Jorma Korhonen [Sara]
11.02.2005
via e-mail

* Why Sara?
Jorma: I had a dog named Sara when I was young. Everybody liked the name 'cause it was short and beautiful.

* How and when did the band members meet each other?
Jorma: We were in the same school, so...

* How would you describe your music style?
Jorma: Melodic, hard, soft, like sex.

* How happened you began to play exactly this music?
Jorma: Everybody takes there influences from different places, and when we mix them up, it becomes Sara.

* What word "narupatsaat" means?
Jorma: Narupatsaat means String statues, there is no deeper meaning to it I think... It just sounded cool...

* Why did you name your album "Kromi"?
Jorma: It was short and powerful. It comes from the song Kromisade.

* What KSK is?
Jorma: It's the city we're from, Kaskinen - the smallest city in Finland.

* Why CCCP? What is this song about? As long as we are Russians: What do you know \ think about USSR and Russia ?
Jorma: It's just a song name, no deeper meaning. It sounds red, so....

* Who drew a butterfly on "Saattue" cover and does it mean something?
Jorma: Herra Ylppo from Maj Karma did the cover art to Kromi and Saattue.

* We understand nothing in your lyrics, so: what do you sing about?
Jorma: Relationships, the band, how I see Sara and the other members. Latest lyrics I've written are pretty much about religion.

* Do you know why most of Finnish metal bands sing almost about love and suicide?
Jorma: Don't no... Maybe they love suicide.

* It looks like Sara isn't that popular even in Finland . Are you popular enough for you or do you want more, or maybe you don't care about it? If you want to be more famous, what you plan to do for it, and if no - why?
Jorma: Of course we want more, but there is no other plans than making good music.

* What do you like the most about playing in Sara?
Jorma: Everything.

* Once one well-known Finnish metal-person said in interview to our site that Sara plays good music but lives in wrong place and has wrong label. How would you comment that?
Jorma: Question for you: Who was this well-known metal man? Maybe he's right.

* How happened "Narupatsaat" was released on digi-pack?
Jorma: The cover art needed a digi-pack.

* "Tanssiin" video is a masterpiece. Who did it and who's got an idea?
Jorma: The director was Rami Kallio and it was he's idea, we just did what he told us to do.

* What are your music influences?
Jorma: NIN, Tool, The Mars Volta, Guns'N'Roses, Metallica, Tori Amos, Mindset, The Doors, Dingo... it goes on and on...

* Are there any persons in music who impressed you a lot?
Jorma: Maynard James Keenan, Trent Reznor

* What kind of music do you listen at home?
Jorma: I think I answered that one.

* What Finnish bands do you listen to, what Finnish bands do you like and why? What about Sleepy Slippers? %)
Jorma: We listen to Nicole, Diablo, Maj Karma... What About Sleepy Sleepers?

* What you don't like in Finnish music nowadays? What would you like to change in Finnish music and in show-business in Finland?
Jorma: I'd like to brainwash everyone so they would buy our records.

* Fests are really important part of Finnish music culture. What fests do you like and why?
Jorma: Provinssirock.

* Could you describe every member of Sara and you? It would be really interesting to know how old you are, what education you have, if you work or study and blablabla. What is Sara for you now (hobby, work, etc)?
Jorma: ...blablablabla... heh!

* Sorry for asking, but you have two guitar-players, but we never could find out who is Antti and who is Tommi, so make us a favour and explain who is who%).
Jorma: We have three guitars on stage, Antti is always on the right side of the stage and Tommi on the left (looking from the audience).

* What movies do you watch and what books do you read?
Jorma: Now I'm reading Iron Maiden: Run To The Hills and before that Da Vinci Code.

* If you could choose, would you like to be an elf, a hobbit or a dwarf?%)
Jorma: Elf.

* What are the plans for the future for Sara?
Jorma: Finding a record label and making a new album.

* What did you do with that pendant with butterfly we gave to you in Nosturi in September 2003?
Jorma: I still have it...

* What is the cutest present you ever got? And the most extravagant one?
Jorma: I don't get cute presents.

* And the last question: do you like our site sara.crimsondawn.ru?

Jorma: Yeah I like it but I don't like the guitar... know what I mean?

LATEM YVAEH! Jorma Korhonen - Sara



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