Stilgar
Berzerker
The overexertion had more reasons. During the recording of "Deliverance" his grandmother got hit by a car and died. Shortly thereafter his grandfather died from cancer.
- They meant a lot to me.
At the same time OPETH as a constellation was in bad shape. Foremost because Martin Lopez was struck by recurrent anxiety attacks.
- It was because of him that we missed the concert in Jordain, that we were extremely hungry for. He wasn't feeling well. He broke down just before we were going to go there. I was just going to pick up the phone to order a taxi to the airport when he called. He cried and said he couldn't go, that he didn't have the strength to.
In May 2006 he was forced to quit. At that time he had been replaced on several live performances by Martin Axenrot.
- I remember when we were at some hot place and were gonna go to the beach to take a dip. He didn't want to come along, but after a while he came along anyway. When he took off his shirt everybody was chocked. You could see that it was the body of a person that was ill. When he quit he left for Uruguay. I just spoke with him and he was feeling really good. He was happy and seemed to be totally on. It was really nice. And he gained some weight. He was heavier than me.
Even stronger reactions came when the guitar player Peter Lindgren chose to quit. In May 2007 he quit a sixteen year long membership in OPETH.
- It was really hard. In a way I can also see that it was necessary. Now we're a new gang, in many ways. But purely musically it didn't mean that much. He and I wrote together foremost on the first two records and that's more than twelve years ago. He meant a lot to me to have as my right hand, but he didn't have the same glow for the music. In addition to that, we're both guitar players, the others have their unique placements for their instruments and it's up to them to fulfill everything. As two guitar players one is almost more prominent than the other. He always liked the music, but he wasn't as enthusiastic. He's also somewhat of a leader, which he couldn't be when he didn't contribute that much musically. And then he got tired of all the touring. I though that was a bit hard, and it will always be a bit hard, but it led to something good.
- They meant a lot to me.
At the same time OPETH as a constellation was in bad shape. Foremost because Martin Lopez was struck by recurrent anxiety attacks.
- It was because of him that we missed the concert in Jordain, that we were extremely hungry for. He wasn't feeling well. He broke down just before we were going to go there. I was just going to pick up the phone to order a taxi to the airport when he called. He cried and said he couldn't go, that he didn't have the strength to.
In May 2006 he was forced to quit. At that time he had been replaced on several live performances by Martin Axenrot.
- I remember when we were at some hot place and were gonna go to the beach to take a dip. He didn't want to come along, but after a while he came along anyway. When he took off his shirt everybody was chocked. You could see that it was the body of a person that was ill. When he quit he left for Uruguay. I just spoke with him and he was feeling really good. He was happy and seemed to be totally on. It was really nice. And he gained some weight. He was heavier than me.
Even stronger reactions came when the guitar player Peter Lindgren chose to quit. In May 2007 he quit a sixteen year long membership in OPETH.
- It was really hard. In a way I can also see that it was necessary. Now we're a new gang, in many ways. But purely musically it didn't mean that much. He and I wrote together foremost on the first two records and that's more than twelve years ago. He meant a lot to me to have as my right hand, but he didn't have the same glow for the music. In addition to that, we're both guitar players, the others have their unique placements for their instruments and it's up to them to fulfill everything. As two guitar players one is almost more prominent than the other. He always liked the music, but he wasn't as enthusiastic. He's also somewhat of a leader, which he couldn't be when he didn't contribute that much musically. And then he got tired of all the touring. I though that was a bit hard, and it will always be a bit hard, but it led to something good.