NASUM's 'P3 Guld' Statement Regarding Missing Singer Posted Online

January 24, 2005

Swedish grindcore merchants NASUM have posted the following message on their official web site:

"NASUM did not win the award for best metal/rock album of 2004 at the P3 Guld award show. The award went to IN FLAMES instead, congratulations.

"We didn't mind (we didn't expect to win either considering we won it last year),the main thing for us was for the sake of Mieszko to meet each other for the first time since the Cremona show and try to understand the whole situation.

"Our official statement was read out loud with lots of devotion by the host Petra Wangler Marklund, and since there has been some talk about it in the guestbook we have decided to publish it here."

NASUM's "P3 Guld" statement:

(The host of the night, Petra Wangler Marklund, started off telling everyone that Mieszko is missing in Thailand and that NASUM was the first band P3 booked for the P3 Guld award show. Then she said that we wanted the award to be given away anyway and that we had written a letter that they should read out loud.)

"Tonight we, NASUM, should have performed at the P3 Guld award show, but we are unfortunately not able to do that since our singing guitarist Mieszko Talarczyk is missing in Thailand.

"The last time we heard from Mieszko was on December 23, his 30th birthday, when he emailed us from an Internet café. The subject was our performance at P3 Guld.

"Three days later the gigantic wave struck Phi Phi Island and separated Mieszko and his girlfriend. The girlfriend was injured badly and is now going through all sorts of medical care in Sweden, but Mieszko is still missing in Thailand.

"He is also missed in Sweden. Since the news became official hundreds of people have gotten in touch with us. Friends, colleagues and complete strangers, all sharing the same anxiety.

"We want to officially thank all of them for their support and compassion that definitively have helped us in this time of anxiety and uncertainty.

"Many people have in one way or another been affected by the Asian disaster. Many people have performed heroic acts to comfort and to help. Many minutes of silence have passed.

"Minutes of silence have never been NASUM's thing, so we now ask you to honor the deceased, the injured, the survivors and all the heroes with a big warm applause."

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