interview with Fuck Frankie
What´s the name of your band? The name of the band is Fuck Frankie
What made you call the band "Fuck Frankie"? Because the Accidents was taken.
How was the band formed? Like a square, now we are a pentagon, but with a sphere-shaped drummer.
Where are all band members from?/Who does what in the band? The drummer plays drums, and cowbell when he has built up the courage. He was born in Gävle. The bassplayer from Solna plays the bass. Guitarist Orri is some kind of foreigner, guitarist Lisa is not. Mathilda, who is the bands vocalist comes from Lund.
What was the ambitions of the band when you started? We wanted to save ourselves from sports.
Where was your first gig? Our first gig was at the legendary Kafé 44 in Stockholm
Where was the latest gig? Our most recent gig was, by total coincidence at the legendary Kafé 44 in Stockholm. (OBS two different gigs)
Who writes your songs?/ who writes the music who writes lyrics? We do, but the singer always changes it.
What's good/bad with the band?/What genre do you feel you are? Music/Farts and about the genre we would maybe go with Punkrock, just plain and simple.
Why did you pick that particular style?/What are your songs about? We write the songs according to what we enjoy performing and also listening to ourselves.
Do you write your own material or mainly covers? No covers.
Have you made any albums?/If yes what are they? We have two releases, the first one, just named Fuck Frankie and the the second one named Hate Me are both available on iTunes and Spotify among other places.
Do you have any clips on YouTube? Yes, loads.
How old are you?/What got you started in music?
Gustav is slightly younger than Jösses and got into music cuz he sucked at sports.
Orri is 27, when she was little, she learned to play "blinka lilla stjärna" faster than the other kids.
Lisa is 28 and she got into music because of boys.
Mathilda is 25 and she got into music because of the same reason that dogs lick their balls - because they can.
At what age did you start playing? Gustav started playing cello at the age of six. Orri was 13 when she started playing the guitar, Lisa Has played on and of since the age of 17. Mathilda has been singing for as long as she can remember, her first instrument was the trumpet which she picked up when she was 9.
How old were you guys when you first stood on stage? Kindergarden.
What year was the band started? 2010
Best/worst gig you've played? Best gig will probably always be our next gig, the worst is by far a gig we did at Gula Villan where we only got like two minutes on stage, no soundcheck and loads of other shit that went wrong that we have repressed. Thanks for bringing that up, years of therapy for nothing.
What places will you be playing in in the imidate future? We are really looking forward to a gig at ROQ with Puffra 8th of Mars, and at a Rollerderby party at Svarta Dörren Mars 29, and since we're talking, on June 6 we will be returning to Gula Villan to face our fears.
Witch band is the best you´ve seen? For Jösses it's Tiny T-shirts, Gustav's favorite is Passiva Idioter, for Orri it's Elvira Bira. For Mathilda it's No Control and for Lisa it's Teen Slut Wonderland.
Is it always the same songs live? No.
What has been the best/most promising gig so far? Well, probably the gig we did at Huset in Copenhagen. We got drunk. We lost a bandmember and we lost our merchandise bag, but we got some money and a lot of beer.
What are the plans for the rest of the year? Our plans are to write new material, hopefully start working on a new full length album and to make some new merch… because we lost it.
How do you get psyched up for a gig? Minttu! And we claim our beer tickets and get on each others nerves.
What are your goals with your music? Orri says "Girls, haven't worked yet though".
Is it easier to get your inspiration from older bands or from bands more modern? Older.
What are your sources of inspiration? Gustav says "dunkrullar"
What's the first step when making a new song? First step is making Jösses shut up.
How do you feel about the downloading of music instead of buying albums? We love it.
What would be your dreams for the band? To get Orri laid.
What would be your greatest fears for the future? That Tage disappears.
When you are on stage, what do you fear most then? Mathilda.
Have you been part of any other projects? Yes.
Have you been in any other bands? Yes.
What do you work with outside of the band and the music? Jösses works as a forklift driver at a warehouse, he thinks he is a horse though. Gustav at a home for mentally challenged people where he feels right at home. Orri is a she-janitor at a hospital. Lisa is in-between work right now (in between supermegaawesome work that is) Mathilda takes care of one mentally challenged person at a preschool (not Jösses)
How important are your fans? They are almost as important to us as Tage the shark.
What's the funniest/most memorable thing a fan has done for you? When the boys of Zero Zero violently put their assfingers in Mathildas nose when we were on stage at our release party for Hate Me. She was not amused, but everyone else was.
How often do you rehearse? Every week. Or else Lisa will take out the paddle.
Where do you rehearse? In the rehearsalroom.
Name 2 of your own songs you like at the moment? Pissed on and …everyone except Hate Me.
What drives a band that isn't all that famous and renowned to try to make a living on their music and to keep playing? The one with a drivers licence.
Do you have any webpages? Yes, and the address is fuckfrankiesthlm.com
Any pearls of wisdom for all other bands out there? Watch out where the huskies go and don't you eat that yellow snow.
Would you like to add anything else? No.
Describe your show, visually and musically Come to a show you lazy bastard.
What advice would you like to give other bands? Don't let the drunk singer carry the merchbag, and don't take gigs with no pay when someone else is cashing in. That makes you a dirty dirty whore, and we will spank you, and then you get what we in sweden call "tråkig stämning"
What are the biggest obstacles for a band? Talentless bandmembers.
What is best/worst with playing the clubs? Best is free beer and awesome people. Worst is when it gets past Jösses bedtime.
Tell us about upcomming gigs and why we should be at them? Cuz the're gonna be awesome.
What is your favorite crappy instrument? Mathildas cracked Ukulele that she insists on playing when drunk.
What was one of the most quarrelsome times for you in the band? Everytime leading up to losing a guitarist, it has happened tree times so far.
