Seeing Mando Diao live is like going to church. Our fans get the same feeling from us that some people get from religion.

So says Gustaf Norén, guitarist, scalp-tingling singer, moody songwriter, and one-fifth of Mando Diao.

Like his colleagues guitarist/singer Björn Dixgård, bassist Carl-Johan Fogelklou and drummer Samuel Giers, he grabbed onto rock & roll to save his soul, once he was old enough to know what life would be like in dear old Borlänge.