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Pain Solution Meets Russia.

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These fantastic photos (courtesy of IAM: clockorange) are from Pain Solution‘s first ever performance in St. Petersburg, Russia!

The headmaster of Fakir Skolen (the Fakir School) is Havve Fjell. A couple more photos after the break..

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22 responses to “Pain Solution Meets Russia.”

  1. Alex Avatar
    Alex

    Awesome shots! ^^ I’d love to see Pain Solution live some time, they look so intense..!

    By the way, Håvve Fjell is the founder of “Fakirskolen” as far as I know. Anyway, he’s the one who started Pain Solution in the 90s, so he isn’t really a “student” but the teacher..

  2. emu Avatar
    emu

    amazing

  3. INKstar Avatar
    INKstar

    10/10 roo for a gold star??? huh?

  4. Spannka Avatar
    Spannka

    HÅVVE FJELL IS THE TEACHER, AND THE SCHOOL IS “FAKIR SKOLEN”. *TSK TSK* ROOTARD :p

  5. vedma Avatar
    vedma

    Thank you spannka! 😀
    Håvve is NOT the student, hes the headmaster 😀

  6. Spannka Avatar
    Spannka

    YOU’RE WELCOME

  7. RooRaaah Crumbs Avatar
    RooRaaah Crumbs

    Oops, sorry 😛

  8. Emily Avatar
    Emily

    I want a star!

  9. badur Avatar
    badur

    I’ve met HÅVVE a few times. amazing man! full of smiles and such amazing energy. it’s as much fun to hang out with him as it is to watch him perform.

  10. RooRaaah Crumbs Avatar
    RooRaaah Crumbs

    Badur – Yeah, I met him in London a few times (way before you did), he’s an utter sweetie!

  11. soeppel Avatar
    soeppel

    aah. they preformed at kanalrock in horten, norway in august last year. got damn i loved their show 😀
    it was a surprise show as well, so i didn’t except anything and it just blew my brains out!
    also they had a mini show on a after school program on national television. that was awsome. especially since there’s just kids watching the show…

  12. Blodssvik Avatar
    Blodssvik

    Great =D

  13. lindsey Avatar
    lindsey

    anyone know anything more about chirik?…where i can find interveiws?

  14. bena Avatar
    bena

    “Yeah, I met him in London a few times (way before you did)”
    – RooRaaah Crumbs

    i win.

  15. clockorange Avatar
    clockorange

    Thank you, Roo. Really nice of you.
    Havve is amazing. Man of the great spirit.

  16. outmywindow Avatar
    outmywindow

    That mortarboard is hilarious.

  17. havock Avatar
    havock

    the first one really intense only 4 lARGE NAILS

  18. LasseMarius Avatar
    LasseMarius

    havock – Not 4 but 6 Nails.

  19. kristina Avatar
    kristina

    i havent seen pain solution live yet, but they are gonna preform at pervosirkus.no 28.june, and i july there is oslo SusCon, so im gonna flyyyyy aswell! 😀

  20. Acid_ Avatar
    Acid_

    Håvve is an amazing guy!

  21. MaRTWy Avatar
    MaRTWy

    When Håvve meets poland everyone loves him !

  22. Peter "goldust" Avatar
    Peter “goldust”

    Yeah, yeah! It was cool! Really nice show)))

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