BFM:Hi guys! This's Beer Friendly Music from Thailand! how's the last tour in Europe?
Sami: Hey man! We've been doing lots of gigs around Finland during the summer and we travelled to Germany and Italy for a couple of shows, but other than that, we've been pretty much only in Finland! It's been a great summer for us in terms of gigging, and we're looking forward to continuing our Fast Loud Tour this year!
BFM:Can you tell us about the band's history and how the each members were met?
Sami: The band was founded by me in the beginning of 2010, and it was with a totally different line-up. In the summer of 2011 we got the rest of the dudes onboard, which means: Arttu Lesonen on guitar, Mirko Lehtinen on bass and Ossi Paananen on drums! I met the other guys actually through another band i was in at the time as a singer! Somehow all the guys just came together, and it's been going really well ever since!
BFM:I heard that you guys have shared the stage in Global Battle Of the Bands (GBOB) 2012 and prevailed it. As the champ of that competition, how did you feel about it?
Sami: We won the finals in the Finnish GBOB, and that definitely felt good. Basically ever since that competition finished, we've done a lot of gigging and we did the album and everything. It's really been a crazy time after that, and we're all really excited to what the future brings for us. The competition was a good boost for our career, and we had an awesome time with the other bands!
BFM:Any stress, pressure or funny things while recording Fast Loud Death?
Sami: It was actually really cool to notice that the two weeks we were in studio went really quickly and smoothly! We didn't really run into any problems and all went the way we planned it! We had a great time, and we are really happy with what we got! The funny stuff mostly happened in the evenings after the sessions, but I couldn't tell you much about that haha..
Sami: Ever since the album came out, we've been getting really good feedback from people and definitely the media. Reviews have been really good and people have sent a lot of mail to us telling us that they really like it! It's an awesome feeling to know that we've really done something the people like, but also because we're so proud of the album ourselves!
BFM:How's the feel like to have a contract with a titan label like Nuclear Blast?
Sami: Crazy! Even before signing to Nuclear Blast, we knew that the label was huge and when it happened, we all just were in awe knowing that we were signed to the label where our idols were at! It's been great with NB, they really promote LS well and we get along really well! Hopefully we'll work with them for a long time, well into the future!
BFM:Has it difficult to prepare for the tour, both in hometown and in Europe?
Sami: Not really, we always practise at least 4-5 times a week and we all enjoy that a lot, so preparing for gigs is just practise and more practise and then we go out there and kill the places!
BFM:17, 18, 19 and 19 is your guys' ages that written on the band FB page, but i wanted to know that how old are you guys in now (2013)
Sami: I'm 18, Arttu is 20, Mirko is 19 and Ossi is 1
BFM:Have you guys got a work or still studying?
Sami: Me and Ossi are still studying but we should be getting out (hopefully) as soon as possible.. Mirko at the moment is doing his civil service and Arttu is taking it easy haha!
BFM:Opinion for the bands such as Children of Bodom, Apocalyptica, Nightwish, Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, Amorphis, Ensiferum, Korpiklaani and including HIM
Sami: Well, of course it's great that those Finnish bands have got out there, but we don't really care for much of those. Bodom is fucking awesome, especially the old stuff and Korpiklaani is awesome haha!
BFM:I heard that you are played in Beastival, How's the feeling to play on the same stage with Teutonic 4?
Sami: It was a really awesome time. Our show went really well and the crowd was really into it! And after that, we got to see the mighty teutonic 4 which was awesome!
BFM:Any oldschool thrasher from Finland to show us?
Sami: Check out Nuclear Omnicide and Forced Kill! Awesome bands from Finland!
BFM:When did you guys found Thrash Metal?
Sami: For us, thrash has been always 'there' with us, but it really took us with it some years ago, really hard to pinpoint the year but anyway, it's stuck with us since then.
BFM:Who is the each members' Idols?
Sami: My idols in guitar playing would be Dimebag Darrell, Maiden's three guitarists (Adrian Smith, Dave Murray, Janick Gers) and lots more.. For singing I'd say Phil Anselmo and Steve "Zetro" Souza. For the other guys there are lots of idols including Eric Singer, Vinnie Paul, David Ellefson, Frank Bello, Rex Brown, Ace Frehley and lots more!
BFM:At first, have you got the parent support to play music?
Sami: Our folks have really supported us A LOT! They've helped us in many things and always pushed us forwards so we really owe them big time for that.
BFM:How many people approximately attended the show in Jyvaskyla?, and did the people come many since the early bands or just at the later bands?
Sami: In the beginning, mostly just our friends came out to see the shows, but basically as we got more and more shows, a lot more people came along too, which was awesome to see. Nowadays there are lots of people coming to see the shows, and we're really happy about that! Talking about people by the hundreds anyway.
BFM:Any hobbies beside the music?
Sami: As we spend almost all of our time at the rehearsal place, we don't really have time for anything, plus we all really just want to play music all the time! If I gotta name some hobby, it's going out with the dudes and having a great time, it really beer friendly!
BFM:"Silly Question" Have you been planed to have more guitarist and let Sami grab just a Mic
Sami: Definitely not! I love playing guitar, and I love singing, and doing them both on stage for me is just awesome! I'd never switch to only one instrument, i was born with both!
BFM:We have pure thrash metal in almost every countries in the S.E.A., Do finland have a gig like that?
Sami: It's great to see that thrash definitely is alive all over the world! In Finland, thrash isn't such a big thing, but if you look into it, there really are a lot of thrash bands around the place.
BFM:Any plans to tour in S.E.A. countries like Thailand?
Sami: At the moment we don't have any plans, but we really hope that later on we could come even out there and thrash the whole place up with you guys!
BFM:Any fine beer in Finland?
Sami: Finland has a lot of different cheap and expensive beer, the cheap ones of course are much more appealing to us, and they taste like they should! You should come out here and have some KOFF or Olvi with us!
BFM:Off your Shouts and Promotings
Sami: We'd like to thank all the Lost Society supporters out there! Keep supporting thrash and come see us live and bang your fucking heads with us! Cheers!
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