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Tobias Forge

Swedish Musician

Born: Mar 3, 1981

Band Been Big People Time You

Related authors: Avicii Bjorn Ulvaeus Jens Lekman Lykke Li Max Martin Snoh Aalegra Yung Lean Zara Larsson

Ghost has always been about make-believe. Tobias Forge

Ghost About Make-Believe Always Been

As long as I've been doing Ghost, at least, I've been very keen on maintaining not necessarily an anonymity but a low profile. But on the other hand, I spent 25 years not doing Ghost, where, 20 of those years, I wanted to be nothing but a famous rock musician. Tobias Forge

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I enjoy the idea of being able to sort of flip-flop between being recognized and not being recognized. Tobias Forge

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I think that it's crucial. I think that playing live, if you want to be an artist - that's what artists do. Tobias Forge

You Live Think Crucial Artist Artists Want Playing

With Ghost, I never really foresaw that it was going to take off the way it did. Tobias Forge

Way Ghost Take Never Off Did Going Really

I like the fact that my work in Ghost is famous, and people know it, and we have our crowd. But I am not as antsy about getting recognized on the street as I might have once been. Tobias Forge

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I think you need to see parts one, two, and three of 'The Omen.' And then just skip the ending of number three - it's so bad it makes me want to put my foot through the TV. Tobias Forge

In grade one and two, I was definitely into heavy metal and Satanic rock music, bands that had attributes that were quote-unquote 'Satanic,' even things like the Rolling Stones with 'Their Satanic Majesties Request' and 'Sympathy for the Devil,' but also like Motley Crue and Kiss and Alice Cooper. Tobias Forge

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I sort of found King Diamond in second grade, but I didn't become a devoted Satanist until a few years later, but that was very much part of my adolescence as well. Tobias Forge

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The belief in something bigger and supernatural is not the same thing as linear religion. Tobias Forge

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I always layer my vocals a lot. I sing a minimum of three layers of the same line every time, and then it's always one or two or sometimes even more harmonies. Tobias Forge

I was told before that one of the hardest jumps to do, painlessly, is the one from playing clubs into playing arenas. I am completely aware of that now. Tobias Forge

Before Arenas Am Jumps Clubs Now Aware Hardest Playing

I love playing arenas; it's the best thing. Tobias Forge

Love Best Arenas Thing Playing

From my point of view, a lot of the things that we've done over our entire career have always been a big failure because it was never the way that I planned it. But then there's always upsides with it that turn out to be better or greater than the original plan. Tobias Forge

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I am an old-school guitar player. I'm not an '80s-'90s sort of shredder who plays a million notes a minute. I am way more '60s-'70s kind of style, and I write very '60s-'70s. Tobias Forge

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I always hate starting tours, especially when it coincides with an album coming out. Tobias Forge

Hate Out Tours Always Coming Album Starting

If we see someone, an artist who just does magnificent art, and especially if they're already doing Ghost-related art, we just reach out and start collaborating. But when it comes to the record sleeves and the tour posters, I'm usually quite particular. Tobias Forge

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I would like to say, and I think I am truthful, and I think I am honest when I say that I love doing Ghost. And if I didn't feel as passionate as I am and have been, about it, wanting to focus, basically, all my time on it, I don't wanna do it. Tobias Forge

You don't accidentally turn into a big band. Not even Nirvana accidentally turned into a big band. They toured - they wanted to become a big band. They didn't necessarily want to become that big of a band, but they still wanted to make a really good record and wanted to come out and tour. Tobias Forge

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