Stratovarius=Whack Jobs

Well I don't know how much people around had followed the Stratocircus soap opera as is called in some other forums. But it seems that Timo Tolkki is absolutely a lost case, somebody put him in a straighjacket and toss him in a padded room, for crying out loud.

The guy is killing his band totally. I understand that you may want to change singer and/or drummer for any reason. But all the comments following the situation are just beyond anything Michael Jackson can produce to amuse the media.:err:

What really scares me is the fact that the rest of the band keep following him, specially Jens Johanssen. I got him on a fair good scale as a keyboardist and I thought that he and Jorg Michael were the best assets the band had to offer (as you may notice by now I'M NOT a Stratovarius fan).
But the way they behave in Spain, the pissing episode, the attack with the knife, the whacko Timo hired as a singer, everything spells disaster is imminent.
Again I wouldn't care less if is not because this kind of bad media exposure damages metal image and give a false idea of what metal (and power metal) is in general. :ill:
 
I've seen some of the drama posted throughout the board. I think Timo is a drama queen who is just trying to get all the attention he can gather. I don't have any Stratovarius and honestly, based on Timo's behavior, I don't plan to. I know it sounds close-minded but I don't want to support him.
 
Oh aye, I've heard about plenty of marlarky involving Timo, specifically one time when he threatened to get lawyers onto a guy on my MSN list who posted on their forum. I had screengrabs of the email he sent him, but it is sadly long gone :( I still think the stuff in that message is a tad...sensitive, for me to just dish dirt on the guy and the band straight off.