Mike Ronchette

[TempleOfBlood]

He was the drummer on their early demo.

Does anyone know why he left the band or if he played in any other bands since?

 

[one man]

from what I remember he was just a temporary replacement for Louie, so when Louie came back, he had to go. I think in 1 interview Eric said that "Rottweiler" would always come drunk to the rehearsals and want to play every song at the speed of 300 mph. I might be wrong, though. I'll let you know if I find that interview. I don't think he was in a band that had a record deal later.

 

[one man]

Here's what Alex said about Mike a couple of years ago (the whole interview can be read here: http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/content/view/373/0/)

Have you been in touch with Mike (Ronchette; on the Legacy demo)?

Not for a long, long time. He did come to a couple shows in the early 90s, like ?91-?92. Even then, we hadn?t seen him since, then.



How would you feel if you got Legacy line-up together and played some Legacy songs just for one or two shows?

With Steve Souza? With Mike? I don?t even know if he still plays. It would be interesting, but it wouldn?t be the same because this was a very short period of time. Honestly, I don?t think this line-up barely lasted a year.



But this was the album that put you on the face of heavy metal?

It was, but within a year and a half at the most, Steve Souza was in Exodus, Chuck Billy was in Testament, Mike was gone, and Louie was back.

 

[TempleOfBlood]

Thanks for the info!

I considered myself a TESTAMENT die-hard and I had no idea.