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Anders Iwers

Second verse, same as the first

About Me

Bassplayer in Tiamat, daddy to Leia and Noah, drinker of beer.

My Interests

Music,photography,football,fishing,drinking,cooking,hot sauces, and everything else that comes with two kids.

I'd like to meet:

I..ve stopped adding bands I don..t know personally, so bands interested in adding anything Tiamat, please add yourself to the Tiamat page instead, no offense or trying to be cool, just getting hard to sort through all bands to find my friends! If you still want me to add you and/or your band, send a message first.

Music:

Too numerous to mention all, but a few favourites would be- The Clash, Tom Waits, The Ramones,Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Rolling Stones, Slayer,Emmylou Harris,System of a down, Springsteen, Beatles, AC/DC,John Coltrane,Bob Marley, Gram Parsons,Venom,Johnny Cash, Flaming Lips, Van Halen, Lucinda Williams,Hidden Cameras,Four Horsemen,Dylan,Chet Baker, Jesus Christ Superstar (with Gillan) Misfits,Monster Magnet,Chilihounds,...you get the idea.

Movies:

Where the buffalo roam (anything with Bill Murray really...),Walk the line,Star Wars (the 70..s and early 80..s ones!) The right stuff, Down By law, Barfly, Apocalypse Now,Taxi Driver,Raging Bull, Deer Hunter, Jim Jarmusch movies, etc

Television:

The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Married with Children, Sports,News,Bolibompa,nameless stupid comedyshows.

Books:

Almost everything by Ernest Hemingway, Hunter S Thompson, James Elroy,Henry Miller, Andrew Vachss, Bret Easton Ellis, Charles Bukowski,Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos,Elmore Leonard and many, many more!

Heroes:

Mom, Keith Richards, Han Solo

My Blog

Pre-Order Amanethes!

Hey Folks! I suck at updating, I know, but hey, it..s my page!This time, I urge you to 1.Click the link to place an order for our new album "Amanethes",released next friday, may 2nd. https://www.beng...
Posted by Anders Iwers on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:35:00 PST

Football

My team, IFK Göteborg just won the swedish league. It was raining from every direction, the wind was approaching hurricane dimensions,and the temperature was right next to freezing. I was there.I...
Posted by Anders Iwers on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:46:00 PST

Recordings

Right. I find myself sitting at the computer, when I should be packing, but hey, what do I really need for a week in the studio? A bass would be nice, but apart from my old Fender, all I need is a cha...
Posted by Anders Iwers on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:54:00 PST

Raunnkke Bawl

Wow, I found the "post new blog" button again, it must have been in hiding somewhere...Anyways, I just got back from a whopping 4-day rehearsal with the boys, feeling stuff out for the new album, and ...
Posted by Anders Iwers on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:34:00 PST

Anti-Cred...

Just got back from playing Sweden Rock Festival. First let me thank the lovely hardcore superstar, who offered a ride to a stranded bassplayer! And a huge thanx to the first-class crew who helped us w...
Posted by Anders Iwers on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:21:00 PST

the best and worst of football

Wow, I just aged several years, watching the sweden-denmark game. A part in the qualifications to euro 2008. Sweden took a comfortable 3-0 lead in the first half, but lost it, very fair, to denma...
Posted by Anders Iwers on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:46:00 PST

on the road

I'm sitting at a ridiculously expensive internetcafe in Brussels airport writing this, I'm on my way home from Greece (yes, I got the ticket) and I have three hours to kill but even Bill Gates couldn'...
Posted by Anders Iwers on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:21:00 PST

planes...

well, here I am, at home, it´s 19.10 in the evening, and I´m supposed to fly to Greece tomorrow morning, only one problem, I have no tickets!I have good hope though, as my fellow Tiamates has recieved...
Posted by Anders Iwers on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:15:00 PST

Boats and other means of transportation

Well then, again it´s been a while since I posted, and I know I´m lazy, but hey, live with it, I do...Since my last post, I´ve ben out with the boys again, this time on a cruise on the baltic sea, fro...
Posted by Anders Iwers on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:53:00 PST

Orphans!

Just a quick christmas present tip! Do not miss to get the new Tom Waits boxset, "Orphans-Brawlers,Bawlers and Bastards" It´s fan-fucking-tastic! Not a single throwaway song or filler in 50 something ...
Posted by Anders Iwers on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:08:00 PST