Home » “In the ’80s, I was very much into playing fast and wanting to be the best. Later on I realized it was just a waste of time”: Europe’s John Norum on the one guitar he kept from the Final Countdown era, and what he learned from Don Dokken

“In the ’80s, I was very much into playing fast and wanting to be the best. Later on I realized it was just a waste of time”: Europe’s John Norum on the one guitar he kept from the Final Countdown era, and what he learned from Don Dokken

“In the ’80s, I was very much into playing fast and wanting to be the best. Later on I realized it was just a waste of time”: Europe’s John Norum on the one guitar he kept from the Final Countdown era, and what he learned from Don Dokken

April 28, 2024 0 By dana2726

If there is something that John Norum understands how to do it is getting an electrical guitar and teasing a tune out of it. This is an ability that has actually served him well over the years.

His ear for a hook has actually made Europe among acid rock’s most long-lasting bands, with a brochure occupied by tracks that when heard are always remembered.

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