Name:
Mike Andersson

Birthday:
February 20

Place of residence:
A few kilometres outside of Helsingborg (Sweden)

Hobbies (not music included):
Play with my kids, read books, be with my friends, watch horror and thriller movies;)

Vices:
Italian Espresso (Lavazza)

Musical background:
Started playing the Piano at the age of 5 shortly followed by piano & guitarlessons. Music has always been and still is a life passion for me (kind of a lovestory). I formed my first band in 1987 (Zanines) together with drum wizard Peter Wildoer (Darkane, ex Time Requem) and Christofer Malmström (Darkane, Non Human Level).
At the side of Cloudscape I have appeared as guest on a few albums + I was leadsinger and songwriter in the all-star project band called “Planet Alliance” which released the self titled debut album in September 2006 and included musicians like Bob Daisley (ex Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, ex Black Sabbath), Anders Johansson (ex Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Hammerfall), Magnus Karlsson (Allen/Lande project, Starbreaker) etc etc.
I am also leadsinger in a progressive metal band from Switzerland called “Silent memorial” who released their first album (Cosmic Handball) in 1998 with Thomas Vikström on vox (only released in Asia). I have recorded the vox for their second album to be entitled “Retrospective”. Retrospective was released in May 2009 through LIMB Music. In early 2009 I also started a new band called "FULLFORCE" and the band consists of Stefan Elmgren  (ex Hammerfall) on guitar, Tommy Larsson (ex Heed) on bass, CJ Grimmark (Narnia) on guitar, Anders Johansson (Hammerfall, ex Yngwie J. Malmsteen) on drums and Me on vocals;). Our first album was released in 2011.

Equipment:
SHURE BETA58 microphones (wireless), SHURE SM58, Korg TRITON synthesizers (for composing)

2 Favourite songs from each Cloudscape album:
Hard to say because, all songs are like children to me but, a few that comes to my mind right now are:
One Silent Moment (Global Drama)
Static (Global Drama)
Will We Remain (Crimson skies)
Take The Blame (Crimson skies)
Under Fire (s/t)
The Presence Of Spirits (s/t)

Favourite Cloudscape show:
Bloodstock Open Air, 2008

Most silly thing that happened to you on a concert:
Hehehe, the most silly thing might be when we played the song "Under fire" at Bloodstock Open Air in 2008. I was standing on the left side of the stage ´rocking with the crowd. I ran over to the right side of the stage to interact with the audience there as well but, when it was time to start singing the first verse I noticed I had forgot the mic stand on the left side of the stage so, I had to run back to the left side as fast as possible to obtain the vocal duties...I missed a few sentences HAHAHA. But, it was fun nonetheless;)

Personal highlight with CLOUDSCAPE:
Composing new songs and recording them in the recording studio + performing live in general and meet our fans.....the signing session at Progpower UK (2007) was really cool and memoriable.

Other instrumental skills:
With decency I can play Piano, Keyboards, guitar, bass, Drums and recorder;)

Favourite bands:
Rush, Kansas, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Toto, Yes, Dream Theater, Whitesnake, Symphony X, Fates Warning, Tribal Tech, Incognito, Brand New heavies, Bee Gees, The trammps, Paolo Mendonca etc etc etc...

Favourite musicians:
Hans Zimmer, Steve Lukather, Neil Peart, Yngwie J. Malmsteen + a lot more awesome musicians and songwriters...

First album you ever bought:
"Heaven´s on fire" vinyl single by KISS

10 all time favourite albums:
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Trilogy
Yes - Close to the edge
Kansas - Masque
Rush - Hemispheres
Symphony X - The divine wings of tragedy
Dream Theater - Images and words
Whitesnake - Come án get it
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - The seventh sign
Toto - Isolation
Incognito - 100 degrees and rising

Best show You've ever seen:
Rush in Stockholm (Globen), September 29, 2004

Dream vacation:
New Zealand

Favourite vacation:
The Greek island called Crete (Makrigialos)

Favourite colour(s):
Purple/Black

Favourite food:
Indian and Mexican

Favourite drink:
Coffee (Italian Lavazza espresso), Red Italian Wines, Cognaq, Czech Beers and English Ales, Single malt Whiskey, Milk, Pepsi

Favourite sports:
I’m not much of a sports fan but, I do get a tiny bit excited during Worlds Champion League (FIFA) in Soccer. As a child I played soccer but, my music interest made me grow tired of playing soccer...;)

Favourite Movies:
Lord of the rings trilogy, Hellraiser I & II, Star Wars movies, Black Rain...

Favourite books:
Weaveworld (Clive Barker), Abarat I and II (Clive Barker), The Damnation Game (Clive Barker), Lord Of The Rings (J.R Tolkien), The Green Mile (Stephen King)...

Favourite animal:
Wolf

Personal website:
http://www.myspace.com/anderssonsinger