April 12 2014
HARD ROCK INTERVIEWS 2014 - THE OATH GUITARIST - LINNEA OLSON
THE OATH Linnea Olson
APRIL 2014
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Welcome to The Oath ... |
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Mark: Hi, thanks for taking the time to speak to The Rockpit. We’ve not really heard a lot about The Oath in Australia, can you tell us a little bit about how you guys met, and how the first EP came about?
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Mark: What sort of equipment did you use? Did you use vintage equipment in the studio as well?
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Johanna: Yeah, completely, of course there’s a reason why we picked the first one, and referring to what you said, we grew up with so many influences in the early nineties, with classical heavy metal, but also Death Metal and all Doom. All the influences over the years develop within you, and Simon from Kadaver came from a more psychedelic background, he didn’t know anything about metal, I taught him a lot, but then I think it gave it a nice twist, Linnea with her punky stuff, him with the psychedelic stuff, and me with my big love for the late seventies hard rock, and Andrew the drummer, from Angel Witch, he’s a big prog fan, but he knows what’s going on with the N.W.O.B.H.M. So, I think there are a lot of influences. Mark: You do get a lot of that psychedelic element, especially on songs like “Silver & Dust”, and that reminded me of a doom laden Jefferson Airplane type vibe! “Death Delight” also sounded a bit like Blues Pils who toured with Kadaver.
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Mark: The final song on the album, “Psalm 7”, is that more akin with your live shows? Do you have those epic jams?
Johanna: That’s a little bit difficult to answer, because we were supposed to be on tour with Uncle Acid by now for six weeks through Europe, and play a lot of festivals, and we had to cancel for personal reasons. So, we’ll see where that goes. |
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Mark: You’ve already touched on some of your influences, but taking it back to some of your first memories of music, what was it that really made you want to be in a rock and roll band?
Mark: That’s great, something for the fans, I think people who love that kind of music, it’s hard to call it retro, because I don’t think it is, I think it’s people finding the spirit of the late sixties/early seventies music, but you are doing something new with it, and that’s the important part for me. Johanna: Yeah, it’s like a catharsis, you have all these different influences, and our goal was never to sound like one of those old bands I am very happy, I don’t like that word, retro, but I’m glad there’s a lot of bands with us, rather than like having nowadays another nineties sounding band like Nightwish!! I think there’s been good development on the scene for sure. Mark: There has, and it gives people a chance to not only listen to the new stuff, but delve in to the past and listen to that sort of music, and see what inspired it all. I think it’s the next scene that we needed, so thank you so much for speaking to us. Johanna: I think so, I must say the older I get, the more I go back in time! So, I listen to old man’s music, honestly!! Mark: That’s a wonderful thought to leave us with! Best of luck with the album, and thank you again. Johanna: Thank you so much, Mark, nice talking to you. Goodbye.
Linnea Olson spoke to Mark Diggins March 2014 |
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