I wanna talk about a film. Fourteen, fifteen years ago or something like that.
A friend had opened up the daily paper, there was a picture of Sean Connery
in a way that we had never seen him before.
The picture just amazed us.
So we learned that there was a film called Zardoz but we just couldn't find it
So it took us some time before we actually found a copy just like this
At that point, we'd talked about this film for a year maybe. It ended up being a code word for us.
It was a code word for...
Umm...
You'd call someone: "yeah, oh by the way is Zardoz coming?"
Finally, we got a copy.
Considering the amount of money they must have invested in it
it's not a surprise that most of you don't know about it.
So we quickly, sort of lost our interest in the actual story because it's actually...
it's not super great.
But we came up with an alternative story.
He was just asked to be in a really expensive film.
And he said, "Yes, of course"
Y'know, upon being offered the possibility of reading a script he said, "No, no, it will be fine."
You have penetrated me.
I mean, just imagine, he comes out of wardrobe, looking like this.
Each scene he shoots, he'd just say, "line?"
The voice of the turtle is heard in the land.
We saw every scene as if it was the first scene that he cut.
not knowing what the film is about
I truly recommend it.
This is a live album with one of my favorite bands of all time.
The funny thing about Candlemass was that
they're usually lumped together with a lot of the trash bands from the 80's.
In Sweden, however, they were friends with a photographer, in Stockholm
who worked for a magazine called 'OK.'
And 'OK' was a youth magazine.
They combined everything that was popular for youth.
You'd have Iron Maiden on one side
and then you'd flip over and then there was this Eurovision schlager artist.
And then there was a naked picture of Samantha Fox. It was pure 80's.
My brother always bought that one when I was a kid.
And he always gave me all the posters that I wanted.
So my room was covered in Kiss and WASP and everything, Twisted Sister.
All the sudden, there was this band called Candlemass.
Now I know it was because they knew the photographer of that magazine.
But they were featured maybe every tenth issue or something like that.
So I thought they were, y'know, they were Metallica, they were huge.
They've actually influenced a lot of the things that we do.
Really great band. Check them out. Candlemass. And this is a good live record.
This is a book. Without trying to paint you a picture of everything being better before internet.
If you were a metalhead, you had to really make an effort to find the music.
I was 12 years old in 1993 when basically all this happened.
Many of the things that I brought into the whole Ghost concept
actually derives from how I experienced this.
Especially a band like Mayhem.
What we know now is that a lot of the things that were said and what they were doing
it was dictated by the senior guy. He was 25 when he died
and everybody else underneath him was 16 to 20.
So obviously these were just a bunch of kids that did what kids do.
But this is a fantastic book that gives somewhat of an insight into a lot of the things that went on.
I recommend everybody to read this story but also
watch one or all of the numerous films that have been done on the subject these last couple years
because it's a very interesting phenomenon.
And a lot of good things and a lot of bad things came out of it.
But I think that it's very important.
And it had a very great significance for myself
the whole wave of black metal.
I had an older brother. Unfortunately had. He's not around anymore to witness this.
I must have been three or four years old and he took me to a record store.
He was a very avid music fan and he bought a bunch of records and one of them was this.
So when we got home, he actually said
well, you might probably like this even more than I do, so you can take it.
So this was the first record that I got. This is like the idea of rock and roll.
You want to look like that and you want to get that.
In my mind, it's the best KISS record.
I really think it's a really good record, with obviously 'Love Gun,' super song.
'I Stole Your Love,' 'Got Love For Sale.'
I mean, 'Shock Me,' it's a fucking fantastic record actually.
KISS, 'Love Gun.'
This is a record that I like a lot.
It is called 'Ocean Rain' with Echo & The Bunnymen.
This record in particular is a little bit special
not only because it involves the song 'The Killing Moon'
which is a beautiful song, but there are many, many other songs on this record.
It was recorded only using acoustic guitars and with a symphonic orchestra.
So the sound is very different from most other records, actually.
It's a very brave step for a band to take at that point, especially in 1984.
In the future, we might very well do a cover of one of these songs.
So 'Ocean Rain,' Echo & The Bunnymen. Fantastic record.
Thank you.
That's awesome.
Thank you very much.