Matt Barlow

[Goreripper]

I found this on spawn's live journal:

 

[Spruce Goose]

Yeah I saw that too. As well as his police band playing to school kids about not doing drungs

 

[Goreripper]

Is that the photo of the guy playing the red guitar that looks like the one I had when I was in high school?

I actually still have that guitar, but I would never use it in public.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Oh. My. God.

What has become of one of the all time greatest metal talents.

 

[Spiff]

Good on him, I say.

 

[Sydo]

I don't have a problem with this.
He's earning more money and playing to bigger crowds than ever before..

 

[MeKaChrOme]

Ahem. Still a great vocalist.

 

[Stonewall]

I want to see him playing himself in an animated Disney musical.

What do you mean what happened to him? He quit a band and joined the police...

 

[Winmar]

Blimey! I hope he enjoys working for a salary now. If he can just email his talent over to me I'll be happy to give up my public service job to be a rock star.

 

[Moon Childagain]

Oh I am crying. Matt, what are you doing?

It's his journey I guess. Maybe he needed the security of a regular salary and to know where he was waking up each day. Does he have a wife and kids?

Oh, all that hair, just............GONE!

 

[Moon Childagain]

And Spawny, I miss you.

 

[Spruce Goose]

Whats Spawns story anyway?
Why the disappearing act?
Or has it already been discussed and I just didn't read it?

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I mean what happened to him, because he is such an obvious talent, one of the greats, and he tossed it away to slide back into mediocrity. I know I know, whatever makes him happy, good on him for having the balls to do what he wants to, yadda yadda, I just think it is an amazing waste. Iced Earth are just a growing force as well. The Glorious Burden is their best selling album yet, and probably would have done even better with Matt on vocals.

Going from this:

...to this...

...is just upsetting.

 

[Goreripper]

Well, I actually admire Barlow's patriotism, to give up what I consider to be my dream career (singing in a metal band) to joining "Homeland Defense". But like I said in spawno's journal, why the Homeland Defenders? That's like quitting a lucrative acting career to become a security guard at a factory. At least he could have joined the Marines or something.

Spawn never said why he left. He just left. I suspect he still trolls the boards occasionally though.

 

[phlogiston]

I'm all for him doing what he wants to do, and I'll never wish him back if he doesn't want to do it. Especially because he was probably on a salary with Iced Earth anyway, if that band works the way I suspect that band works.

 

[Goreripper]

I suspect he was getting some kind of salary with IE, but probably not what he gets now. I don't think he's doing it for the money though. I think he honestly believes he's doing his country some service, and I do admire that, even if he looks like a prat now. It just doesn't make sense that he's joined Homeland Defenders or whatever it's called. Isn't that some kind of Dad's Army affair?

 

[phlogiston]

Nup. I admire him for doing what he believes. People said I was crazy when I gave up a cushy contracting job to come here and work for nothing. And look at me now!

 

[Spruce Goose]

Maybe Spawn left to join Homeland Security??

 

[Goreripper]

You've turned green and your shirts don't fit?

 

[Blitzkrieg]

It is a job someone has to do, but if the man wanted to make a one man difference to peoples lives, I think the career he was in would have been more capable of achieving that.