Martin talks about...

I interviewed Martin about The Strollers, his musical influences and his new band Penny Arcade. Thanks a lot, Martin!

Martin:
"When it comes to the split-up of the Strollers I can only talk for myself and how I felt about the situation. I think all the guys felt sort of tired with the band and some of the members weren´t getting along to well, I guess. Kahlin was the first to go, I can´t really say if he was fired or just wanted out. We played a couple of gigs with Joakim Dimberg ( from the Roadrunners)but I was gettin´pretty tired of the whole situation. I think there were some  different opinions when it comes down to the music as well. We were sort of tired of the music we were playing and wanted to go different ways. Even if the band hadn´t called it a day Im pretty sure it wouldn´t sound like the "old" Strollers."





Martin:
"I quit the band cause I wanted to play guitar and sing, which I had wanted for a pretty long time. And I must say I´m glad I did. After that I think the rest of the Strollers boys wanted to get rid of Joakim cause he was gettin´really crazy and somewhat dangerous. Mathias and Henrik had some plans for a while but nothing really happend and Henrik joined the Peepshows. I still see the other guys once in a while and I´m getting along with them all. There´s no hard feelings, at least not from my side."




Martin:
"In case of the music I like alot of stuff. In the Strollers we began with brittish 60´s band like Rolling Stones, Kinks, Yardbirds and so on. Soon we discovered american 60´s punk and for a long time the "back fom the grave" records were my favourites along with bands as the Seeds and the Sonics. I still like all the music I listened to back then but I'm not as close-minded nowadays."




Martin:
"It´s kinda hard to describe our sound. All four of the members write the material and we all have sort of diffrent backgrounds. Were not a stricktly 60´s garageband our influence comes from a lot of diffrent band and artists. Just to mention a few: Rolling Stones, Roky Erickson, Flamin´Groovies, Stooges, Bob Dylan, Third Bardo, Howlin´Wolf, Johnny Thunders etc."




Martin:
"Penny Arcade doesn´t really have a deeper meaning but I think there was a N.Y. groupie who used to go by that name, as well."


*For more information about Penny Arcade, please go to "PENNY ARCADE" page.

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