On this episode of THIS THAT AND THE OTHER with TROY PATRICK FARRELL, vocalist of WIG WAM, Åge Sten Nilson joins me to discuss Wig Wam's longevity, thoughts on our hero bands fighting and what they should do to resolve their differences and thoughts on bands like KISS and Motley Crue among others and the use of Tracks during Live Performances.www.WigWamOfficial.com #OutOfTheDark US Tour April/May 2023Transcript and Time Stamps:THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW W/
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Show Date:  04-12-2023
Guest:  Åge Sten Nilsen Vocalist of Wig
Wam (Norway)

00:50               SHOW
START-GUEST INFO
02:45               WEBSITE AND
TOUR INFO
04:00               FOREIGN VISA
TAX THOUGHTS
06:40               INTERVIEW
INTRODUCTION
08:00               ÅGE STEN NILSEN
ANSWERS FROM OSLO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
08:30               DISCUSSING
THOUGHTS ON COMING TO THE USA “WE’RE EXCITED, WE’VE NEVER PLAYED IN THE US BEFORE-THIS IS (OUR) FIRST
TIME, WE’RE READY FOR A KILLER SHOW”!

09:20               WE DISCUSS WIG
WAM’S LONGEVITY OF THE SAME MEMBERS FOR OVER 20 YEARS (MINUS A 5 YEAR
HIATUS), WHILE OUR HERO BANDS ARE FIGHTING (MOTLEY CRUE, KISS AND ACE
FREHLEY, JOURNEY) WE DISCUSS THEORIES ON WHY BANDS SPLIT (EGO ETC) &
HOW WIG WAM HAVE MANAGED TO GET BEYOND THEIR ISSUES. “WE BURIED OUR HATCHETS AND CAME
TO OUR SENSES-IT’S ALL ABOUT GROWING UP”

10:30               STATES DURING
THEIR SPLIT OF 5 YEARS, THEY WERE TRAPPED INSIDE “OUR CHARACTERS” (*WIG
WAM HAS TAKEN ON A SUPER HERO PERSONA WITH EACH GUY HAVING A NICKNAME)

11:00               TALKS ROOTS OF
“WIG WAM” - “WE STARTED
OFF LIKE STEEL PANTHER”


11:30               THOUGHTS ON MOTLEY
CRUE/PAUL STANLEY VS ACE FREHLEY FIGHTING:
“DIRTY LAUNDRY IN PUBLIC,
NOT TOO KEEN ON THAT, CAN’T THEY JUST GET TOGETHER AND   HAVE A FIGHT BETWEEN THEMSELVES”?

12:00               DISCUSSING
SPARKS IN THE WIG WAM CAREER- WITH COME-BACKS
Eurovision Song Contest (2005), COME BACK ALBUM AFTER REFORMING IN
2020 BUT
HAMPERED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS, JAN 2022- “DO YOU WANNA TASTE IT” ADDED AS OPENING THEME TO
HBOMAX’S “PEACEMAKER”

13:30               HOW WIG WAM
GOT A SONG ON THE HBO MAX SHOW “PEACEMAKER”
(CREATOR) “JAMES GUNN HAD US ON HIS RADAR AND WAS A FAN OF THE BAND”.
 “HE         FOUND IT TO BE THE PERFECT SONG OF THE
DANCE ROUTINE.”  “WE THOUGHT IT WAS A
REQUEST FOR A COMMERCIAL OR SOMETHING”
15:40               DISCUSSING THE
POSTPONEMENT OF THE FIRST TOUR IN 2022 (COVID/VISA DELAYS)

16:10               ON TOURING
IN THE USA:  “WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, WE HOPE THERE ARE
PLENTY OF ROCK N ROLL FANS THAT WANT TO CHECK OUT THIS KIND OF NEW BAND FROM
NORWAY, THAT ARE KINDA CRAZY ON STAGE”, “WE PROMISE WE GONNA PUT ON ONE HELL OF
A SHOW”,  “WE’RE IN OUR PRIME, WE’VE
NEVER SOUNDED BETTER, WE ARE DRUG FREE, SAFE AND SOUND AND WE’RE GOOD TO GO,
AND WE REALLY LOVE PLAYING”

WE’RE
HAPPY TO COME DOWN AND PLAY AND I THINK THAT’S GONNA SHOW

18:30               VISA DISCUSSIONS AND HOW
EUROPE MAY ANSWER BACK WITH TAXING AMERICAN BAND WHO GO OVERSEAS: “THE EXPENSES FOR US TO COME
OVER AND PLAY THESE GIGS, IT’S CRAZY MAN”

“YOU’LL SEE A CHANGE IN THE COMING
YEARS” (WHEN IT COMES TO AMERICAN BANDS GOING ABROAD AND TAXES)
“WE’RE NOT COMING OVER TO THE US TO STEAL AMERICAN MUSICIAN’S JOBS, WE’RE
COMING TO CREATE JOBS”, “WE’RE COMING TO GIVE PEOPLE SOMETHING NEW”

“AMERICAN BANDS HAVE COME TO EUROPE AND TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED, IT’S TIME FOR
AMERICA TO BE EASIER ON LETTING EUROPEAN ACTS COME TO (USA), IT’S CULTURE MAN,
WE NEED TO GROW TOGETHER, WE MIGHT SEE THINGS WITH DIFFERENT GLASSES THAN THE
AMERICANS, WE CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, EVEN BY MUSIC”.

21:30   THOUGHTS ON BAND’S USING
TRACKS:  “I THINK THE ROCK N ROLL SHOWS PRODUCTION HAS
BECOME SO BIG (SYNCING
PYRO LIGHTS ETC WITH THE MUSIC) “WHEN YOU HAVE EVERYTHING ON TRACK AND