And as a huge Walsh fan I always thought he was a weird choice. I guess it would have been interesting to hear 70s Walsh's take on classic Yes (though even then I don't think it would have been...
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And as a huge Walsh fan I always thought he was a weird choice. I guess it would have been interesting to hear 70s Walsh's take on classic Yes (though even then I don't think it would have been...
OK thanks, that's good to know - wouldn't feel like Saga without Jim C.
Mike Thorne - saw him with Spock's Beard, great drummer.
Anyone know what's going on with Jim Crichton? Only just found out that he left a couple of years ago, just before the end of their...
I never got to see them live - one of my biggest "misses". They literally stopped coming to London/the UK just when I moved here - they played in London in 1999, 2003, 2004 & May 2006 according to...
Haven't seen this posted yet. All re-workings of older tracks, interesting selection though:
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Does Neal sing Back in NYC? It's a pretty tough vocal - just wondering if it sounds like that might be the reason they never tried it again...
I love both. I would say Phil was technically a much better singer than Gabriel in the 70s (PG struggled a lot live, PC sounds great on pretty much every bootleg I heard from the 70s). Gabriel closed...
Love this band. Came to them through the Kansas connection (they seem largely unknown over here in Europe) and fell in love with the debut album. Took me a while to move on from there but really...
I enjoy the heaviness and groove of the song, but yeah, that chorus is pretty dumb.
One man's "outdated" is another man's "timeless". Nothing earth-shattering here of course, but it's a pretty fun album with some really good songs, good playing and good production. At this point in...
Of course not. And I don't think he'll be gone. But stranger things have happened. Portnoy back with DT is just one of those reunions that looks unlikely on paper but might just happen at some point....
Actually, a more likely scenario I could picture is LaBrie "gracefully retires" in a few years, and then Portnoy is invited back to DT - that way it wouldn't look bad on them that they forced LaBrie...
Thing is, a few years ago Phil did some rehearsals with his full band with Jason Bonham on drums - so Chester was already out of the picture then.
Chester is a class act, so I think even if there is some beef between the two of them, he would still be able to maintain respect for Phil.
Usually not a big fan of that (just sounds too different), but now that you mention it I could imagine Floor Jansen knocking it out of the park.
It's not an easy set to sing, especially the early...
There was some talk of a falling out between him and Phil, which is difficult to believe and sad to hear. I imagine it would be a bit awkward to bring something like that up though.
I was at one of the London dates last year. Swore off going to see DT years ago for various reasons, one of them being LaBrie's voice but Scenes was a big album for me back in the day so I reckoned...
Being a singer myself I'm VERY picky with vocals and don't hold back criticism on aging singers trying to push themselves beyond what they're capable of, but I have to say to me it doesn't sound like...
Was actually just wondering this the other day, do you know what sort of attendance they had in previous years?
It was a Dutch singer called "Mouse". Does Arjen not refer to him by name at all in these new interviews? A bit odd, would indicate there's still some issue there.
He still lists him on his...
I know what you mean. Billy seems like a pretty humble guy based on interviews and always expresses gratitude for the break Steve gave him with Streets, which then led to him getting the gig with...
That kind of ending can work in some case - Pull Me Under by Dream Theater comes to mind. Might be that I just need to get used to it but it feels very different in this case.
It is actually the one...
Pre-ordered today. I'm a huge Arjen fan. Was a bit underwhelmed by the vocalist choices - all excellent singer of course just a bit too many returning ones (3 from the last album especially), I...
Is there another thread dedicated to discussing the music itself? Couldn't find one so this will have to be it...
On first listen the album didn't really grab me. Wasn't a big fan of The Prelude...
Dunno. I mean Chester is great and I love his playing with Genesis but it's not like he did them a favour - he was hired to do a job, which he did very well and in return I'm sure he got paid pretty...
Did it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5AN2BwaimE
Well OK, he is singing in tune but there's not much power there, and he can't reach any of the higher notes. And I'm pretty sure this is...
If we wait and see it'll be already too late to get tickets.
I'd definitely love to see some footage as an indicator of what this might sound like, but I don't it's likely we're going to get...
Or sing.
So is this a full on electric tour then? Not acoustic or re-arranged as it was rumoured on Steve Hoffman forums? I just don't see how Phil's going to be able to handle this. Are they going to be...
An interesting read. What could Tony mean by this: "Nic is a great drummer, but he is capable of sounding like early Phil. For Mike and I, that was always quite exciting. It means you can play some...
Well, with Magma's history I doubt anyone joining would have serious expectations of becoming a significant contributor to the writing.
And in those 25 years Bussonet did get to work on a lot of...
I don't know, Magma's not the only band out there to tour extensively. In fact, what is considered extensive touring for them is pretty much the norm for most other active bands out there, or is even...
Yeah this was a bit of a shock, though to be honest with Magma's history less so than with most other bands. As for everyone else Bussonet's departure is the hardest to process (or understand).
I...
I knew someone would pick up on that :)
Yeah, I didn't mean all their platinum albums had sappy ballads, or that all of them went platinum only because of those sappy ballads, just that their...
That's just a tiny bit disappointing for me. I thought the roughly 30 minute version they've played in the past was supposed to be only an extract, and Vander's mentioned in the interviews that the...
I don't think it's so much him not bothering to sing them "properly" as a) him being creative (I thought he was always great at coming up with different variations on the melodies) b) his voice and...
Finally getting to see them next month in London - will be there first time here in 8 years and first headlining show in almost 15 years I believe. Didn't think I'd ever get the chance...
I...
Well, except for Transatlantic, right? Just to stay on topic.
Huge fan of Anneke and The Gathering. I love the fact that they evolved beyond metal (and I love metal) into something pretty uncategorizable and changed their sound with every album.
Since she left...
That's also down to the fact that that's the period when most of a band's classic material is made. I'm not sure how it is with Nightwish but I'm guessing the Tarja-era albums make up quite a...
Including the solos?
What about You're Not Alone?
Reading this thread got me thinking about Saga. I realized I tend to forget Jim Gilmour didn't join until Silent Knight and they had two different keyboard players - Peter Rochon and Gregg Chadd - on...
But that's true of NDV and Jimmy doing backing vocals live as well. And I still think they sounded better in the same situation. But anyway, I don't mean to come across as slagging off Mike Thorne,...
I was at the gig, and that comment threw me as well. Good to know they're not completely finished. They're one of a handful of bands I really like but never got to see live. I guess they're more...
The people doing the mixing are getting older. :)
I simply meant that Thorne (while a passable backing singer) is obviously nowhere near as good as NDV or Jimmy. They were incredibly lucky to have had not one, but two amazing drummers who also...
I saw the gig in London as well. Enjoyed The Flower Kings more than I expected, and SB's set less than I expected, even though normally I'm a bigger fan of the latter (I find their output more...
Reading that interview with Rudy Sarzo about The Guess Who, and the comments about the lineup of this new "Nektar" brings up this pet peeve of mine... When we're talking about a band whose classic...
OK, that's interesting. What about regular gigs though? Will they only play Zess at special concerts? I'll be happy to hear anything they play of course but would definitely be nice to add Zess to...
All of this is very exciting. Already have tickets to see them in London next October. I wonder if they're planning to play Zess live next year, and if yes, would that mean having to bring along a...
Big FW fan, though only from Perfect Symmetry onwards as I just can't acquire the taste for John Arch's voice. Because of that I couldn't really get into Sympathetic Resonance, though could enjoy it...
Haha, yeah I was wondering about that as well. It's ironic, Marcolin pretty much hasn't done anything since he left Candlemass over 10 years ago, and Ghost are now probably bigger than Candlemass...
I certainly would have expected to see Blue Öyster Cult and Mercyful Fate on that list. He's also a massive Candlemass fan, and apparently even wanted Messiah Marcolin to be the singer for Ghost, as...
I've only seen Roine (I guess it must be him on TFK FB page) confirm Hasse Fröberg so far: "For you who are curious - it will be an evening of TFK music ( & SB) - so come see me and Hasse and some...
Funny, I came on here to ask if SB were just not going to tour at all behind The Noise Floor and if they have given up trying to find a new drummer :)
So, is anyone on here familiar with Mike...
Thanks for the reply. That's a shame.
Do you mean they've been doing that, or you wish they did?
Like for many others, DT was kind of a gateway to prog for me, and I was massively into them in the late 90s. Loved Images and Words (though the production and LaBrie's oversinging makes it slightly...
Most importantly I hope they can find a singing drummer to tour the album with.
I never really got what people's problem with it was - I guess some of it is a bit more direct and harder rocking, but I think it's mostly just down to Neal's departure. And I really don't get the...