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Showing posts with label Sweden Rock magazine. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Interview with Henke on Sweden Rock magazine

"In Solitude is the most beautiful thing I've ever done"
(Henke Palm, Sweden Rock magazine, September 2017)




The September issue of Sweden Rock magazine features an interview with Henke about his solo project and his musical career. For all the Swedish-speaking readers, it's possible to buy the magazine on Swedenrock.com .
For all of us non-Swedish speaking followers, an English recap of it can be read below, with special thanks to Vervain for providing a translation of the text and sharing it with all of us, along with a picture of the page.

After briefly pointing out that Henke has previously stated he is not going to comment on the lawsuit involving the band Ghost (whom he has played with during 2015 and 2016) and some of its ex-members, the interview starts off focusing on his solo album, "Many Days". Henke explains that the record has been growing since 2014, and started while having fun rehearsing with Benke (Höckert, bass; also member of Pig Eyes and Södra Sverige) and Tor (Sjödén, drums; of the band Viagra Boys). Two songs took shape at that point, and he had the idea of recording a single. After playing for quite a while with Mattia Alkberg (Södra Sverige) he has always been impressed by musicians who release music under their own name, and since he considers himself rather shy, that seemed quite a daring thing to do, so initially he didn't think it would have suited him, but with time it began to feel right, he explains.
So, in 2016, he did the first demos with Tor on drums and there was originally the intention of calling the project with another name,