23/05/11:
We've already talked to Kjetil - now is the time to have a chat with our bass master. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Little Jon!
From: Rønholt, Norway
Plays: Bass
Relationship status: Taken
Q: Jon, how's it?
A: Good, really good! There are some very busy weekends at the moment, as I'm both working and playing with the band. But I can manage it. I'm not dead... yet.
Q: How does it feel to be an upcoming world star bass player?
A: It's fantastic.
Q: 'Cause that is what you want to be, isn't that right?
A: Of course it is. This is what I want to do for a living, no doubt about it.
Q: Where Show Champa in - let's say three years from now?
TORSTEIN (sitting next to us): Besides playing at Wembley...
A: Dude, that's not gonna happen in three years. That's next year.
TORSTEIN: Oh. Damn. Right.
A: Well, in three years we're sitting in a studio in Sweden, working on our second album - the sequel to our fantastic debut album.
Q: Sounds awesome. Tell us, what's your life like?
A: It's all about school, Henriette (Jon's girlfriend), Show Champa and work. And I'm trying to get the motorcycle license as well. Seriously, I'm about to become an autistic. The same things are happening every single day.
Q: What' the most important of the things you just rattled off?
A: Henriette.
Q: Wrong answer.
A: Yeah, well. Sorry.
Q: But hey, you look a little irritated right now. Why?
A: Because I think the bus tickets are way too expensive. I've spent almost 300 NOK on bus tickets to and from Skien this weekend.
TORSTEIN: Why don't you buy a 30 day ticket?
A: Because I don't wanna spend 400 NOK on that. How much does it cost?
TORSTEIN: 375 a month.
A: Oh. Crap. I do spend way more than that on bus tickets per month.
Q: Guess we can say it's gonna be good with that motorcycle license?
A: It's gonna be very good!
Q: So we're in studio right now, and you've actually been doing some vocal recordings. How does it feel?
A: I've actually been looking forward to it for quite a long time, 'cause I am a great singer in my opinion. And we fixed it, we made it ashore. We needed a lot of takes, because... Well, actually not that many. We needed three takes. And it sounded great. You can hear it when we're done.
Q: What kind of song is it, and what did you do?
A: It's a song no one has ever heard, we've never played it live. It's called "Never Ending", and I'm doing some background vocals.
Q: Sounds great, we're looking forward to hear it. We're running out of time here, is there something you want to tell to the fans at the end?
A: I'm not that creative, I don't know what to say. But I love you guys. All of you. Really.
We've already talked to Kjetil - now is the time to have a chat with our bass master. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Little Jon!
Jon Grindbakken
Born: 01/04/95From: Rønholt, Norway
Plays: Bass
Relationship status: Taken
Q: Jon, how's it?
A: Good, really good! There are some very busy weekends at the moment, as I'm both working and playing with the band. But I can manage it. I'm not dead... yet.
Q: How does it feel to be an upcoming world star bass player?
A: It's fantastic.
Q: 'Cause that is what you want to be, isn't that right?
A: Of course it is. This is what I want to do for a living, no doubt about it.
Q: Where Show Champa in - let's say three years from now?
TORSTEIN (sitting next to us): Besides playing at Wembley...
A: Dude, that's not gonna happen in three years. That's next year.
TORSTEIN: Oh. Damn. Right.
A: Well, in three years we're sitting in a studio in Sweden, working on our second album - the sequel to our fantastic debut album.
Q: Sounds awesome. Tell us, what's your life like?A: It's all about school, Henriette (Jon's girlfriend), Show Champa and work. And I'm trying to get the motorcycle license as well. Seriously, I'm about to become an autistic. The same things are happening every single day.
Q: What' the most important of the things you just rattled off?
A: Henriette.
Q: Wrong answer.
A: Yeah, well. Sorry.
Q: But hey, you look a little irritated right now. Why?
A: Because I think the bus tickets are way too expensive. I've spent almost 300 NOK on bus tickets to and from Skien this weekend.
TORSTEIN: Why don't you buy a 30 day ticket?
A: Because I don't wanna spend 400 NOK on that. How much does it cost?
TORSTEIN: 375 a month.
A: Oh. Crap. I do spend way more than that on bus tickets per month.
Q: Guess we can say it's gonna be good with that motorcycle license?
A: It's gonna be very good!
Q: So we're in studio right now, and you've actually been doing some vocal recordings. How does it feel?
A: I've actually been looking forward to it for quite a long time, 'cause I am a great singer in my opinion. And we fixed it, we made it ashore. We needed a lot of takes, because... Well, actually not that many. We needed three takes. And it sounded great. You can hear it when we're done.
Q: What kind of song is it, and what did you do?
A: It's a song no one has ever heard, we've never played it live. It's called "Never Ending", and I'm doing some background vocals.
Q: Sounds great, we're looking forward to hear it. We're running out of time here, is there something you want to tell to the fans at the end?
A: I'm not that creative, I don't know what to say. But I love you guys. All of you. Really.
