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ABOUT

 

FULL NAME: MORTEN MULIN

NICKNAMES: MOE, ALBERTS MOR

BORN: 25. SEP. 1980

CURRENT HABITAT: AALBORG

PREFERRED TIME OF YEAR: SPRING AND AUTUMN

 

HOBBIES:                          COLLECTING INSTRUMENTS, MAINLY GUITARS

 

INFLUENCES:                   IRON MAIDEN

                                            MANOWAR

                                            OLD METALLICA

                                            OLD BLACK SABBATH

                                            MY BROTHER

                                            FOLK MUSIC

 

I STARTED OUT PLAYING GUITAR ON MY 17TH BIRTHDAY, MAINLY INSPIRED BY MY BROTHER, JACOB, WHO HAD STARTED PLAYING BASS A YEAR OR TWO EARLIER.

HE GOT IN A BAND WITH OUR DRUMMER KENNETH AMONG OTHERS.

I USED TO WATCH THEM PLAY AND WANTED TO TRY IT OUT MYSELF.

STARTED OUT BY PLAYING A TOTAL WRECK OF AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR I BORROWED FROM MY BROTHER.

UNFORTUNATELY HE DIED THE YEAR AFTER, IN 1998, SO I INHERITED HIS BASS AND AN ELECTRIC GUITAR, THAT’S STILL IN MY COLLECTION AS A MEMORY.

MY FIRST BAND WAS WITH SOME OF HIS OLD CLASSMATES I HOOKED UP WITH IN THE END OF THAT YEAR. THE BAND WAS NAMED “FAILED”.

THE STYLE WAS MOSTLY NU-METAL, WITH BIG INSPIRATIONS FROM KORN AND LIMP BIZKIT.

IN 1999 I GOT TO KNOW ANOTHER LOCAL LOONGHAIRED DUDE, RUNE, AND SOON JOINED THE BAND HE HAD CALLED ILLPOSSESSED. THIS BANDS STYLE WAS A MIX BETWEEN PUNK AND METAL, ILLCORE, AS WE CALLED IT. THIS BAND ENDED UP TAKING MY FULL FOCUS, AS I LEFT FAILED IN 2001.

I WAS KICKED OUT OF ILLPOSSESSED DUE TO SOME PERSONAL BATTLES WITH THE OTHERS AND WAS OUT FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS.

MY REPLACEMENT WAS BRIAN, AND THUS WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER. (WE ATTENDED THE SAME SCHOOL, SO WE KNEW EACH OTHER A LITTLE ALREADY.)

ILLPOSSESSED SOON CRUMBLED TO DUST AND I HOOKED UP WITH RUNE AND BRIAN TO FORM DEAD BUSHES – SAME ILLCORE-STYLE BUT WITH POLITICAL LYRICS AS THE NAME OF THE BAND MIGHT SHOW.

THE BAND LASTED FOR 2 YEARS AND THEN WE KIND OF GREW APART.

I THEN WANDERED AROUND, PLAYING IN SMALL BANDS THAT NEVER REALLY GOT ANYWHERE AND ENDED UP ABANDONING MUSIC TOTALLY.

MEANWHILE, BRIAN HAD STARTED S.I.D.E AND I WAS ASKED A COUPLE OF TIMES TO JOIN BEFORE I DECIDED TO GIVE IT A TRY. THE RESULT IS SHOWN ALL OVER THIS SITE... J