Duties of the Conch

I was born on the 20th of February 1967 in Aberdeen, which is located about 120 kilometres Southwest of Seattle in the state Washington. I grew up in a mid class society and was hyperactive as a child, as a result I was prescribed a morphine based drug to help him concentrate in school. The drug often kept me awake until 4am in the morning so he was given sedatives to be able to get some sleep.

I had a happy childhood, until I was seven years old when my parents got divorced. It was an ordinary divorce, but I got very upset about it. I became shy and difficult to cope with. The years after the divorce I moved back and forth from his parents. In the end my parents did not want anything to do with me so I had to move in at some relatives. This period of my life is also reflected in my lyrics, e.g. in Sliver.

I did not like school, I felt lonely and lost. I liked to paint and sing, but the other boy’s were more into football and stuff like that. Most of the girls liked me and I sp...