When did you meet Andreas of Sounds like violence ? How did he influenced the life of dreamboy ?
The producer that heard our first demo is a kind of talent-scout here in Sweden. He finds new bands and helps them record properly and find a good label. Or, that's how it's supposed to work anyway. One of the bands he worked with when he found us was Niccokick (where Andreas sings and writes the music). And since Andreas is a very talented producer himself, he was given the task to record our first EP. That's when we became good friends (I noticed on my computer that he just signed in to msn). He influenced us a lot, especially when it came to recording and how we sound.

Who writes the song in the band ? is it a collective effort ? Do you start jamming and keep the good stuff and work on it later on ?
Usually I write a song at home, with chords, melodies and lyrics. Then I prepare for the scariest part of playing music, which is playing the song on my own in front of the band. That's a lot more frightening than playing in front of thousands of people. Together we then start working out details, changing arrangements, and in my opinion adding the magic of the songs - since everyone wants to add their own flavor.

The video of "Uncalled For"...".make up your miiiiiiiiiiind !"

Has anything been different after the release of "Uncalled for" ? Is it your "smells like teen spirit" song ? you know the one that people always want you to play at shows, etc.. ?
Now that we're touring with our album "It Means The World To Me", it seems that a lot of people shout "Uncalled For". So yes, I think people tend to remember that song and really want us to play it live so that they can sing along.

The video of "uncalled for" is quite funny, is it a side of the life inside dreamboy that you want to show to the audience too ?
The video director had the whole idea for the video, and we really liked it. The only part we really influenced were the records lying next to me on the floor - Teenage Fanclub and The Beach Boys!

Who directed the video for uncalled for ? Did he direct other videos for swedish bands ?
His name is Daniel Kong and his first video ever was "Uncalled For". He has done a few videos for other artists in Sweden as well, like Anna Ternheim for example.

Do you have connections with other swedish (or non-swedish) bands ?
Yes, Fredrik S plays with Anna Järvinen and Fredrik H plays a lot with Hello Saferide. We also have connections to bands such as [ingenting]. We have had some mail contacts with bands from Japan (and Belgium I believe) that share the same label as we have in Japan.

I heard that music was kind of important in swedish schools ? true or false ? Not like in belgium, you have like 1 hour per week during one year ( around 12 and that's it )
We have quite a lot of music in school. That's where I learned to play the guitar!

Lyrically, it seems that you've been marked by adolescence and scholarship ( like in "oh,michael", "pay attention",etc... ). is it something conscious ? how old are you, in fact ?
I'm 27. But yeah, I think that growing up, or aging, or passing a stage in life, is what really leaves marks in my soul. It's pretty irreversible. And memories from school... everyone has them. Hopefully not as bad as the ones I sing about in "Michael".

I ordered recently, the uncalled for EP in its japanese version and one of you told me that he had to order it himself in order to get it, how come ? don't you have any rights on the foreign releases ?
We don't have any rights to our own music :) Haha, seriously though, our former producer signed a contract with the Japanese label, a contract we have never seen. So we have no rights whatsoever, which can be a lesson learned to other bands...

Is your album distributed in other countries ?
Apart from Japan, no other countries yet. It's cooking though, so we're pretty sure it will be.

11. Do you have plans of touring in Europe ?
No plans yet, but we're anxious to go!

Do you guys still work or is dreamboy your full-time "job" ?
We all work, but not always full-time. Right now, we probably could survive without working at all, but in six months time we would probably have to go back to work again...

You recently played in the apartment of a fan, how did that happen ? Was it a one-shot or something you'd like to try again ?
We did it because one of our early gigs was as a birthday gift to Annika Norlin whom I mentioned above. Our A liked the idea and a big internet community for young people had a competition where the prize was a Dreamboy-show at home! We'd love to do it again, it was so much fun.

Who's the girl singing on your album ?
The girl singing on our album, Annika Norlin, is Sweden's biggest female indie pop star right now, she has released an album both in Swedish and in English and won grammy's and other awards as well.

who's your biggest influence ?
Our biggest influence is probably other bands that we know. We get a lot of inspiration from simply going to shows, listening to friends demo's and that kind of stuff.

People sometimes compare you to weezer. true? false? great? annoying ?
Ah, the Weezer comparison. It is true. It is great. And it has turned out to be a little annoying as well! Ok, sure we've listened to them but nowadays we don't sound a lot like them. Most of all, we use a lot more acoustic instruments.

Do you sometimes cover songs by others ?
We've only done one cover, "Surfer Girl" by the Beach Boys, that we played at a private party. We always talk about doing a cover, but we can never agree on a song...

what's the craziest thing a fan has done for you or at your shows ?
Actually, last Saturday in Lund, a girl came all the way from Japan to see us. She gave us all a pair of super-expensive chop sticks with our names engraved on them. We could hardly believe it, it's probably the biggest thing that has happened to us.