When most people had already left the building, suddenly DEE comes out from the backstage area. He's looking for some cigarettes to buy. I walk up to him, shake his hand, thanking him for this show and yesterday's one. "You attended yesterday's show as well?" he asks and I go "Yeah, at Christiania" to see if that means anything to him. It does. "That crazy little place" and we laugh at each other in agreement. I compliment him on the setlist and he says that they feel very happy about it the way it is now. They think it works great. Having this opportunity I want to ask him some further questions. The problem is I have no idea what to ask him. To start somewhere, I ask him if they will release any further singles from the album. He tells me he doesn't know. Nothing is decided yet. Then I ask if they have recorded any more songs than those on the album. He doesn't think so. He can't remember for sure. So have they written any more songs since the recording of the album? Oh, yes. They're writing all the time. So what can we expect from the new stuff? He won't tell me of course. We will have to wait and see. At this point there are more people who wants to talk to him and show him their appreciation. I hang around for awhile to see if I can catch what they talk about but it proves quite difficult. I do hear though someone asking him if they are gonna play in the US soon. The answer is no. Not until the new album is released over there.

I start looking around and can see that Pascal is now down this area as well. As he is not as obvious a centrepiece as David is, I decide I might as well go over and see if he's into a chat. He turns out to be a very nice person who seems truly happy about the appreciation. We talk for quite some time about Passion Fodder, about Glitterhouse (he says they are very happy about them) and about music in general. He tells me that he likes a lot of different music, that his favourite choice right now is a classical composer from Estonia whose name I never really get. He also tells me he has recorded an instrumental solo project and is looking for a label for that one.

Something I'm very curious about; I ask Pascal if the story about them forming in LA back in 1992 and playing one sole gig is true. He tells me it is. They did one gig (Pascal was playing guitar then) and then broke up because Pascal wanted to concentrate on another project. He had just met a girl starring in Strangers In Paradise (the Jim Jarmush movie) and had some sort of project with her that seemed interesting at the time. They recorded a soundtrack for a movie, but nothing was ever released. Meanwhile David and Jean-Yves had moved to Denver and reformed the band with Keven Soll but that didn't work out that well so one day Pascal got a phonecall from David, asking if he was interested in rejoining. He was. Now he felt ready for 16 Horsepower.
Realising this might be a too frank question I ask him if he knows why things didn't work out with Keven. He doesn't seem upset by the question and tells me that Keven was only a bass player. When you are in 16 Horsepower you cannot be only a bass player; you have to be into the band.

So how does he feel about being in the band now? He is happy about it and feels that they work much more as a band now than before. "So it's not David's vision anymore?" I ask. "Oh yes, 16 Horsepower is David's band and it always will be" he answers somewhat confusingly. I can't help but thinking about the solo project that he has just told me about, but I guess it's up to each one of you to read into his answer what you want.

Out of curiosity I ask what songs they played in LA back in 1992. He can't remember but out of nowhere comes David at this point to say something to Pascal and Pascal forwards the question to him. He tells me that they played Neck On The New Blade, Low Estate, Haw and Heel On The Shovel. Those are the ones he can remember. David is off again and realising I have talked to Pascal for quite some time now and they are probably on their way I politely thank him for the show again and start walking towards the entrance. On my way out I see Steve. I thank him as well and compliment him on his guitar playing. This he seems to be truly happy about. Jean-Yves is nowhere to be seen.

By Patrik.