SABATON singer talks about Lemmy Kilmister and him for a life lesson
Because of his unique style, Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister is the most inspiring singer for other metal musicians. Everyone thinks Lemmy Kilmister is a typical metal band frontman, he does not care about anyone. However, besides Lemmy Kilmister’s inspiring career, he likes to touch other singers’ life. For example, he changed Joakim Brodén’s music career completely. According to Sabaton’s frontman Joakim Brodén, he is a real gentleman. They meet at Sweden Rock Festival in the early 2000s.
Joakim Brodén said I can give my everything to speak with him. Luckily, Joakim Brodén didn’t need to give his everything. He bought a whisky at the bar for Lemmy Kilmister. With whisky, they speak all day long. Their topic was about being an artist. Joakim Brodén must be taken the cheapest advice to improve his music career in his life.
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“I met him the first time [in] 2005 or ’03 at the Sweden Rock Festival. Then I saw him coming. I was standing in the backstage bar. Lemmy Kilmister was coming up and about to order a drink. And I knew Lemmy Kilmister liked the Maker’s Mark whisky. I mean, he likes Jack Daniel’s, and that’s what he usually drinks, but he also liked the Maker’s Mark.
“So I ordered him a double from the other bar, and when he got it, the bartender sort of showed [to Lemmy Kilmister], ‘It’s from him.’ So he came up and we talked for a while. And he taught me a lesson about being an artist. That was being very nice and polite even though you don’t know the person. And we spent the time drinking. I was telling him, ‘You don’t have to stand here and hang out with me all the time.’ And he said, ‘I think it’s a nice thing. You bought me a nice whisky. And I’m having a good time.’ So I asked him, sort of, ‘What do you mean?’ [Lemmy Kilmister said], ‘Yeah, I can spend the time to drink the whisky that you bought me with you. Or I can say no.’ It was a pretty gentleman kind of thing to say.
“Then I asked, ‘What would happen if I would have been an asshole?’ And Lemmy Kilmister was, like, ‘I can drink whisky fast.’
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