“When I was younger I was obsessed with becoming a celebrity,” Tobias Forge admits. “It came with the trade I wanted to be in – a successful musician.”
A surprising admission, perhaps, for a man who has built his success fronting Swedish theatrical hard rockers Ghost while wearing a succession of ornate masks, his face obscured, accompanied by a band referred to as Nameless Ghouls. His true identity was revealed officially only in 2017, and not by choice, after former ghouls broke ranks to complain about more earthly matters such as financial remuneration.
