What do Joyful Tears, Cosmic Dropouts, Lust-O-Rama, Kwyet Kings, Bittersweets, DANG!!!, BITHAMMER! have in common? Answer: Arne Thelin, who has just released his first album under his own name, and we took the opportunity to ask him a few questions. How did you discover the music that made you want to become a musician? I was very lucky to have a brother who was much older than me and he had loads of records, singles and LP’s, which he played for me when he saw I showed an interest. I was 8-9 years old, so this was all the way back in 1968-69. I got the full treatment of Kinks, Stones, Beatles, Hollies, Fleetwood Mac, Chuck Berry and all the old blues legends… John Lee Hooker, Howling Wolf etc. When he came of age and moved out a couple of years later, I inherited all the records. I have never considered myself a musician, I can’t hear the difference between an A and an E, ha-ha. I was sort of thrown into it at the late age of 25. One of my big interests together with listening to m