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Dr Carlsson

joacimcarlsson

About Me

NEWSFLASH: I've parted ways with Face Down. Maybe I will write a blog about it, who knows? Stay tuned if you're into that sort of thing.
Currently living with my two cats Voldo and Mingus in Aspudden, a suburb very close to Stockholm.
I write music and play guitar in these bands:


GENERAL SURGERY NICE IDIOT
Left Hand Pathology CD -
released by Listenable

Check out my band's profiles in my Friends section.
OK, this site is now private. Enough of the spamming already. Send me a message before you try to add me. Thanks!


TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Joacim Carlsson
Birthday: June 20th
Birthplace: Stockholm
Current Location: Aspudden, just outside Stockholm
Eye Color: depends on what I drank the night before
Hair Color: brownish
Height: 173 cm
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: swedish/finnish
The Shoes You Wore Today: sneakers
Your Weakness: music (I just can't stop), major procrastinator
Your Fears: quite a few
Your Perfect Pizza: vegetarian or with seafood
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: writing some more great music
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: you would have to ask my cyber-friends that
Thoughts First Waking Up: CRAP
Your Best Physical Feature: easily the beard
Your Bedtime: the witching hour
Your Most Missed Memory: the 89-91 metal scene (when i feel nostalgic), relatives who have passed on
Pepsi or Coke: not a fan, too sweet
MacDonalds or Burger King: neither, I won't pay for that kind of "food"
Single or Group Dates: single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: I prefer my tea hot and green
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: "Drinking black coffee.. stare at the wall"
Do you Smoke: no
Do you Swear: YES
Do you Sing: nope, would be fun to know how to do it though
Do you Shower Daily: who doesn't?
Have you Been in Love: yes
Do you want to go to College: not right now, maybe later
Do you want to get Married: some day
Do you belive in yourself: mostly
Do you get Motion Sickness: sometimes
Do you think you are Attractive: But of course I am!
Are you a Health Freak: sometimes
Do you get along with your Parents: yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: when they are not in my vincinity, yes
Do you play an Instrument: guitar, drum programming wizard
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes
In the past month have you Smoked: nope, never will
In the past month have you been on Drugs: never ever
In the past month have you gone on a Date: no
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: no
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: yes, quite a few times
In the past month have you been on Stage: indeed
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: yes!
Ever been called a Tease: yes
Ever been Beaten up: yes
Ever Shoplifted: don't think so
How do you want to Die: drunk?
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: somebody who cares
What country would you most like to Visit: Japan. Go back to the US and visit my friends.
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: I like 'em all!
Favourite Hair Color: see above
Short or Long Hair: doesn't matter
Height: somewhere around my own modest height would be enough
Weight: doesn't matter
Best Clothing Style: I like women who dress like females, but it depends on the person
Number of Drugs I have taken: none, aside from the occasional sleeping pill
Number of CDs I own: 1200 +
Number of Piercings: none
Number of Tattoos: none
Number of things in my Past I Regret: the things I didn't do yet
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

My Interests

Above everything else: Music. Movies. Reading. Cooking. Computers (Linux, recording music, web programming). Red wine. Booze. Czech beer.

I'd like to meet:

Frank Zappa, Charles Bukowski, Miles Davis, John Coltrane. I guess it's not happening.

Music:

Anything but commercial stuff... not really into much newer music at all, come to think of it.

Some faves: Frank Zappa, old Death/Thrash metal, 70's hard rock, Grindcore, 60-70's Soul and Funk, early punk rock, Alternative guitar rock stuff, Jazz and Fusion, Hiphop, Soundtracks.

When I feel up to it, I'll add the mandatory phone-book size list of artists that nobody really reads anyway.

Movies:

60-70's crime/fiction. Documentaries. Biographies. Comedy. I like the Coen Brothers, Cronenberg, Scorsese, Coppola, Jarmusch and many more.

Television:

Discovery Channel

Books:

I like to read a lot.
Crime/fiction and biographies mostly.

Some authors I like: Dennis Lehane, Paul Auster, George Pelecanos, Joe R Lansdale, James Lee Burke, Andrew Vachss, Walter Mosley, Charles Bukowski, James Ellroy, Richard Price, Ed McBain, Henry Rollins.

Heroes:

All the thinking motherfuckers out there.

My Blog

Im out of Face Down

Not much to say about it really, here's my official statement:"So, all things must come to an end and this is the end of the FD road for me. For the past months my interest and motivation has waned co...
Posted by Dr Carlsson on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:16:00 PST

New upcoming shows... (updated 19th of Sept)

OK, a few more for ya:General Surgery @ TantogÄrden - Oct 5thNice Idiot @ Bloodshed Fest, Eindhoven - Oct 13thGeneral Surgery - mini tour in Spain:"Unruly Dissection Marathon" in Spain07-11-22 Spain/M...
Posted by Dr Carlsson on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:41:00 PST

upcoming shows

Upcoming gigs:- Face Down, Mariestad Sat March 24- General Surgery, Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore, USA May Sat/Sun 26-27- General Surgery, Obscene Extreme, Trutnov, Czech Rep, July Fri/Sat 6/7- Nice I...
Posted by Dr Carlsson on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:44:00 PST

New Face Down song uploaded + Nice Idiot recording update.

We've uploaded a new song, "Irreversible", taken off our Demo 2006 recording.Have a listen and let us know what you think.The song is at our MySpace page: http://myspace.com/facedownswedenIn other mus...
Posted by Dr Carlsson on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:37:00 PST

1st show with Nice Idiot

So, we're gonna play live for the first time with Nice Idiot. Make sure you check us out. Saturday 17th of February, Snövit, Stockholm, with Sanctuary In Blasphemy. 21.00.The website is also up.. kind...
Posted by Dr Carlsson on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:23:00 PST

Nice Idiot!!!

NICE IDIOT..is a new band that I'm in. Founded by mr/Dr Van Tuominen a few weeks ago after he felt the urge to scream his ass off once again (he used to be the vocalist of LaTense) and to have some ug...
Posted by Dr Carlsson on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:16:00 PST

Left Hand Pathology - Album of the month

So, I heard yesterday that the General Surgery album is Album of the Month in the latest issue of Terrorizer magazine (..147). Really f'ing cool! I need to go out and get it a.s.a.p. and so should you...
Posted by Dr Carlsson on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:11:00 PST

Tuska

Leaving in a few hours to fly to Finland to play at the Tuska Festival. We're playing at the Tavastia on Friday night, so come check us out. It's gonna be good.On Sat I will be checking out Venom, and...
Posted by Dr Carlsson on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 03:12:00 PST

Japan

It just hit me today that I will be going to Japan in just a few months, to play some great music with some great friends of mine. It's gonna be a blast of epic proportions!Life is good like that some...
Posted by Dr Carlsson on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:48:00 PST

Zappa Plays Zappa

I've been waiting for this a year now. Only a few hours to go. I can't wait!Zappa Plays Zappa website
Posted by Dr Carlsson on Fri, 19 May 2006 04:37:00 PST