Recent content by FBKdrummer

Yeah, I told him if he was on the same flight, he should have been at the damn show! LOL! I heard you had sunglasses on. Easy way to dim the lights and help ya sleep. Hopefully you have a decent supply of neck pillows!

Slightly OT..... My boss was gone all last week. He'd gone to Washington State with his daughter. BY COINCIDENCE, they were on a flight out of Fairbanks on the night of the 17th. Sitting next to his daughter was none other than our own Linda, obviously tired after the show! LOL.. so he...

Sweet!

I shudder to think of what other holes one would sing from.... but I digress. The fact that it lets you vote more than once allows for some major skew in the voting. Regardless of whether our votes impact the outcome, I wanted to show some love to the ladies and up their vote count. In my...

HELL YEAH! 26. Outstanding Female Tribute Band (Currently 2nd!) 23b. Outstanding All Girl Band (Currently 4th!) 22b. Outstanding Female Frontperson of the Year (AJA IS in 1ST!) 22. Outstanding Female Vocals (AJA is tied for 3rd!) 19. Outstanding Female Guitar Player...

I meant to grab the setlist from Sara, but some dude actually hopped up on the stage in front of me and snagged it. I'm glad you got your hands on it BD. As usual, it was an awesome show. One of the disadvantages to coming up here is that poor Linda uses a kit provided by the venue. Last...

:OMG: :rock: :goggly: :kickass: :rock: :goggly: :kickass: :OMG: Little ol' Fairbanks gets to see MegaDeth! SWEET!

Has the feeling performance-wise that Blaze wrote it and Bruce adapted it to his style. While that may not be the case, it is done good by both. Thing is, us IM fans tend to have a predisposition to Bruce. With good reason I might add. :rock:

Speaking of tangents.. here's one for you. When a band is playing in clubs, trying to raise money for more and better equipment, working toward writing a demo, and hoping to get signed. The general feeling starts to become that it all gets so much more fun and easy once you're signed. But...

If I gave the mental impression that a band complains of playing the hit songs, I didn't mean to. I do know that playing the same song can cause it to become drull, but no band in their right mind would ever come out and say they hate playing a certain song publically. (Like if James Hetfield...

Thank you. I was afraid it would come off preachy (if there is such a word.) I just feel that whether you are a musician or not, it is very easy to cast stones (metaphorically) from the floor of the arena as a fan. After I posted that, I almost edited it down, because the main statement in all...

WARNING: LONG POST When you are in a band, there are a few factors that unfortunately conflict with each other. I call them elements, and they are the elements of Money, Art, and Fun. Money has a sub-element of attendance. Because if people aren't attending your shows, then you aren't...

Exactly. My former band had it as part of our set list every night. Wasted Years was also on that list. What we used to do, however, is try to make the songs our own in some small way. A little distortion, up the tempo a bit, and whammo we just kicked your arse. I also used to get a gallop going...

When I was wee little, I inherited a few of my brother's old 45's. Of those, my favorites were Eagles, "Take it Easy", and "American Band", Grand Funk Railroad. In fact, to this day when I hear "Take it Easy" I think about my brother. My introduction to metal was when I found some of his...

Oh yes... compression can really squash the bass and drums. Learn that that hard way usually.