Mathias Färm (born September 9, 1974, in
Örebro
Örebro ( , ) is the sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, an ...
, Sweden) is a guitar player, best known as a member of the Swedish
punk rock band
Millencolin
Millencolin is a Swedish punk rock band that was formed on 12 October 1992 by Nikola Šarčević, Mathias Färm, and Erik Ohlsson (musician), Erik Ohlsson in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band. The name Mil ...
. He is also the frontman of a punk band named
Franky Lee, a side-project of Millencolin.
He started
skating in 1987 and started listening to
Operation Ivy
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,
Mc Rad,
The Descendents &
Odd Man Out
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because of the
skate videos. Early in 1992 he and
Nikola Šarčević were members of a band named Seigmen, which was a punk rock band singing in
Swedish. Färm runs a studio named
Soundlab Studios, which he started with the help of
Mieszko Talarczyk
Mieszko Talarczyk (December 23, 1974 – December 26, 2004) was the lead singer and guitarist of the Swedish grindcore band Nasum, Genocide Superstars, Krigshot and Charles Harfager. Known for his engineering and production abilities, he co- ...
the former lead singer of Swedish
grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme fusion genre of heavy metal and hardcore punk that originated in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from abrasive-sounding musical styles, such as thrashcore, crust punk, hardcore punk, extreme metal, and industrial. ...
band
Nasum
Nasum (pronounced 'nah-zumm') was a Swedish grindcore band from Örebro, formed in 1992. The band released four studio albums and developed into "one of that country's premier metal acts". They disbanded after the December 2004 tsunami killed ...
.
He was the inaugural
drummer
A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums.
Most contemporary western bands that play rock, pop, jazz, or R&B music include a drummer for purposes including timekeeping and embellishing the musical timbre. The drummer' ...
for Millencolin but soon switched to guitar when Millencolin's current drummer
Fredrik Larzon
Fredrik Larzon (born April 25, 1973) is the drummer of the Swedish punk band Millencolin. He was born and lives in Örebro, Sweden.
He runs another project named Kvoteringen.
Before joining Millencolin in 1993, Larzon was a member of the band Ku ...
joined the band in 1993. This change was made because most of Millencolin's songs required two guitars on stage to duplicate the studio recorded sounds. Färm was also a more proficient guitarist than drummer.
Currently, he lives in Örebro, Sweden. He's a
vegetarian
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Vegetaria ...
.
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Mathias plays most rhythm guitars on the first three Millencolin albums, but in the more recent albums, he performs most of the lead guitars, notably octave-style riffs and some solos.
References
1974 births
Living people
Swedish punk rock musicians
English-language singers from Sweden
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