CHILDREN OF BODOM Keyboardist: Chilling Out With Other Naked Men Is Part Of 'Finnish Culture'

April 11, 2006

Mark Hensch of antiMUSIC recently conducted an interview with CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Warman. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

antiMUSIC: Your musical output is pretty diverse, and you have strayed outside of BODOM a bit in the past. Are there any thoughts you'd like to offer about your solo-project, WARMEN? How about your time in MASTERPLAN or KOTIPELTO, led by the lead singer of a band as famous as STRATOVARIUS (Timo Kotipelto)?

Warman: "Seeing as I was only with KOTIPELTO and MASTERPLAN for one album or so, I don't really have any comments on that. As for WARMEN, those three albums are like therapy for me. They are like my free time activity. I really enjoy being able to studio gadgets and being able to produce in my own studio as well, and I've done that with each of the three WARMEN albums."

antiMUSIC: I'd like to ask you about BODOM's upcoming involvement with the Unholy Alliance Tour....I know I'm psyched to see MASTODON, LAMB OF GOD, BODOM, and SLAYER all on one bill! How did all this come together?

Warman: "This is a dream come true for us, as you almost have to be a SLAYER fan (laughs). We're happy to be on it this summer as it's a really great line-up and we like SLAYER and the other bands. We're actually doing it instead of Ozzfest, who've been trying to get us to play for the last three years or so.

antiMUSIC: CHILDREN OF BODOM's guitarist Alexi Laiho has a reputation as a pretty wild dude. He recently spoke out in an interview against the guitarist of DREAM THEATER, and in a quote that in my opinion was taken out of context by DREAM THEATER fans, ignited some smoldering controversy in some arenas. Personally, I think it is a mark of courage when someone can freely speak their mind regardless of who it offends...however, do you guys in BODOM ever get sick of people thinking you are nothing but party animals?

Warman: "Coining us as party animals is definitely fair! We like to party quite a bit as it passes the time on tours...if we have to drive everywhere we might as well have fun when we're not playing right? It is a lot of good times for us. Hell, I slept off a hangover 'till seven in the evening so you know we get pretty crazy! I was really drunk last night and we had nine naked guys chilling out in the back lounge (laughs)."

antiMUSIC: Nine naked guys? Why not girls (laughs)?

Warman: "It has to do with Finnish culture...you'll grow into it someday (laughs again)."

Read the entire interview at this location.

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