Religion, self discovery, narcotic dealings and the revival of old school rock-n-roll are among the many mental cogs
that make up the complex inner workings of Hans Erik Dyvik Husby.
Breaking The Ice
TJUSA: Okay, so I think I basically want to start with:
What have you been doing with yourself, what is the deal with the speech you gave recently? - We're gonna be going backwards here -
HH: Alright , uh, the speech I gave, well, I give speeches all day long.
I gave one on our national...
TJUSA: (interject) That's the one!
HH: Yeah, 17th of May it's the National day of Norway.
TJUSA: I heard that's reserved for political figures?
HH: Yeah, well, it's supposed to be kinda "A" political, cause it's
like a consensus day, or something but, well I couldn't hold myself so I gave a revolutionary speech.
TJUSA: Was it a serious type thing?
HH: Well kinda of. A lot of people started crying
and feedback I got was that for years the 17th of may speech had been pretty lame...
TJUSA: People seem to find it interesting that it was you that gave the speech.
HH: Yeah, well, I didn't get that much attention regarding
to my rock and roll stardom because I'm in a small community here, there's about 1000 people living in this community. They all know me by name, they
all know my family and they all know about my career, both as a rock star and as a junkie so that wasn't as sensational I guess.
I guess the sensation was the religious political manifesto that I induced to.
TJUSA: Is that what happened back in...
HH: Well, I didn't focus that much on it, but, this is
kinda of "In God We Trust Land" were like the 51st American State you know. Everybody here has the belief system where your God and we're Jesus type of...
TJUSA: Well, do you know what I'm saying, when the break up
happened there was a line about a religious crisis or something to that effect?
HH: Oh yeah, yeah, I was thrown out of hell, you can say.
TJUSA: Really?
HH: Yeah, well metaphorically speaking.
TJUSA: Are you still using?
HH: I'm still using?
TJUSA: No, I'm asking you, are you?
HH: I'm on medication so... drugs similar to Methadone,
but that's perfectly legal, I'm not injecting dope anymore. I'm on a program.
TJUSA: How long have you been on it?
HH: For a couple years.
TJUSA: Do you have any regrets about the past couple of years?
HH: Well, regrets, No. I'd probably do it all over again.
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TJUSA: The band broke up at a very odd time don't you think?
HH: Well, if we hadn't broken up at that time people
especially the fans would have been not satisfied with us.
TJUSA: You know, it's funny that you say that.
I had some guys from Finland tell me about the show you couldn't make and instead Päl Eric filled in. The show where he sported swastikas
on his face. Does that sound familiar?
HH: Oh yeah.
TJUSA: And they said that they could tell from that show
something was missing, aside from you of course. To put it in their words: 'that the spark was gone', no pun intended.
HH: Yeah that's true we would have kinda disappointed
and let down our fans and ourselves if we had been going on playing on in a band when it was sickness in between and radical change had to be made and the
band had to stop at that point cause it would have been like a fucking nirvana situation.
TJUSA: Not good.
HH: Not good at all.
TJUSA: Somewhere I see a bit of irony in that.
HH: It's sad that it's stopped when it was on it's way up
but it was on the wrong way up, so.
TJUSA: So then how did you guys come up with such a great album,
There wasn't problems in the studio?
HH: Well, it was hard studio work and we dedicated
ourselves to doing a good album and we went far back in the rock history to pick up
influences and things that we ourselves thought had been forgotten in the rock industry. And try to bring it back. Good production
and good songs, and good concept, good theatrical aspect. All these things that the great ones did and that industry kinda choked with the grunge
wave and the 90s and we just brought it back, brought rock back to it's proper place, megalomaniac theatre of quality and pleasure and pain.
That's what we wanted to do.
TJUSA: With all that in mind, you had to of know that
the show at Mars was to be the last?
HH: Well we had in the back of our heads that this was
going the wrong way. Especially with me, I was getting more and more unfocused.
TJUSA: So that show won't done with the mind set that
this is the last show?
HH: No, actually it was only the last show with a clear
opinion that this would be the last show. All the previous shows was intended to be one of many shows.
It was the final show that was the last show and that was the only show we thought about the last show.
TJUSA: That had to be difficult? I find that weird,
then you put out the double lp. That's kinda weird don't you think?
HH: Well, it all came very naturally.
It wasn't' that dramatical for us. We were mentally prepared for everything and it was a relief for everyone when the decision was made that, okay,
I'm leaving Oslo, I'm going away, I have to go to the dago-bah system and meet Yoda confront...
TJUSA: (deep James Earl Jones voice) Your Father!
HH: My father. So, I went back to the roots where I'm now.
To try and figure out what's the deal about the gift I have and the force I was given. Where it comes from, the origin of this good force and how easy it is
to enter the darkside and how much easier the darkside is. And how much more dangerous it is. Now I'm focusing on the narrow path of the good side ya'know?
TJUSA: Hmmm. How hold are you now?
HH: I'm kind of ageless in my mind...
TJUSA: Kinda like yoda.
HH: No, kinda like Dalhi Lama. Something like that. Like
I won't be reincarnated anymore, I'm an old soul. This body is 29 years old.
TJUSA: Your 29? (said with some level of disbelief)
HH: My body is 29.
Part 2
