Grew up in: Göteborg, Sweden

Been playing in bands for: 20 something years

Bands played with: Screem, Orion, Dr. Zjivago, Yellow Smiley, About Time, The Whizz Kids, About Time, Synergy, Stig Borgert Quintet, Moe Scarrazzo Quartet, Lester Brown Trio, 2 Flats And A Few Accidentals, Big City and a few more I can't remember.......

Equipment used: Through the years a hollow body for jazz and misc variations of Strat style guitars for everything else.....throug hot rodded Marshalls and Mesa/Boogie's......with my 80's rack, still lol

Favorite part of playing with Decade 8: I think the chemistry

Favorite song to play/sing: There is a few i like......"Power of Love"
is fun

Favorite 80's item to wear: Hm my ripped up shreeded jeans that I cant fit anymore :)

Favorite 80's song: So many.....Gary Moore's "Reach For The Sky" is up there...so is "Ain't No Love In The Heart of the City" by Whitesnake.....

Favorite 80's movie: Spinal Tap is one if many.....

Favorite 80's tv show: Headbanger's Ball as far as U.S. TV shows go....

Best concert: Gary Moore at Lisebergshallen, Göteborg in '86 on the "Run For Cover" tour and Tribal Tech somewhere in Philly in '92

Worst concert: Def Leppard in my hometown in '88, I fell asleep.....but Queensryche who opened up f***n murdered

Favorite food: Cheesesteak, fried onions, mushrooms, xtra cheese, hot on the side (and a bunch of Swedish foods that none of youse probably would know anyway :=)

Favorite drink: Falcon Export and John L's Lager...and Carlsberg Pilsner....try either one and see if you dont agree...and Triple White Russians

Hamburger or hot dog: Hot dogs from Chris's Red Hots in Newark, NJ with hot onions, potatoes and ketchup - beat f***n that beyatch

Ketchup or mustard: did i not just say mustard

Amusement park or day at the beach: im 15 minutes from either, so, BOTH

Night at home or night on the town: Night out in my hometown

Cats or dogs: have both

If I had a million dollars I would: Invest it wisely

Sports car or an S.U.V.: I have an SUV.......but after Decade 8 conquers the planet I will be driving many sports cars

Swim or ski: I love both but I haven't done any skiing since back home.....many moons ago

Summer or winter: not winter anymore pal

Atari or Playstation: Xbox 360

Tool or Duran Duran: I would have to go with Duran Duran

Motley Crue or Avril Lavigne: I do like Avril but she doesn't sing "Live Wire"

16 Candles or Napoleon Dynamite: 12 Monkeys

Live Aid or Hear N' Aid: Live Aid, as great as it was, lacked massive shredding; Hear N' Aid did certainly not

Favorite 80's Singer: The late Ian Gillan and the early David Coverdale

Favorite 80's Guitar Player: so many - Gary Moore, Eddie Van Halen, Yngve Malmsten (and thats the REAL spelling lol), Allan Holdsworth, John Scofield and Pat Metheny (referring to the music they played in that decade) and Steve Vai of course - and SRV - and the great Scott Henderson

Favorite 80's Drummer: too many to mention but a few would be Cozy Powell, Chad Whackerman, Simon Philips and Vinnie Colaiuta

Favorite 80's Bass Player: I would say Gary Willis, Jaco Pastorius, Mark King and super hypersonic laser shredder Billy Sheehan

Most embarrassing moment of the 80's: In a tiny mexican restaurant in LA, I came back from the restroom and sat down at the wrong table and started eating...my best friend was sitting at the table in front of me laughing his rear end off....needless to say I was loaded

Greatest year of the 80's: 1989, when I moved to the U.S. for the first time to study music

Worst year of the 80's: I dont think any of them were bad actually