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This week we chatted with Simon Forsell, the lead guitarist of Swedish melodic rock band Pressure<\/a>, about a lot of our favorite topics at Concert Archives like first\/favorite concerts, bucket lists, concert plans, and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pressure’s Concert Archives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the first concert you went to?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simon Forsell<\/em>: I went to a lot of concerts when I was a kid, so it’s hard for me to remember. One really important concert for me was Eric Clapton; his tone and melodies were just so good! I had been playing guitar for a while, so I understood that it wasn\u2019t just about shredding; you needed to understand the theory behind the music to be able to build awesome melodic solos. Eric Clapton was one of my childhood guitar heroes because of that. I played along with all the old albums and it made me fall in love with the blues. His music opened a lot of doors to me as an aspiring guitarist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the first show you ever played? First show with Pressure?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SF<\/em>: I played a lot of shows when I was a kid so its hard to say, one show I remember vividly was when I was around 13-14 years old and went to Swedish high school. My current band and I attended a school show with school bands. Everyone was playing soft rock songs and slow ballads, and then we got on stage and played Twisted Sister and Joan Jett! We got the whole crowd going crazy, and that\u2019s when I realized I belonged there, on stage, performing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pressures’ first show was actually at our lead singer\u2019s pool party. He had a little party, and we wanted to try out the songs we were working on. It went really well and we rocked the place! It wasn\u2019t a big crowd but the response to the music was genuine. After the show, we continued to write songs and build our current sound and image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s your favorite concert you\u2019ve ever been to? Favorite concert you\u2019ve ever played?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SF<\/em>: One of my favorite concerts was Metallica’s Load tour. It was a great show with a heavy sound. I loved the performance, and the sound was great! They poured a lot of energy into the show, and I always love when an artist connects with their audience. Hetfield had really good banter, and the show was just rocking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve played a lot of great concerts, but here’s the story of one of my favorites: I was playing in a cover\/party band at the time, and we had just finished Wednesday’s rehearsal. Suddenly the phone rang, and it was an upset person whose wedding was the upcoming Saturday. The band he had booked had cancelled on him three days before the wedding, and he got my number. I just said \u201cRelax, we got your back!” The wedding was in the northern part of Sweden (a really long way from us) but we couldn\u2019t leave him without a band, so we packed in all our stuff and went on a long roadtrip and got there just in time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We usually play mostly heavy rock covers, but since it was a fancy wedding, we thought \u201ceh, we need softer music.\u201d So for the first set, we played all the soft songs that we knew. When we were chilling after the first set, we looked at each other and said \u201cWhat are we going to play now?\u201d Then ,the bride came to us and asked us \u201cDo you know any rock songs?\u201d and we told here, yeah it could be arranged! So we went back up on stage and started the set of with Billy Idols’ “Rebel Yell” and the audience went nuts. The guys threw away their jackets and we were rocking out all night! It was a really cool experience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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