Japanese Version

Kiske:

Well, Japan. We've been there, I think, two times
now, and it's always been a great fun playing
there. I like the venues. They are sounding very
good, they look very good, and kids over there
really appreciate good music and stuff. And I
think the next time we're gonna play at the
Budokan, which is pretty cool. Lookin' forward to
it. It's gonna be fun.

Schwichtenberg:

Japan has been always great to play there, and
will be in the future. And Japan people are great,
it's fun to play there and you feel very confident
and convinient or whatever to play there. And
Japanese people are listening very carefully, I
don't know. It's great to be in Japan.

Kiske:

"Kids of the Century" is the first life
sign of us after two and a half years. And after
all those rumours going around about this band -
me leaving the band, me splitting up, or the band
splitting up, and all that stuff, which has been
quite a lot. Maybe that's normal when the band's
not on the scene for a while. But after that it
feels really good to have, actually, a new album
ready and a single out. So the kids know we are
still there. And with the music you can prove what
you can do still even without one guy that just
left the band. I think we found the right person
there, Roland. And I think the album says
everything. Yeah, I wrote "Kids of the
Century" about more than two years ago now.
And remembering that time I feel like, when I
wrote that song, I was in that feel of that all
the kids today, they just feel like they haven't
got anything to do with the problems. Everything
goes wrong, the nature or whatever. Just came out
of that feeling actually. And that's what the
song's all about, I think. What the kids
today...Because I feel like everybody's
responsible, especially the kids. If they don't
feel like they have to change anything or have to
make things better, nobody will.

Schwichtenberg:

I think having Roland in the band is.. we are as
lucky as we have Michael in the band by that time,
we are lucky having Roland in the band. And he's
just doing great songs and great guitar work he's
doing. And a good pal as well. He's a nice fellow.
And he just fits in the band very much. I think
the fans will accept him of course.

Weikath:

Well, the nice thing about Roland being in the
band is that I saw him like, I don't know, fifteen
years ago or so on stage, and I thought that was
pretty impressing, what he did there, and I could
never forget about that. And that's why actually I
called him up then when we needed another
guitarist, "Remember that guy?". And so
it took me, like, four hours to find out the
number, like I had to phone up musicians I knew
and suddenly somehow I got the number, and phoned
him up: "You might not know me, but I know
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And he didn't even know the band. So I had to give
him some examples of our songs, like really loud,
cranked it up. And so, well, he was interested,
like it quite a lot. And then we went to
rehearsing, we had to do the whole stuff within
two months. 'Cause then we had to go on an
American tour and Japan meant two hours of
playing. And well, ha ha, quite a tough job I
would say. After all, I mean, we can handle that,
we are pretty good, you know. And I'm sorry about
that, but well... yeah, Roland is a very nice guy.
He's doing a big part of the band with his
character, and his kind of being. And it's quite a
difference too how the whole thing worked before,
because he is a completely different character. He
is a lot more calm and very critical. He's always
got his own opinion and that's exactly what we
need.

Kiske:

Yeah, we recorded the album at PUK studio in
Denmark, which is a very good studio, I think,
very lovely place. It's right in the middle of
nowhere but that's actually what we wanted, to
really concentrate on the album. And working with
Chris was pretty cool, because he's got a very
strong sense of humor as we like it. And we had
some cool moments there and that's all caught on
the album. Yeah, the production that Chris
Tsangarides has done is right in your face. That's
the best description of the sound actually. So
just check it out!

Schwichtenberg:

Crystal clear, or...

Kiske:

Crystal Tsangarides clear, ha ha!

Weikath:

I would say thank you to everybody who kept up the
faith during all that time, and after all, those
rumours are untrue.

Schwichtenberg:

The best thing for the fans, for the people who
like us, is just to listen what comes from us
directly, like this now, and the album of course.

Kiske:

Yeah, especially the album.

Schwichtenberg:

Don't trust any rumours or whatever.

Kiske:

The thing is, forget about what's been in the
magazines, or what has been said, or all the
stuff. And just check out the album and you know
what's going on. Of course, the single as well.

Schwichtenberg:

Thanks for keeping the faith.