We had the pleasure of chatting to the awesome Chuck Ransom the other day about the release of their new B-Sides collection album, as well as their upcoming trip back to the UK! Check it out below!

How would you describe your sound? 

Action hard rock! That is a good name for what we do.

What made you put out a B-sides release, let alone a number of them? Is there any reason as to why some of the tracks didn’t make it on a full release?

This is actually the third album with B-sides, covers and unreleased material! Many of the songs are taken from tribute albums to different bands and artists that we are honoured to have been a part of, and some songs are simply taken from singles and B-sides from singles. All these songs are recorded in between album sessions.

Have the tracks changed since they were first written/performed?

Yes a bit, we usually start up with an almost finished song, and then add some tweeks & hooks. It is usually the solo parts that gets some extra love and changes.

Is there writing going on for the next full release, too?

Yes, we got 7 out of 12 songs ready for our next album. We aim for a 2027 release!

Got a pretty year so far for festival appearances, including coming over here for Call of the Wild, right?

Yes, we hope to be able to book a few more shows in the UK around the Call of the Wild festival, we love playing the UK!

And yes, we got some nice shows booked in Finland, Spain and Germany too for 2026.

You were last out here back in March, right? How does the scene in the UK compare to back home?

Yes, we played Hard Rock Hell in Great Yarmouth, which was a exellent event, very well organized!

The Swedish scene is a bit different from the UK scene. We find the UK audience to be more alert and into the music, Sweden is a bit more posh.

And in Sweden a nice hotel, food and drinks are standard, which is not always the case in the UK!

Have you got a busy rest of the year planned outside of the festivals announced?

Yup, we will spend this year on finnishing album no. 12.

Do you have a dream tour lineup you’d want to be a part of? Anyone you want to support or friends you want to bring along?

A Hellacopters / Gluecifer / Turbonegro tour is something we would love to support! It is so weird that they are not doing this.

If you could have written one song from history, what would it be?

Money wise I would go for “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby and personally since it is the best song ever written I would go for “Honey Bee” by Tom Petty.

Thank you for having me!