snake of eden

jeg elsker svenska poika! means i like swedish boys. start practicing.
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Kelii, Rock, Izzy, and Oskar sat down to speak with Canise and I the evening of 1-29-09. Could they be any more glamorous?
They are a Swedish rock and roll band that looks more like an LA band than any LA band currently ever could . . . What’s going on?
The Stockholm music scene has had resurgence of what they reluctantly call “Hair Metal.”
The Dagbladet Swedish newspaper uses the word Glamrock, which in Swedish refers more to eighties influenced hard rock bands, though Bowie-esque Glam is also an influence to the Snake of Eden.
Besieged by media attention at home, Snake of Eden has found a refuge tucked away in central Hollywood. Now represented by StockXchange Music they are hard at work on an album which might push them into the Japanese market with a major Japanese label. It would mean a lot of touring and an exciting twist to their already adventurous fashion sense.
They are already pop idols at home. An hour of signing posters means throngs of screaming girls.
They even write their own column in OK magazine—the Swedish equivalent of Seventeen.
They love Big Sexy Hair hairspray. And they love a special brand at home even more. They buy 13 bottles of at a time to bring to the USA. Walking down Hollywood Boulevard means being besieged for pics. Some people take pics on the sly. They say don’t be afraid! Take a pic!
They are headed to Le Deux tonight! Find them!

Maybe they would like the publicity. They do a fantastic job working their image in an image-based culture!
Musically they are influenced by Hanoi Rocks, Chuck Berry, Guns and Roses, Aerosmith, the Sex Pistols, and the Ramones.

They love classical music and flamenco and reggae and try not to get stuck in what they play. They are visual artists and Rock loves to make up classical composition on the piano. They got their name from the Ouija board. Sweden loves culture and gets behind artists with scholarships and arts funding. Hmmm.
I asked them regarding their definitive style, if they ever get negative attention for it?
Well, they were beaten up by Nazis in Sweden, profiled by the police, or called f------- on the streets of Hollywood.
I think they are perfect.
Japan is going to love them.
When they go home they are very pursued by Swedish media—once, they clocked three TV shows and two magazines in 1.5 hours.
It’s easy looking from the outside to think that Hollywood is the most beautiful place in the world. What is the actual truth is the dirtiness of Hollywood. “The dirtiness is a part of the glamour.”
Poverty in Hollywood was a shock compared to Swedish model of social protection. Unfortunately you learn to stop caring. Or you still care, but you learn not to notice as much.
In Sweden, university, college, and health care are all free. They have efficient hospitals, it might take 15 minutes to get care. In America you might wait six hours or drive around to five different clinics.
The lesson:
Shape up America!!!!!
“Stop driving so much cars.”
“Too much paper.”
“Too much rules.”
“Everything has to be so controlled here in America.”
“It’s rude.”

His first month in the USA, the drummer Oskar had a run in with racism. Oskar was hit by a stranger, and racist cops urged him to prosecute the wrong suspect.
The cops said “here’s your chance” and Oskar was like “no that is not him. . . . No way man, take me home. It was just so racist.”
But Sweden’s not perfect either.
Nazi’s kicked them down. They were bleeding and taken to the hospital. Kelii had to get stitches.
Swedish cops are literally afraid of the Nazis and protect the Nazis from the anti-fascist agitators.
Nordic runes, and even the Swedish flag have become Nazi symbols.
The anti-fascists would throw stones, and might be more violent than the Nazis.
So, nothing is perfect anywhere.
But, after the George Bush re-election all of Europe was saying “really?” and “is this a joke? America seemed stupid. But the people here in California can be cool. As for the new government, Snake of Eden, like all of us wonders if the only “change” will be just talk.

They started at the Santa Monica College and have studied at the Musicians Institute, and they appreciate the academic musical approach they have learned in school. But the live performance is what really congeals the act.
At the moment their focus is on the new album and the work in the studio.
They are geared to be adaptable to the changing music market with Itunes, and a classic album release. They are open to new ways of transmission, advertisements, sponsorship, product mentions, reality television, schemes such as pre-selling licenses for a fixed number of albums.
Tours are a big part of the music. They do it for the kick! Money’s not that important. To share music and appreciate their fans is what they crave.
I told them I was dreaming of getting Swedish hip-hop to LA DJ’s. I asked about all the Swedish pop sensations. They like a lot of it. But some of it is unfamiliar. They say maybe they’ve been in America too long.
“Maybe we should read OK magazine.”
Their walls are plastered with rock and roll memorabilia including an Alice Cooper Stockholm concert poster. They are inspired by art from India, and world travel, taking their gypsy style from Rome to South Africa.
They used to live near the Sunset Stip where the party tried to creep indoors at all hours.
With the rock and roll look perfected, they plan to stay beautiful forever by
eating healthy and exercising. Breathing the LA smog is like smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. The air in Sweden is fresh, in contrast.
Izzy recommends face cream every night. Canise agrees, face cream at night, and hair spray in the morning. They love the art of their tattoo artist friend Will Card and the hair magic of London LeGrand and Shari on Fairfax and Melrose
Snake of Eden loves Alisterz.com and has promised to mention us for their next Swedish interview!
We love Snake of Eden!

Mary Eng
1-29-09