NASUM / COLDWORKER drummer Anders Jakobson has issued the following update:

"Here's the second part in the 'Masterblasters' series. This time I have interviewed Ove Wiksten of SAYYADINA , an old friend of mine. Now, Ove is quite a different drummer from Tobben (VOMITORY) who I interviewed last time (although they are from the same part of Sweden), but that's what this series is all about - getting to know different drummers in the scene who all know how to blast. So, let's go for the second time:

Jakobson: How did you first come to enjoy and ultimately play grind?

Wiksten: "My first encounter with grindcore was not very pleasant at all. In 1989 I borrowed some Napalm Death vinyls (Scum, FETO and Peel Sessions ) from my friend Blom, who said it was his new favorite band, and honestly I thought it pretty much sucked. I was into thrash metal, hardcore and crossover like Assassin, DRI, Nuclear Assault, Protes Bengt, SOD and Wehrmacht, but Napalm Death's stuff was a bit too chaotic and noisy for me, like they didn't play together, not keeping pace, or something. Later that year another friend of mine got the Grindcrusher comp LP from his uncle and I immediately fell for Morbid Angel, Intense Degree and Filthy Christians, and soon realized that the rest on there was great as well, so I had to borrow Blom's ND records again and this time I enjoyed them. (What appears as a mystery is that I thought Terrorizer were just avarage on that comp, until I heard their whole album, then they were The Best!).

As for playing grind myself... It started 1990 with Gula Kulor - a recording project consisting of the four persons out of Torsby's population who liked somewhat extreme music. Two of them could actually play instruments (the already mentioned Blom being one) and I wanted to be a drummer and knew only a little more than how to hold the sticks. The recordings Gula Kulor made (three sessions 1990-1991 - no rehearsing) turned out to be some sort of hardcore/death metal crossover. Then me and Blom wanted to go grind, so we recorded a bunch of spontaneously created compositions under the name Purgative Klyster, New Year's 1991/1992, but of course the result was more noise than grind because I still had close to zero clue about how to play drums. We tried it again in 1993 with slightly better result.

In November 1994 I became the drummer of local hardcore act Scamp (that Blom also figured here) and borrowed a drum kit (from the guy I replaced, actually) so I could practise. I bought a double pedal and learned how to blast, and realised 'being a drummer was more fun than I'd thought.

I don't know when the nickname 'GrindOve' appeared or who it was that came up with it, but I first heard it in Kristinehamn and those Burst guys Linus and Jesper called their friends, going 'Hey, GrindOve is here for a visit, come over and have some pizza and beer with us,' in the mid-90s or something."

To read the rest of the interview go to this location.