Full name: Matts-Johan Fredrik Björkgren
Nickname: Massi
Date of birth: 010668
Lives: In Malax
Marital Status: Married
Family: My wife Isabella, daughter Kajsa (age 16), son Petter (age 12) and newborn son Malte (age 0)
Studies: MA in Arts and Humanties (Wow! musicology and psychology and much, much more)
Do for a living: Webdesigner/IT-consultant in a computer company (Wow!)
Favorite Paddington song: Breathe
Favorite song on "Wake up and relax": Breathe
Favorite Paddington gig: Lumen Festival, Slovakia 2002
Musical career before Paddington: Have been in thousands of bands and choirs (too many to list here) and together with Isabella done some very nice duettos
First record ever bought: The Wall Bros Band
Favorite artist/group as a child: In random order: ABBA, Queen, Pat Boone, Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, Cliff Richard, Eagles, Kansas, Jean Sibelius, Frank, Simon and Dan Ådahl, Samuelsons, Neil Young and many more...
Favorite artists/groups today: Ivanhoe
Best gig I ever attended to: Petra ("On fire"- tour), Joe English, Koinonia, Jerusalem and many classical concerts: José Carreras, Isaac Stern, Pekka Kuusisto, Ostrobothnia Chamber Orchestra and many more...
Would like to perform with: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Musicians I admire: Steve Walsh and Kerry Livgren and the other guys in Kansas
Equipment I use: Premier Genista drums: an individual birch set with ISO-mounting system, power-toms with nice, vintge style wraps, Pearl Sensitone 5 1/2" metal snare, an old but very nice Paiste 2002 20" medium, Paiste Signature 17" Fast crash, Zildjian K 15" thin dark-crash, Wuhan 16" Traditional china, Wuhan 12" splash, Meinl Classic hi-hats, Powermac G5, iBook G3, iPod 3G 20Gb
Favorite food: Meat!
Favorite movies: Shawshank Redemption, Pohjanmaa, The Witness, Gilbert Grape, Edward Scissorhands, The Fugitive, to name a few
Favorite books of all time: Ingmar Bengtsson: Musikvetenskap (Musicology)
Favorite childhood memory: Holidays in Lappland
Favorite animal / pets (past or present): Dogs
Favorite color: Green
Favorite TV shows: Parlamentet
Favorite bowling klot: Fazers gröna kulor
Description of me in five words: Very, very, very, very, kind
Greatest high in my life: The births of my children
Most embarrassing moment: Appearing in my wife's bathing suit in front of a big audience!
Hidden talents: Acting
Hobbies/Spare time activities: Family activities, some tennis with Nicken
Any habits or idiosyncrasies: Playing the drums when sleeping
This is what I'm doing in ten years: Tough question!
If I was to become the president of the U.S.A. I would...: Do a hair transplant
One thing I would bring if I was stranded on a desert island: Internet