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H – ‘Have Mercy On Me’. Tell me about your recording of the records, the writing of the us about some of the pranks you’ve pulled
new song, ‘Have Mercy On Me’. records, and the process that it takes to write on other members.
VZ: I love it, I love it! I think it’s exactly what the records. They’re all good in their own VZ: Oh yeah, I have my moments! Oh, the
we are as a band. That song; the way it way and every process has been different. firecrackers in the toilets. That’s a good one.
sounds; the way we play it; the way the lyrics It’s pretty cool with this band as it never gets I hate when people do it on me, but I love
are; the energy; I think that’s exactly who we boring. Whenever a record is done we al- doing it on other people.
are on stage. That’s why I like it so much. We ways try to find new ways of evolving and BV: What happened? Who went to the toilet?
have our explanation of the song; we just let making it interesting and not repeating our- VZ: Tony, our tour manager, went to the toilet
people have their own opinion and build selves. and opened it up and pissed his pants a lit-
their own interpretation of the song. I tle! It was funny.
guess the main point is to trust in
yourself; be strong enough to trust in Q – Quest. What quest are you on?
yourself, your instinct and your deci- VZ: I just want to feel good. I just
sions. That’s what it’s all about. It want to be happy. Be who you are
doesn’t necessarily have to be about and be the best you can be. I think
religion. that’s the attitude to have.
I – Inspire. Who was the last person R – Radio. Can you remember the
who inspired you? first time you heard yourself on the
VZ: Today – Jocke inspired me to do radio? Is radio still important?
stuff that I was planning on not doing. VZ: Of course. I do remember. It was
We were sitting at a pub here in quite surreal. It was with Crazy Lixx,
Dublin. He said something that was before Hardcore. It was so cool. I
really inspiring about stuff that I need called everybody.
to do at home and it just pushed me
to do it. So it’s not always music that S – Sanctuary. You’ve got a song on
inspires, it’s everything else. the upcoming album called ‘My
Sanctuary’. What or where is your
J – Jocke. How important is Jocke to sanctuary?
the band? What does he bring to the VZ: I guess home is sanctuary, but
band? studio when you work with music
VZ: Without his voice there is no and when you kind of forget to eat,
Hardcore. Our friendship, it’s great. forget to drink and forget everything
He’s very easy to get along with. for those few hours when you work,
Never had trouble, never had argu- that’s very special. You’re so caught
ments. I mean, of course, small argu- up in what you’re doing that nothing
ments about what we are supposed to else matters.
do; everyone has their own opinions, and it’s BV: Do any special events stand out?
a four-piece band and everyone has to say VZ: Kamikaze in Japan. Just write that. Don’t T – Tampere. The city where you agreed to
their opinion, but nothing out of the ordinary. drink Kamikaze In Japan! Not more than one join Hardcore Superstar. Tell us about mak-
at least. ing that decision. What made you finally de-
K – King. If you were king and could rule the cide to go for it?
world, what would you do? What rules would O – Organisations. What organisations and VZ: I actually agreed to… It was me, Adde
you make? charities do you most support? You all and the tour manager. They asked me, the
VZ: Wow. That’s a good question. I don’t signed a guitar for Musik Mot Cancer last whole band asked me during the Japan and
know if I should get into this! (After ponder- year. Who else have you helped or would Australian tour and I wasn’t really sure if I
ing a while and wanting to come back to it you like to help? wanted to do it ‘cause of Crazy Lixx and it
later) I guess I would make everyone equal VZ: I don’t know if I should get into this and was a big decision. I needed to discuss it
in importance. mix it up with music, but I do support a cou- with family and a couple of people, but then
ple of charities on my own as a private per- we sat down; me, Adde and the tour manager
L – Lessons. Did you have guitar had a beer and dinner or something,
or vocal lessons? so I just said it out loud; “If you guys
VZ: Yes, I did; a couple of them in want me, I’m still in.” Then we waited
the beginning. But it was never my till the show that evening; that’s
thing. I had to learn on my own where the video was recorded, I kind
and do it in my own tempo. It of said it to everybody at once.
doesn’t fit everyone to take les-
sons. But if it works for you, try it; U – Unique. What’s the most unique
it won’t hurt. You always learn thing about Hardcore Superstar?
something new. It doesn’t matter if How does the band stand out from
it’s a lesson on YouTube or with a others?
guitar teacher. YouTube is full of VZ: Nobody’s better at doing what we
creative people that can give you do. We are a great live band who de-
great tips and advice. livers every time we play and every
show is a life-or-death situation. Es-
M – Martin. What does Martin bring pecially when Jocke’s up front mon-
to the band? keying around!
VZ: Stability. He is a big, big bear
that is stable and never moves. V – Vic. What do YOU bring to the
He’s a creative soul who is ex- band?
tremely determined with his opin- VZ: Creativity. Energy. Youth.
ions. (laughs) That’s a good thing. son. But as a musician or a band member, BV: You’re not that young now though!
there are a lot of people that call us up and VZ: Not anymore. I used to be young! (cries)
N – Nostalgia. In years to come, what mem- ask for stuff to donate, like CDs and T-shirts
ories will stand out? What will you say ‘Re- that they can auction away, so we do that. It’s W – Weakness. Do you think Hardcore Su-
member when…’ to? not a big thing for us to give away a couple perstar has any weaknesses? What’s your
VZ: The story of me joining the band gets of packages of stuff, and then money goes weakness?
brought up quite often and it’s a pretty cool to charity. VZ: No, we don’t have any weaknesses.
story. I guess that kind of comes up very Everything we do is by choice. You can al-
often. And all the records, not just the P – Pranks. We hear you’re a prankster. Tell ways improve yourself, you can always be
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