2) Can you name a special trait of Chains, typical for your band only?
Well I'd say our songs of course!
We
do sound like ourselves and no one else, that's for sure, but I think
it's hard to put a finger on what it really is that makes our sound, I
suggest that everyone should listen to our songs and find out
themselves. I mean sure we have some ingredienses that we use to get
the songs where we want them to go, but no one is more important than
the other so I'd say the combination of them together with the way we
play as a band.

3) Your sound is a mixture of the sound of the
80s and the modern sound. Why did you decide to combine with the 80s in
particular? What attracts you in that period of time?
Everything! The bands, the songs, the musicians, the lifestyle, the attitude - the ENERGY!
There's just something really magical with 80's rock and metal, it has so much energy and most songs are great!
So
what we're doing is that we're trying to take all that energy and
putting it into our own songs to make something new and modern of it!

4)
The mood of the song much depends on how the author of the lyrics feels
at the moment of writing. Do you need any special mood for songwriting?
How do you create the songs and what inspires you?
Sure you always
have to be inspired, you can't just force good music out of yourself,
so you have to find the right mood, absolutely!
When we're writing
in Chains we do a lot of the work together when we rehearse, someone
brings an idea and then we all try to contribute to it with different
ideas,
I think that is what makes a lot of our sound, that we all are involved in the process.
I'm
sure that there are specific things that can inspire but I don't think
of them, it just comes naturally when you're in the mood, you never
think of what might have inspired you to make this song, at least not
during the whole process, maybe afterwards.

5) What topics do you like to deal with most of all in your songs?
Well, all our songs tend to involve love in one way or another, that is what comes out naturally.
As
with the music you need inspiration to write lyrics, you don't always
have to be in the same mood as the lyrics deal with, sometimes it just
comes naturally, but you have to find some kind of "song-writing mood"
to get really focused on the writing.

6) What do you like more: to play live or to record in the studio?
Tough
one! If we'd be recording as much as we play live I'm sure I'd choose
playing live, cause after all that's what this is all about, but since
we don't record very often I think I'll go for that one, there is
always something really special when you're in a studio for several
days working after a really tight schedule and trying to make the best
out of everything.
In live-shows everything just happens and then
it's done but in the studio it's gonna be there forever so you have to
look really critical on everything to make it as good as possible!

7) In which city of the world would you like to perform most of all and why?
I'd say anywhere as long as people show up to support us!

8) Would you like to record a song in your mother tongue?
Interesting,
never thought about that. I don't think we'll do it within the next few
years but maybe when we get older, it would definitely put a new face
on our music!

9) Let’s speak about Nordic Challenge. What do you think about the festival and what do you expect from it?
I think playing at Sweden Rock Festival is the dream of every Swedish rock/metal-band so what can I say, it feels fantastic!
When
the Nordic Challenge started I could never imagine that we'd win the
whole thing and to be honest I didn't care either cause I really didn't
think we'd have a chance!
Then when I saw that we were on the top 10
list I realized that there maybe was a chance after all so I told all
our friends and fans to vote and told them to tell everybody else and
so on. It was sad that there was so much cheating going on so I liked
when they closed the voting and let a jury decide, and then we won!
Amazing!
As for the festival I think it's gonna be really really
great and we're gonna work our asses of during this spring to make our
show the best of them all, that's a promise!

10) Could you say a couple of words to our magazine?
We appreciate that you're interested in our band and we hope to come playing for you some day!
You're
all welcome to see us at Sweden Rock Festival (or any other show or
festival) this summer and don't forget to check us out at <a href="http://myspace.com/chainsband">myspace. com/chainsband</a> where you can order our EP "Fool For Love", your own Chains T-shirt or just send a note or whatever..

Rock on! / Matt & Chains

The interview was done by Olga Polmoshnova.
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