Johan: I have loved Kiss from the very first time I heard the band. It's all thanks to my two older brothers I'm into metal. Well, they're not into the real brutal stuff but they got me into Kiss and AC/DC and all that kind of music. So if I'm idolizing some band it's Kiss. I still love them.

At what point in your life did you realize that you absolutely had to be a musician?

Well, it's hard to say as I've struggled most of my 17 musical years trying to survive by playing underground music at the same time my bills had to be paid. But I guess that I will always do this shit no matter what happens. I love it to the death. If I will make lots of money on doing it I will be very happy but if not, I will still blast the shit out of this world cause this is my call.

From the early 90's to about 2004, you made a huge impact on the death and thrash metal world with The Crown. How would describe your time in The Crown?

My time with The Crown was pretty good I guess. I mean, for me this band opened the doors for One Man Army, so a big credit for that, hehe. The Crown made some really good albums and we worked really hard to achieve something, and we got a pretty wide fan base so that's cool.

What (if anything) would you have done differently during your time as the front man for The Crown?

Well, I didn't feel myself like a frontman in The Crown. I didn't do any interviews, I didn't write any lyrics. I didn't have that much impact in any stuff. I just sang other peoples songs. Like playing in a cover band, but I guess it felt good at the time I did it. On the other hand I was incapable of doing lyrics and music that would fit what The Crown was all about. But I don't regret being just the singer cause luckily my vocals had a great impact in this band, hehe. Nowadays it feels better on every possible level cause One Man Army and the Undead Quartet is the complete opposite. Now I am more of a real frontman that takes more responsibility and I love my new position.

Currently you're in singing in two bands-One Man Army and the Undead Quartet and Incapacity. What do you think is the biggest difference between the two?

I'm only the singer in Incapacity on paper, hehe. But there are plans to record the first album with me on vocals later this year I think. My friend Christian is currently now in the writing mode for the upcoming album. The biggest difference is that Incapacity is more old school and more brutal compared to The Army.

In all honesty, I haven't heard any of Incapacity's material, but the band has a very strong, seemingly 'super group'-like line up. It features you (obviously), Christian Älvestam (Scar Symmetry/Torchbearer), Mikael Håkansson (Evergrey), record producer Robert Ahrling and Torchbearer drummer Henrik Schönström. How did Incapacity come together and how much time do you spend with the band as compared to One Man Army?

This is more like a project for everyone involved in the band. We will enter the studio to record and that's it. Maybe one or two shows maximum. I don't personally know any of the other guys but Christian is an old friend of mine. We did the military service together 10 years ago:-) Nothing will take away my 110% focus on The Army.

One Man Army just finished recording their sophomore album Error in Evolution. What can we expect from the album and how does it differ from 21st Century Killing Machine?

The main differences is that the new songs are a bit shorter and faster and the whole album is 40 minutes compared to 60. You can also say that the new songs have a more modern sound. The Killing machine album was much more old school and more slow.

Speaking of the new album, you covered one of my favorite Alice Cooper tracks-"He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask)". Why this particular Alice Cooper song?

This song has always been with me since I first saw "Jason lives". I'm not the greatest Cooper fan but I really love this song and no other bands have done it as far as I'm concerned. It's really heavy and fits the other songs as well. One other cool thing is that Christian from Scar Symmetry is doing guest vocals on this one.

Aside from a new album, what can we expect from One Man Army in 2007?

Hopefully a lot of shows.

As far as touring is concerned for Error in Evolution, is there any chance you'll be hitting up North America?

I would love to go to America with this band but it's basically all up to the record buyers. If we sell no albums there's no point in bringing us over but I really hope that this new album will go apeshit in America, hehe.

So we can better understand who Johan Lindstrand is, who and what has influenced you throughout the years making you the person you are today?

There's been a few thing that has inspired me throughout the years and that's James Hetfield, Paul and Gene from Kiss, David Vincent and Glen Benton. Also The King of course:-). My 2 brothers as well. Some cool actors like Clint Eastwood, Sly Stallone and Kurt Russell has also contributed to build up the machine that refuses to go along with the system and start working 9 to 5. I feel like there's a lot of opportunities out there and they're mine for the taking. You just need to have balls. BIG balls.

When you're not in the studio or on tour what do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

To hang out with my dog. Watching movies and spend time with my lovely girlfriend.

I know that you're a big movie fan, so what are your favorites in the following genres:

Action: -Escape from New York, First blood, Terminator, Cobra + all the Dirty Harry movies

Western: -The Man with No Name Trilogy, The Unforgiven

Comedy: -Old school (Have seen it at least 15 times), the early Jim Carrey movies.

Horror: -Halloween, Evil Dead Trilogy, The Thing

Drama: -Well, I can't think of any regular drama movies but I'll name a few war movies instead- the Band of Brothers series, Platoon, Full metal jacket, Hamburger Hill

If you were to quit music today, what would you say were your highest and lowest point?

I would say that the lowest point was for me quitting The Crown after Deathrace King and rejoining after Crowned in Terror. The highest point hasn't been reached yet since I never will quit playing music. I'm a very positive and stubborn man that sees great things for my future.

Once again, I want to thank you very much for taking your time to sit down with me. Are there any final words you'd like to leave us with?

Well, thank you very much for this interview and to all metal heads out there: Check out Error in Evolution-the next coming album from One Man Army and the Undead Quartet.

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