interview with Etain
Have any of you played in other bands?
Yes:
-Varghaket House Band
-Varghaket House Band
-De Utslängda
-Kasta Mask
-Linköping Beer Patrol
-Los Depravados
-Sunday's Down
-Denied Time
-Brew Dogs
-The Bobby Boys
-Countryline Gangsters
-Cosmouse & Sammy
What are your names? / Who plays what?
Ida - Lead vocals and harmonica
Sanna - Backing vocals and rhytm guitar
Svempa - Irish bouzouki, tin whistle, trumpet, mandolin, bombard (discarded), shouting
Filip - Bass
Filip - Bass
Zappa - Lead guitar, shouting
Johan - Piano
Virre - Drums (any drum except bongos)
Have you had other previous members? Yes, A Viking and a farmer&%#
Where are you from? Across the vast country of Sweden, from the dark mines of Dalarna to the golden shores of Trelleborg.
What year did the band form? 2017
What's your style of genre? Folk rock with swedish and irish influences?
What inspires you? The movie "Here Comes the Boom". Nothing else.
How often and where do you reherse? Twice a week in industry land, north of central Linköping.
How have you developed since you started with the music? Yes, a lot. Hopefully the difference will be noted when we release our next single, Take Me Back.
What made you decide to make this music? When the patron of the well renowned speakeasy Varghaket was evicted, the members of its house band needed a new forum to develop their musical disabilities. The result was Etain.
What are your songs about? Mostly about drinking beer, or to want to be somewhere else. They are very happy songs.
Who does the composing and writes the lyrics? Usually someone brings a draft to the rehearsal and the entire band contributes in developing the song.
Do you start with the music or the lyrics? It difffers from time to time. Sometimes it starts with a killer riff like du-du-duuu-du-du-du-du-duuu, and sometimes with a good phrase like "glida runt i tortelliniväder"
Do you have a regular place you play live often? We played very often in Estonia.
What was your first gig like? It was a combined open mic night/competition at Flamman in Linköping. We advanced to the next stage of the competition after immense vote cheating by Sandeep.
What was your latest gig? A tour in Estonia, we played on a hill overlooking the capital.
Have you had to cancel a gig? Never, we always play, no matter the abscense of band members or the excessive intoxication level of the aforementioned.
Where have you played live this year? Estonia and three different köpings.
Where do you plan to gig the coming year? Mellby srand (Laholm) (6/7), Gnosjö stadsbibliotek (TBD), Linköpings trädgårdsförening (1/8), The Festival (TBD)
Do you have any role models or idols? Paul Blart, Dave Skylark, Kramer, Chandler Bing, The Pogues, Scott Bacula
What advice would you give other bands or artists? Never don't give up!
Do you have any new material? Soonish
What are your web sites?
Do you have something to add? Keep on Roxen in a free world!
