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Yeah I winced a bit at that as well. But then to be fair, Rik was offered a spot in Boston, but turned it down because he didn't want 'to be a sideman in somebody else's band'. Same with Asia and Damn Yankees, both of whom wanted him (Wetton apparently pitched him hard for the Asia slot). He said he had already done that in Triumph as it was, since no matter what people might think, that was 'Gil Moore's band'.
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Yuck! What role would Rik play in one of the blandest rock acts ever? Collect a paycheck? Michael Sweet has no business being there, either, but yet he's made it his business.
Wow. I've never heard about Rik being pitched to join either band. I learned something new today.
He's right. But I think for the vast majority of fans, Rik was the main draw. That was painfully apparent when they released Edge of Excess (but I think it's pretty solid).
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^ I watched that interview a few days ago. I almost posted it. Very interesting. Rik is a character. Funny, self deprecating, a master at his craft.
I've been on a major Triumph kick lately. Any more updates as to when the blu-ray of the documentary will be released?
Elias, in case you missed it, it's finally happening in November.
https://officialtriumphmerch.com/col...entary-blu-ray
^^ Available on Blu-Ray (NTSC) only.
Interesting. I get why this is the case. But, we're talking mostly old guys who would buy this and I know some who don't have BR.
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LOL!
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Not sure if Canadian streaming service crave (partners with HBO) is global and you can create your own account but if yes, you can watch the documentary as many times as you want here without buying another dvd:
https://www.crave.ca/en/movies/trium...k-roll-machine
Not only that, but after reading the Triumph chapter of Rik's new memoir, he wrote a majority of the material. After "Just a Game," all songwriting credits were given to the band in the spirit of what they called the "Three Musketeers". Rik was getting a lot of attention (and royalties) for his songs and he didn't want to rock the boat so he suggested they split the money equally, especially since Mike and Gil did all the business and marketing work. But it was very apparent from Rik's book that he wrote most of the material from that point forward despite who sung. Later on Gil seemed to get a bit jealous of Rik's front man notoriety and he would claim songs for himself to sing. I would love to have heard Rik sing the lead on "Spellbound" and "Follow Your Heart." In fact, Rik said that he wrote essentially that whole album by himself in the studio while the other two were on a business trip to NYC (I think during the RCA/MCA debacle). That's the reason the second side of "Thunder Seven" is a little artsier that a lot of their other material. (Love that album.)
Chad
I'd like to read Rik's book. I was just at a record store yesterday in Caledonia, Ontario (about 30 mins south of me) for the first time called Second Chance Records. I did not realize until after I had left that the guy working there (who I chatted with for over an hour) was Chris Brockway, who co-wrote Blinding Light Show on the debut Triumph album! He also played bass and sang backup on Rik's solo album Absolutely.
He could have mentioned that to me! I'd be curious to see if he turns up in Rik's book.
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