Never meet your heroes
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Mark
Not blessed, or merciful
Bucko
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Goreripper
Metal as fuck
Shadow298
UNLEASH THE GUAN
I've got both Tom Araya and Jeff Hammond as friends on facebook as wel as Rob Reiner from Anvil
all pretty cool and down to earth dudes who make time for fans as well as promoting their stuff
all pretty cool and down to earth dudes who make time for fans as well as promoting their stuff
FerretallicA
HMAS Slagdestroyer
I really don't like how Facebook is becoming MySpace 2.0 now. So many fuckwits on there that just add you to send an endless stream of group invites and event invites that I couldn't give two shits about. They need to introduce automatically rejecting invites from 'friends' and making them request the right to invite you to things.
Mattias Eklundh (Freak Kitchen) is pretty cool, actually uses it to network and interact two ways, not just as a spam engine. Dave Martone's another (in the context of this discussion) "hero" who is the exact opposite- doesn't even acknowledge simple questions and hammers you with multiple invites pretty much daily. More annoying when the're all gigs in Canada.
Blitzkrieg
Master Exploder
I like Facebook because you do have full control over such things. Your profile is extremely customisable in terms of what you can see from others and what they can see from you. I also like bands and celebs getting involved in running their own social network profiles as it gives a great sense of fan interation.
FerretallicA
HMAS Slagdestroyer
I think the key concept that is being lost in communication here is that interaction = 2 ways. Not just spam-spam-spam-spam-spam. And "oh hey thanks man invite all your friends to this group as well and show what a fan you are" or "congrats guys 100,000 hits lets make it 200,000" doesn't really count. It's still just spam under a thinly veiled guise of 'interaction'.
Dave Mustaine, Steve Vai, Edguy, Devin Townsend, rest of Strapping Young Lad absolute gents!
Mile Patton and his Tomahawk band at the time absolute CUNTS which u can tell by the loo on my face with Mike Patton haha
Mile Patton and his Tomahawk band at the time absolute CUNTS which u can tell by the loo on my face with Mike Patton haha
Seems like people have generally had pretty good experiences, which is great. I guess nobody's met Axl though. 
What was wrong with Mike Patton, Tez? I met him out the back of the Palace after a Bungle or Fantomas gig and he was great. Stood around for ages talking with people.
The only bad experience I had was with Beatmaster V, who was the Bodycount drummer. I asked him sign something and he said "get outta here man". Well, Beatmaster, now you're dead and I'm not, so suck on that dick lips. Not that Ice T signed anything either. I thought Shane Warne snubbed me when I was 16, but now I realise it was a bit of a misunderstanding on my part.
Dave Mustaine was great, as were all the Megadeth guys. Devin Townsend was cool. So were Alice Cooper and Henry Rollins. From memory Pantera were friendly too, though Rex was a bit out of it at the instore I met them at. Rob Trujillo was a super cool guy when I met him and Suicidal Tendencies.
What was wrong with Mike Patton, Tez? I met him out the back of the Palace after a Bungle or Fantomas gig and he was great. Stood around for ages talking with people.
The only bad experience I had was with Beatmaster V, who was the Bodycount drummer. I asked him sign something and he said "get outta here man". Well, Beatmaster, now you're dead and I'm not, so suck on that dick lips. Not that Ice T signed anything either. I thought Shane Warne snubbed me when I was 16, but now I realise it was a bit of a misunderstanding on my part.
Dave Mustaine was great, as were all the Megadeth guys. Devin Townsend was cool. So were Alice Cooper and Henry Rollins. From memory Pantera were friendly too, though Rex was a bit out of it at the instore I met them at. Rob Trujillo was a super cool guy when I met him and Suicidal Tendencies.
I'm friends with a few Port Adelaide players, but they probably don't meet the "hero" criteria!
I hung out with Winger when they toured with Ratt a few years back. Extremely, EXTREMELY nice people. Although they seemed to pride themselves on being the only glam band without tattoos, haha! John Corabi came in as well and he was a sweetheart, Warren Demartini was shy as hell and Stephen Pearcy escaped straight after the show, not wanting to hang around with anyone. His singing sucked balls so I just assume he was embarrassed.
Sebastian Bach was up himself, but okay. His band were arrogant as shit as well, but okay. Angry Anderson was a legend, never officially met him, but was in a group he was talking to.
Dragonforce were fucking legends, Sam came out after the show, walked up to me and asked what I was up to tonight, I told him I just saw a shit band and he smiled, took me and the girl backstage, gave us beers and let us help him take his stuff back to his hotel and we partied with them all night. Except Herman Li, he was a grump.
Phil Lewis was a complete tool, but entertaining at least. He offered to speak to his record label and have my band on the next LA Guns tour if I let him spend the night with my girlfriend. It was like Indecent Proposal, but with a really really shitty proposal, haha! He then messaged her on MySpace a week later and called himself Uncle Tickle. Genius.
That's all I can think of for now.
I hung out with Winger when they toured with Ratt a few years back. Extremely, EXTREMELY nice people. Although they seemed to pride themselves on being the only glam band without tattoos, haha! John Corabi came in as well and he was a sweetheart, Warren Demartini was shy as hell and Stephen Pearcy escaped straight after the show, not wanting to hang around with anyone. His singing sucked balls so I just assume he was embarrassed.
Sebastian Bach was up himself, but okay. His band were arrogant as shit as well, but okay. Angry Anderson was a legend, never officially met him, but was in a group he was talking to.
Dragonforce were fucking legends, Sam came out after the show, walked up to me and asked what I was up to tonight, I told him I just saw a shit band and he smiled, took me and the girl backstage, gave us beers and let us help him take his stuff back to his hotel and we partied with them all night. Except Herman Li, he was a grump.
Phil Lewis was a complete tool, but entertaining at least. He offered to speak to his record label and have my band on the next LA Guns tour if I let him spend the night with my girlfriend. It was like Indecent Proposal, but with a really really shitty proposal, haha! He then messaged her on MySpace a week later and called himself Uncle Tickle. Genius.
That's all I can think of for now.
Goreripper
Metal as fuck
Blitzkrieg
Master Exploder
Both times I have seen Dragonforce at a festival I have spotted them out and about in the crowd after playing, H Li included. That is pretty cool.
Shadow298
UNLEASH THE GUAN
met Angry a few years ago in passing when he was at the AIDS Action Council for a Rose Planting Ceremony (one of my friends used to work there and I used to hang out with him when I was unemployed)
even though only said a couple of words to each other, joking over a Phantom rip off mascot, he was a nice guy
and couldn't get over how short he is
but back On Topic:
the guys from Jerk lived up to their name
but was never a fan of their's (though one of their loudest hecklers ever)
but their very 1st manager was a knob end. calling up local promoters and demanding money (about $200 at the time if I recall) for them to play
I told him to go fuck himself when he called me, told me that they wanted to play the Ape and then asked for the money
Attalita from Magic Dirt is a right fucking cow!
as is Sheralee (sp?) the former lead singer of Chalice. honestly felt sorry for Joss for dating her (despite the fact we were all jealous at the time because she was fucking hot)
Tim Freedman from the Whitlams is a right egotistical cock too
got right up my nose at a signing when I asked him to sign the (then) latest CD for my mum
Lord Tim
That guy from LORD
I've generally had really good experiences meeting "rock stars", and I've had the good fortune to meet quite a few over the years doing what I do.
The ones that surprised me:
Dave Mustaine - everyone knows the reputation, but he was nothing but awesome to us, especially when he wasn't putting on "that guy from that band" public face. The dedication he had to doing what he does was really inspiring - he simply did NOT stop all day and gave a lot back to the fans. Obviously the guy has his demons and no doubt people would catch him on days where he'd be a complete asshole, but we never had any of those experiences at all.
Mikkey Dee - I'd heard rumours he was a complete cock. In fact, he was a complete legend.
Twisted Sister - top guys! Again, you hear that they're difficult to deal with (Dee and JJ especially) but they were very generous with their time and spent ages just hanging out and chatting to us all.
The ones that didn't surprise me:
Yngwie Malmsteen - yes. Interesting guy. What a welcome to the world of international touring artist support slots this guy was. Let's say his reputation was left most definitely untarnished after the tour we did with him...
Sebastian Bach - this guy is forever gonna be a 17yo kid who just loves to party and think he's pretty hot stuff. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it tends to get old for people around him after a while.
Dio (and band) - didn't surprise me in a bad way, in fact I expected them all to be awesome and indeed they were.
I think at the end of the day, most of these people are... well... people. Everyone has their shit days and shit moments when you catch them at the wrong time. For all you know the person may be a lovely guy who has just had an hour of hell from a promoter and you've gone to get an autograph from them and they've torn your head off, so you walk away thinking they're a cock when they're actually usually pretty cool. It happens. And then you have people like Axl Rose...
The ones that surprised me:
Dave Mustaine - everyone knows the reputation, but he was nothing but awesome to us, especially when he wasn't putting on "that guy from that band" public face. The dedication he had to doing what he does was really inspiring - he simply did NOT stop all day and gave a lot back to the fans. Obviously the guy has his demons and no doubt people would catch him on days where he'd be a complete asshole, but we never had any of those experiences at all.
Mikkey Dee - I'd heard rumours he was a complete cock. In fact, he was a complete legend.
Twisted Sister - top guys! Again, you hear that they're difficult to deal with (Dee and JJ especially) but they were very generous with their time and spent ages just hanging out and chatting to us all.
The ones that didn't surprise me:
Yngwie Malmsteen - yes. Interesting guy. What a welcome to the world of international touring artist support slots this guy was. Let's say his reputation was left most definitely untarnished after the tour we did with him...
Sebastian Bach - this guy is forever gonna be a 17yo kid who just loves to party and think he's pretty hot stuff. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it tends to get old for people around him after a while.
Dio (and band) - didn't surprise me in a bad way, in fact I expected them all to be awesome and indeed they were.
I think at the end of the day, most of these people are... well... people. Everyone has their shit days and shit moments when you catch them at the wrong time. For all you know the person may be a lovely guy who has just had an hour of hell from a promoter and you've gone to get an autograph from them and they've torn your head off, so you walk away thinking they're a cock when they're actually usually pretty cool. It happens. And then you have people like Axl Rose...
Hanso
Member
Many years ago Devin Townsend toured and had a signing session in Melbourne but I couldn't make it (I lived in country NSW) so my g/f at the time went along and asked if he would mind speaking to me on her mobile if he had the time. I ended up talking to him for around 5minutes. We had a good chat and at the end of the conversation he told me to "Rock out ,with my cock out" Such a cool guy
Lord Tim
That guy from LORD
I reckon Devin especially would be one of those guys who would be a fucking champion most times you'd meet him but he'd have some days where he'd be an absolute cunt too.
Goreripper
Metal as fuck
The thing about Devin is that he behaves like a fan first, musician second, so he always treats the fans with respect. I've never heard a bad word about him yet. Considering how fucked up on drugs and booze he was for most of his career, that's pretty amazing.
I had a rather long dream the other morning that I saw Sebastian Bach working as a security guard at a gig he was playing at later. I tried talking to him, but he kept completely ignoring me because he wanted to pretend it wasn't him. Then eventually he realised I wasn't going to stop, and started talking to me. Ended up hanging around with him for a while and he was really cool. Hah I can see how he might get annoying in real life though.
I've noticed more arrogance from members of local bands who've gained a moderate level of success. Most are fine, but some start thinking they're top shit. As opposed to genuine stars, who often realise where they stand and don't feel the need to show how cool they are to people who already like their music.
I've noticed more arrogance from members of local bands who've gained a moderate level of success. Most are fine, but some start thinking they're top shit. As opposed to genuine stars, who often realise where they stand and don't feel the need to show how cool they are to people who already like their music.
Seems like people have generally had pretty good experiences, which is great. I guess nobody's met Axl though.
What was wrong with Mike Patton, Tez? I met him out the back of the Palace after a Bungle or Fantomas gig and he was great. Stood around for ages talking with people.
I was in year 10 at the time I think when he brought Tomahawk out whole band were a bunch of wankers.
1st the whole band just wrote crap on the album cover like "Kevin's Ass" then I got to Mike at the end and he totally ignored me web I was asking for a photo so I gave the camera to te security guy n he had this sort of pissed off look on his face like mike wasn't paying attention because it felt like he wasn't which in return gave me this pissed off look on my face when way really happened was mike was doing a real goofy face for te photo n then there's me looking like I didn't even want the photo haha I'll have to upload it one day to show ya's
And LOL at ur comment about Beatmaster.
And like everyone else has said I rank Devin #1 of te nicest people I've met #2 would be Edguy and #3 would be Mustaine
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