Hot on the heels of launching our merchandise line and my having an excellent phone chat with our pinch-hit guitarist Mitch Benn, we have made some more progress. But not before the usual amount of dramas and bizarreness. Jon was off in Malta last week until early Sunday and Rob was off dealing with various familial dramas. Nevertheless, John and I were determined to audition a possible guitarist in the form of Per-Ove (aka P.O.) on Saturday. Per-Ove, friend of Birger and Anders claimed he could play a mean guitar. But first, the drama of the day.
John was out with a client until late afternoon. Not a problem for a Norwegian and a rocker, that is for certain. Eventually John joined us for a drink. It was on the way back that things got odd. In the time it took John to get to us and have a belt, some arsehat had glued his front-door lock so we couldn't get in. A quick return to the pub and the acquisition of Gav, assistant manager and solver of problems, resulted in our getting back into John's flat. This was not until after Gav and John had to break in the back way, after scaling a wall. Very rock & roll, especially considering the brick used for entry bounced at least once.
It was not for naught, however, as Per-ove impressed John and me with his guitar skills. I wasn't too surprised, as we had a chat in the pub and turns out he has been playing for 14 years (he is 28) with live experience. He was also the man responsible for the guitars on the drunken song-writing session that happened after the beer-festival. We went through a few of our songs and he heard the demo in all its glory. Most amusing moment of the evening was his description of my vocals as "a bit death-metal"; yes it was meant as a compliment. He then went on to describe how he liked the juxapostion between my scratchy growl and the backing vocals.
After hitting the music curfew, P.O. and I headed back into London. While I joined Birger and Anders for a few more beers in the company of two lovely Swedish ladies on Hoxton Square, P.O. went home, content. Per-Ove might be a break from the norm...a sensible guitarist!
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