KATATONIA Drummer Daniel Liljekvist - "I Am Beginning To Head Back To The Old School Stuff Like IRON MAIDEN And LED ZEPPELIN"
September 28, 2010, 13 years ago
The Contrapuntist recently conducted an interview with KATATONIA drummer Daniel Liljekvist, when the band were in Chicago. The following is an excerpt from the interview:
Q: We always find we get interesting responses when we ask this, so to start us off can tell us what kind of music was played in your home as a child and what compelled you to go into music?
A: "Well, my house [it] was a lot of ABBA. No rock and roll music or heavy metal music at all. Like 80s hit music and ABBA most of the time. My grandparents listened to 40s and 50s music like jazzy, bluesy stuff."
Q: What was it that got you into heavy metal? What was your first experience with heavy metal?
A: "You know, I really didn’t listen to heavy metal or rock and roll at all until RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE came out with their first album. And then I was like, whoa."
Q: And that was your introduction to rock and roll and heavy metal?
A: "Yeah before that it was NIRVANA and PEARL JAM and the whole grunge scene. But Rage Against The Machine just blew my mind. After that it was KORN, DEFTONES and those kinds of bands. Now, I am beginning to head back to the old school stuff like IRON MAIDEN and LED ZEPPELIN."
Read the complete interview at this location.
