Thomen Not Touring with Savage Circus!

[Curufin]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Dear SAVAGE CIRCUS fans, friends and business partners,

Once again I unfortunately have to surprise you all with really sad news!

Due to ongoing serious private problems in the past months my psychological and physical constitution is completely broken and makes me unable to play the upcoming shows planned for this year! I know you all have been waiting a long time already to see SAVAGE CIRCUS live for the first time and I have been really curious to meet you all again as well, but there is just nothing I can do to change this situation

The doctors are convinced, that a long-term rest along with several psychological and physical treatments for the next months is the only way to make me feel better. After fighting this reality for a longer time I am ready now to take this road. It is the only way to get back on my feet. My entire body is totally power-drained and I am almost unable to concentrate on anything. Furthermore I am suffering from a chronic tonsillitis for almost 10 weeks by now which even with antibiotics is not getting better. According to the docs it seems that all is based on my stressed body and mind, which do not get a recovery if I go on like this. So I will take this advice and will give my body and soul a break to regain my powers and charge up my battery for the upcoming SAVAGE CIRCUS production in 2007.

Please understand that I cannot give you any information about the nature of my private problems since they should stay private. I am not exaggerating in saying, having still some power left in me is already a miracle under this circumstances. I hope you all do understand this serious situation. It breaks my heart to post this message, but I see no alternative.

But there also is some good news: all shows will happen as planned! For good luck Piet could manage to hire Thomas Nack once more for the upcoming gigs, so the shows will happen for sure and with a more than worthy stand-in for me! So don’t be sad, friends! Kick ass, as Piet, Thomas, Jens, Emil will do as well! Make every show a big party for me and have fun! This will give me the strength to go through all this. Right now I am not in the position of giving. This time I need you and your support. I know that none of you will let me down and this makes me feel better already.

I truly hope to see you all again soon!

Love and respect,
Thomen
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July 4th

Dear fans, friends and partners,
As you can imagine we are quite shocked by this truly bad news, though it does not take us by surprise completely. We have been aware, that Thomen was having a real hard time in the past but it seemed as if he would be strong enough to deal with all his strokes of fate. Unfortunately we overestimated his powers… just as he did himself, too. Please understand, that we also cannot talk about the nature of his problems, but we can say for sure that they are massive.

Of course Thomen gets all the support we can give. The band is behind him AS ONE! Therefore, besides our personal feelings about the live shows, it is our duty to play all 2006 shows for Thomen. There is no good in cancelling the gigs since SAVAGE CIRCUS is the only way to give Thomen what he needs most in those times: Support. Support by us, by our friends and partners and by you, the fans! He needs you! For decades it has been Thomen who was giving his heart and his music to you. 2006 it is your chance to pay him back. Come to the shows to party and kick ass with us so we can tell Thomen, what all our great fans are doing for him. This will be the ultimate medicine!

As Thomen already said, we know that you will not let us down. We will start rehearsing with Thomas Nack right away to guarantee for killer SAVAGE CIRCUS shows in 2006!
Hope to see all of you at the 2006 shows.
Cheers,


Jens, Emilio and Piet

I'd be lying if I said I didn't see this coming, but it's still a bit disappointing to finally hear it officially. Thomen really has been having a tough time in the past months, so I'm glad he's finally taking some well-deserved rest. Hopefully this won't affect their support at their shows.
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[Harvester]

I just got word yesterday of the final decision and was going to post later this afternoon.

Glenn H.

 

[AngraRULES]

Oh God....
What the fuck with these great metal musicians getting seriously ill all of a sudden?

This is so fucked up, I was looking forward to see him at ProgPower with SC. I'm sure the show will still be good. Not great anymore as I was expecting.

Get well soon, Thomen!

 

[trentdk]

Its good to see him taking care of himself, and I hope people's support for Savage Circus is unwavering. Mine is!

 

[Curufin]

He's been under quite a lot of stress, because of his tonsilitis as well as the personal problems he mentioned. It was like watching a trainwreck, really. I'm glad he's doing this before he completely fucked himself up.

If there are any doubts about him doing this: trust me, he's not lying about any of it, and really does need this time off.

 

[Sumeet]

Having had no knowledge of his ongoing problems, this does sound bizarre. But, while I was looking forward to seeing him play... ultimately, he has to take care of himself first. It's cool that the shows will still go on. Thomas Nack, IMO, doesn't have that unique, indelible flair that makes Thomen one of the best drummers in metal, but he is a very good drummer in his own right, and I still have every reason to think Savage Circus will put on a great performance.

 

[PurpleCrayonWriter]

This really is a sad, strange turn of events.

I interviewed Thomen last month. Yesterday, I began to transcribe the interview -- and discovered that my electronic file of the interview is corrupted! All interviews before and since are fine. But that one interview with Thomen is, at present, unusable. I have top audio technicians working on a solution to recover the audio. But I am absolutely flabbergasted that within a span of time of less than 12 hours I discover (a) that my Thomen interview is inexplicably unusable, and (b) Thomen leaves the band for health reasons and won't be at PPUSA this fall.

I am beside myself with grief over both revelations.

I will attempt to contact another member of SG for my NotesFromTheOtherSide interview. But, in the meantime, I'm scratching my head over this Twilight Zone-esque turn of events. What are the odds?

Get well, Thomen. You're an incredible drummer and a delightful guy.

Bill

 

[Curufin]

(b) Thomen leaves the band for health reasons and won't be at PPUSA this fall.

Just to clarify: Thomen hasn't left SC, he's only foregoing the live shows they have in 2006.

 

[PurpleCrayonWriter]

Just to clarify: Thomen hasn't left SC, he's only foregoing the live shows they have in 2006.

Thank you for clarifying that point. That's what I meant. But my choice of words was poor.

Bill

 

[monstershredder0003]

soo,who will play drums at progpower?

 

[JayKeeley]

soo,who will play drums at progpower?

It's in the original post?

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica] But there also is some good news: all shows will happen as planned! For good luck Piet could manage to hire Thomas Nack once more for the upcoming gigs, so the shows will happen for sure and with a more than worthy stand-in for me!

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[No-Mercy]

guess i won't get to see my favorite musician after all

sure hope he gets better so that i may see him in the later years! of course, it saddens me, but at least we will still have savage circus.

 

[nailz]

The man needs to quit smoking It's giving him the jitters.

 

[Purveyor Of Evil]

soo,who will play drums at progpower?

Thomas Nack (ex-GAMMA RAY) is supposed to pinch hit for Thomen on 2006 touring according to Bravewords.com and Blabbermouth.net.

 

[Sumeet]

Thomas Nack (ex-GAMMA RAY) is supposed to pinch hit for Thomen on 2006 touring according to Bravewords.com and Blabbermouth.net.

... and according to the first post in this very thread.

 

[General Zod]

While I wish Thomen well, I could care less that he's not touring with Savage Circus. I saw Samantha from Hole fill in for Tommy Lee at a Crue show a few years back, and had no one told me, I doubt I would have known (although obviously, they don't look similar). I'm quite sure Thomas will in for Thomen without missing a beat. I mean, let's be serious, we're talking drummers, not musicians.

Zod

 

[Cheiron]

While I wish Thomen well, I could care less that he's not touring with Savage Circus. I saw Samantha from Hole fill in for Tommy Lee at a Crue show a few years back, and had no one told me, I doubt I would have known (although obviously, they don't look similar). I'm quite sure Thomas will in for Thomen without missing a beat. I mean, let's be serious, we're talking drummers, not musicians.

Zod

Yeah. This isn't Neil Peart or anything. Sorry, but when somebody says ____ is an amazing drummer... I'm nearly always perplexed. But then again, I know next to nothing about drumming, other than it should stay in time, and hopefully not have a completely monotonous beat that gives headaches.

 

[Jasonic]

While I wish Thomen well, I could care less that he's not touring with Savage Circus. I saw Samantha from Hole fill in for Tommy Lee at a Crue show a few years back, and had no one told me, I doubt I would have known (although obviously, they don't look similar). I'm quite sure Thomas will in for Thomen without missing a beat. I mean, let's be serious, we're talking drummers, not musicians.

Zod

Well, I agree with you to a certain degree.
For most bands, I would agree it wouldn't be too noticeable if there was a replacement drummer.
Though for this band, isn't quite honestly the appeal the fact that they have the former Blind Guardian drummer?
If he was not in the band, the majority of us probably would not have ever even heard of them (and most likely they would not have gotten signed to fast)..

That's why in this case it is more of a big deal that he is not performing.

 

[7thSaviour]

Nack is a great drummer, too! Good luck, Thomen!

 

[VenomGA]

While I wish Thomen well, I could care less that he's not touring with Savage Circus. I saw Samantha from Hole fill in for Tommy Lee at a Crue show a few years back, and had no one told me, I doubt I would have known (although obviously, they don't look similar). I'm quite sure Thomas will in for Thomen without missing a beat. I mean, let's be serious, we're talking drummers, not musicians.

Zod

Samantha filled in for Randy Castillo not Tommy Lee. TOmmy was out of the band at the time. Randy was extremely sick which later was found to be cancer and ultimately killed him.