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0 years ago, Hardcore Superstar came hurtling out he album kicks off with ‘AD/HD’, which
Tis something that Adde says they all
2 of Gothenburg, Sweden, with their own brand of have. “The energy, it started out as a joke, the
song. When we wrote the song we didn’t have
rock ‘n’ roll. They went so far as to name their debut any lyrics. Since the chorus is so frantic and
insane, we just had a working title for the
album ‘It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll’ – but it has definitely be- song, and we called it ‘The AD/HD Song’. After
a while, we just started talking about ‘Why not
come a lot more than that since then. It’s now not only write something around that?’
“It’s basically what we want to be as a rock
rock ‘n’ roll, but life itself. September sees Jocke Berg, ‘n’ roll band. We love that stuff, that insane,
Martin Sandvik, Magnus ‘Adde’ Andreasson and Vic Zino rock ‘n’ roll, fast sound. Someone said… I
think it was a girl from a Japanese magazine,
releasing the 11th Hardcore Superstar studio album, de- she told us, ‘You actually sound like Slayer
trying to play Motley Crue songs because
fiantly called ‘You Can’t Kill My Rock ‘N Roll’, and it is, in there’s so much energy when you play, it’s
like Slayer energy to the songs, but the songs
our opinion, their best yet. We caught up with drummer are kinda like sleaze rock and hard rock’. I
kinda like that comparison. We obviously love
Adde to find out how music heals, the school system both bands.”
The band have always had that ‘AD/HD’
angers him, and trust is what counts in the end. vibe to their music, albeit in different forms.
Looking back, Adde says, “In the beginning,
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