History?

-Andy: We must do military training when we are 18-20 years old and that´s for 6-12 months. Four of the "original" five members in Lost in Tears did their training in the same time. We have all played in bands before the army. Some bands have split up but at this time all split up. After the army thought Lasse(voclas), Micke(guitar) and Liljeberg(drums) that it would be fun to play again and they founded Lost in Tears, It was in the presummer of 97. During the summer 97 came Fridde as a second guitarist and then after that I came into the group to play bass. Two years later we thought we must have three guitars and then we talked to Lasses brother Fredde and he came in the group on bass so I played guitar instead.
 

I´m sorry to say I was wrong when I reviewed your record there I said that you were swedish but I don´t want to read too much inof about a group before I review them. Where do you live then, you have all swedish names?

-Andy: That we can talk swedish have it´s roots in Finlands history. Finland have been a part of Sweden in 17-18th century if I rembere the things right and today it´s about 300 000 finishswedes. The twon we come from is called Borgå and it´s Finlands second old town and here have always many swedishtalking people lived. So we have some roots in Sweden but we´re a part of Finland.

You´re forced to read swedish in the school in Finland?

-Andy: Yeah, that´s  fact. In Finlands law it stands that Finlands is a twospeaking languagecountry and that means that everybody must read swedish in the school. But in the last years many people have been critical to that fact but everybody reads sweidsh in school this far.

How is it to live in Finland right now?

-Andy: The taxes are really high but otherwise it´s nothing to complain about.

Politically?

-Andy: It´s a little like other countries in Europe so have the interest for politics been much lower among the young the latest years.

Musically? Any good bands?

-Andy: On the music front it´s really good, in the metal music I mean. Insomnium is one of the best new bands I think personally. Their debut album came out this spring. I wait for Before the Dawns first album which should be out this fall through Locomotive Music. Check out Diablo too....

To play that type of music you do, how does it go in Finland?

-Andy: If we some day wants to live on our music it´s not enough to play in Finland . we must try to come out in Europe. The music type should not be any problem. The reviews have almost only been positive and we have some visitors on our website. We will see when our new CD come out how it´s going.

I understand that many people compare you to Sisters , is it any other bands you have been compared to?

-Andy: Anathema, My Dying Bride, Moonspell and Paradise Lost is some of the bands that people mention in reviews.

Which is the most peculiar review you ever have got?

-Andy: The thing that´s feels strange now is that it´s reviews on many languages. And the most peculiar is that people thinks we´re from Spain or from Sweden and that´s really funny.

Do you care about reviews?

-Andy: Everything is so new for us so this is the only way for us to get an idea what people think about us and our CD and that´s to read reviews. So of course do we care about what they write about us. But we have learned not to take it too serious. A paper here in Finland didn´t like us at all and gave us 2/10 and that wasn´t so nice. But we have also got 8/10 and 9/10 so it´s very varying.

How is a good concert with Lost in Tears?

-Andy: Much feelings, good vibrations with the public. we have a livevideosong on our site so there you can look how it´s on a concert with us. It´s going to be changes nbow when we have released a record and people are going to knwo our music better.

How does the listener to Lost in Tears look like?

Andy: We haven´t that type yet. No.... I´m only joking. I don´t really know. Many different types likes our music. We have the traditional heavymeatltypes which is dress all in black but we have some "ordinary" people to.

Do you have good contact with your fans?

-Andy:We try to have good contact with your fans. We answer all mails we got and if someone writes in our guestbook and leave their adress. We have some fans from 1998 which still is mailing us now and then.

How did you came in contact with your label, is it a good label?

Andy: It´s a long history.  We got contaced by them even if they didn´t know anything about us. We have been on Locomotive Music for a year now and we have no big complains. It´s an international growing company so we see with big interest on the future.

Is there any good bands you know?

-Andy: It´s a lot of good swedish bands and I don´t recognize the half of them. Personal favourites is  Katatonia, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, Opeth...
 

What drives you to play music? Please describe your music with three words?

-Andy: I don´t really know what drives us. We like to play "Melodic"

Do you think you can change anyones life with music?

-Andy: yeah a little. My life have changed a lot of the music I listen to.

What do you think it´s most important, is it to have a good melody, a good lyric or to have a refrain that people remembers?

-Andy: The best songs have all three. The less important thing is the third thing, a refrain that poeple remembers. But the words and the melody it´s extremly important.

How do you do your songs?

-Andy: personally I cannot say precisly how we do. they only comes. I write down some words and try to do a song with a start and an end. And they I plays the rest of it for the band and if they like what I have done we build some more on it.
 

First, last and the most expensive record ever bought?

-First( which I want to say ): Paradise Lost  Icon
Latest: Medication  Prince Valium
Most expensive: Moonspell  Second Skin / live double CD

Idoles when you were small?

-Andy: I didn´t have any idols. But I remember that I have some pictures of Europe on my wall but not much more.

How do you see on these things with idols and so on?

Andy: I don´t really know... We haven´t seen any of this yet. When we played on the Rock Machina festival some weeks ago and whole lot of fans came and talked with us and wanted autographs and those things. It was nice. I don´t have any idea how it´s going to feels in a year or two.
 

Heavymetalgroups and gothgroups seems to care a lot how a cover looks, do you think that´s important. Which are five coolest covers?

-Andy: of course it´s importatnt, that´s a part of the wholeness. A nice cover can get people to buy the CD instad of copying it. The nicest covers:
Katatonia  Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Katatonia  Tonights Decision
Amorphis  Am Universum
Smashing Pumpkins  Machina
Insomnium  In the Halls of Awaiting
 

How do you do a cover good?

-Andy: The first thing is to choose a songs that suits the group. And then you must give it your own sound and play it your own way.
 

For the band?

-Andy: The same thing. Try to get us wellknown in Europe.

Please tell me a little about every member?

Andy: Noone of us can live on our music, not yet. Some of us have a girlfriend but no family.

Lasse ( vocal), 26 years, works as a psychicward
Andy ( guitar ), 26 years, works in the helpdesk on a little ISP
Fridde ( guitar ), 26 years, works on a IT-support
Micke ( guitar ), 25 years, works a little boss
Fredde ( bass ), 23 years, study to be a  tradenom
Liljeberg ( drums), 25 years, works as a IT-specialist.