Killyourstereo.com chats with Sweden's Millencolin ahead of their April tour.
Satisfying as always and as ever.
Millencolin kick ass and take names with ‘True Brew’.
They have a respected and lasting name in contemporary punk. Killyourstereo.com talks with Mathias of Swedish outfit Millencolin. We chat about Warped Tour, skateboarding, Australia, the band...and drag racing.
For the past twenty years, Sweden’s Millencolin have skated to worldwide punk rock success. As an Epitaph Records staple, the four piece has released seven studio albums, done countless tours worldwide, held a skate competition in their hometown and even been granted the honour of their own signature Vans shoe. To mark being together for two decades, Millencolin have released a CD/DVD package called “The Melancholy Connection” and held a festival featuring acts like The Hives and Danko Jones. On the morning of the big day, we caught up with lead guitarist Mathias Färm to talk ABBA, polite Japanese punks and secret tour business.
For a band that formed out of a love of skateboarding, Millencolin have done pretty well for themselves (and they’d probably be doing better if it wasn’t for music piracy). Guitarist and skate park owner (seriously) Erik Ohlsson answered the following questions while dealing with one of the worst connections I’ve ever encountered…