Standing To Attention With PONTUS SNIBB From BONAFIDE

Interview by Kris Peters
Swedish hard rock outfit Bonafide are set to drop their first new
album in six years.
Following the forward momentum generated by 2017's Flames, Bonafide
decided the best approach was to take their time fleshing out their
next slab of rock goodness, focussing on quality over quantity with
Are You Listening?, which will be unleashed on October 27.
Featuring all of the rock-drenched numbers we have come to love and
expect from Bonafide, Are You Listening? also manages to elevate
that meat-and-potatoes classic take on the genre and amplify things
to 11 in pursuit of rock and roll immortality.
HEAVY caught up with vocalist/guitarist Pontus Snibb to find out
more.
"We have released two singles so far and had a really good
response, so I'm happy," he began.
We ask Snibb to go into more details on what Bonafide were going
for musically with Are You Listening?
"It's a classic, bona fide rock and roll album," he smiled. "You
could say it's the sister album to all of the AC/DC albums
(laughs). It's that kind of riff rock. We're proud of it. We once
again used Sweden's best rock and roll producer to do it, so it
sounds ace as well."
In the full interview, Pontus talks more about what to expect from
the album, the two singles released and how they represent the
album as a whole, having Nisse Hellberg from Wilmer X guest on the
track Snacket, the recording process and how it differed to
previous albums, capturing a live feel in the studio, the early
days of Bonafide and the musical climate that created them, touring
plans and more.