They look like the bastard off-spring on Motely Crue and Wrathchild UK and they sound like a melting pot of Skid Row, Guns N Roses and KISS at the top of their game. Roland Oei talked to guitarist Rob Paris and vocalist The Kid to find out more about Danger, the band currently taking the glam/sleaze rock scene by storm.

Have you been in any bands before Danger?

T: Yes, I've been in a local band from my home town but then I found Danger and found my band.

R: I've been in several bands. I was into Death Metal, Black Metal and Thrash Metal as well – lots of that kind of stuff. I thought I wanted to play 80's rock, so I formed Danger.

Rob, you met Kid at the Sweden Rock Festival. What was it about Kid that made you want to work with him?

R: His aura. He's got something about him that I couldn't touch on, so I was like I want that guy to sing in my band, and so we talked about it and he said let's try. Then we got back home and I was mailing him and he said ‘no', and I was like ‘Come on man, let's do this', and he decided to give it a try.

Kid, what do you remember of your audition for Danger?

K: It was a whole load of partying. Well, we played some covers: Skid Row, Twisted Sister and KISS - and had a good time in the rehearsal room.

You releases two full length albums before Kid joined. What was the music like back then?

R: It was more like Power Metal. The vocals were more like Kai Hansen and things like that, not so dirty and sleazy. The vocals were high pitched and clean. We did more guitar licks and solos back then.

How would you describe your music now to someone who hasn't heard it before?

K: It's a lot of energy that makes you feel good. It makes you want to drink beer and get wasted. It's 80's Rock n' Roll n' Sleaze.

There's definite Guns N' Roses, Poison and Motely Crue influences in the music. Who else inspired you?

K: Skid Row, Shotgun Messiah and KISS.

You've made four demo singles in the last lyear. Can you tell us a bit about those.

R: The first single with Kid here was ‘Playing the Game'. It was like a test – doing 2 songs and recording them to see how it would turn out. It's very different when you hear it in the studio and in the rehearsal room. So we jhad to do that and it turned out perfect. We just kept on doing it.

K: The chicks love it!

R: It's all those girls, you know. They make me want to play more.

You're writing for an album at the moment. Is that carrying on in the same musical direction?

R: Yeah, it is. It's party hits. Very good songs.

You're unsigned at the moment. What's happening with that?

R: We're waiting for the right deal at the moment.

How do the gigs in Sweden compare to the UK shows?

T: There are more people back home because we are more well known in Sweden. The sleaze scene is much bigger back there, and there are a lot of big sleaze bands in Sweden so we ride on their wind.

What do you feal you've added to the music, compared to 80s glam/sleaze?

K: It's not the 80s anymore, we're living in the 21st century and we're not taking everything from the 80's back to today – we want to make something new. You have seen the hair-cuts and the clothes before, but the music is what it's all about. It's like a modern sound. It's hard to explain but it's like a new touch, it's very fresh. I can't put it into words – you need to feel it.

Who does the song-writing?

R: It's me and the Kid here. We write together. I have a guitar riff or a chorus or something and we put it together. We then take it to the rehearsal room and everyone has an opinion. We are not dictators, we always write together as a band.

Have you made any videos yet?

T: Not yet. We want to, but when the right deal comes along.

K: We don't want to rush anything. We want to do it our way and if we sign to a label then the videos will come.

R: The only things we are focussing on now are doing shows and writing new songs. The other things are not that important. Great music is what we are aiming at right now.

Have you been to America yet, and how important do you see the US/UK markets?

R: We haven't been to America, but I think it's very important because we can't live on the fans in Sweden – we have to go world-wide. I want to do Asia as well, that's a huge market. The world is our platform!

Have you have much feedback or internet mail from fans in other countries yet?

R: Yeah, tons of mail from Australia, Asia, all over Europe and the USA. We have people from over 100 countries on our website, visiting our site. It's very wide-ranging so we are not focussing on any particular country yet.

T: We just want to spread the music and spread the word.

R: And I don't think you need to be a metal maniac or hard rocker to listen to our music, because it's for everyone.

So what makes you stand out from the other bands on the Swedish sleaze scene?

R: We've got the songs, they haven't. They don'r have hits. They've got quite good rock n' roll sleaze songs but they aren't that catchy. We reach out to a lot more people – we write wider, more accessible music. More people like us.

T: The thing is in Sweden, in Stockholm there's this sleaze scene and the bands stick together, but wee are not in that scene – so we are outsiders, and the other bands don't really like us. But the fans love us!

R: We want to work together with other bands to make things hugs, but they don't want that.

T: The other bands see us as a threat.

Have you ever thought of writing some power ballads?

R: We've got some really good ballads coming up, but we won't push it too far.

K: Maybe we'll have a ballad on the full-length CD, we don't know. It's all about partying and people pay to come and see us on stage and the people who want to go out and party don't want to listen to ballads.

How far have you got, writing for the full length album?

R: It's all set. We've pretty much written it, and are now just waiting for the deal.

How important is image to bands nowadays?

R: It's very important. Today the band is not just about the music, it's a product and you have to have it all: the music, the looks, the show, the merchandise … everything.

Any message for your fans?

All: We love you!!

R: That's so true. When we meet fans that know our songs it goes straight to the heart. Also, without fans it's hard to play – we can just stay back in Sweden and rehearse!

T: We want to please them. We do it all the time, especially girls.

R: They are always welcome.

K: Girls, girls, girls.