Great White,
U.D.O.,
Lizzy Borden,
Kingdom Come,
Keel,
John Corabi, Pretty Boy Floyd,
WIG WAM,
TUFF-Shameless,
Dirty Penny,
M.ILL.ION,
Chris Laney,
Fatal Smile,
Dynazty,
Killing Touch,
Star*Rats, Dirty Passion,
Damn Delicious, Killer Clan of F.U.N.,
Wasted Saints,
Debbie Ray,
Rock n Roll Allstars,
Kissin´Alice)
[ GREAT WHITE / MICHAEL LARDIE ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? We have been touring a lot in the last 3 years with many more shows on the horizon, we are also slated to record a live album this year. What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? A couple of songs from our latest release, "RISING"
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? We love festivals for one thing and most of the bands on our day, are right in sync with Great White. Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? We love Kix, they opened up for us on our 1989 tour with Tesla, I am also interested in seeing Vains of Jenna !!!
There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! You would miss a high energy show, that's all about having a great time !!! A big SMILE on your face for sure !!!!
[ DYNAZTY / GEORGE EGG ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? We released our debut album "Bring the Thunder" through Perris Records in June 2009 and have since played Swedish festivals and a European tour supporting The Poodles in November 2009! Right now we're booking new shows and writing new awesome material! What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? Expect the best songs from Bring the thunder, with even more power and a kick-ass show. There is a very small chance that we might play one of our new songs as well.... And of course an amazing drum solo from yours truly will be delivered.
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? Haha. Feels very good to be in such great company. I feel we fit in perfectly with the other bands. Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? Slaughter and Steelheart of course! Really looking forward to their gigs. And Chris Laney ;) There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! Ok guys, you don't wanna miss our gig. We're the most extreme musicians in the bunch and we'll deliver as if our lives depended on it. We play heavy hard rock with BIG choruses, you'll all enjoy our show!!
[ TUFF / STEVE RACHELLE ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? TUFF has been playing select shows on the West Coast here in the US. We are excited to come play in Sweden and this will be our first ever appearance in the region. What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? I can NEVER give away the secret recipe! But the fans can expect to hear tracks from “What comes around..Goes Around”, “Religious Fix” & “The History of Tuff”.
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? I look to enjoy all of the bands. Many or most of these bands are friends, old friends and comrades from over the years. TUFF has played with many of these bands since our inception including KIX (former Atlantic Records label mates of ours), Great White, Bulletboys years ago (1989) and as recent as 2009. Same applies for Pretty Boy Floyd, Dizzy Reed & Keel. We all know each other. Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? It’s gonna be fun. I am anxious to watch my new favorite band (Vains of
Jenna) as well as the other great young bands from Sweden. Also, Tigertailz.
I have been long distance friends with these guys over the years. I met
Pepsi Tate 20 years ago (R-I-P), and the original front man Steevi Jaimz
There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! Bring a sack lunch, and be ready for a long day. I will be there Thursday nite playing acoustically, also TUFF performs Friday and I will sing for SHAMELESS on Saturday. Be there!
[ SHAMELESS / ALEXX MICHAEL ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? Well i am currently working on new songs for the next Shameless CD even we still dont know when we gonna record it. We are also working on more shows in the fall. What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? Yes we gonna play Summertime Goodbye which is one of my favourite songs. Other then that we gonna play songs from all the albums which gonna be really cool.
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? This festival gonna be real awesome !! So i feel we are in the right company as long as all those pretty swedish girls will be there as well. Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? I'm gonna watch Steve with Floyd and of course Tigertailz who have always been one of my favourite bands. I never saw Kix before so i look really forward to watch them. Actually one of my exgirlfriends was the hot dancing girl in their video "Same Jane". Well she is actually still really hot ;-) There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! I think checking for food during our set is like doing dishes while having Sex . If you are into bands like Poison, Pretty Boy Floyd, Tuff you will for sure love our set. Also if you cant make it on friday this will be your chance to see Metal Costanza Sludge Stevie live on stage.
[ KINGDOM COME / Lenny Wolf ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? This year has been quite calm so far. I've been hiding in my studio, preparing the new cd. Dealing with air condition technician issues in my flat, trying to get it cool. In the meantime Eric spent 3 month in India helping kids and finding his inner center. Frank has been busy with his lovely woman, who is expecting her 4th child;-) Hallelujah, what a guy! And we just found a new drummer by the name Nader. Hendrik, our former drummer, went off doing other things. That is pretty much all there is to say. Living life with all it's aspects;-) What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? Depending on who is coming, they may find them new or not;-) Don't know. But we'll be playing what we like to play. I have not been able yet to experience working with our new drummer yet. So depending on that, it may change the set list. But we will not cover Madonna.
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? That is part of playing on festivals. You often "wonder";-) But honestly, I have not taken a close look yet. Our manager Martina just contacted us about doing a festival with the guys from BADMOUTH. We really like them a lot and simply agreed to it, despite who else is playing with us. Besides, the last time we played in Stockholm, I fell in love, for a while;-) I'm sure there will be bands we (or I) look forward to see and others we don't care much about. That is probably good for the audience. They love being able to show their disliking and affection for bands;-) Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? We'll be checking out the bands who are playing once we arrived. But I noticed not having heard about some of them. So that may be an interesting good thing.
There might come a time during the festival that people might want to grab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! It is definitely not me who is gonna say anything, it's our music who does all the talking. The ones who don't like our sound, can go eat, drink, have sex, jerk off, have a smoke, read Mad Magazine or the bible.
[ Emil Ekbladh / Dirty Passion ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? After a very successful year - touring Europe with Faster Pussycat & Enuff Z'Nuff and supporting bands like Saxon and Y&T - Dirty Passion is finally working on the long-awaited debut album. This will steal a lot of time from us right now, meaning we won't be touring as much for a period. It's gonna be worth waiting for and we may showcase some of the new material at Stockholm Rock Out - a gig we could NOT turn down, of course! What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? Kick ass rock 'n' roll as usual! We will mix some of the old stuff you've seen on the last tour with new material.
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? We certainly feel we belong and we sure got some good company too. It's always a pleasure to be on the same bill as several great bands we grew up listening to. We wouldn't wanna be anywhere else! Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? We'll try to check out as much as we can. Wouldn't wanna choose just one or two out of all these great bands. There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! We're pretty confident people will stay during all of our set. You can always expect the very best from Dirty Passion. There's really no reason to go looking for food when you're invited to our rock 'n' roll party! See you!
Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? We are currently on a month long US tour and we just finished playing at the Rock N America festival in Oklahoma City with Twisted Sister, Ratt, Cinderella, Dokken, Scorpions and other awesome bands. The Stokholm Rockout festival is one stop on our first full European tour ever. We will be touring through 10 different countries over a 5 week trip all throughout Europe. We are super excited to go overseas for the first time to rock all u crazy Euro's faces off. What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? Since we have never played there before we are going to be pulling our favorites off our first album and a few songs off the the new record. Thinking about throwing in a couple surprises in the set but u gotta come to the show to see those.
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? We are always stoked to play with great bands from any genre or any decade as long as they rock. We feel like we fit right in with the lineup and can't wait to get there! Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? Yes for sure. We are gonna support our friends Stivie Rochelle from Tuff and Dario from Lizzy Borden, but we are also looking forward to seeing John Corabi (who we jammed with last weekend at an afterparty) and Wig Wam. Plus we will be probably cruising the festival hangin out with fans and shit. There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! The only reason it's okay to leave our set is if your gettin a beer and u better be gettin us one too. You can eat when your dead. Rock N Roll Bitches!
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[ KEEL / RON KEEL] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? We’ve just released our brand new album “STREETS OF ROCK & ROLL” simultaneously with “THE RIGHT TO ROCK: 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION” through Frontiers Records. In addition to performing at major festivals across the U.S., the past year was spent writing and recording “STREETS OF ROCK & ROLL” which has gotten an incredible response from the fans and the media. What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? I believe in giving the people what they’ve paid for – a fun, kick-ass
high energy show packed with the songs KEEL is known for: “Rock & Roll
Outlaw,” “Somebody’s Waiting,” “Because The Night,” “Tears Of Fire,” of
course “The Right To Rock.” There will also be two or three songs from the
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? Oh, we’re in good company all right – this is one of the strongest festival packages we’ve been a part of. We have good friends in almost all of the major acts on this bill so it will be a true reunion party as it usually is at these events. Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? Many of us have the same booking agent, Sullivan Bigg at Bigg Time
entertainment, so we get to see each other a couple of times a year at
festivals like this. In terms of a live show, I will not miss KIX – they are
one of the most entertaining bands in the business – and I will not miss
There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! These people can do whatever the fuck they want to do, eat, drink, sing along, put their fist in the air – they’ve paid their money, bought their tickets, and they paid for the right to enjoy themselves. Our job as entertainers is to make sure they don’t leave disappointed. KEEL hasn’t been to Europe in 24 years, and we’re coming to the Stockholm Rock Out to deliver the goods, and I can promise the audience that we will give them everything we’ve got.
[ PRETTY BOY FLOYD] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? PRETTY BOY FLOYD is currently in the studio doing pre-production on a new album, the 1st real follow up to LEATHER BOYZ WITH ELECTRIC BOYZ. The band is still continuing the 20th ANNIVERSARY TOUR of LBWET with dates in 2010 in California, Mexico as well as another short run in Europe starting with their flagship date of STOCKHOLM ROCKOUT! Aside from the new original album, there will also be a forthcoming release of a Covers Album and new music video. What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? In Addition to LEATHER BOYZ WITH ELECTRIC TOYZ in its entirety, there will be a few songs not often played live.
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? We’re definitely in Great Company. This is a festival that shouldn’t be missed. Some bands have new material and they haven’t been heard or seen in Scandinavia yet. This festival will be an intimate setting where not only will you see your favorite bands for the 1st time in many years, in some cases, the 1st time ever, you can also expect that we will get to meet with a lot of fans, old and new. Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? We’re all glad to see all the bands…as most of the bands are all friendly with one another for many many years. It will be like a high school reunion! We excited to see KIX, Vains of Jenna, Slaughter and Badmouth.
There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! Floyd is one of the few bands that toss tons of merch from the stage..if anything, you might get your hands on our brand new merch, or a shirt from 20 years ago! It’s a fun band that really works with a great crowd. You’re the 5th member of the band, don’t forget that!! A band needs all of it’s members to rock out at STOCKHOLM ROCKOUT!
[ STAR*RATS / DENNIS POST ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? We're just out there kickin' ass, making noise, & promoting our newest album "Screw The Consequences" (Swedmetal 2009) In the next 3 months we'll be rippin' it up in Germany, Switzerland, France, Finland, Denmark, and of course Sweden. Also, we've slowly begun recording the next album. What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? It's pretty safe to say that the lion's share of the set will be from "Screw The Consequences". Not only is it the album Mr. Whattafuck sings on, but the songs work way better than the older songs.. We might throw in a cover song or something...You got any requests? ;-)
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? Dude! We've never been about fitting in, but yeah! think we blend in really well, and bring something for the folks that like it a bit rougher, punkier, faster, Heavier, than the majority of the bill. I'm really excited about seeing a lot of the bands I grew up listening (..drinking) to like Slaughter, Great White, Kix, etc. but also, I'm stocked about Crashdiet, Vains Of Jenna, and Debbie Ray playing as well, and even though Badmouth played Denmark a gazillion times, I look forward to finally seeing them live as well. This bill is so fuckin' red hot, I get blisters in my mouth just from talking about it;-D Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? I guess I sorta already answered that, but I think if I have to pick 2 it would be Crashdiet with Simon fronting the band which I haven't seen yet, and I'm totally gonna have somebody film us so I can bask in that after the show:-) There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! Easy! We're the closest you'll ever come to gettin' a nuke punched through your skull...in a good way;-) And just to prove my cocky remark, Star*Rats won the peoples choice award for best live band at this years Danish Metal Awards, not D.A.D;-)
[ M.ILL.ION / B.J LANEBY ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? M.ILL.ION are recording a new album this spring, so we´ll take a break from
the studio to do the Stockholm Rock Out Festival. The album will be released
on Metal Heaven in Europe after the summer. Since the last album Thrill of What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? Material from most of our six albums + 1 or 2 new ones from the upcoming album. Premiere gig with Angelo and premiere of presenting some new stuff, it´s going to be exciting. If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? The festival looks great, maybe it´s more focused on glam rock and sleaze etc while we are a bit more classic hardrock but there is no doom or growl metal so it´s gonna be a fun rock´n roll party night - which suits M.ILL.ION just fine.
Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? Personally I will defenately check out Slaughter, Dizzy Reed of Guns n Roses etc and also some of the upcoming bands. I will be around and I have heard a rumour there is a bar as well…;-) There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! You would miss a high energy show, that's all about having a great time !!! A big SMILE on your face for sure !!!! Well, we have done six critically acclaimed albums with the seventh on the way and are described as " "the perfect mix of hardrock, melodic metal and rock´n roll for the 21:st century" so miss at own risk! We usually bring smiles to people´s faces and we hope to see as many of those as possible in front of The Tube Stage on the friday night, when we headline. We probably gonna film it for a future video as well so, it´s gonna be special.! See You all there and remember: Together we are the Rock´n Roll Nation!
[ Stuff / Killer Clan Of F.U.N.] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? Right now we're writing and recording songs for our upcoming cd, there´s plenty stuff we've written but we´ve been on a tight schedule that kept us busy on the road. We hope to have it finished and out before this year is coming to an end. The new songs will blow you away! What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? I would say you've heard half of the songs before, be sure to check out our first cd. And as I said before, we've written a whole bunch of new songs that we want to show the world. The setlist is like a trip through heaven and hell, it will surely blow your mind!
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? I think I speak for the whole band when I say that this is truly an honour to play with all these great bands. I've grown up with these kind of "hairbands" and I think you will both hear and see it for yourself if you check us out! Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? U.D.O of course, and also I will try to check out Wig Wam! Its a nice mixture of both new and old acts at this festival, I'm sure there's something for everyone! See you there!
Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? We've been into studio recently and there is still much more to record, we want our fans to be satisfied with our music so we let the recording take its time to be absolutely perfect! We are also taking much time to socialite with other bands and people to create strong bonds. We're still on with our plans to take over the world. What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? We are planing to give our fans 2 new songs to let them know that we're still kicking ass! And we will play our fancy songs, Alice in ourland and Bandit and of course the best of the best...
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? Yeah, we're very joyful to play with many other bands that have been going through for many years, to actually play with artists we were listening to as children is a very great honor to us. We also want to show them that we, the young ones, also are capable to rock out the mind of people. Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? There are very twisted tastes within Alice but we all agree to Pretty Boy Floyd and U.D.O There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! One thing is for sure, if you dont want to feel that you missed something at SRO you better check out Kissin' Alice. We promise to show the audience what pure Rock n roll is and we're going to give 200 per cent onstage as always!
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STOCKHOLM ROCK OUT III - OCTOBER 16th |
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[ KIX / MARK SCHENKER ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? KIX is very active on the festival and casino circuit all year round, so we get to see a lot of fun places and perform with a lot of other really great acts we haven’t performed with before, for example Judas Priest, Scorpions, Night Ranger and Cinderella. We love to play live and we’re very lucky that What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? We haven’t finalized our set for the Stockholm festival yet, we have fan favorites that we play every show, we’d be in big trouble with the fans if we didn’t play songs like Cold Shower, Girl Money and Yeah Yeah Yeah. So we
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? Not at all. It wouldn’t matter who we are playing with, we would still put on the same show and put out 100%. Sure a lot of the bands on the festival are from the same era, but we don’t think about things like that, we’re totally looking forward to it. We’d play with anybody, anywhere and hope to Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? We usually go out and watch the bands before and after our show ducking in the dressing room about an hour before our set to get ready ourselves. We’ve played with Great White and Keel quite a few times and they are always
There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! KIX is known for our high-energy hard rock performances, we have a long reputation for that and we deliver every time we go on. Eat between bands is my best advice. If I were in the crowd, honestly I don’t think I would want to miss anybody.
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[ STEELHEART / Miljenko Matijevic ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your / your band's recent activities? We have been performing throughout the US and just finished a tour in Korea. All the shows have been overwhelmingly received and the energy is great. Things are moving forward and building momentum with the shows, new music and the Documentary film “God 2B alive”
What kind of a set list can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? Absolutely, this is a new generation of SteelHeart. With respect to my past, this is not the eighties SteelHeart. We will perform some songs from the movie “Rock Star”, for those of you who didn’t know, I was the singing voice for Mark Wahlberg in the movie. We will perform a few songs from the old SteelHeart days and the new album “Good 2B Alive”. This is a high energy Rock show. If you have a week ticker/heart you may want to stay home. If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? We see our past as a stepping stone to where we belong in our future.
Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? Honestly, I show up a little before I go on and roll shortly after the show. No disrespect to any of the bands and not to be arrogant, when I am on the road I am fully focus on my performance. There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! We are true to our art and we kick some serious ass.
[ BADMOUTH / CHRIS LeMON (SRO Festival General) ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? Last year we did gigs/tours with Kingdom Come, LA GUNS and Pretty Boy Floyd which was totally awesome. Since December we have been in pre-production for two months, we will enter the studio late march with Chips K (Hellacopters, Sator, Millencolin etc) to record our 2nd album, due to be released late September 2010. And also we have a new drummer in Vinnie Sharpe, which feels great...And I can tell you that ive been kinda busy with this awesome festival :) What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? Some Badmouth songs...haha....Well, dont know yet, but think we will play a bunch of new songs, this will be the first show after the recording sessions...and hopefully we have a surpise or too...
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? We are in the best of company, I am so proud of the line-up i have booked for the Stockholm Rock Out festival and ofcourse its a honor for us to play with all these great great bands....Some of my favorite bands will be playing, Slaughter, Steelheart, Great White, XYZ, BulletBoys and KIX...well, all bands are awesome on this bill! Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? I wanna check out all bands, but ofcourse i will be busy working but will do my best to catch as many as possible...also i wanna promote the killer pre-show we have on thursday April 29th too, rare acoustic performances by Great White, Keel, XYZ and TUFF...Such a great warm up to this festival! There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! Well, i think everybody should check out the band featuring the guy who invented the Stockholm Rock Out :) And if you like Rock n Roll youre gonna love Badmouth, its not Sleaze or Glam but it makes beer taste better, as a fan i Germany once said! :) And the new material is amazing, we are so
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Interviews with the bands that played in May: |
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[ XYZ / PAT FONTAINE ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? we have been hidden in a los angeles studio recording a fresh version of "when i find love" for a major TV show...we will be in fact playing it at the acoustic show cos it is somewhat of an acoustic version...the song was a big hit on the radio in 1993...and old is new again it seems... What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? we will play a set list very similar to the one we had when we were touring extensively...no new songs in fact but some new arrangements of songs from the past...we will play every song that ever made it to radio....and the underground songs that our fans always request...
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? funny !...we always wonder what the fuck are we doing here ?...LOL !...no seriously we are thrilled to be associated with great fucking bands like Kix...plus we have never been to Sweden and we are thrilled to be able to shake hands and chat with our fans over there...it is also very cool to hang out backstage and talk to the other guys in all them cool bands...catch up on all the good gossips...like around a water cooler or a coffee stand at the office, but instead it's whisky and beer at a rock show...gossips are a lot more disgusting there believe me. Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? we are in and out of festivals with most of the bands on the bill, so if we miss them one day we will see the the next one...i always try to hang out in the company of a few cold beers to check every band out...i always been a fan of Stevie in Tuff, he has a way of engaging in full blown conversations with the the crowd like nobody i ve ever seen before.
There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! well if you are hungry, we will feed you...we are authentic, no playback no lip-sync no pre-recorded anything !...we are tight and on key...we are boxers in the ring...we are rude and to the point...the hot dog will make you puke and that beer will make you piss...give us 30 minutes cos if you wander too far away we will play your favorite song when you can't hear it just to piss you off...stick around for XYZ....face down in the gutter!...
[ NASTY IDOLS / DICK QWARFORT ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? Nasty Idols released the critical acclaimed album “Boys Town” last year, been following that up with tons of interviews, promotion and shit. We also been doing gigs in Scandinavia and Italy. What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? Some new stuff and of course the older classics. We’re doing the title song “Hero For Sale” from the album with the same name for the first time. And of course we’ll do the song “Rock Out”…the anthem of the festival..ha ha.
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? We fit the fuck right in. When those other bands where on top of the American billboard we got our slice of fame in Europe and Japan with the ’91 album “Cruel Intention”. Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? It’s gonna be like jumpstarting some kind of a timemachine,
There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! If there’s any one stupid enough to do that, they will get a drumstick in their neck or whatever and run back in again and witness the blast. NASTY IDOLS are still alive n’ kickin’..!! |
[ TIGERTAILZ ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? At the moment Tigertailz are rehearsing for some things we hope to announce soon. We are constantly writing material and looking forward to some great events in 2010, Stockholm being one of them of course. Join the myspace page, check out the official tailz page – www.tigertailz.co.uk and have a What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of the most bombastic Tailz album BeZerK so expect the classics plus I’m sure there’s going to be a few surprises.
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? Oh definitely in the right company, the Tailz round off an incredible line-up! I bet Rocklahoma wish they had this amount of quality bands this year! Nowhere in Europe, maybe the world is this gonna be beaten. Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? Are you kidding me? Where do we start? We’re gonna be front row catching all the acts, it’s going to be a fantastic weekend, cant wait.
There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! Don’t leave the room, don’t even look away from the stage, it’s going to be a crime to miss a second of the indomitable TIGERTAILZ! We’re gonna conquer all! Stay safe till then… C’mon lets ave it!
[ CHRIS LANEY ] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your recent activities? I have a new Album out April 23rd on Metal Heaven called "Only Come Out At Night". It is a great follow up to my 2009 release "PURE". The new album is full with Kick ass arena rock, it will knock you off your rocker, that's for sure. On "Only Come Out At Night" i have worked with some of my friends like Bruce Kulick (KISS), Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy/Mtörhead), Conny Bloom (Hanoi Rocks/Electric Boys), Ian Hugland (Europe) to name a few. I am very What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? I will do songs from my two solo-albums PURE and Only Come Out At Night, it will be a blast!!
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? I am pretty aware of that I might be a newcomer for some.. but I have been in the music business for 20 some years. I work as a producer at Polar Studios where I work with tons of more "famous" names. As the solo-artist Chris Laney and with my album Only Come Out At Night, I am sure people will feel I belong right there, among the rest. I just signed an endorsement deal with Rockstar energy drink, which means people will probably see my name and face pretty much everywhere soon. That is something that in todays music industry is important, to be seen..., I mean, there is Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? I love the debut album of Bulletboys, me and Zinny Zan has "Smooth Up In Ya" as one of our party songs whenever we hang out. I like most of the bands on the billing, it is like my vinyl collection came to life lol. Then there is a couple of bands like Crashdiet, whom I have produced etc. I will check out KEEL as well since I have been working some with Marc Ferrari over the years. I will show off my cool new amp Hughes & Kettner "Coreblade" for some other people (other than the audience) that will make some grown men cry lol There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! YoWell, If you want to hear all the bands on the festival, but all wrapped up into one act and with some 21st century sound to it, then you know who to catch live on stage... we´re gonna be eyes AND ears out poppin, jaws down
[ VAINS OF JENNA / LIZZY DE VINE ] [ NOTE: De Vine left the band before the gig, and new lead singer Jesse Forte played his first show in Sweden at Rock Out May.] Apart from being a part of the Stockholm Rock Out line-up, give us an update on your band's recent activities? We always try to keep busy. Late last year we released our second album "The Art Of Telling Lies" Trying to play show every week here in the US. We toured all over the country a few months ago and shot a video for out single "Mind Pollution" There's never a dull moment when you're in VAINS OF JENNA. What kind of a setlist can we expect, any songs we might not have heard before? There's gonna be songs from both of our albums played at the show. And we might add some cool covers to the set as well.
If you take a look at the other bands on the bill, do you feel that you're in the right company or wonder what the hell you are doing playing a festival like this? It's gonna be an awesome event. I'm a big fan of most of the bands we're playing with. I'm excited to see Damn Delicious on the TUBE stage. A new generation of rockers. Are there any particular acts in the line-up you'd like to check out yourself? Like I said earlier Damn Delicious on the Tube stage. Kix is gonna be cool to see as well. I'll probably end up watching most of the bands playing. There might come a time during the festival that people might want to crab something to eat. Here's your chance to convince the ones who don't know your band why they shouldn't leave the room when you're on stage! Free speech! How can you resist watching VOJ. You never know when we'll be back on swedish soil! This is your chance! Don't fucking miss out! |
Interviews by Kimmo Toivonen |
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