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

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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Norum. A rock jukebox would not be complete without it. It would become a staple of karaoke and weddings, and of sports ...
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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 — ...
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Gary Moore's go-to Marshall has been bought by John Norum

Europe guitarist John Norum has revealed the purchase of his “dream amp,” having outbid other gear sleuths in an auction last year. The amp in question is a Marshall Super Bass 100 from 1972, and it ...
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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 ...