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Former THE CROWN Guitarist: Reunions Are For Losers

May 27, 2005

BlackAngel Promotions recently conducted an interview with former THE CROWN and current ANGEL BLAKE guitarist Marko Tervonen. An excerpt follows:

BlackAngel Promotions: I know you are tired as hell of hearing this question but I just have to ask: Why did THE CROWN split? I am still fucking heartbroken over it!!

Marko Tervonen: "I guess the main reason was that during the years we fucking gave and gave so much into the band and never got enough back. And years of that makes you wanna end the downward spiral sooner or later. The fun kind of ended to play in THE CROWN. We were adults and we were willing to tour and promote the band like hell. And what did we get in the end of the day? A pile of unpaid bills waiting for us when we got home from a tour. The whole situation just felt so unfair in the end. The love ones around us suffered a lot due to our way of life."

BlackAngel Promotions: I know it maybe a little too soon to ask but is there a glimmer of hope for a reunion?

Marko Tervonen: "Aren't reunions for losers?"

BlackAngel Promotions: What are your thoughts on your former band mates current endeavors, more specifically Johan's [Lindstrand, vocals] new band, ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET?

Marko Tervonen: "I'm happy that he's happy. Johan is an amazing death metal vocalist. The best there is, right after David Vincent. And I'm confident that he'll keep on spreading the death metal virus around the world on a high note. I got the demo and it sounds pretty good. All the best to him and his band mates."

BlackAngel Promotions: Do you still keep close contact with your former band mates?

Marko Tervonen: "Both yes and no. Actually I consider Janne [Saarenpää, drums] being my closest friend, and after THE CROWN split up, we became even better/closer friends. We always manage to agree in the end about everything. And also to agree that we disagree you know. Today he's as important to me as a brother. Magnus [Olsfelt, bass] and Marcus [Sunesson, guitar] live in another town. It's actually only an hour drive away, but we hardly see each other. Not that I/we want it like that, but we all have jobs, family etc and mostly our schedules simply just collide. I met them a couple of weeks ago though when we went to see MORBID ANGEL, it was fun! But we definitely stay in touch with the phone and Internet. Johan lives in the same town, and I see him from time to time.

"After the split, we all kind of went on different paces forward in life. Some of us have kids, some of us study, some work etc... But I still consider them all my most important friends."

Read Marko Tervonen's entire interview with BlackAngel Promotions at this location.

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