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15 questions to Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy

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1. Now when you have insight in the business - would you encourage your daughter or son to become a professional musician, or advice against it?

  • Angela: Any business is evil, I would encourage her to do whatever she wants and help out later when she gets stuck in the dirt.

2. A metalsong you think "Man - I wish I'd written that one...." when you hear it?

  • Angela: First of all I would think: “Man, I wish I could play guitar properly, why didnt I try harder..” I usually think this throughout the whole Reign In Blood album from Slayer..

3. The last album you bought/acquired, and your brief opinion about it?

  • Angela: Sheryl Crow’s new album “C’mon, C’mon”. It is a great “getting in a good mood” tune.

4. If someone told you tomorrow that you can't be involved in music anymore, what do you see yourself doing in 5 years from now?

  • Angela: Growing weed in Jamaica just for myself and family.


5. Myself as a privat person in a few sentences?

  • Angela: Crazy. Very crazy. Very very crazy. And a little bit out there mentally.

6. Unexpectedly and out of the blue you get a whole week totally off from music and work - what would you most of all want to do?

  • Angela: Jam with the band.

7. Mp3 - an abomination or a good way to make your name and music heard?

  • Angela: It is both at the same time. No point thinking about it really cuz there is nothing to stop it anyway.

8. What do you treasure most in your life, except metal and family?

  • Angela: Peace of mind.

9. An instrument you always wish that you started playing/learning, but never did?

  • Angela: Guitar, Bass, Drums, Violin, Piano, Sax.

10. Beer, whisky, wine or a cocktail in the tv sofa on a relaxed at-home-saturday night? Brand of the beverage?

  • Angela: It would be a strawberry-banana-cream-Kaluah smoothie or, if not available, a glass of red wine, pref. a medium Spanish one.

11. Which historical person do you feel would fit best as a description on you as a person?

  • Angela: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (1755 – 1793) “Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end? She was a rebellious, strong woman in a leading role in a male-dominated field... Unfortunately her head got chopped off in the end.

12. What most people don't know, never have known, and probably never would know about me if they don't read this?

  • Angela: I used to beat up the kids which were harassing my younger brothers. Now it is the other way round – usually.

13. If a famous actor were to play the part as you in a motion picture - who would be best suitable for that purpose, you think?

  • Angela: Juliette Lewis. She is crazy enough. I love her in Natural Born Killers.

14. What ingredient is the most important and vital of them all when making good music, according to you?

  • Angela: Passion.

15. Your best advice to a person determined to make it in the metalbusiness?

  • Angela: Make sure you can live with NO MONEY at all for some time. Don’t give up too quickly.

~ Asked by Tommy, Dec. 2003

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Related links:
www.archenemy.net