VWMusic Interview with John Norum
Nov 10, 2022 13:04:46 GMT 2
Post by Stein on Nov 10, 2022 13:04:46 GMT 2
Europe’s John Norum Talks New Music, His Approach to the Guitar, and the Recording of “The Final Countdown”
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In this interview, John talks about the album Gone to Stay, his guitar playing and songwriting, and "The Final Countdown". He also shares some interesting info regarding the next EUROPE album:
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It’s been a bit since Europe’s last studio album. Is any new material on the way?
Yeah. We are talking about doing a new album next year, and everyone is writing for the new album now. Also, we are in the middle of a documentary on Europe’s history. It starts in 1982 and runs through the present day. We’re filming that – it’s about two hours long, I think – and that will be released sometime in 2023. So, hopefully, Europe will have a documentary and a new album coming out in 2023.
What will be the blueprint for this album? Will it be a return to the roots?
I don’t know what will happen yet, but I suggested we go back to the roots a little bit. We experimented with different styles and this and that, and I don’t think we can take it any further. I mean, we have done the nu-metal stuff; we have done some pop things, even some grunge kind of things. I don’t like to put things in different categories like that, but I think the experiment is over now. I think we should go back to what we did on the second album, Wings of Tomorrow, or The Final Countdown, back to more melodic hard rock. That’s what I would like to do.
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Seeing as Wings of Tomorrow is my favorite album, I'll be very excited if their new album will recapture the spirit of that album in some way!
vwmusicrocks.com/europes-john-norum-talks-new-music-his-approach-to-the-guitar-and-the-recording-of-the-final-countdown/
In this interview, John talks about the album Gone to Stay, his guitar playing and songwriting, and "The Final Countdown". He also shares some interesting info regarding the next EUROPE album:
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It’s been a bit since Europe’s last studio album. Is any new material on the way?
Yeah. We are talking about doing a new album next year, and everyone is writing for the new album now. Also, we are in the middle of a documentary on Europe’s history. It starts in 1982 and runs through the present day. We’re filming that – it’s about two hours long, I think – and that will be released sometime in 2023. So, hopefully, Europe will have a documentary and a new album coming out in 2023.
What will be the blueprint for this album? Will it be a return to the roots?
I don’t know what will happen yet, but I suggested we go back to the roots a little bit. We experimented with different styles and this and that, and I don’t think we can take it any further. I mean, we have done the nu-metal stuff; we have done some pop things, even some grunge kind of things. I don’t like to put things in different categories like that, but I think the experiment is over now. I think we should go back to what we did on the second album, Wings of Tomorrow, or The Final Countdown, back to more melodic hard rock. That’s what I would like to do.
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Seeing as Wings of Tomorrow is my favorite album, I'll be very excited if their new album will recapture the spirit of that album in some way!
