”Music is supposed to reflect the soul, and I feel extremely well at the moment, after all I'm in a very fortunate position,” Johann Edlund offers. ”The last Tiamat albums sold amazingly well, our festival appearances were highly successful, and I am very grateful to find myself in the situation that I'm in. That's why I felt like recording an album that's more representative of the fun side of rock music. No deep messages, no special meaning, no sharp-witted analyses, only straightforward rock songs that entertain and serve all the usual rock clichés.”

Edlund found these clichés particularly in the States: flashy limousines, sunny beaches in Acapulco, pretty women, cool long drinks, hot parties and mild nights under the open sky. This Dollar Saved My Life At Whitehorse symbolizes the typical rock'n'roll dream, which is a side to Edlund that doesn't fit in with the familiar Tiamat image; which is why he's also come up with a new name: Lucyfire is Edlund's flirt with a slightly different aspect of rock music, yet it's neither a

side project nor a solo album in the true sense of the word. "I wouldn't call it a side project, simply because it's much more than a mere project. Although all the songs have been recorded by studio musicians I am going to put a real band together and play some gigs with this material, so in that respect the term 'solo album' is not 100 per cent accurate either. It's really something in between the two."

The above mentioned studio musicians were drummer Bertram Engel, bassist John Kazder, guitarist Dirk Draeger, who also produced the record, as well as keyboarder Mark Engelmann. Edlund, only supported by vocalist Silly Lemke, recorded all the tracks. The material was cut in Germany at the Woodhouse Studios in Hagen and at the Hafenklang in Hamburg, as well as at the P.U.K. studios in Denmark, where This Dollar Saved My Life At Whitehorse was also mixed.
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