Mothers Bar, Tokyo, 1998

Yeah, as you might have read already in the Arch Enemy part of the "Bands"-section, the former bassist had a blast with the booze and were later kicked out from the band as well as the bar(s).

However, I myself had a little too much to drink (how unusual, haha) and went to the extremely tiny toilet at mighty Mothers Bar.. after a long and good pee, I simply couldn't find the flush button! So, what the hell, you know - I can't just leave the toilet without flushing (wow, what a gentleman ehh?)..

Said and done, I actually found a button that just seemed to make sense, at least at that very moment. It was, however hidden behind some kind of metal plate, more looking like a strainer.. like the button was "put behind bars for a reason".

Haha... of course I unfolded the damn thing and pushed the red button.

Shiiit, the fire alarm went off immediatley. Mothers Bar staff - acting pretty cool - insisted that we should all take it easy. The fire brigade was closing in, yet it was all because of a drunk, tall and quite meddlesome young man, singing in a band... and in a desperate need of flushing after peeing!

As I write this I actually recall that it's the 2nd time in my life something like this happens. When I was 4 years old, my mum, aunt and me went to a ski-resort in the north of Sweden. One morning I just simply couldn't keep my right index finger away from that shiny little red button.

So, it wasn't the first time, thank dog!!