English
Martin Poulsen
Born 1979
I come from a musical family. Both my parents played music, even when my mother was very pregnant they played gigs – me in the belly, and my older brother Morten who jumped around on stage.
However, it wasn’t until I was 12 that I started playing an instrument myself. The choice fell on the bass, since in the “family band” we already had guitar (my father and uncle), keyboard and vocals (my mother), drums (my older brother) – and when I asked what was missing to make it a real band , my father said – BASS! And that’s how it all began.
My dad taught me to play the blues, which we jammed a lot, but it was bands like Guns n’ Roses and Metallica that really drew me in.
I jammed with my mates for quite a few years, but my first real band was Anthropoid, where we mainly played covers, but also made some songs ourselves.
After a few years, however, it died out, and the bass stood in a corner and got bored for a few years, until I started hearing more extreme metal – then the desire to play music started to stir again.
Together with a group of friends I formed the Black Metal band Mort Brutale in 2003, but it went by itself again after a few years and a lot of line-up changes. In 2005 I joined the Black/Death metal band DRAB, with whom I played a number of concerts, and together we made 2 demos “Døds Legion Drab and Via Helvede. However, the band was put on the shelf in 2008, due to a lack of interest from several parties.
In autumn 2011 I was contacted by Jannick (Brochdorf), who together with Niels (Alex Larsen) had made some songs for a new band. They needed a bass player, and Jannick, who knew I was a bass player, called me. That was the beginning of STATEMENT!
Danish
Martin Poulsen
Født 1979
Jeg kommer fra en musikalsk familie. Begge mine forældre spillede musik, selv da min mor var højgravid spillede de gigs – mig i maven, og min storebror Morten der hoppede rundt på scenen.
Det var dog først som 12 årig at jeg selv begyndte at spille et instrument. Valget faldt på bassen, da vi i “familiebandet” allerede havde guitar (min far og onkel), keyboard og sang (min mor), trommer (min storebror) – og da jeg spurgte hvad der manglede for at gøre det til et rigtigt band, sagde min far – BAS! Og sådan begyndte det hele.
Min far lærte mig at spille blues, hvilket vi jammede meget, men det var bands som Guns n’ Roses og Metallica der virkelig trak i mig.
Jeg jammede med mine kammerater i en del år, men min første rigtige band var et Anthropoid, hvor vi primært spillede covers, men også lavede nogle sange selv.
Efter nogle år døde det dog ud, og bassen stod i et hjørne og kedede sig i nogle år, indtil jeg begyndte at høre mere ekstrem metal – så begyndte lysten at spille musik at røre på sig igen.
Sammen med en gruppe venner dannede jeg 2003 Black Metal bandet Mort Brutale, men det gik i sig selv igen efter et par år og en hel del line-up ændringer. I 2005 joinede jeg Black/Døds metal bandet DRAB, som jeg spillede en del koncerter med, og vi lavede sammen 2 demoer “Døds Legion Drab og Via Helvede. Bandet blev dog lagt på hylden i 2008, pga. manglende interesse fra flere parter.
I efteråret 2011 blev jeg kontaktet af Jannick (Brochdorf), som sammen med Niels (Alex Larsen) havde lavet nogle sange til et nyt band. De manglede en bassist, og Jannick, som Vidste at jeg var bassist, ringede til mig. Det blev begyndelsen på STATEMENT!