If DT's former bassist, Niklasson, was that bald evil looking guy, lol I think he fit into DT perfectly. For the bass parts and the look. I showed him to a couple of my freinds and was like "This is the most evil looking band member on the planet" and since DT have that whole mysterious evil chaotic thing going on, he made a great stage addition as well. Lol niklas sundin is an amazing artist and player, probably one of the main forces behind DT, but honestly, THAT guy doesn't look DT, he's too pretty and boring looking.
But oh well. A DT member should: look insane, evil, and crazy, should look like they stepped out of an 80's pop song only the gothic version, and should look like they just stepped out of a hair parlor. While niklas fits those last two things, I could see where Niklasson was starting to feel left out because of them
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Just gave me an idea though: I would love to see a music standoff between a band like DT, who pretty much perfectly represents what metal looked and sorta sounded like about 20 years ago (the long wavy hair, the sunglasses, the serious look and sound, the musical perfection with a sense of melody and swing, ect), stand off to a really new band like....Bring Me The Horizon, which perfectly represents the music of today (emo fringes, scene clothes, lyrics about scene things like scene girls and romance based on sex, and somewhat talented but very scattered music without much direction or catchiness). I like both bands, but I feel even with today's people, BMTH would be the first to get bottled. I hear they get that anyway at most shows though.
DT vs. My Chemical Romance would strangely be a toughy for me though. (Secret: im a big MCR fan surprisingly, i thought The Black Parade was a genious album, anyone listen to it??? It gave me so much hope in modern bands...seriously, it beat Fiction by a landslide, at least for me...>.>...eh it still didn't pwn DT in general though)
priceless.