No Fun At All has always been one of my favorite
punk groups in Sweden. I was missing their
concert a little at Liseberg together with
Offspring but took it back with some good photos
and the new album and a nice interview with
Mikael Danielsson. July-2018
How is it that it took ten years from the last
record to get out the new Grit?
-When we released "Low Rider" 2009, I also
thought it would be the last NFAA record. It was
a bit tricky and the commitment was not the
best. Then I started writing new material that I
recorded at my home studio and a year ago I
presented the idea of a new album. Ingemar and
Kjelle become really on, but Krill and Steven
had lost their will to play so they chose to
jump off. Then we took Fredrik Eriksson on the
guitar and Stefan Bratt on bass, and then it
took off again.
Have you played all the time in these years?
-Apart from 2001-2004, we have played more or
less frequently every year.
The record label the record is released on, how
did it became that label?
-The record is released at US Birdattack Rec, We
met Garrett Wadford on Punk Rock Holiday two
years ago and seemed to be a cool and dedicated
guy. Then there was no talk about a new record,
but then we decided to listen with him and check
out the situation, and he was on directly.
Are you satisfied with the record yourself, did
you have more material to record?
-I'm terribly happy with the record, sounds
really good in my ears. Great fun to work with
Matte Färm also during the recording. I take
away songs at home instead of rehearse a lot of
songs, better focusing on a smaller number of
songs.
You've made the text of the song Runner's high,
no surprise that you wrote it because I've
followed your marathon adventures via Facebook?
How did that idea come up?
-Thinks it was high time for a text about the
world's coolest stuff, running.
Otherwise, is it Ingemar who is doing the lyrics
or how is it? Does he come up with a text and
you make the music or are it the opposite?
-I'm writing the music first and the tunes
first, then I shove it over to Ingemar for text
writing, then we'll roll it back together.
Is it harder or easier to make music today than
when you started? Does not it feel sometimes
that every chord has already been played, every
song has already been played?
-Now, it is harder now, I have to say that. At
the beginning of the 1990s, only ideas and songs
came out. And that's not true today, but it's
not getting worser songs just because of that !
Just takes a bit longer. The chordsequence E C G
D is we never tired of.
Which of your old songs is your favorite?
-I would say "Out Of Bounds"
Which of your songs is what the audience usually
wants to hear?
-It's well" Master Celebrator "that makes people
get started most along with" Beat e'm Down ".
Sometimes people want to hear the Gang
Green-cover "Alcohol", but we have not done it
with the new set-up.
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Is there any of your songs that you are really
tired of?
-No actually not.
How have your new songs been received live?
- Could say that it was good response but as
usual it takes a while before it sets as deeply
as the old songs.
What does punk mean to you today if you compare
when you were younger?
-It still means walking its own path and
believing hard on yourself.
What is best about running because it's
something you do a lot?
-It makes me feel sick damn well. Always running
out, would never want to run in my house
regardless of the weather. Likes to set goals
and make me coping with it. Great fun to run
marathon abroad too, can not imagine better ways
to discover cities. 14 marathon on the account
can you talk away.
What do you do when you do not play music or run
... work with I mean? What do the others do in
the band?
-I work as a investigative contact in legal
psychiatry and have done the last 13 years.
Ingemar is an electrician and has his electric
company as he have with his brother. Kjelle is
working on any company that recovers metal scrap
type, Bratt works at a clothing store and
Fredrik sits in any office and administers
gadgets to cranes. I think.
Does anyone have bands on the side of NFAA?
-It's primarily Fredrik who plays in a few other
constellations, he has his solo things and then
he plays with Knivderby and Fas 3.
Are there any good bands in Sweden today? Abroad?
-The best Swedish record right now is
Chicagojazzen - Ständout Black that came last
year, really skewed and fine.I like Melody's
Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage that came this year
too, it's kind of Dungen with a French singer.
Viagra Boys are damn awesome and the new EP is
well ahead of the momentum full length. Have got
into Dwarves after I saw them alive two weeks
ago. And of course a lot more.
Five most important recors in your life?
-Mostly dinosaurs but si it is.
Bad Religion - Suffer
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
AC/DC- Let There Be Rock
Kiss- Destroyer
Ramones - Rocket to Russia
Are you still buying discs? Do you prefer vinyl
or CD?
-Of fan I'm still running in record stores. I
buy both vinyl and CD, new music is usually on
CD and the type of old jazz records are on
vinyl. Then I would rather have my entire
collection on vinyl, but I did not buy vinyl at
all for many years.
What do you think about the election this fall?
Will it be a horrible experience? What is the
most important question?
-It's going to be a damn thing with the
unpleasant currents in the country that's now,
but hopefully people are thinking about it an
extra round. The most important issue is that SD
should not can influence the politics.
Do you think everyone should vote? Is there any
party you absolutely can not imagine voting for?
-I really think so! There is a whole bunch I
would not like to vote for.
Is there a lot of interviews? Is it boring to
answer some of the questions?
-Sometimes it will be a bit of repetitions that
can be boring, but I'll be happy to answer.
Do you read reviews on your recordss? What is
the strangest one you ever got?
-I usually do that, and it may be a bit
difficult when you get upset, but fortunately it
does not happen so often. On Grit, it's almost
exclusively been good reviews, so thanks for
that. The most odd I do not really know.
What's the most odd thing that happened during
your career on stage, or in the bus, in the
audience etc? Please tell me something fun that
happened?
-At the Ressurection Fest suddenly there was a
lot of children who were on stage and danced a
lot under a song and then they went. It was a
little bit fun.
No Fun That All has never sung in Swedish or?
Never had any thoughts on it?
-I think we do our best in English.
Are there a lot of gigs now or how is it?
-Now there are 6 shows this summer and this fall
we play in USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia and
Sweden. And a short Europe-turn before
Christmas. So pretty much
What's the best thing about playing live?
-It feels like you get into a bubble of clean
energy and euphoria in those best moments and
that's where you want to end up.
What else is the future plans with the band?
-Now, it's the tour that is top of the agenda.
But the songwriting is also running at home.
For yourself?
-Stop to eat so much catering.
Words of wisdom?
-The pain is inevitable. The suffering is
voluntary.
Easy to add?
-Thanks for a nice interview! See you in the
mosh pit!
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