A little compilation of excerpts where Tobias describes the Papas
“He represents everything that is sacred, powerful and authoritative. But it’s humourous as well. He’s Freddie Mercury, Adolf Hitler, Dracula, Marlon Brando and the Pope rolled into one.”
Anger rouses Papa Emeritus from his near slumber: “Don’t forget John Holmes!”
The Nameless Ghoul sighs and corrects himself, throwing the 13-inch-cocked porn star into the mix: “He’s like Freddie Mercury, Adolf Hitler, Dracula, Marlon Brandon, The Pope AND John Holmes rolled into one.”
“Thank you”, says Papa E. (Metal Hammer 4/2012)
You say that the covers [on If You Have Ghost EP] match the personality of Papa Emeritus. Who is Papa then?
“I’d say there’s a general false impression that he’s a monster, but he’s more of a real gentleman, combined with such fictional characters as Don Corleone and Dracula. I mean, Bram Stoker’s Dracula. And the Phantom of the Opera. He’s a grumpy old broken man. And he’s as macho as he is connected to the softer, more feminine part of himself. He’s frail, but he’s also too old to care. He is the embodiment of everything I - and many others - would find impressive and entertaining. (laughs) He’s terribly masculine. And a romantic soul. But also pitiful. He’s just a sad old man.” (Spark Rock 4/2013)
“The new one seems to be a little bit of a butthole. But we don’t know him very well yet. But he’s obviously a close relative to Papa II and they both seem to be of sort of the same material. (Decibel 9/2015)
“We don’t know him that well yet, because he hasn’t been around that much. But so far he seems mellow.” (Revolver 9/2015)
“He represents this frustrated old guy who hates everyone, especially himself. But despite his wounds and his darkness, he has a sense of humour and is endearing, like most of my heroes. The late actor Christopher Lee was an inspiration to me. In many ways, he is Papa.” (Metallian 7/2015)
He’s a macho man, but still pathetic and that makes him funny because he is a fool, but in a shitty kind of cute way. (x)
“He’s a mixture between Dracula and Chief Inspector Clouseau. Sort of a strong, somewhat charming, but still sort of pathetic man, with slightly more bark than bite. Kind of a mid-sized dog. Not really ferocious, but one hell of a bark.” (x)
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