I'm sure he means motorcycles, but every time he says moped I can't help picturing the members of Meshuggah cruising down the highway on pastel-colored Piaggio scooters.

@JarodRebuck

4 жыл бұрын

Lepiotaphage hilarious 😆

@villadelrefugio

2 жыл бұрын

I think if i saw Jens and Fredrik on mint green Vespas they would suddenly seem cool to me

@Tervehtijä

Жыл бұрын

Actually we call 50cc bikes "mopeds" in Sweden and Finland. You can ride em at age of 15. I think Jens is talking about very early times here (when he was 14-16y)

@Leatherfacet

Жыл бұрын

Not mopeds like a vespa but like a Suzuki or Honda, looks like a motocross bike or a light MC.

@MrBaverbo

Жыл бұрын

Scooters are really popular in Sweden.

A dude that never ages. A god in the metal industry because of his vocal chords.

@Mike-nf6nf

6 жыл бұрын

Entropy (almost always) wins.

@damienhelmold6978

2 жыл бұрын

he looks older now.

@TCM215

Жыл бұрын

He's aged now

@brentnimmo932

3 ай бұрын

I'm convinced that Jens is an actual super human.

Look at his neck muscles. You could see it move every time he speaks

@kratos6211

3 жыл бұрын

Headbanging with the djent face gives you a mad muscular neck

It's funny when you listen to Meshuggah and read the lyrics then watch this interview it's like whoa, this dude is way chill. Jens's lungs are made of asbestos.

@Unanythang

2 жыл бұрын

the drummer writes almost all of the lyrics..

"Did you ask for it?" "No, not really. It asked for ME."

This guy is one of the best metal singer in the world. His voice is just unbelievable in Meshuggah.

Jens=vocal God

Omg, I have never heard his normal voice in my entire life! This is truly a gift. ❤

yeah Jens and Tomas speak better English than most Americans

@chrisjames7803

6 жыл бұрын

your average 3yr old european kid does too

@kevinmora5662

4 жыл бұрын

England invented it, New York City perfected it 😂😂😂😎😎😎

@RomieTheOx

6 ай бұрын

@@kevinmora5662yikes

it would be more weird if he screamed the answers out... "who gave me?.. my MOOOOM AND DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!" *full body headbang*

This guy is a musically god of our time, not only got his own unclean vocals signature and rythmic evolution Crazy unclean vocals technics Def one of my fav vocalists

The repeated admission of a deep love for mopeds is the most metal thing I have ever heard in my life.

Omg, this dude has a beautiful face. He looks like a model. He turns into a wicked evil monster when he gets behind the mic. ...Not Anthrax, Joey Belladonna.

@Itsunclegabby

4 жыл бұрын

Very nice smile. 😁

@manifestgtr

2 жыл бұрын

Friggin Swedes…the land of supermodels and extreme metal…also, surstomming…

@Dinosaurs_with_laser_guns

2 жыл бұрын

@@manifestgtr not the surströmming 🤢

@karlomoonblade

11 ай бұрын

have you seen his young face in the 80s? He's such a pretty boy, you can search it up

He looks so normal when he's not over extending his jaw rolling his eyes back. I wish I could talk to him. This guy interviewing him has no fucking idea what a wasted opportunity this was.

It’s been more than 10 years since Jens made an interview. I wish we see him soon.

@Kolossus_

Жыл бұрын

They don't seem to really be the interviewing type, meshuggah. Only one who really does interviews is Tomas

@LocalCoot

Жыл бұрын

He doesn't even have his own Wikipedia page!

@Sasquatch33

5 ай бұрын

Meshuggah probably has the least amount of interviews considering how well known they are, Fredrik especially. There's only a handful of interviews that you can actually find of him.

His lyrics are like poetry, this dude is such an underrated WRITER. The lyrics from Bleed are insane.

@bangasou12

7 жыл бұрын

i thought haake did most of the lyrics `

@vxidwvlkxr

7 жыл бұрын

He does write most of the lyrics.

@LJTEAM0723

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah Tomas writes 99.9% of the lyrics

@solidground2024

5 жыл бұрын

bangasou12 TRANSLATION: The robot 🤖 does most of the lyrics

This has to be the chillest dude in all of metal, most swedish metal guys ive seen have been pretty down to earth but Jens is just the chillest

Why is he not screaming?

Even his normal face is brutal 🤘🏼

Jens has very good english for being Swedish.

@BeardManDrummer1999

6 жыл бұрын

Poncho So does Tomas Haake, that dude practically has no accent!

@jonathanthrone3619

6 жыл бұрын

Trey Weddle everyone has an accent

@7AKV7

3 жыл бұрын

Well it's basically their second official language, so I wouldn't be surprised.

wow he has such a sweet face and talking voice for someone who crushes on stage...

i love metal boys and this one is smokin hot, in the interview and 2 feet away live in concert ;)

Metal beast singer

For a legitimate *Swedish* guy, *Jens* looks like that cool & friendly uncle from *Texas.*

What an over might of a beast.. a true artist, what a fucking banger show they deliver.. their echo will hit hell like a brutal land slide.. !! Fight

Screw Dovahkiin, Jens has the voice of dragons.

well i'm glad i got to hear jens pronounce the name of the band, since i've been getting into arguments left and right on how to pronounce it. and of course, I was right :D

I think this is the first time I see him speak "normally". I guess I've been stucked on his face and speaking on the "Rare Trax" footages :D

Sounds like a nice bloke

I was waiting for a question, Jens didnt like. Could imagine that guy screaming in your face..

3:55 LMFAO!!

this dude's awesome...

"Anthrax style" sounds like hank hill when he gets suprised.

@rustyshackleford9452

3 жыл бұрын

Bwahaa

girls and mopeds story of my life

thank you for this video!!

@angelaSOAD I think when you live your truth and take care of your mind/body you can retain, at least, the appearance of youth. Sounds weird but I think theres truth to this. He certainly looks great for his age

@samitechcookie9758

8 ай бұрын

I agree

Many swedes are bad at speaking english, but most swedes understand english fluently because we study it in school since small age and english is very much alike swedish in how its structured and the grammars, but many swedes don't speak english that often,

he's so hot he's sizzling

best metal voice, immortal.

@Dinosaurs_with_laser_guns

2 жыл бұрын

Immortal and Immutable

@KytexEdits

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dinosaurs_with_laser_guns Fucking hell you made me think you were some time traveler predicintg the album name 13 years ago then my brain caught up. God I'm stupid.

@MasonMapes

Жыл бұрын

YES

3:53 "LA!"

Sonic terrorist being questioned. This fucking lad puts a hell of a show. Uttermost respect. Bill Burr was right, these guys certainly give you back the price of your ticket to a live show or the price of a CD.

Jens Kidman has a mom and dad?! Lol

goddam adds kill the mood on every video i watch

There is no way Kidman is 44, he looks almost half his age.

I would have asked a completely different set of questions! It's cool to hear his normal voice though!

lol my volume was down so i thought he was speaking Swedish

jens is a fucking badass and a half... Meshuggah for life

you wouldn't believe how much this guy looks like my gym instructor

Dude, why there's not many interviews with Jens Kidman?

@victortheoneandonly

9 ай бұрын

Wish i could know

Yep, especially Tomas haake's english...I almost have trouble hearing the accent.

he was much more sexy when he had loong blond hair!! I knew him briefly back then..He's a very nice guy though!

@lyricus89

4 жыл бұрын

So you "knew him" eh lmao

@Itsunclegabby

4 жыл бұрын

Hair or not, he's fine.

@leviathan3630

3 жыл бұрын

@@Itsunclegabby facts

it is so weird listening to him without screaming. he actually sounds human =D

Yeah, because the lead singer of a band as serious and badass as Meshuggah would fucking moon the crowd

awesome guy

great person!

All Hail The King

@Dickorla he was born in 8 June 1966 so yes he's 44, but this interview was taken in 2008 so he was 42 here :)

If he had told me that he is the guy who sings in bleed i would tell him that he had just won a beer contest.

God this interviewer, sounds like hes making it up as he goes along.

Who but a parent is going to buy a toddler his first guitar? Gosh, what a snoozefest! Love it.

The other members of meshuggah don't even sound swedish, they're english is so good.

@Chileandude18 dude this made me laugh so hard, but its so true hahaha its weird to see him so calm when in all the live meshuggah vids hes so damn crazy onstage

When he sings, i swear i can hear the devil in there somewhere..... something want's to come out.....

This guy is such a badass haha

G - O - D

Ma niqqah Jens!

He's so obviously high

keep clicking 3:56 for a quick lulz

His "I think so" owns ;D

LOL! 3:56! JENS IS THE MAN!

has anyone heard the hype about this band from the US called "seven"? sound a hell of a lot like meshuggah, but with cleaner vocals and electronics. awesome band. there's a video on my page, but its of a slower song. still cool tho. theres also a seven link in the description. you can google "seven cymatics" to download the album..its leaked EVERYWHERE.

@DeEzriel if anyone wants to compare for themselves... listen to the original album version of New Millennium Cyanide Christ and then compare that to how he "growls" it now on their new live DVD... totally night and day... nowhere near the power or clarity... I hope he hasn't totally lost it because I always loved that he DIDN'T sound like every other low power growler out there... I've got hope for the next album...

like anthrax? wtf? that was fucking awesome

@rololoo I think your right...But I've noticed excessive Gray's in Haake :(

@TheHeavymetal4ever well......... it kind of is....

@MikeAsHimself No. Meshuggah is a band lead by best friends, they cannot kick themselves out.

Jens's voice is amazing! and that interviewer is really annoying

Jens really reminds me of Jon Nodtveidt from Dissection, from the voice down to being bald lmaoo

Okay sweet, because that's how I say it.

Jens has earned his stripes... he's gotten to where he is and has earned the right to do whatever he wants on stage... with that being said.. I don't know that he's destroyed his vocal chords over the years and just can't scream like he used to anymore, or if he purposely holds back into a "falsetto" type growl to protect his voice, but he doesn't sound that great live anymore... not like he used to, on the older albums.. sounds more like a teen doing a bad cover of him.. instead of himself

@i_want_my_shuggah

11 ай бұрын

True...

girls and mopeds woooot!

@harmonicminorshred Alien Girls and Space Mopeds, most likely.

@MetallicOpeth ...but I will say this, and I'm sure we can both agree upon it, he speaks better than most * bilingual* people.

what a great fucking duuude!!!!

Jens Kidman riding a mother fucking moped! I would laugh forever if I saw that...

I was so expecting to get a bike that I was kinda disappointed when I got a guitar instead :-D

What was this other band he was in? cabage patch? I cant tell... But I want to hear..

@angelaSOAD yea..we swedes age slower. hehe. must be the cold weather and clean air??

1:38 - opens a beer to keep asking drunk dumb questions

God

but it's easy for us to get fluent in the language as long as we get a chance to use it so we get used to how it sounds when we speak it ourselves, but it's really easy for us to understand when someone speaks to us in english.. think it's the same for norwegians, danes and finns to..

@rololoo You said something like "Swedes aren't generally better than any European at English", or something. Or maybe i misquoted...

@MetallicOpeth 0:45 he says "like"

''blah blah blah'' that's made my day :)

i want a moped

Hard to believe he's 46.

@Chileandude18 and with polyrythms!

@MetallicOpeth Yeah, he just said "umm" a bunch of times instead. Not saying "like" doesn't make you eloquent...he still speaks in fragments and pauses quite a bit. Nice try, though.

can't, I mean lol I was trashed when I wrote that first comment.

LOL to be honest i was half expecting that xD