How Europe’s John Norum learned to love The Final Countdown – and the guitar he used to track its iconic solo

The Final Countdown is one of rock's evergreen anthems, but Norum admits he thought it was “dreadful” at first ...

Rocker says he initially disliked band’s iconic song: ‘Dreadful’

John Norum — ex-guitarist and co-founder of Swedish rock band Europe — recently informed Guitar World he thought “The Final ...
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“I didn’t want to have anything to do with the song. To me, it was like: ‘Are we turning into Depeche Mode?’”: Europe’s John Norum says he thought The Final ...

Best of 2023: It would go on to become the Swedish rockers’ biggest track but Norum took some persuading that all those synths would work with guitar When you purchase through links on our site, we ...
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Rocker says he initially disliked band’s iconic song: ‘Dreadful’

A rocker who helped to create one of the biggest hits of the eighties recently revealed he wasn’t too jazzed about it at first. John Norum — ex-guitarist and co-founder of Swedish rock band Europe — ...