Backstage Pass - Critical Solution - Interview

ATP

For the record, who's answering the interview?

CRITICAL SOLUTION

The Whole band, Christer, Egil, Eimund and Bjørnar and we play Horror Thrash!

ATP

What is your band's name? How did you come up with that name?

CRITICAL SOLUTION

Critical Solution is our band name! In the early early days of the band we were kind of a Guns N' Roses cover band so we took the name from the beginning of their song "Garden Of Eden"

ATP

So who's in the band and what instruments do you each play?

CRITICAL SOLUTION

Christer is Vocals and Guitars, Egil Is the drummer, Eimund on Bass and Bjørnar on Guitars.

ATP

How would you describe your sound. What makes you unique?

CRITICAL SOLUTION

Heavy old school Thrash, and what makes us unique is that we do conceptual albums with Horror stories and have a wide range if musicality. On the coming record (Sleepwalker) we have fast Thrash tunes and Doomy Black Sabbath kind of tunes and also some acoustic calm songs, not to mention all the weird sounds you can hear!

ATP

What bands have influenced each of you?

CRITICAL SOLUTION

Egil: Iron Maiden is probably my biggest influence and also GN'R, Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Metallica to name a few.
Eimund: Guns N' Roses made a big impact on me since i was a kid and from there it have become a wide range of bands. Misfits, Motorhead etc.
Christer: King Diamond and Mercyful ofcourse, Ugly Kid Joe and Testament, cant forget Boston, Lucifer's Friend and Machine Head. The list is long!
Bjørnar: I have always been kind of a blues guy, ofcourse liking all of the above i would say Stevie Ray Vaughn, GN'R, Aerosmith, Lamb Of God,i could og on and on.

ATP

How experienced are you on the stage, a virgin or whore?

CRITICAL SOLUTION

Certainly not a virgin as we whored in Europe in November/December of 2013 supporting Grave and Marduk! An amazing tour and we cant wait to get back on the road! Before that we had a show now and then in Norway, the biggest being Norway Rock Festival with Twisted Sister and Motorhead and supporting Diamond Head.

ATP

How would you describe your shows?

CRITICAL SOLUTION

In your face heavy music, Some theatric inputs every now and then and 4 guys having the time of their lives. Our live shows is always evolving so no shows are the same

ATP

Tell us about your favorite show and why?

CRITICAL SOLUTION

Everyone has a favourite but i guess we all agree on the show we did in Essen, Germany on the "Tour Of Anarchy" with Marduk and Grave. The crowd was amazing and even joined on singalongs. Top energy and the roof was blown of that night. ALso the shows in Paris and London are worth to mention!

ATP

Tell us about your worst show and why?

CRITICAL SOLUTION

Never had a bad show. Bad things have happened of course like power being shut down in Belgium 5 times in the first song because the venue had some trouble, but we always have a good time so in the end it does not matter.

ATP

Tell Us About Your Dream Show, who you'd like to play with and where?

CRITICAL SOLUTION

Bjørnar: Donington is of course a dream as well as Madison Square Garden in New York.
Egil: it would be huge to share the stage with bands like Iron Maiden, King Diamond or any of our idols for that matter.

ATP

Do you have a street team and how can you join?

CRITICAL SOLUTION

At this moment we don't.

ATP

Do you have a record label and if not are you looking for one?

CRITICAL SOLUTION

No we don't, we had some offers, but are still looking

ATP

What are your plans for the future, in a year, 5 years?

CRITICAL SOLUTION

This year will see the release of our coming album "Sleepwalker" and hopefully some touring. As for the next five years, do what we do right now, Making albums and touring and have a good time.

ATP

Finally, do have any words on what Arm The Pit means to you?

CRITICAL SOLUTION

It's always great to see websites and people burning for newer bands We need all the help we can get and Arm the pit is helping us and other bands and that we are thankful for!