Freak When Spoken To: The Story of Freak Kitchen, by Asa Anastasia Jonsén
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What is Freak Kitchen, and where do they come from? Anyone hearing the band’s trademark eclectic heavy metal is bound to ask the same questions. The lyrics do not even remotely resemble anything you ever heard before: satire, humor and attitude blend together in something quite out of the ordinary. Let’s put it this way: how many other major rock acts have you heard discussing topics such as infidelity, organ transplant trading, anal bleaching and neo nazism among soccer mums to some of the grooviest metal anthems ever heard? The music is straightforward to the ear, yet infinitely intricate to the mind, borrowing influences from all over the world in a way we haven’t heard since the late Frank Zappa roamed the earth. Mattias ”IA” Eklund is certainly a driving force, the guitarman and singer who gave a whole new meaning to the expression ”go your own way”. But nothing happens without the entire trinity of Björn, Christer and Mattias on the wagon, and in this massively well researched biography by seasoned Metal Journalist Åsa Anastasia Jonsén you get to follow the Freak in detail from day one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FZiD9e2eoQ
Freak When Spoken To: The Story of Freak Kitchen, by Asa Anastasia Jonsén - Amazon Sales Rank: #1959360 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-22
- Released on: 2015-08-30
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x .50" w x 5.25" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 240 pages
Freak When Spoken To: The Story of Freak Kitchen, by Asa Anastasia Jonsén About the Author Asa Anastasia Jonsén is a highly regarded Heavy Metal Journalist in Sweden with a CV comprising most interesting magazines in the field. She is currently teaching at the Gothenburg University. Behind this debut work lies some eight years of following the band.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. I’ve followed Freak Kitchen for nearly twenty years now, and have interviewed them several times long before this project took off. I was a music journalist for many years and continuously reviewed Freak Kitchen’s albums and gigs in the local morning paper. When bassist Christian Grönlund and drummer Joakim Sjöberg left the band in 2000, remaining member Mattias IA Eklundh turned to me to break the news to the world. At the time I was surprised – why not contact a major evening paper? – but I have come to understand how IA works. He doesn’t care if you’re well-known, if you’re rich, if you know the “right” people, if you’re attractive or have a really cool car; he cares about loyalty, enthusiasm and talent. When I’ve mapped the people Freak Kitchen work with, it’s become clear, over and over again. In May 2013, the Freak Kitchen boys gave me a lift home from one of their gigs, and IA brought up the question of an official biography. I had suggested it a few years earlier, but university studies, work and parenthood left no time to realize the plans. Now I had more time on my hands, and accepted the mission with great enthusiasm. I started by asking them for names of people to interview for the book. Unanimously they replied, “Linus Abrahamson, he knows everything about our music!” So I contacted Linus, IA’s personal notation expert, met up for an interview about music theory – and we fell in love. And there you have it, the cheesy part of the book out of the way! Almost everything you’ll read in this book comes from interviews. Translating conversations with IA has not been an easy task; his Swedish vocabulary is much like his guitar playing – unique, inventive and sometimes slightly insane. I have interviewed all five members individually, multiple times over a couple of years, and did one interview with IA, Christian and Joakim together – the first time the trio had spent a day in the same room since the break-up. If you listen to the conversation, you’ll hear an honesty that’s almost heart-breaking. For several hours they talked about memories – and feelings. They laughed a lot, but there were also long, painful silences. In the end, it really felt as if they had cleared the air.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A treat for fans By WillieB I love to read books about musicians but usually they have the same theme. This book is not like that – most all members of the band except Christer (current bassist) were raised with good parents, didn’t do too many stupid things, and focused more on music than extracurricular stuff. The author did a tremendous job researching and interviewing past and current band members and those behind the scenes. The result is an easy to read fun book that fans will devour with delight. The previous band mates describe the tensions within the band and why they left. From my understanding, the biggest issue they had was new songs would appear or things were changed on studio recordings without the bands participation or without them even knowing about it. That and the fact that they were not getting many interviews or recognition that IA received, bugged them until they felt they weren’t part of the band but just hired musicians. Of course IA, did not see this and was crushed when they quit, his wife points out when this happened that he was depressed for weeks.IA is very busy with Freak Kitchen, solo projects, guitar camp, and appearances made on various other records. His two new band mates are just as busy and that could be why the current lineup has stayed together for fifteen years. The book also discusses Freak Guitar Camp and how participants become life-long friends – one of these students currently transcribes IA’s music and describes for the tech minded what odd time signatures some of the songs are in, and how the drums/bass interact to make the music catchy and accessible. I also enjoyed how IA takes long walks in the dark, through the woods in back of his home with his dogs, and often walk directly into Moose on the path. It was on one of these walks that he decided to let Christer in the band.Overall, this is a great read of determined, amazing creative people. The only thing that could improve this book is more pictures. Also, there is tablature and the end that is impossible to read with the Kindle edition, so for those who want this you will need to buy the hard copy.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great piece on a phenomenal band By Oren Alalouf I've been a Freak Kitchen/Mattias fan ever since I stumbled onto a cover of "My guitar wants to kill your mama" by Freak Kitchen when I was a lot younger,and I remember my mind blown!I remember copying all the albums to my Minidisc player and just listening to them ,one by one until I knew each word and each note to each song by heart.From Appetizer to Land of the Freaks to Art Metal,I really can't say enough about Mattias's creative vision and delivery!Thank you for everything you've done!!!I hope people enjoy this book as much as I have, I surely see myself coming back to this one plenty more times ,truly a joy to read :)Oren
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