1) Hi IA, wassup? What are you doin' these days?

2) Your new album , 'Move' ,as the guitarist and singer for Freak Kitchen, is now available. It sounds much more in your face and angry than any of your previous records. So are you gonna be the antiMetallica development as an artist?
IA: Hehe, antiMetallica's a good one! Well, you just do what you gotta do and don't think about it too much. With Move we wanted to make a pretty honest album that was true to how the band actually sounds live. I am also not a big fan of effects and like to keep things kind of dry to keep it potent.

3) Your sound is also so raw and sounds so damn perfect for the kinda songs you play!!! Some suggestion on achievin' a good tone?
IA: Laney amps are all I use, VH100R on Move and TT100H live. I play them loud and put the microphone as close as possible. That's it. No bull, no other tricks or gimmicks.

4) Do you think that valve state amps are better for hard rock guitar? Apart from Dimebag Darrell, I don't know of anybody playin' solidstate amps.
IA: To me valve states are. I don't like the sound of lined guitar very much and I am surprised so many players have "gone POD". I tried a few things, mostly to know what everybody's talking about, but it sounds too processed to my Swedish ears. The sweetness and warmth you get from a tube amp played to the bone through a good cabinet is hard to beat.

5) One of the most strikin' aspects of your interpretation of the guitarist's role is the creativity you have for uncommon chord progressions... Do you have a certain method to break away from common chords (i.e. some alterations you often use) or is it just a matter of hearin' a sound in your mind and translatin' it on the guitar? Does it ever happen by chance that you find exactly the perfect chord you were searchin' for just by f@**in' around the fretboard?
IA: I think I both unintentionally and intentionally try to strive away from the often typical, dead-boring heavy metal tonality. I never listen to metal in the house. It's impossible if you wanna come up with something fresh sounding. I almost get frightened when I hear about touring rock musicians put on a Slipknot album the first thing when they get back home. Brrr! Still, there's nothing that get me going as raunchy guitars, big drums and fat bass so... I often jerk around with scales and try to build chords out of them and squeeze it all together.

6) Another thing I love about your style is the unortodox approach to solos... How this happens? Do you put together a bunch of strikin' effects, or do you follow some compositional scheme? Are they improvised?
IA: I mostly start with improvising until something worthwhile come up, maybe a "hook" you can build something around. I then try to put together a tiny composition within the composition itself. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Humor is also a good thing too. I think a guitar solo can be real funny, done in the right way. It can also be the most dreadful thing.

7) Then there's the dissonance stuff... How do you choose the stuff to play? If we have a G chord or bassnote, what would we play? It's pretty obvious we'd choose a minor second interval, but which note would you put on top and which on bottom of that doublestop?

IA: Oh, anything works, depending on which direction you wanna go. Dissonances are beautiful!

8) Do you have some exercise or practicin' routine to recommend to our readers?
IA: I never followed any routines, I just play many hours and try to write songs. Very, very seldom have I sat on my butt practising stuff slow to get it down. If I can't play right away, I find a way to get around it and
create a similar sound I hear in my head.

9) You're also very active on the teachin' side. The FreakGuitarCamp is an awesome experience for a guitarist!!! If any of our fellow guitarist wants to join you for it, where could he find some interestin' infos?
IA: Check out www.freakkitchen.com or www.freakguitar.com

10) So man isn't it time for an instructional dvd or somethin'?????
IA: You bet. I am planning a thick, long indepth DVD to be released slightly after the next solo album. Probably sometime, early next year, if I find the time to pull it off.

11) Are freak Kitchen gonna tour Italy too ( a lot of people visitin' our site are italian)?
IA: We sure hope so. I know Freak Guitar has done very well in your fine country. We still have to find a good, solid distributor for the rest of the freak catalogue. We'll be down playing for you as soon as possible.

12) Who are your influences as a guitarist? Do you think there's some interestin' guitarplayer out there now?
IA: There are tons of interesting guitar players out there. For me it all started with Ace Frehley, then Eddie Van Halen, then I discovered Frank Zappa and life changed monumentally. Nowadays there's a lot of Django Reinhardt in the CD-player. I'm also a big fan of John McLaughlin, the Rosenberg dudes and a lot more.

13) Some suggestion on how to find inspiration? Where does yours come from?
IA: I get inspired from anything, you name it: movies, everyday life, books, talking and meeting people, the news and Italian interviews!