| How did I get involved
in Spektrum? |
To get it straight I
think I have to get back to October 2000 after seeing a Spock's
Beard concert in Stockholm. I had been talking to Martin at Missing
Piece about having a beer or two after the show. As Martin doesn't
live in the neighbourhood he was also visiting Olov, the keyboard
player in Grand Stand and he was also attending the same show. However,
Olov and I started talking (over a few beers, perhaps more than
one or two…) and we noticed that we almost had the same taste
in music. All the way through our conversation Martin continually
told me that "Grand Stand already have a drummer so you'll
never wind up in that band…". Olov and I continued talking
to each other and at one point I wrote in a mail that "I can
sing too…" and that's was basically the beginning of me
to become the lead singer in Grand Stand.
With me as a new member, Grand Stand started to rehears and record
what was to become the bands second album, "Tricks of time",
and it was in this process that I crossed paths with Hansi since
he was involved in producing and releasing our record. Through
Olov I also met Galleon bassist and singer Göran Fors (nice
name!)
I remember playing some tapes for Olov, one with my former blues
band "Blueskatarr" where I took care of the drumming
and one with some of my own compositions where I had used a simple
sequencer. I guess that the reason for asking me to handle the
drums in what-was-to-become Spektrum is that Olov wanted a different
sound so it wouldn't sound too close to Grand Stand and he knew
that I could play drums as well. However it was really fun to
start drumming again though it felt rather strange to take place
behind the drum kit again after all these years (the first session
was a great struggle for me to get it right).
Apart from Lizette, I was the last to join the band (Hansi Cross
and Göran Fors was already involved) and though I knew that
it would be a good collaboration the real treat was when Lizette
joined us. Until now I haven't ever worked with a female lead
vocalist in a rock/prog band so this is a new and great experience
for me. And how the lady sings...WOW! Goddamn! Here we are! SPEKTRUM
is born!
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