Gene Hoglan

[{-sapob-}]

Remember that period where Lopez wasnt playing and Opeth had to make do with whatever drummer they could? (Hoglan in this case)
Was anyone on the forum, at any of those shows?
and if you were do tell what you thought.
All out of curiosity.

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

pretty sure hoglan jumped in with a couple days notice, learned the set, and nailed it iirc

 

[Nailed Reaper]

These are the dates of Opeth with The Almighty Gene.

2004
Jan 23: Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, Canada

2005
Jul 10: Brady Village, Tulsa, OK
Jul 12: Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre Lot, Atlanta, GA
Jul 13: Tinker Field, Orlando, FL
Jul 15: Smirnoff Music Center Lot, Dallas, TX
Jul 16: Concrete Street Amphitheatre, Corpus Christi, TX
Jul 17: Stubbs BBQ, Austin, TX
Jul 18: Dos Amigos, Odessa, TX
Jul 19: El Paso County Coliseum, El Paso, TX
Jul 20: Mesa Amphitheatre, Mesa, AZ
Jul 22: LA Sports Arena Lot, Los Angeles, CA
Jul 23: Shoreline Amphitheatre Lot, Mountain View, CA
Jul 25: Qwest Field & Event Center, Seattle, WA
Jul 26: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada
Jul 28: Rexall Place, Edmonton, Canada
Jul 29: Saskatchewen Credit Union Center, Saskatoon, Canada
Jul 31: Universal Lending Pavilion, Denver, CO

By the way, found random video from Atlanta, "The Grand Conjuration" - http://video.aol.com/video-detail/g...05-atlanta-ga-the-grand-conjuration/948414200

 

[Behemoth_Plague]

Gene is pretty much god

 

[{-sapob-}]

Thanks for the dates and video.
Ill have to watch that a bit later.
Work comp atm .

I didnt realise he did so many shows with Opeth.

I really couldnt see Gene as the permanent drummer though.
It'd be a bit weird, Axe just suits too much.

But was anyone at one of the actual gigs?

 

[emperor1]

was at the orlando show...even though they only played 3 song, He did a good job

 

[mexicola]

These are the dates of Opeth with The Almighty Gene.

2004
Jan 23: Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, Canada

2005
Jul 10: Brady Village, Tulsa, OK
Jul 12: Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre Lot, Atlanta, GA
Jul 13: Tinker Field, Orlando, FL
Jul 15: Smirnoff Music Center Lot, Dallas, TX
Jul 16: Concrete Street Amphitheatre, Corpus Christi, TX
Jul 17: Stubbs BBQ, Austin, TX
Jul 18: Dos Amigos, Odessa, TX
Jul 19: El Paso County Coliseum, El Paso, TX
Jul 20: Mesa Amphitheatre, Mesa, AZ
Jul 22: LA Sports Arena Lot, Los Angeles, CA
Jul 23: Shoreline Amphitheatre Lot, Mountain View, CA
Jul 25: Qwest Field & Event Center, Seattle, WA
Jul 26: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada
Jul 28: Rexall Place, Edmonton, Canada
Jul 29: Saskatchewen Credit Union Center, Saskatoon, Canada
Jul 31: Universal Lending Pavilion, Denver, CO

By the way, found random video from Atlanta, "The Grand Conjuration" - http://video.aol.com/video-detail/g...05-atlanta-ga-the-grand-conjuration/948414200

Thanks for the vid man.

 

[Rakune]

Yup.. heres a pic I shot @ Shoreline.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/8858/dsc00308bo9.jpg

 

[BriGreentea]

Hey it's not super tight but so what it is very damn good. Gene Hoglan has always been an amazing drummer with Dark Angel and Death. I heard he used to wear ankle weights while drumming. I don't know if that is true.

 

[Mr Samsara]

I was at Jul 22: LA Sports Arena Lot in LA and Gene did a fine job. That's the date they filmed the TGC video FYI (and you'll see Gene in said video). Gene is a good dude, and a great friend of the band. Strapping was great as well... and clutch also.

 

[S4R]

could be bizarro lopez.

 

[4speedmetal]

Gene is a God. That clip blew me away. A true natrual talent.

 

[hexwind]

why didn't he join Opeth then?

 

[{-sapob-}]

Im not sure but i think it was because SYL.
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On the video I love the ride work Gene does.

 

[hexwind]

Im not sure but i think it was because SYL.

or maybe becoz of his groupies? they wanted to keep it a "clean" tour

 

[Shhitbirdz]

why didn't he join Opeth then?

Or the fact that Opeth is a Swedish band and prefer to record their records in Sweden. It's cool that he filled in for Lopez but i'm glad Axe joined instead.

 

[Holocaust on the Moon]

why didn't he join Opeth then?

SYL, and he got bored playing the slower songs.

 

[Seems like Trav]

Hey it's not super tight but so what it is very damn good. Gene Hoglan has always been an amazing drummer with Dark Angel and Death. I heard he used to wear ankle weights while drumming. I don't know if that is true.

True

 

[Ninfix]

why didn't he join Opeth then?

'Cause Axe is better.

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

'Cause Axe is better.

gonna have to call you, once again, deaf and retarded. have you even listened to any of hoglan's work?

because albums like - time does not heal, individual thought patterns, symbolic, city, demonic, physicist etc etc all prove you wrong. there's a reason why hoglan is one of the most respected drummers in metal.