Tom G. Warrior appreciation thread

[benjamin801]

^^^ I love that one. I like "King at the King" better, but that's still

And for some legit love:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEtR69lp6es[/video]

[Walt]

Love me some Celtic Frost. I used to skate with the Mega Thereon (sp?) casette in a walkman.

[Dave Lister]

To Mega Therion is a fucking metal masterpiece!

[benjamin801]

^I just looked up a video from Vanity/Nemesis thinking it was better but there he was, teased hair and LA Guns shirt with cutoff sleeves :lol

On the other hand, I just started watching this:
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HN8kGB4urg[/video]
So far, good documentary.

Wow, I had no idea this existed. This is the tour I saw them on. Seeing the behind-the-scenes tensions that were going on makes their whole appearance at the merch tables after the show make sense.

- Tom was there, of course, tired but friendly and happy to shake hands, pose for pictures, or sign items. When he saw the book, he was actually kind of excited. He struck up what turned into a 2-3 minute conversation with me, in spite of the 50-60 people behind me in line.

- Martin was kind of holding court, talking about some kind of philosophy with a crowd of 5-6 people. He is clearly a brilliant dude. His English is perfect - not even an accent.

- Anders Odden was standing off slightly to the side, mostly to be out of the way of Tom's and Martin's crowds, but he was friendly, seemed shy, and almost seemed surprised that anyone would want to talk to him, let alone know who he was (Apoptygma Berzerk, Satyricon, etc.).

- Franco was there but looked surly and clearly didn't want to talk to anyone.

I wonder now if they had emerged from the dressing room just having had an argument about playing the three shows in Mexico...

[JiveTurkey]

^I just looked up a video from Vanity/Nemesis thinking it was better but there he was, teased hair and LA Guns shirt with cutoff sleeves :lol

On the other hand, I just started watching this:
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HN8kGB4urg[/video]
So far, good documentary.

Wow, I had no idea this existed. This is the tour I saw them on. Seeing the behind-the-scenes tensions that were going on makes their whole appearance at the merch tables after the show make sense.

- Tom was there, of course, tired but friendly and happy to shake hands, pose for pictures, or sign items. When he saw the book, he was actually kind of excited. He struck up what turned into a 2-3 minute conversation with me, in spite of the 50-60 people behind me in line.

- Martin was kind of holding court, talking about some kind of philosophy with a crowd of 5-6 people. He is clearly a brilliant dude. His English is perfect - not even an accent.

- Anders Odden was standing off slightly to the side, mostly to be out of the way of Tom's and Martin's crowds, but he was friendly, seemed shy, and almost seemed surprised that anyone would want to talk to him, let alone know who he was (Apoptygma Berzerk, Satyricon, etc.).

- Franco was there but looked surly and clearly didn't want to talk to anyone.

I wonder now if they had emerged from the dressing room just having had an argument about playing the three shows in Mexico...

When they were arguing about whether or not they should play the shows, I was twitching. 10 grand a show to go play on a tour you are ALREADY DOING
Tom is probably a little difficult, but man; money talks and making that kind of money doing extreme metal? Forget about it. When you read follow up interviews; Tom clearly HATES the drummer. Which is odd because I am sure any number of drummers (big name or not) could have came in and just killed it.

[benjamin801]

When they were arguing about whether or not they should play the shows, I was twitching. 10 grand a show to go play on a tour you are ALREADY DOING
Tom is probably a little difficult, but man; money talks and making that kind of money doing extreme metal? Forget about it. When you read follow up interviews; Tom clearly HATES the drummer. Which is odd because I am sure any number of drummers (big name or not) could have came in and just killed it.

Yeah, I follow Tom's blog, and his rhetoric about Franco in the wake of that tour was withering, even for Tom.

[The Hiryuu]

Oooh!

[JiveTurkey]

Book received, Ben. Thanks again \m/

[benjamin801]

Book received, Ben. Thanks again \m/

Awesome, enjoy! Try not to get too turned off by the tales of that homely little man's groupie exploits.

[JiveTurkey]

The blurb on the cover about their influence on Cobain made me laugh