Per explains his side of the ’Syd’ dispute
Written by tevensso on July 22, 2005 to Exclusive.
HALMSTAD - 
Per Gessle has issued this statement to The Daily Roxette due to the recent reports of Per and Micke ’Syd’ being in dispute. Here’s his message, unedited:
The story so far:
I was born in 1959. Gyllene Tider (in the most famous line-up) was formed in 1979. The group was disbanded, with smiling faces, in 1985. Since then I’ve had my heart beating around the clock for Roxette or pounding gently for my solo career.
On very few occasions we have re-united Gyllene Tider. Two of those occasions were Återtåget in 1996 and GT25 (the tour) / Finn5Fel! (the album) last year. After the latter’s amazing success everything has returned back to “normal”, i.e. Roxette and my solo stuff.
There are currently no plans for further GT-projects. The main reason being the unbelievable success from last year which is hard, if not impossible, to follow up.
I have sent my wedding-congrats to Micke & Helena and I sincerely hope they’ll get a happy and prosperous life together.
Moneywise I never make any official comments regarding deals and contracts. However, the figures and internal splits that have been suggested in the media are laughable and nowhere near the truth.
Yeehaa!
P., sunny Halmstad July 22 - 2005
Micke ’Syd’ has denied the reports as well, but said that “sometimes in life relationships just don’t work” without going into details.
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65 comments
CRIZ said on July 22, 2005 13:43:
Hugh..the boss has spoken! THANX! !
sunny Halmstad??? Would you please greet the sun and tell her she should come back over whole Europe?? I’m sort of drowning here...and .eehm..nice idea with the webcam in Solgården..let’s join After Beach all together..and forget these strange stories in the papers..skål...
Judith (moderator) said on July 22, 2005 13:43:
well you don’t need to be friends to work together. I sure like some of my colleagues at work, but not all of them, and still manage to work together.. I really don’t see the fuzz about this.. damn Aftonbladet + Expressen! I guess they are bored... *rolls eyes*
Roxryder-V2002 said on July 22, 2005 14:30:
After the latter’s amazing success everything has returned back to “normal”, i.e. Roxette and my solo stuff.
But... HOW NORMAL!?
Any hint? :)
m-cvk said on July 22, 2005 14:32:
A little light: thanks to the tabloids we hear something from Mr Gessle himself. I mean the part, and I quote, “after the latter’s amazing success...i.e. Roxette and my solo stuff” > that means there’s some hope Roxette will come back :-)
BTW, hopefully Per sends some sun over other parts of Europe as well (just like Chris said). It’s still not raining here in Holland but the so-called ’cats and dogs’ are hanging in the air...
edit: typo
purplemedusa said on July 22, 2005 14:55:
So cool to hear from Per again! Thanx Per & TDR team - u the best!!! I’m waiting in anticipation for more details about upcoming projects! Hope he’s enjoying the sunny weather; I’m so jealose!!
*It’s so cold here in Cape Town -> i can cut glass with my nipples!*
plectrum said on July 22, 2005 15:14:
lol @ purplemedusa,i can’t believe that it’s cold in capetown your joking right?
ally77 said on July 22, 2005 15:22:
Well done Per....
He’s in Halmstad... oh I know Arlanda gonna be happy she’s off there today! :) hope she catches a glimspe of him, it would make her hols! :)
Classic statement from the boss... :)
Rox1_4ever said on July 22, 2005 16:40:
Thank you Per!! A explanation! You‘re the best Per and TDR!!
A_T_ said on July 22, 2005 16:55:
The message looks ceremonial, bossy and charming (here and there). It doesn’t answer any real question, of course, but there is a certain tonality that’d make any reply or any further question seem hilarious and ungrounded. It looks like he said it all, whilst saying nothin’ really. So, I guess the message has its merits. ha. ha.
To be honest, I think he shouldn’t have written it only for suggesting commun-sensical things (for the TDR “inhabitants”) like: the periodical existance of GT, as a band and - now -the improbability of a recurrency of any kind; the oscillations of his heart that beats roughly or gently for roxette&solo materials; then the money-taboo (while, like always, trying to inform his audience that the tabloids are obviously way wrong); and finally his sincere congrats to the couple (the sunny Halmstad is actually a civil Halmstad first of all, and so are his ex-permanent inhabitants); all in all, he made up the kind of ballance sheet that shouldn’t have been written in an occasion as such; because it made him look more arrogant than he really is and more involved in this stupid issue (while I bet he’s not).
however, I couldn’t resist the irony in the background so I personally have rated the message quite high. “Yeehaa!”
p.s.: I’m not from Halmstad so I feel no obligation for greeting the couple. “Yeehaa!” once again.
harriej said on July 22, 2005 18:07:
Well, After looking back at the GT25 DVD, where Micke performed his “solo”-act together with Per in close harmony, I never believed there was something like an disagreement between the 2 of them.
The atmosphere is so good there!
lonely_girl said on July 22, 2005 18:17:
tabloids suck! it’s summer and they don’t have real news so they made something up... it’s only the third time now...
f-l-o said on July 22, 2005 18:18:
hej !
as an musician I have to say :
“Everybody, sit back, and watch SPINAL TAP, and you will understand how the musicians are ticking :-)”
Greetz to everyone, esp. Per ;-)
Someone0000 said on July 22, 2005 18:54:
” When he goes to a wedding, he will get all the attention. And the wedding is about the two who are getting married, so he better be absent”
Should be true but do you really think an artist like Gessle thinks like that by heart?
A shining star for the outside world but among friends nothing special. That’s hard to cope with for an artist who have/had huge succes. Sad but true. So make yourself more important even among situations you should not be the center of the attention.
It’s the ” Stay away” or ” Come always late/last” syndrome at parties/appointments.
Ask yourself this question: Would mister gessle have gotten so much publicity/attention when he would have attented the wedding?
Eloy said on July 22, 2005 19:05:
personally I think that the money is the reason why they have some troubles in their relationship.
Judith (moderator) said on July 22, 2005 21:24:
here we have it! Per used the ocasion to make himself some publicity.. “let’s get people ready for what’s to come in some months”.. nooooow I understand it..
/sarcastic mode off
pardek said on July 22, 2005 21:38:
Hey Pelle! Thank you for letting us know about your point of view since this is about something privat, as i think.
The hint about “Roxette” made my day (or rather evening...)! Thank you so much for that ;-)))
All the best to you!
Peter, Stuttgart
realmiddlename said on July 22, 2005 21:46:
i think this a classic case of tabloid meddling, people have rows all the time. who cares!? just bring on the music, the beer and the sun!!
ROX ON!! IN GESSLE WE TRUST!
tam
Harplinge96 said on July 22, 2005 22:34:
100% Gessle again... I just love him.
Seems the newspapers needed a story again. You don’t have to be BEST friends either, just because you work together or whatever. Soemtimes even best friendships go apart without any big reason. Just for time and people change.
But I don’t put so much attention on these papers as I did several years ago. If it is true what they are writing it will be shown always a little bit later, so why getting upset from the beginning? This story is an evidence for that again. So whatever you hear - just take it easy in the beginning. Most of the time it is worth it.
ncurran said on July 22, 2005 23:43:
Good to hear it from the horse’s mouth. It seems like they have a good working relationship, but are not great friends in real life....nothing wrong with that. Remember even Marie saying in the 90’s that she was sad that with the success of roxette their friendship developed into more of a business relationship. At least now it seems that they are good personal friends again. And i loved the fact that he mentions Roxette, which gives us some hope of them working together again at some point
gessle-addict said on July 23, 2005 00:27:
Well, he’s the drummer of one of the biggest bands in Sweden, so I guess he may be almost as famous as Per.
roxtexanet said on July 23, 2005 00:28:
I think it’s safe to say that Per is dropping a hint... I mean, why mention Roxette twice in a piece that’s supposed to be about his alleged issues with Micke? Even if it’s just a compilation of some sort, the tide’s got to turn back to Roxette eventually... we hope... (-:
Oldag75 said on July 23, 2005 02:17:
Doesn’t Per write wonderfully, music in his ordinary wording? Lord, this is one gifted fellow.
alchemiste said on July 23, 2005 08:37:
he talks about roxette he talks about roxette he talks about roxette!!! *biggrin*
AURYTE said on July 23, 2005 12:17:
Yeah, I also liked the part about Roxette the most :) and enjoyed Per’s writing style :D Moreover, I’m happy that he made his statement here.
kokoroxette said on July 23, 2005 13:21:
roxette back in business yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rox-kuryliw said on July 22, 2005 13:35:
maybe they are just not that close, i wouldnt invite anyone i worked with if i got married !
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