Magnus Ekwall

Born:
Yeah! On a goddamn Monday!

Instruments played:
Singer in the band, but I do play guitar and different shaped boards.

Have been playing since:
Since the dawn of day

Biggest influence on career:
The punk-era!

Past bands:
Suicide, Worship, After Forever and Stonehenge.

Likes:
Sunshine, silence, water, music, rain, sleeping, gardening, soccer, jamming with the band, summer, Pringles, affection, Ettan, JP Sandwiches, blue jeans, money, stones, T-shirts, Viola and spring among other things.

Dislikes:
Cars from the late eighties

Drinks:
From glasses and bottles

Eats:
A lot

Favorite movie:
I would be happy if someone shoots a movie based on the book “Some architectural problems of today” written by C.H Reilly.

Favourite bands:
Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Ricky Lee Jones, RATM, Rainbow and so on.

Favourite album:
Rainbow - “Rising” sure is one of them.

Favourite song:
A hard one….”Stargazer” by Rainbow is not bad at all.

Favourite Quill show:
The summer festivals are always nice. The gig in Poland at Stodola on the latest tour was great.

Best Quill song:
Evermore from Silver Haze

Your most frequent thought during a live show:
Let me breathe, please! Where is the water?

Favorite thing to do on tours when not playing:
Playing games on my cell phone when we are travelling, otherwise exploring the neighbourhood.

Favorite area on the tourbus:
The bed

Worst border crossing:
From DDR to Poland a long time ago. Seconds from plastic gloves!

Most confusing bandmember:
Christian, Christian and, eeeh…Christian!

First time you met Jolle you thought:
It´s way past bedtime, Tommy! He was a very skinny little boy in a Diana Ross haircut.

First time you met Christian you thought:
I was wondering if he had some kind of disability because he never got out of his bed. The few minutes of the week he did, he always was yelling at his mother cause she didn´t understand the greatness of Judas Priest.

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