It was in december 2007 in Goteborg, Sweden. We were recording our third album there in “tredjelangdan” “musica madika studio”. After a week of recording the drum tracks were finished so our drummer Gummi was a regular fixture at the liquor store at noon and then he always headed over to a bar called The Rockbar. One evening I was doing some vocal tracks when Gummi´s phone which he had forgotten to take with him rang. On the line was an italian girl who said she had found Gummi passed out on a bench in a park (it was -15 degrees). After some negotiation she agreed to help Gummi get to the studio which was no small feat because she had to carry him because he was unable to walk. With a help of her friend she brought our drummer to the door and rang the bell. I came down and took over. I noticed that his face was all covered in blood, his shirt and hair as well. I managed to bring him to his room on the fourth floor and tried to make him fall into his bed. It did not go as planned and instead of hitting the bed he fell sideways and landed on a table which was covered in flowerpots and beautiful vases and smashed everything into pieces, there he slept the rest of the night like a wild child in a jungle.

The next day I noticed Gummi  cleaning the blood from his face, I shook my head and ate a sandwich and when I past him a few minutes later I saw most of the blood was gone but underneath his face was black, like it had been on fire, with large burnspots. A few minutes later I noticed he was covering his face with some kind of a ointment so I praised him for his ability to been able to run to the drug store to purchase the ointment considering his state in which he replied that he did not go to the drug store but that he borrowed it from Svavar bass player and the ointment was from his ex girlfriend. Further inspection revealed that the ointment was not for burn injuries but for a sexual decease, but it seem to work somewhat.

After seeing the state of our drummer that morning we had to find out what had happened. He had surely been at the rock bar alone with a mission to teach swedes how to drink properly, he had ordered 8 sambuca double shots which he lit and took a few minutes to ramble something to the swedes, when he finally picked up the glass it was too hot resulting in his face, hair and clothes catching fire. Other guests at the rock bar rushed to him and managed to put out the burning drummer because it seemed he had no idea at that time he was a walking torch. After the fire was put out Gummi thought it was a good idea to continue teach the swedes a thing or two about drinking and started showing the swedes how you break the empty beer bottles on his head resulting in multiple cuts and constant bleeding. After that he disappeared into the night.

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