this interview was done last year and is translated from Swedish to English for your pleasure (or suffering). i hope you`ll enjoy it.
i had a little chat with Martin Eklöv in Splattered Mermaids about the future, the past and such trivial things
Q: Your debut album was reviewed by us not long ago and got a good grade, looking around people seem to share our thoughts, does it feel good to have released a welcome record?
A: Yes we are very surprised and happy for the reception we got after the release. Having been local favourites for many younger deathheads, we now see people of all ages taking interest in us. In the Czech Republic, wich we visit every year, theres a horde of grind-people who love our shows and our music. It feels so fucking great to hear that since we look up to them equally as much. Fuck it the guy who fixed one of our gigs at Metal Open Air in Olomouc printed a poster the size of a barn wall where the Splattered logo covered a fourth of it, hes a huge fan and it felt awesome.
Q: What does the future hold?
A: The future is that after coming home from two weeks of beerdrinking and headbanging we look forward to more livegigs. We just did one on Extreme Feast , and on the 19th of july there will be some serious destruction with The Berzerker and the Trelleborgband Purified Hatred in Trelleborg. We want to play so fucking much right now since the motivation is on top as is the development, both as a band and as individuals
Q: What is the weirdest memory (if any) from the recording of Stench of flesh?
A: Weird memory? Haha, had you been in the studio you wouldnt have been able to separate the weird things from the outright stupid. Splattered mermaids is a very sick bunch where the humor stays far below the radar of what should be called humour. Micke who recorded the songs with us had to go home and shower everyday since he felt dirty. But the weirdest thing according to me was how Martin (drums) could create everything i had thought of, every fill and break that i had a vision of, well he made those without me ever telling him my opinion, weird? Who knows..
Q: What do you guys do when not playing music?
A: Johan (guitar) studies at Musikhögskolan(Musical university) and Johan (vox) works in a restaurant. Martin (drums) works at fucking IKEA and i at MYRORNA as a muscleman wannabe. When we arent doing this i guess theres alot of masturbation going on, well for everyone but Martin whos got a girlfriend.
Whats it like backstage at a Splattered mermaids gig?
A: Backstage its very calm and relaxing, some bad “yo momma” jokes but otherwise resting and beerdrinking. We are very social dudes and dont hesitate to sit down next to some drunk and talk about shit for a couple of hours. That sort of activity works better abroad than in Sweden though, here you get categorised as some kind of local retard if youre talking to someone just to be social. But....
Q: Lamb of gods video for the song Redneck shows the band arriving at and subsequently playing a little girls birthday, would you do such a thing?
A: Hell yeah, we got offered to play a girls birthdayparty a while ago. Hmm i wonder whatever happened to that gig....On the other hand we have our younger fans whod really like for us to play everywhere on different arrangements, great shit.
Q: Any last honourable words?
A: The last “honourable words” that would represent Splattered Mermaids would be: “Drop your pants and I`ll make u Swedish”..
