YTSEJAM Digest 5860 Today's Topics: 1) I just saw this... by "Christopher W. Ptacek" 2) G3 in Chicago by "Christopher W. Ptacek" 3) Re: DT - Brotherly Deceit...Get Your Copy Now!!! by Eric George 4) Re: I just saw this... by "Dan McCormack" 5) PAL DVD / Dave McKean by "Mark Bredius" 6) Superior in USA by Superior - Bernd Basmer 7) Re: Slovenian hockey sucks :) by "Zalozba Izolit" 8) RE: Superior in USA by "Souter, Jan-Michael" 9) PLANET X / EVENT / SILENT EXILE in Quebec City (short review)... by "Souter, Jan-Michael" 10) Superior is coming... by email_address_removed (Steve Chew) 11) Fw: New Angra song!!!! by "Tony/Alexis/Axel" 12) G3 coming to Raleigh - Unreal!! by "Dan Senko" 13) convention pics by Michael & Pamela Nazer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 23:05:39 -0500 From: "Christopher W. Ptacek" To: Subject: I just saw this... Message-ID: <004001c0e406$cb92b4e0$message_id_removed> Pardon this being a little late, but this thought just crossed my mind... ]From: Kurt M Hampton > I love the new album. Maybe Al's solo's do sound > a little like marty's cause dave write's em. Duh. Let us, for a moment, (because I won't stand by this for more than a moment) ASSUME that you are correct, and Dave writes everything that Megadeth puts out, like he's the Heavy Metal Steve Morse. If that's the case, then why is everyone so quick to blame Marty Friedman for Megadeth turning soft and more commercial? That's a little bit of a leap ain't it? Note, that I am not passing judgement on this incarnation of $Megadeth$. I don't appreciate it at all, but I don't need people getting on my case about it. There's nothing wrong with wanting to make money, IMO. I just dislike it when you have to actually compromise to do so. Now, this moment having expired, let us eliminate a misconception on your part, and likely that of many other Megadeth fans. Dave Mustaine writes almost all of the riffs, and has the final say, period. He makes suggestions on what styles to play, and has a Mike Varney-like final say on what stays and what goes. He does NOT, however, possess the capability to compose solos like Jeff Young, Chris Poland, or Marty Friedman. He may well be nuts, but he isn't multiple personality. All of the Megadeth guys were allowed to play their own solos. Mustaine can't even tie his shoes like Friedman. Friedman wrote all of his own solos on RIP and Countdown (I can not speak for the subsequent albums... they simply weren't memorable). I say this as someone who has played for well over a decade, primarily because of Jason Becker and Marty Friedman. Call me an egomaniac, but yes, I am a fuckin' authority in this matter. Pitrelli IS capable of picking up on Friedman style cues. He's a great and talented player. It doesn't change the fact that he is playing like Friedman, whether Mustaine asked him to (because he certainly didn't notate the solos and tell Pitrelli to play them) or whether it was his own choice. "Duh." :) It's funny that a band that got so dark on Marty, and a dissatisfied fanbase who wants someone to blame, is now listening to someone who is trying to SOUND like Marty. Hell, I guess there's nothing fundamentally wrong with trying to sound like one of the best guitarists ever born... :) Let's just keep the stories straight though. Remember how to spell Mu$taine. :) - Chris ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 23:18:07 -0500 From: "Christopher W. Ptacek" To: Subject: G3 in Chicago Message-ID: <004a01c0e408$895fc480$message_id_removed> > From: "Sarah Rudolph" > Subject: G3 in Chicago > Just thought I'd ask if anyone else is going to the G3 in Chicago. I'm > driving there with a few people from Minnesota and I'm already getting > excited. Of course, Maddy and I will be there, along with about 1000 friends... this is going to kick bootie. I'll be the first in line at the door, so say hi! :) - Chris ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 00:40:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric George To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: DT - Brotherly Deceit...Get Your Copy Now!!! Message-ID: no way...... i was at that show. it was fantastic. the first U.S. show of the 2nd leg of the tour. no one knew a damn thing about the setlist, and if my memory serves me, they played a whole lot of old, heavy stuff. i WILL be getting this. just as a side note, i'm sure many other jammers were at that show too. if so, drop a post and tell what you thought of the show. i was also supposed to meet up with a jammer at the show, but i never did. is brian larkin still on this list? sorry i missed ya' man. anyhow, those of you that were there, what did you think of the show? -ryften On Wed, 23 May 2001, Dave Sims wrote: > > Hey fans! Well, it's time once again for another bootleg tree. This time > I'm offering up 8/4/00 at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, Pa. This > show is called Brotherly Deceit and it's a great recording of the second leg > of the Metropolis 2000 Tour. If you want more info about the show and how > to get involved with the tree, go to www.lamneth.net/brotherly_deceit.html > and there you'll find all the info on the show, info on how the tree works, > and a convenient sign up form to reserve your spot on the tree. > > I hope to see all of you sign up and get a great recording of a great show! > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 01:00:49 -0400 From: "Dan McCormack" To: Subject: Re: I just saw this... Message-ID: <005001c0e40e$83743500$message_id_removed> ]From: "Christopher W. Ptacek" Subject: I just saw this... > Friedman wrote all of his own solos on RIP and Countdown (I can not > speak for the subsequent albums... they simply weren't memorable). I say Yeah I know he wrote the ones on Youthanasia as well because on the Evolver video they show him in the studio improvising solos for a few tracks from the album. moo. *** END OF TRANSMISSION *** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 11:02:38 +0200 From: "Mark Bredius" To: Subject: PAL DVD / Dave McKean Message-ID: <000701c0e430$48263300$0100007f@localhost> CyberDuke asked: > I heard it might be re-released in late fall, is that true? ;o( I haven't heard anything from the incompetent bastards at Elektra yet, but late Fall is very likely... According to Amazon.de the re-release is scheduled for September... If it's any consolation, I don't have the DVD yet either... Scott Hansen posted: > - Dave McKean will do the next album cover According to Mike, they haven't even begun discussing the cover art yet... Apparently, Dave McKean is not any more likely than anyone else... Mark Bredius ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.TRANSATLANTICweb.com/ - Double Live CD available NOW Get a FREE new Marillion song at http://mp3.com/anoraknophobia/ http://www.DreamTheater.net/ Live DVD (Region 1) & VHS out now! The Official Spock's Beard Website: http://www.SpocksBeard.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 11:18:32 +0200 From: Superior - Bernd Basmer To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Superior in USA Message-ID: Hi! I'm not sure if I already posted this here... but anyway. :) Good news for our fans in the USA! :) Superior will play at the Progpower festival in November in Atlanta this year! :) Hope to see you there!!! Greetings Bernd -------------------------------------------------------------- Bernd Basmer Guitar - Superior For info about Superior look at http://www.meet-superior.de/ -------------------------------------------------------------- It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 12:47:22 +0200 From: "Zalozba Izolit" To: Subject: Re: Slovenian hockey sucks :) Message-ID: <000d01c0e43e$ea0b7aa0$message_id_removed.si> Yo zemljak! I, like most people that work with puters, get to slack my ass off every now and then....make that all the time :) Miladojka Youneed kicks royal ass, great bass player, great drummer, what else does a band need? :) Disciplin A Kitschme? Never heard, will look into it. I still haven't checked the Lolita CD... I always forget... goddamnit... And don't you mess with slovenian hockey, it's national sport #1 now, and we all feel very strongly about it. Last year it was soccer and a year before it was handball. I'm a fat guy who considers walking labour fit for a horse, but when your national team scores big time, you just gotta love it :) Best, Matej >> And how about doing a little WORK while you're at the office and using the job's e-mail? :) Hey zemljak, Miladojka Youneed is playing here in few days along with few others - Disciplin A Kitschme (YIHAAAAWWW) BTW, I just heard of this Slovenian band but dunno what they play. Anyone British jammer here? Ever heard of Disciplin A Kitschme? :) Kicking ass band. NP: Freak Kitchen << ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 07:20:42 -0500 From: "Souter, Jan-Michael" To: "'ytsejam@torchsong.com'" Subject: RE: Superior in USA Message-ID: <74ACE5A6CB89D3119E6F00609720274A04B33FA4@ISDCRE00> Awesome !! Wish you guys could tour more major cities around the States. California, Texas, Illinois, Ohio, New York, Arizona, etc :) How's that new CD coming ? JM > -----Original Message----- > From: Superior - Bernd Basmer [SMTP:email_address_removed > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 4:26 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Superior in USA > > > Hi! > > I'm not sure if I already posted this here... but anyway. :) > > Good news for our fans in the USA! :) > Superior will play at the Progpower festival in November in Atlanta > this year! :) Hope to see you there!!! > > Greetings > > Bernd > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 13:48:26 -0500 From: "Souter, Jan-Michael" To: "'ytsejam@torchsong.com'" Subject: PLANET X / EVENT / SILENT EXILE in Quebec City (short review)... Message-ID: <74ACE5A6CB89D3119E6F00609720274A04B33FEF@ISDCRE00> Posted over on the Symphony X list by Guillaume Labrecque: Hello, As I expected when I noticed that there have been close to no advertising for this show, a small crowd of 90-100 peoples only showed. SILENT EXILE were the first band on the band on the bill and once again, they delivered. Another great performance for the guys, who had only about 5 minutes for a soundcheck (thanks to Planet X...). But the sound was very good anyway, all instruments were fully audible. They played most (if not all) songs of the Dancing with Death album. Nowadays, I'm listening to much more heavy/power metal than prog, but when I want to get my prog metal fix, Silent Exile are the perfect solution. Congrats guys. I'm still really looking forward to hearing your new songs. Then, it was EVENT. I won't say much about them, except that they were not my thing. The musicians are all excellent, there were some good riffs, but this band has a really strange style, too much for me, it's really lacking some melodies I could relate to. I did hear some King's X influences (especially for the vocals), but it's way proggier than anything King's X ever played. PLANET X closed the night. Again, it was way too proggy for me (but I enjoyed them a bit more than Event), especially since it's all instrumental, but these musicians are really impressive to see and hear. Sherinian on keys, Donati on drums, Macalpine on guitars and Larue(?) on bass are very skilled musicians, masters of their instruments. The problems is that it sounds to me like a music clinic for musicians. I think that musicians can appreciate this highly technical music, but it's very hard for the average listener like me. Anyway, it was a cool show. The Silent Exile guys were very nice to hang out with (as usual). Looks like the Planet X guys (Donati and Sherinian mostly)treated Silent Exile and Event as shit. It's a real shame... Too bad these great musicians have that much of an ego. Losers.... Guillaume NP:LIONS SHARE-entrance(this is really good. Sure the new singer is no Engberg, but he does a really good job. Not much proginess left, but an excellent melodic heavy metal album) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 16:59:38 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed (Steve Chew) To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: Superior is coming... Message-ID: > >Just wanted to tell you, that Superior is going to play on the >Progpower festival in November this year!! We are all very >excited about this and can't wait to jump over the ocean to >play for our American fans!! > Cool! It'll be great to see Bernd and the rest of Superior live after only being able to read about it via the newsletter. Now I just have to figure out how to get some time off to get down to Atlanta... Steve -- Steve Chew - email_address_removed - http://www.interzone.com "I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like his passengers..." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 20:55:11 -0300 From: "Tony/Alexis/Axel" To: "ytsejam" Subject: Fw: New Angra song!!!! Message-ID: <002201c0e4ac$f8dfd3a0$message_id_removed> ----- Original Message ----- ]From: "Tony/Alexis/Axel" To: "ytsejam" Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 7:14 PM Subject: New Angra song!!!! > Hey people!!! If you want to listen to a new Angra song with the new > lineup, go to angra.net (portugese version) and listen to it on the > downloads section. It's streaming real audio. Personally, I think it kicks > major ass. The new lead singer has a great voice, with more power than > andre matos. Listen to it. > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 20:53:19 -0400 From: "Dan Senko" To: ytsejam@torchsong.com Subject: G3 coming to Raleigh - Unreal!! Message-ID: Man, was planning to have to drive to DC again and then, right there, it happens! The Ritz http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Venue&Content=BNCRARI&AN=Y I'll be there with a Met II tour shirt on or maybe a real old ytsejam shirt. DF Mo (ultimate ytsejam lurker) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 21:25:03 -0500 From: Michael & Pamela Nazer To: ytsejam Subject: convention pics Message-ID: > --- In painofsalvation@y..., almar_hulsegge@y... wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> For those interested here's a link to a few pictures that >> were taken during the DT convention. The link was posted >> to the Mike Portnoy Homepage but I figured some of us >> might be interested. >> >> http://www.dreamtheater.be.tf > > Cool, there are also some good photos from the gig at > http://www.metalisia.com/ > > and at http://www.asaprod.com/ I borrowed this from the POS list thought everyone might want to check it out.( I have not had time to go to those sites yet, I hope it's good stuff) Pam ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 5860 **************************