BULLET

Bullet are:
Dag “Hell” Hofer – vocals
Hampus Klang – guitar
Gustav Hjortsjö – drums
Gustav Hector – bass

Bullet:
“Stand true to your roots and have a good time doing it”

Explosive, relentless, fiery, rough, and ‘too hard to die’.
This is Bullet, they are fast and unique in their target like gun bullets.
Τhey ‘Fuel the Fire’ of our heart every single moment while, ‘Wheels keep on Turning’, we continue to adore them, but this ‘Aint Εnough’, they are ‘Heading for the Top’, in every of their appearance so they ‘Speed and Attack’ with theirs songs and rock our moments with their magnificant talent.
Here we have the ‘Roadking’ band of the heavy metal music world!!
Bullet, come from the beautiful Växjön of Sweden.
The band was formed in 2001 by Hampus Klang and Hell Hofer.
The heavy metal group, released their first demo ‘Heavy Metal Highway’ in 2002 and also the ‘Heading for the Top’ album in 2006, on Black Lodge record label.
The unique, Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, played the Bullet song ‘Turn it Up Loud’ at the Top on his radio program on BBC 2006.
In 2008, they released their extreme ‘Bite the Bullet’ and in 2011, they released the ‘Highway Pirates’ album.
In June 2009, Bullet played with AC/DC at Ullevi in Gothenburg and in October 2009, the heavy storm metal band, broke all their previous records and performed on stage, in front of 15.000 people, before the NHL match between Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis.
Τhe deadly Bullet band is in action:
Hell Hofer (vocals), Hampus Klang (lead quitar), Gustav Hjortsjö (drums), Gustav Hector(bass).
Ι am looking forward for their next live which takes place at Kristianstad Rockfest in Sweden on Saturday 15th of July!
Bullet and Hampus Klang in a unique interview, talked to us at Radio Highway Pirates about the band’s journey, their career, their performances, their amazing live with AC/DC on stage, their mangnificant appearance in Athens, their dreams, their new song and their plans.
Get a taste of heavy metal world star guys!
Are you ready?
Could you introduce us all the deadly bullets of the band?
“Hey Maria! I will try my best to introduce the band for you. Hell Hofer was born in a cave. Met him in 1996 when he was driving his Harley to school, dressed in black leather. The mightiest metal singer in the world. He likes to drink vodka and eat meat. Gustav Hector plays bass and is a gourmand too. Hes the best chef I ever met. He pounds his bass harder than anyone else. He’s into driving cabriolet cars and headbanging. Gustav Hjortsjö is pounding the drums and he loves to ride his motorcycle fast. One of the best drummers I ever heard. I am the guitarplayer (Hampus Klang) and I love Flying V guitars, Marshall amps, old buses and motorcycles. Im also a chickenbreeder, I have my own breed called Party Queens. We are right now searching for a fifth member since Alex left the band. A fast guitarplayer with attitude.”
What is the band’s ‘magic recipe’ for success?
“Never give up! Do everything as good as you can. Stand true to your roots and have a good time doing it.”
Tell us something about the music in Växjo. Do you think it was difficult to overcome all the obstacles in your way?
“Växjö has been a musical city since the 60-70s. Thin Lizzy, Ac/dc and Sex pistols played here. Växjö is located between the big cities so it was good for bands to play here at day offs and so on. Was many bands around when we were kids in the 90s. Easy to find rehersalrooms and it was demos coming out all the time here. The biggest obstacles was to find members that wanted to play this kind of music. It was so unpopular. A leather jacket wasn’t popular. We struggled on!”
What is the ultimate album for you, so far?
“If I had to pick one I would say Back in black by Ac/dc. The sound is so good. The songs too. The performance. Everything!! A magical album. What a comeback after the legendary Bon Scott.”
Where does the band find the trigger and continue?
“I Have been doing this since I was 14, so this is normal life for me. We dont want to work at a factory. We rather cruise around in a bus playing for the fans and have a beer or two with them. Our souls are restless…”
Which one of your songs is more heart and soul to Βullet?
“‘Bang your head’ has a special meaning for us cause it was the first song we wrote together as a band. It says it all. It turned out so good and don’t have the normal verse chorus formula. It just clicked and we were so happy with it.”
How do you work when you create your songs?
“Most of the time it starts with a guitar and then try to add more that works to it and sing along with made up vocals and then find the words for it. It takes a lot of time. Most of the ideas is going in the trash bin.”
Which was the reason that you named your album ‘Dust to Gold’?
“We were working for a title that would fit the song and it took like a year until we found it. And that title for the song worked good as album title too. Simple as that.”
What caused this very album to take so long?
“We spent so much time in the rehearsalroom cause we wanted the album to be the best we ever done. I’m very happy with the result. One of our best albums. It just takes time to do it. We toured a lot after the ‘Storm of Blades’ album too. I think it’s hard to write music while on tour.”
What about your latest album ‘Really Dat’?
“We’re working on it! Have lots of demo ideas but only like 4-5 finished songs that is more or less done. We really hope that the new guy that will join us can give us new inputs and ideas to finish the songs.”
Could you tell me a few words about your ‘meeting’ with ΑC/DC at Ullevi in Gothenburg?
“It was a dream come true! Things are so big on that level. Our Bulletbus from 1964 looked like a small van compared to Ac/dc’s 40 mega huge trucks. Even that our bus is 12 meter long. We thought no one would show up to us. But 50.000 did. Magic night!!!”
How would you describe your experience of performing live in front of thousands of people in October 2009?
“It’s so big so it’s hard to take in. I can imagine the pressure on these artist. If it’s a great show it would me a dream if it’s bad it must be a nightmare. But for us it was so unbelievable great!! And Ac/dc was great too. It was summer, don’t think it was October.”
Tell me a band or a singer, who its a lifelong dream to work with.
“Don’t think I have to be honest. Would be fantastic to have guest vocals from Rob Halford, Dee Snider or Blackie Lawless. But I’m happy, just to turn on their records.”
Do you think that maintaining your classicism is what has kept you strong for so many years to move forward successfully?
“We just wanna play the music, we like and people can call it whatever they like. I think it’s timeless. Just good taste. A guitar should sound like a gibson thru a Marshall stack. Not like a computer.”
What is your knowledge that even a mediocre song becomes popular through a masterful music video?
“I have givin up what people like nowadays. Most of the stuff is so bad. You don’t even have to sing good anymore. A computer can fix it. It’s not rock n roll.”
How did you feel when Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, played the Bullet song ‘Turn it Up Loud’ on his radio program on BBC in 2006?
“That was unexpected and we got very happy about it. ‘Turn it up loud’ is a favorite. Very simple but good song. Works live every time. Have been Iron Maiden fans for a long long time. One of the best singers around. We will go see them this weekend at Sweden rock festival.”
What are your impressions from your concert in Athens in Autumn 2019 at Crow Club?
“It was great!! Lots of headbangers. First time for us in Greece too. Love to come back!! Remember, we got like a mountain of meet served on paper at the restaurants. Never seen that before. We bought a coffee on the street and got some vodka shots for free. That would never happen in Sweden.”
Could you share with us your next live shows and your future plans?
“The plan is to find a new guitarplayer. Will try out a new guy soon. We have some festivals in Sweden and Germany. Some ideas for upcoming tours too. And of course finish the songwriting, for the new yet untitled album and crush the world with out Heavy Metal once again. Hopefully come back to Greece soon too!!! Stay wild forever!!!”…by Maria Stella Tsatsi…