Mathias Färm

Mathias Färm

Mathias Färm (born September 9, 1974, in Örebro, Sweden) is the rhythm and lead guitarist of Millencolin, a Swedish skate punk band that sings in English, he is also the frontman of a punk band named Franky Lee, a side-project of Millencolin. He started skating in 1987 and started listening to Operation Ivy, Mc Rad, The Descendents & Odd Man Out because of the skate videos. Early in 1992 he and Nikola Sarcevic were members of a band named Seigmenn, which was a punkrock band singing in Swedish. Färm runs a studio named Soundlab Studios, which he started with the help of Mieszko Talarczyk the former lead singer of Swedish grindcore band Nasum. He was the inaugural drummer for Millencolin but soon switched to guitar when Millencolin's current drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band in 1993. This change was due to the fact that most of Millencolin's songs required two guitars on stage to duplicate the studio recorded sounds. Färm was also a more proficient guitarist than drummer. Currently, he lives in Örebro, Sweden. Mathias plays most rhythm guitar parts in the first albums of Millencolin, but in the last 4 albums, he does most lead parts, specially octave-style riffs and some solos. This can be proved by seeing any of the last live concerts of Millencolin or wachting in youtube the last shows of the group.