Clawfinger

Dear House Of Metal, thanks for letting us play, we had the time of our lives in every possible way, The backstage was awesome, the catering too, it's hard to go wrong with lovely people like you, Ronny, you always make us sound fucking ace, Tintin, you sure know how to light up a face, Gunnar, we couldn't even do it at all without you, we've got nothing but love for HOM's local crew, The stage was our castle, the crowd was our team, you made us feel like we were living the dream we all partied together, we laughed and had fun, before we even knew it, our show was done, thank you for staying to watch a bunch of old men, in the blink of an eye we'd easily do it all over again!❤️ All the photos are stolen from beautiful people, if you disapprove then let us know and we'll remove them!

So, who’s coming to our show on Saturday at the House of Metal Festival, Umeå, Sweden? We”re so looking forward to partying with you all so please feel free to join in on the fun, the more the merrier!😍👍🏻🤘🏻

Yes! We can't wait!

Even metalbands get into fights every now and then but most of the time we're all friends!😎 Check out the mighty Corroded's latest video where André, Jocke & Zak make a guest appearance alongside other mighty musicians. Great and silly stuff indeed!🤘😂

Zak & Bård drank quite a few Arendals 1839 Christmas beers and all of a sudden they had made a seasonal song. DO TRY THIS AT HOME!

When you give an adorable person stage access and this is what you get back a few weeks later it's hard to feel anything but love. D.j. Pennell, thank you so much for making a bunch of old fat bastards look amazing!❤️

Clawfinger fans you are truly the biggest and the best. Thank you for all the love and support in 2018, it's been one hell of a year. Merry Christmas from all of us to all of you, see you on a stage somewhere in 2019. One love❤️

It's a rare occasion when almost every picture captures us like we actually are. It's like getting an album review where the reviewer actually understands what we were thinking making the album. Great job! 07/12 Podium Victorie Alkmaar Netherlands.

More great photos of the handsome grumpy old men from the gig at De Casino in Sint Niklaas, Belgium. Thank you once again to everyone for coming and for partying with us. It was truly a great night!😍

Sint-Niklaas, Sint-Niklaas god damn you were loud, you were so wild & vicious what a great Sunday crowd, you were all we could ask for, you blew us away, you made our job easy, yes we love to play, Sunday’s a fun day and we always want more, and we loved our vist in Sint-Niklaas, be sure, we did our shit and you were all game, and seriously folks, we’re so glad that you came!❤️

Eindhoven, Eindhoven, oh what a night, the crowd was amazing and damn we were tight, the moshpit was slammin’, you filled us with love, & we all need eachother, when push comes to shove, thank you dear fans, you’re all out of your minds, Here’s to 25 years of being deaf, dumb and blind!

A twelve hour drive in a small shitty van, could not stop us from playing in the Netherlands, yes we arrived late but our show was still tight, and we all experienced a magical night, Alkmaar we thank you, the brave ones who came, you all got to see us on top of our game, for those who missed out well the joke is on you, Because no other band, can do what we do! Thank you!😍

London, dear London, we’re glad that you came, Clawfinger’s the name and rocking’s our game, thanx for the love, the sweat and the screams, while we were on stage we were living the dream, now we’re stuck in a van, the rain’s pouring down, we know we just got here but now we’re leaving town, we have more shows to do, this shit never ends, so goodbye to you all and hello Netherlands!😍😎

London, who’s coming tonight. Deaf, Dumb, Blind from beginning to end and then some, a good time is guaranteed for all. We want to see your ugly old faces in the audience and party like it’s 1993 so be there or be🔲

We played our first ever London show at The Brixton Academy in 1993 supporting Alice in Chains, then with Anthrax at the Forum shortly after that. We’ve played The Borderline, The Marquee, The Garage, The Underworld and venues I can’t even remember the names of. It’s been 11 years since last but now we’re back in London to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Deaf, Dumb, Blind, this time at the 02 Academy Islington on the 6th of December. We would love to see you all there for the gig, a few pints and some laughs! Grab your ticket here: https://bit.ly/2DRvMLe

Soundchecks are important but the gigs are importanter!😂

Hey London, we can’t wait to play for you on our Deaf, Dumb and Blind 25th anniversary show at O2 Academy Islington >> Thursday 6th December. It’s our only UK show this year so make sure you grab a ticket here >> http://bit.ly/Clawfinger_2018

We just received these placards from the German promoter. Thank you for making a bunch of middle-aged men feel special!😍#soldoutshows #seasidetouring_official

Hi Clawheads, Thank you so much everyone for the amazing vibes in Berlin, Bochum and Hamburg! Now on the way to Switzerland - still some tickets left for the shows in Bern and Zurich 🤘🏻 Get yours here: Bern: https://bit.ly/2Ji7P0c Zurich: https://bit.ly/2Jm2cOQ Video: Wolf Groß/VGS Media

Here's a link to nice German review from the gig at The Matrix in Bochum and here's a funny google translation of it: At the beginning of the 1990s, CLAWFINGER was regarded as the European counterpart to the US band RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and has made a decisive contribution to the crossover genre. As the style became more and more important, the Swedish metal rappers disappeared from the headlines and concert stages. In 2007, the last studio album was released with "Live Will Kill You", followed by the official release in 2013. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the debut album "Deaf Dumb Blind", CLAWFINGER are back and are currently touring Europe again. On 09.11.2018 they also stopped in the Bochum Matrix and disassembled the club into its individual parts with a phenomenal performance. The claustrophobic basement vault of the concert location is bursting to bursting, the air to cut thick and fog over the stage when CLAWFINGER enter the stage on a rewrite to the band name version of Shirley Bassey's "Goldfinger". Humorous start for a more than 90-minute, energetic live experience. The band starts right away with "Nigger", undisputed highlight of the band's history, followed by the legendary "The Truth" and no later than the equally groovy us hard "Rosegrove" there is no stopping. Crowdsurfing, moshpits, rhythmic clapping (again and again accompanied by drummer Micke Dahlén) - after only a few songs you can feel how the audience was spiteful after a performance by the symphytic Swedes. CLAWFINGER live - energy, enthusiasm, ecstasy The band is also in a good mood and obviously have fun. Foremost frontman Zak Tell (meanwhile already in the higher 40s) skips across the stage like 20 years ago. After just under fifteen minutes, his shirt looks like it has just been pulled out of the washing machine. The ratted verses blasted out the shouter in the usual machine-gun manner and is vocally and conditionally in remarkable shape. An extremely fast version of "Do not Get Me Wrong" is followed by Zak's "I Need You" as the "depressing love song" - the first album is played completely in one go and the fronter notices the enthusiastic response in front of the stage enthusiastic: "It seems that these songs are aged very well". He is right! At "Catch Me", he even lets himself be carried away to stagediving. However, in terms of stage presence, keyboardist and co-vocalist Jocke Skog are in no way inferior. Again and again he chases from one end of the stage to the other, animating the audience like in the explosive "Warfair" to go out (which is hardly necessary) and has to push with some foolish things (eg Zak in the shopping cart over the stage) the laughs on his side. Bård Torstensen, the band's main staccato riffmaster, presents himself to the rhythm guitar as tight and playful as ever, and thanks to the audience's splendid mood, he can not shake his head and steady grin. With André Skaug, who has always been the live bassist in the CLAWFINGER camp, he also delivers himself over and over again excessive headbanging battles. Party, goosebumps and social criticism - CLAWFINGER gig in Bochum For the socially critical "Wonderful World", Zak notes thoughtfully that the world has not developed positively in the last 25 years. Despite all the fun that CLAWFINGER embody on stage, they have always been a band that critically puts their finger in the wound and deals with serious issues in their lyrics. "Sad To See Your Sorrow" and "I Do not Care" conclude the set's "Deaf Dumb Blind" part: "In 1993 the gig would have been over now", jokes Zak - luckily he will not be in 2018. Because in the second half the band presents some delicacies of the remaining six albums. No matter if "Prisoners", "Nothing Going On" or "Biggest & the Best" - even if no other CLAWFINGER album has the same hit density as the debut, the guys have enough strong material to screw together a hearty live set. A special goose bumps atmosphere is provided by "The Price We Pay", whose melancholic-melodic string part is sung by the fans for minutes during intro and chorus. A spectator from the front row then makes for laughter, as he wishes after one and a half hours "Rose Grove". We remember: The play was already played in third place of the gigs. Zak is obviously amused: "That weed must be good", but as a special treat, the band actually plays once again the intro of the song. With "Do What I Say", the gig ends in style and one thing is clear: CLAWFINGER are far from being a thing of the past, many younger-semester bands can only dream of such a live performance. If the Swedes treat themselves to breaks, as many as they want, if they honor us with such bangles now and then. Chapeau!

Berlin, Bochum and Hamburg, thank you so much for an entirely amazing weekend with great gigs, beautiful audiences and sold out venues. We had a blast and we felt nothing but love. Respect to you all!😍🤘🏻 P.s. We borrowed some fan photos from Instagram, hope you don’t mind!😎

It’s not every day you get an award, thank you!😍

Hi Clawheads, our show @ Matrix Bochum is sold out too! 👏 Tickets for our other shows are selling fast so be sure to get yours on time: www.clawfinger.net See you soon near you! #DDBTour Photo: Beatrice Lundborg

Get your tickets now! 🤘🎸 http://www.clawfinger.net/

It’s hard to see where the stage starts and the audience ends. We’re just one big happy dysfunctional family fucking shit up together at the Marquee club in London!😍