(Back to AOR land)

2) How was it? Which places have you visisted? Was it fun?
It was pretty fun. I just brought my Apple Horn guitars and a DAT-tape of some of my forth coming tunes which I played to (putting out a record later this year called "Freak Guitar"). I think it´s pretty amazing that one can travel around and get paid while wanking around my Chinese dildo on the guitar to a techno version of "La Bamba", hehe. The tour was around Sweden.  

3) Well, let's talk about the album.... the third opus by your present band Freak Kitchen has been released and it offers a fresh and more pop-focused than the prior and rather heavy duo. What can you tell us about the release and its sound?
 We worked pretty hard on the record. About four months, seven days a week. The time-consuming process was not really the recordings; the basic tracks, bass, drums and guitar, took only a week, but editing, producing, adding the right colour, orchestrating stuff, etc, took a long time. But our intention from the beginning was to give all the time it needed. It was a very cheap record since we rented this ugly place and threw in a lot of mobile equipment. We didn´t use a "real" studio until it was time to mix it. It was all done on hard desk, no tape was used, I prefer to edit music that I can see on the screen. As for the sound, it took some three mixes before we got the final mix right. Joakim and Christian though I was insane, hehe, but I knew there was some good vibes that I really wanted to bring out in the mix. There were a lot of different acoustic instruments used; zither, banjo, mandolin, steel- and nylon guitars, etc. It really added some fresh air to our sound. The most important thing for us is to break some new ground, at least for ourselves. I believe we did so.   

4) Was this change of orientation something intended?
Not really. You do what you do and hopefully there will be somebody out there who likes it. The songs could have been arranged into any style of music, it could have been serious metal or light weight pop. A good tune should be possible to play on any instrument.   

5) To be honest, I think this is your best album and the one that will please more Melodic Rock fans.
Thank you.  

6) What hasn't changed are the clever and hilarious lyrics. They play a very important role in FK music, right?  
I have a hard time writing about the usual stuff, the boring shit you hear everytime you turn on the radio or MTV. I think you can write a lyric about anything. We do. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn´t.  

7) some of them show how much your are fucked by the current pop scene.... "Vaseline Bizniz" and "My New Haircut" are simply fantastic.
Well, showbiz in general is a shithole. We just write of where the shit happen to come from at the time...  

8) Now the million dollar question. why Freak Kitchen isn't setting the world on fire and MTV addicts even knowing your t-shirt size?? I have written in my review you have everything to make it...  
It´s a bit frustrating that we haven´t reached more people than we have. We´re doing ok in a bunch of countries but it would surely be nice to have a solid organization behind you that provide you with serious "muscles" when needed, but that´s unfortunately Utopian thinking. The record industry doesn´t work that way. I prefer to make music for the rest of my life instead of being associated with one fucking tune for a short period of time and that´s it. But, of course it´s annoying sometimes...  

7) Are you playing this year in Karlshamns festivalen? (Actually renamed to Sweden Rock festival)   Yes, we are. For the fifth year in a row. Good place to be.  

9) Some of your albums are now raising abusive figures. Have you ever considered a reissue or even a reunion of the band?  
Nah, we did a short tour around Denmark four year´s ago and it felt kind of strange... dead. It would be nice though if people would be able to buy "Scratch´n Sniff" again. It has its moments.  

10) To end, Why should the regular Melodic Rock fan buy the last Freak Kitchen record?  
Because you´ll find a lot more for the same money in Freak Kitchen´s cd´s; chewing gum melodies, wanking, dildos, electrified gypsy jazz, pop, metal, Stravinsky covers, samba and pure stupidity...  

11) Well, thanks a lot for your time and a big hug to you and the rest of the boys in the band.    
Thank you.