After "...Coming Out From the Woods!" ('03) debut album released by Big Bongo Records and the apparition on The Nomads Tribute Compilation, the swedish Supercriket increased their fame all around the world. Now it's time to talk with Steven, Tollwè and Schilla.

Hi guys… Can introduce yourself to our readers?
Steven: Hi, we are the swedish rock-trio Super Cricket, we deliver hard swinging, riff-rocking music. We comes from different parts of Sweden and met at a party in Stockholm in 98, we started up the band Super Cricket. I´m the bas-player in the band.
Tollwè: I´m the drummer.
Schilla: I play guitar and sing the words.

Your first full-length album was released in 2003, isn't it? Can you say something about it?
Steven: We released the album "...coming out from the woods!!!" in February 2003. It´s a record with 10 rock-songs, written and played directly from the guts.
Schilla: I hope the listeners will get the same feeling when they listen to the record as when they see us on a stage. Much energy and lots of good melodies.

Why did it take so long to do your own album…You're around since '98 (from a legendary party in Stockholm!!!), almost 6 years up to now... What have you been doing in the meanwhile?
Schilla: We have focused on doing good songs and play shows all around Sweden.
Steven: We played very much live, to get known before we released a record.
Tollwè: In the middle of 2002 we met the guys from the record-company Big Bongo Records. We started to talk about a Super Cricket release, everything felt very good so we started to record it.

From listening to your album I would think your main influence is the kind of groups deriving from master Hellacopters. Which other bands did you like and have you been influenced by?
Steven: We are influenced by very much and very different things. If i speak for myself I say The Clash, Depeche Mode, David Bowie, but also rockacts like The Sonics, Stooges and Captain Beyond.
Tollwè: AC/DC have always been and will always be my main influence.
Schilla: I like thinks like The Stooges, Roling Stones and The Band, I suppose I´m influenced by that.

A "My Deadly Game" cover appears also on The Nomads tribute compilation "Twenty Years to Soon"…How important is this band for you?
Schilla: It´s a good band and they are very important for the whole garage-scene. They show us the way, it´s up to us to do it better.
Steven: It´s hard to find a band with a better live-groove. I´m impressed.

On this compilation your name appear with huge names of Swedish artist like The Dictators, Electric Frankenstein, The Hellacopters, Maryslim…How do you feel to be on the same album and to be compared with bands like these?
Tollwè: We´re proud to be on this record and we´re thrilled to be compared with these bands that we listen to.
Steven: In many reviews they say that Super Cricket takes the cake, that´s nice in a competition like this.

Do you think it has been important for your growth to be in a place like Scandinavia? I mean… The style of life, the kind of people you have around...
Steven: Of course it´s important were you live. You´re formed by the things around you. I think scandinavia is a good place to be a musician. It´s cold so it´s nice to be in the rehearsingstudio.
Schilla: There are many bands here and many clubs, a good musiclife.

What is your opinion about Swedish Rock scene? Better or worst than the Metal scene? I know the latest one is shooting lots of big artist from up there!!
Steven: We are not so familiar with the metal scene, but I think there are a lot of good hard bands from Sweden. For exemple Entombed and Nine. They are great. The Swedish rock scene is unbelievable. We have Hellacopters, Hives, Soundtrack of our lives, excelent bands. But we also have a lot of unknown very great bands like sewergrooves, maggots, terpentines and many more. The rock scene is the winner.

In fact you worked with T. Castensson, from Nine… Really different genre from yours! Do you know them? How was the recording experience with Tor?
Schilla: Yes, we are close friends with Nine and share the same rehearsingstudio. Tor has a feeling for music.
Steven: It was very good to have him as a producer, I think it gave us a little bit harder sound.

Who of you guys is writing the music and lyrics of your songs? From what, where or who do you find your inspiration?
Tollwè: We do almost everything together. One of us comes with an idea and we all put our hands on it and we´re not satisfied until it rocks.
Schilla: The inspiration comes from the joy of making the tunes groove and from the feeling to play it live.

You're recording a video, isn't it? Would you like to tell us something about it?
Steven: The video is for the song "lifestyle pro" and it´s about people with lack of selfconfidence and people who cares too much about their looks.

And you just played in your lovely town (on 29th). How did your gig go?
Tollwè: Fantastic gig!! We´ve been working on new songs this fall and haven´t played shows since August.
Steven: The new songs did work very well and was apreciated by the audience.
Schilla: The place was crowded and the party was great!

Any plans to go outside Scandinavia? What about Italy?
Steven: We´re working on some shows in England right now and our plans is to play all over Europe and all over the world!
Schilla: We would like to play in Italy as well! So if any of the readers are booking gigs. Give us a call.

Fav Drink, and fav 5 albums of all times...
Tollwè: Bon Scott (Bacardi, Cola and Jack Daniels) and "Let it be rock" AC/DC, "Danzig" Danzig, "Blood Ritual" Samael, "The Reverend Horton" Heat-Martinitime, "Never Mind the Bollocks" Sex Pistols.
Schilla: GinTonic and "Raw power" The Stooges, "Exile on mainstreet" Roling Stones, "The Band" The Band, "1969" The Stooges, "Live at the Whiskey a Go-Go" Otis Reding.
Steven: Beer, GinTonic and "Songs of faith and devotion" Depeche Mode, "Ziggy Stardust" David Bowie, "Raw power" The Stooges, "Exile on the mainstreet" Roling Stones, "London Calling" The Clash.

Ok... Our interview is coming at the end... Anything you would like to say to our readers or just a simple C-ya soon!!!
Supercricket: We hope to see you at a place nearby where the music is loud and everyone will enjoy our hardhitting, riffrocking music. ok, see you!!!

Intervista realizzata e tradotta da Laura Delnevo.
Supervisione di Margherita Realmonte.