2008 is over!!

Another year has passed and it was a year that we are quite happy with, since it spawned both our best cd so far and also a kick ass live DVD.

We also performed some fun gigs and made some new contacts. Hopefully we will crank it up and kick some more live ass in 2009 for ya, just stay tuned.

We wish you all the best and a happy new year, and remember, be nice to each other.

Here´s the year lists from the boys..

CONNY

MOVIES: The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Hellboy 2

ALBUMS: Shinedown - ”The Sound Of Madness”, M.O.B - “The Greatest Enemy”, Coldplay -“Viva La Vida”

SONGS: Shinedown - ”Devour”, M.O.B - “In My Dreams”, Coldplay - “Viva La Vida”

CONCERT: M.O.B Hydet 2008

EVENT: M.O.B Hydet 2008

BOOK: Scott Kellby ”Digital photography”

FINEST MOMENTS: When im with my kids

WORST MOMENTS: When im not with my kids

IDIOTIC THING: People without respect

HERO: Mom

FOOD: Filet of beef and a nice red wine

SUMMARY OF 2008: 2009 will be better

FREDRIK

MOVIES: Let The Right One In, The God Delusion, The Dark Knight

ALBUMS: Guns´n´Roses - Chinese Democracy, My Chemical Romance - Live Mexico City, Mötley Crue - Saints Of L.A

SONGS: Guns´n´Roses - Street Of Dreams, Mötley Crue - Just Another Psycho, M.O.B - The Greatest Enemy

CONCERTS: The Ark Sundsvall, M.O.B Hydet and Jesus Christ Superstar (musical)

EVENT: The final result of a great inspiration of mine singing a duet with me on "The Greatest Enemy" (Ola Salo)

BOOK: Stephen King - Cell

BEST MOMENT: When i realised that the old cliche "when there´s a will, there´s a way" is actually true to a large extent

WORST MOMENT: When i realised that i have so many ghosts and issues that i need to adress

IDIOTIC THING: If i put aside humanity in general? The so called "Ipred Law" that gives more power to record companies and movie companies than the police have. Even if i never downloaded one thing in my life, i would still feel the same way. Its a joke to say the least.

HERO: Besides Richard Dawkins who is one of the most awake people on the planet, im also kind of proud of myself actually. 2008 was a year when i dropped such bad habits as smoking, a long dysfunctional relationship and started to put my body in shape. Maybe in 2009 ill have to start work on my mind also, ha ha. Im also very proud of my daughter´s achievements, she´s the best.

Food: Mexican, as always

SUMMARY OF 2008: Eventful year in the personal section, i wish for 2009 to be a bit more laid back and enjoyable, and for M.O.B to gig more and write new tunes.

PETER

MOVIES: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (made in 2005 by Tommy Lee Jones) Released only on DvD 2008 in sweden, Let the right one in (a swedish vampire saga made in 2008), Moulin Rouge (an reacuring favourite. Made in 2001.. timeless)

ALBUMS: Motley Crue - Saints of Los Angeles. (No other release got my attention)... I just listen to old music nowadays

SONGS: Saints Of Los Angeles (Motley Crue - Saints Of Los Angeles), Na Na Na (Theresa Andersson - Hummingbird), In My Dreams (M.O.B - The Greatest Enemy)

CONCERT: Theresa Andersson (Visby/Gotland - the biggest city on the largest island of Sweden in the baltic sea), The Real Group (Christmas concert, Stockholm/Sweden),
M.O.B (Live in Stockholm at Hydet in august)

EVENT: The election of an american/african presidént in the U.S.A

BOOK: Let the right one in (see above, under films)¨

BEST MOMENT: My mothers 70th´s birthday this summer.

WORST MOMENT: That our record "The Greatest Enemy" didn´t make it to the #1 charts worldwide... ;-)

IDIOT: George W Bush x 999

HERO: Barack Obama (I have a lot of faith/trust in this guy. He could change the world.. I hope he doesn´t let me down.)

FOOD: Lasagna or anything Italian.. or Swedish meatballs....

SUMMARY OF 2008: What´s another year... (The title of the eurovison songcontest winner 1980 by Johnny Logan)

RICHARD

MOVIES: Stepbrothers - Will Ferrell !!, Yes Man - Jim Carrey !!, Control - Not from 2008, but for me it is! :) (2007)

ALBUMS: MOB - The Greatest Enemy, Magma - Live In Bourges, ZZ Top - Live From Texas

SONGS: MOB - The Greatest Enemy, MOB - In My Dreams, MOB - Behind The Wall - LIVE

CONCERT: Zappa Plays Zappa - Circus, MOB - Hydet, Triumph - Sweden Rock Festival

EVENTS: The re-establishment of road tolls, MOB released The Greatest Enemy, MOB The Greatest Enemy Live In Stockholm came out on DVD

BOOK: The book about the classic music magazine POSTER.

BEST MOMENTS: The Summer

WORST MOMENTS: The drummer in loudness, Munetaka Higuchi, passed away.

IDIOT: Any "Idol" jury member of your choice.

HERO: Roger Averdahl

FOOD: Whopper Cheese Meal with onion rings and a middle sized coke!

SUMMARY OF 2008: Eeehh, well, you know, it was sorta like, about, principally, yeah..

How to get "The Greatest Enemy" !

"The Greatest Enemy" is out now worldwide,
and we know You want it! :)

Besides having 2 songs featuring Ola Salo from famed
swedish band The Ark, dreamy piano passages,
guest duel guitarists, it's first and foremost the most
sharp-edged melodic heavy metal You will ever find !

Produced by the sensitive hands of Fredrik Folkare
(Unleashed, Eclipse),the soundscape and production of
this record is very special, and this in combination
with the best songs ever written by the band,
equals a very special album !

So, don't be shy, here is where You can get Your hands on it !

For all of You living within EU,
here is where to get "The Greatest Enemy"!;

www.megastore.se

For worldwide shipping, and the best prices
also on M.O.B's back catalogue,

www.cdbaby.com

We can't wait to hear Your thoughts on our new album, let us know You are out there !

Take care & Thank You !

Richard/Peter/Conny/Fredrik

The Greatest Enemy On The Air!!

Tomorrow morning (monday Feb 11:th) at 8 AM, it's time for the radio premiere of The Greatest Enemy in the Radio Show Recensenterna, radio channel ROCKKLASSIKER 106.7!!

If you can, tune in, and afterwards, call in and request M.O.B until you are blue in the face, ha ha..

A tremendous rehearsal went down tonight, we are on fire and can't wait to climb on stage!! Watch out!!

/Fredrik, Richard, Peter & Conny

TADA!!!!!

So, finally..



M.O.B BRINGS YOU...
THE GREATEST ENEMY, RELEASE DATE FEB 8:TH!!

It will probably take one or two weeks after Feb 8:th before "The Greatest Enemy" is available at On-line stores such as Megastore.se, Cdon.com and others, but fear not metalheads because... Pre-orders can be made right now directly from the band! Swedish Citizens can just do a payment to Postgironummer 76 96 88-3 and you will receive the cd right after Feb 8:th, 119:- including postage, if you have any questions, drop a mail HERE

All you international mobsters that wants the cd right away, contact us and we´ll work something out, or wait for it to show up at CDBABY or CDON, you will know when its available, keep a lookout here for info, or at M.O.B MYSPACE

Cheers!! Let the good times begin!!

/Fredrik, Richard, Conny and Peter - M.O.B

I Wanna Rock!!

And we´re gonna do so! Our first oppurtunity to try out some "Enemy" songs has surfaced. If you live around Stockholm, get your ass over to "Huset" in Huddinge, Friday February 22:nd as we will participate in a "metal evening" with 4-5 other bands. We will do a short but sweet set of 6 or so songs from "The Greatest Enemy" and perhaps an older M.O.B classic might find its way in there also! :-p How do you get there? Check HERE! More info about the event HERE.

By the way, we put up a couple of new songs at our myspace page, go HERE.

Release Date: February 8 2008 !

Available on internet stores and IRL stores with a few days delay due to delivery.
If You want to make a pre-order to be shipped on release date, visit

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220196708701

or check www.mobrockz.com for more info on how to order.

Thanks to all of You out there for Your support, and now,
instead of You hearing talk from us, we can't wait to hear
Your thoughts on this new album. Let us know!
R/P/C/F - M.O.B

Reel To Real Metal !

No less than 3 different masters has been delivered to the band,
and this weekend we will spend time listening to them,
and decide which one to go for. Decision will be delivered on
monday to the record plant, then off we go !
Have a nice weekend ! R/C/P/F

The Swedish Postal Service

Well, today we expected the mastered TGE to arrive for our listening pleasure, but
thanks to the Swedish Postal Service, the package seems lost.
But hey, delays are something we are sort of used to, right,,,,
Anyway, the mastering has been done, and we have got printed samples for the artwork, since we visited the record plant in person this monday. Everything looks fine and we're just so close to hit the button, for a go on printing. Stay tuned.

So Close You Can Almost Taste It...!

So, it's getting REALLY close for the arrival
of "The Greatest Enemy"!
Tonight the master was delivered to the band,
and mastering the album will start on monday.
Artwork, EAN codes, and all the other "red tape"
paper-work is all out of the way,
so right after mastering on monday,
10 more days at the pressing plant, then, the heat is on !
Tonights rehearsals went well too,
toying around with Back On Track, Anger Management,
Emotional Overload, White Trash Stomp and other
classic gems, and the spirits in the band is right now very high !
Stay Tuned !

Hey, Ho, Let´s Go, Part II!!

For a bunch of guys that has not played together for a year, I think we pulled off tonight´s rehearsals quite well. Sure we became tired, sure our ears and heads are ringing, but hell, we had a good time, and it sounded good, I think we will be "Back On Track" in no time at all. We blasted through some eight or so songs from The Greatest Enemy and also a couple of older one's. I think the most fun (at least for me) was to play a couple of songs that I actually wrote the lyrics for around the same day I recorded them, so it was a premiere for actually playing those songs as a unit... A nice evening. All thumbs up! /Fredrik

Hey, Ho, Let´s Go!

Tonight it´s time for the first rehearsal in a year!! :-)

I don't think we will film anything tonight, but later on, it just might happen, he he...

/Da boys.

Right In Front Of Your Naked Steamin' Eyes n' Ears, Right Here I Say !

OK! Time for a sneak-peak of the artwork for The Greatest Enemy AND also some sound samples, they are availalable at YOUTUBE and at our MYSPACE page! It's not the final mixes but hey, we want to share a piece of this new music now, it's taken a while!

Enjoy!! :-p

/Fred/Rick/Peter/Conny

Blow Your Speakers, With Rock n' Roll !

Well well...

Ok. So, now we have all 14 songs in mix NO 2. We have been listening hard for a couple of days and hopefully by the end of this week we will gather our thoughts about the whole shebang.

It's kinda hard work to digest the sound of 14 songs and be analytic at the same time, especially when you have the classic "M.O.B stew" consisting of both snappy and kinda easy listening hard rock songs, but also some of the meanest, hardest, no mercy metal songs that we have ever recorded.

Stay tuned, stay metal. We're getting there.

/Fred/Rick/Peter/Conny

Don't Worry, Be Happy!!

The mixing process is finally back on track again!! Yeeehaa!!





Before mr mixer left for the road he gave us a test mix cd with 10 out of 14 songs
that we have listened to now for a few weeks, and we must say that we are pretty happy with the result except for a few minor hickups, It sounds *hit hot. :-)


The band will get together next friday for a drunken evening at my place and hopefully we'll have the whole album by then. Discussions about the song order and stuff like that will be on the agenda that evening i suppose, pheeew. :-)


The Greatest Enemy is lurking in the shadows, waiting to be unleashed.......

/Fredrik

What To Do On A Rainy Day!

Even though we are a bit frustrated in our time of waiting right now, we took the opportunity and went through a rainy photo session sunday afternoon. It was cold, windy and fun. :-) Katrina Määkinen was behind the camera once again.




"dum de dum, keeps on waiting.."

/Fredrik/Richard/Peter/Conny

All Good Things Comes To Those Who Wait, bla bla... :)

Due to reasons that just can´t be resolved, the mixing process will now stop for approx 3 weeks, and that means that "The Greatest Enemy" will not be ready until after new year´s. The band will however get a taste of what the album will sound like later this week and so, we will listen good during those weeks.. Of course we´ll post a comment here regarding our thoughts of the mix, and you might get to see some cd artwork here also when we feel the time is right.

All the best.

/Fredrik, Richard, Peter & Conny

Setting The Record Straight...!

So, setting the record straight here,,,,,,,"The Greatest Enemy" project has left the M.O.R.S studio, and is now in mixing mode, in the safe hands of Fredrik Folkare. It will now be a couple
of weeks before we get the project back and we'll have a listen to it all. In the meantime, as stated below, stuff is oozing in the background, and we will keep all those things updated here.
Right now we are trying to finalize the final artwork, with all that goes with it, credits, liner notes, and a first for M.O.B, the complete song-lyrics. This is the place the cover for TGE
will be premiered, so there You go, Stay Tuned !

Over and done!

I think i might have mentioned that before a couple of times in this blog, but since we are turning the whole project over to the mixing wizard now, i guess we ARE done, huh? A kind of scary feeling, ha ha..

The band got together tonight, for a couple of last minute vocal add-ons and i must say that it was truly my softest low key effort on this album and it turned out quite nice, it´s not that often that i get to sing in that style. We also fixed a couple of drum tracks, a guitar fill or two, and spoke a bit about our feelings regarding the pre-mix cd. The general feeling is that we are quite happy with the result of the hard work that we all have put in, especially Peter (take a bow man, your the best, without your passion for the project, this would have taken forever).

I think this blog will go on in one way or another, now its time to start thinking about the other aspects of the project. Gigs, promotion, design, yada yada, what have you. We´ll keep you in the loop.

Conny left a bit early, so here´s just 3 happy fellas!

Catcha later people, check in from time to time.
:-) /Fredrik

In The Meantime...!

So,,,,what's happening right now,,? Well, "The Greatest Enemy" is recorded, and is now being examined back and forth by the band members, before handing the project to the mixing wizard who is Fredrik Folkare. While we are waiting, things are slowly beginning to move out there. Check out the new December issue of Fireworks Magazine.
Here You get a brief interview with Rick, and on the free CD that goes with the magazine, is "Scapegoats"! In the can is a more extensive feature, and maybe some brand new M.O.B music on the next CD/issue in January! So, before You get the lo-down of TGE's destiny this coming weekend, check this out! http://www.rathole.com/fireworks/

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place!

Hey there rock n rollers.

I went in with Peter today, picked up my notes containing the new chorus for "Eye of the beholder", nailed it, and if the other guys approve of it, im DONE. If all goes as planned, we will hand over the project to the magnificent Fredrik Folkare very soon now and we are pretty confident that he will deliver the goods behind the mixing table, just as he did the last time. But before he gets to do that, Conny is up for one final bass session come sunday, and after that, we will all sit down for a couple of days, listening hard, to see if we find anything else that we want to change (God forbid)..

Kind of fed up, ha ha..

All the best. /Fredrik