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WillieThePimp 
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Posted: June 29 2005 at 12:10 |
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Who is the MOST blatant a-hole in prog and who is the TEDDY BEAR in prog?
Don't know how well this one will go, but I think that....
Mikael Akerfeldt is the definite Teddy Bear of prog, he's modest, makes corny jokes and cordially introduces himself and the band on stage. I'm so in love...
I haven't decided on the blatant A-hole of them all yet... more to come on that one.
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Scrambled_Eggs
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Posted: June 29 2005 at 20:45 |
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I've ne'er met any famous prog musician in person, so I can't really say if they are an A-hole or a nice guy. I'm aware Phil Collins is known to 'ave a temper. As for a nice guy, I've read Neil Peart's books and he seems like an upright fellow.
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WillieThePimp
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Posted: June 30 2005 at 11:37 |
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What was I thinking, there aren't any assholes in prog !
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You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. ~Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket
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Dick Heath
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 11:03 |
 WillieThePimp wrote:
What was I thinking, there aren't any assholes in prog ! |
What about those musicians who fire roadies for not having their Persian carpets arranged properly on stage
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WillieThePimp
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 12:03 |
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That is in the Roadies code and creed to arrange all furnishings properly!
Think of what the roadies setting up Iron Maiden's set must of felt... (talk about pressure!)
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You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. ~Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: July 06 2005 at 15:31 |
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I alwasy thought Bob Fripp came off as a pompous A-Hole in interviews, plus KC is the incredible imploding band (at least in the 70's)
Plus Roger Waters - big time A-hole
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WillieThePimp
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Posted: July 07 2005 at 01:25 |
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I agree
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You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. ~Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket
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Tiresias
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Posted: July 08 2005 at 12:32 |
Alex Lifeson and Neal Morse seem nice.
Roger Waters seems like a total breaded-cock-on-a-stick asshole
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barbs
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Posted: July 10 2005 at 05:53 |
For some reason, before I opened up this post
I thought you were asking who were the nicest
and who were the biggest a-holes on progarchives forum. 
Then when I scanned the first post briefly without reading it properly the first time,
I momentarily thought it said, MikeEnRegalia was a real Teddy Bear.
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Jared
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Posted: July 10 2005 at 11:16 |
Martin Orford from IQ is one of the nicest guys you could ever wish to meet.
Geoff Downes came across as a bit pompous and aloof when I met him.
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stonebeard
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Posted: July 10 2005 at 22:31 |
barbs wrote:
For some reason, before I opened up this post
I thought you were asking who were the nicest
and who were the biggest a-holes on progarchives forum.
Then when I scanned the first post briefly without reading it properly the first time,
I momentarily thought it said, MikeEnRegalia was a real Teddy Bear.
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same here.
i'm a teddy bear.
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: July 10 2005 at 23:16 |
NetsNJFan wrote:
I alwasy thought Bob Fripp came off as a pompous A-Hole in interviews, plus KC is the incredible imploding band (at least in the 70's)
Plus Roger Waters - big time A-hole |
I've heard and read that Waters is nice to his fans... but my sources might be wrong.
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: July 11 2005 at 00:51 |
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
NetsNJFan wrote:
I alwasy thought Bob Fripp came off as a pompous A-Hole in interviews, plus KC is the incredible imploding band (at least in the 70's)
Plus Roger Waters - big time A-hole |
I've heard and read that Waters is nice to his fans... but my sources might be wrong.
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oh actually I wouldn't know.......I'm just going by the way Floyd hates him, and how he sued them and sh*t like that
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nousommedusolei
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Posted: July 11 2005 at 01:14 |
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
I've heard and read that Waters is nice to his fans... but my sources might be wrong.
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Did you not hear about Roger spitting on some of his fans trying to scurry their way up to the front of the stage during the "Animals" tour?
Now, that's the only example I have of him being an asshole to his fans, and in my opinion, it was almost justified, yet a bit too extreme. I like Zappa's method better.
Zappa would stop the whole show until the people who moved too close backed up again.
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FishyMonkey
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Posted: July 11 2005 at 15:07 |
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Akerfeldt is AWESOME. I love how on a DVD he lets out this BRUTAL death
growl, looks over at Steve Wilson and says, "Was that OK, Steve?",
grinning like a little boy. Great guy.
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Logos
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Posted: July 11 2005 at 16:07 |
FishyMonkey wrote:
Akerfeldt is AWESOME. I love how on a DVD he lets out this BRUTAL death growl, looks over at Steve Wilson and says, "Was that OK, Steve?", grinning like a little boy. Great guy. |
You're damn right! What a Gentle Giant that guy is!
Okay he's not that giant is he?
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transend
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Posted: July 12 2005 at 23:40 |
I have always thought Fripp was a jerk
I am really beginning to think Steven Wilson is kind of an asshole too..
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: July 13 2005 at 01:24 |
nousommedusolei wrote:
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
I've heard and read that Waters is nice to his fans... but my sources might be wrong.
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Did you not hear about Roger spitting on some of his fans trying to scurry their way up to the front of the stage during the "Animals" tour?
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I meant nowadays. Yeah, he was an ass back then. But nowadays, I hear that he is kind to his fans.
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Phallusdei
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Posted: July 16 2005 at 12:37 |
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'Prog' by it's very nature, being an expression of pretentiousness, I would imagine that gives it scope for many of those involved to be utter f**kwits.
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Posted: July 16 2005 at 15:34 |
Tough one because you never know if you can trust hear say. Ihave met and chatted with all the members of DT though, they were EXTREMELY nice and cordial, actually would converse with you and not just smile and nod their heads 
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