On Tuesday, June 20, 2000 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Dougeman wrote:   
   > This is from Mike's 20 questions on Metal- Sludge.com   
   >   
   > 10.  Rate the following drummers on a scale of 1 to 10.  1 being somebody   
   with   
   > no rhythm and 10 being the man. Peter Criss = Criss 1976 was a 10 and a god   
   to   
   > me, Criss 1996 gets an 8 for effort, and Criss 2000 is a 3 and should've quit   
   > while he was ahead   
   > Joey Kramer = 5 - OK drummer, but I never cared much about Aerosmith   
   > Vinnie Paul = 9 - Vinnie fucking rocks! Great feet, great power and cool   
   > grooves...Gotta lose the bandana though.. Rikki Rockett = 2 - Gimme a break!   
   > Nice guy though...met him in '93   
   > Tommy Lee = 8 - Rock solid (no pun intended!) Loved the first 2 Motley albums   
   > at the time ('82ish) and he got me started with double bass back then..   
   > Neil Peart = Once again, like Peter Criss - A big whopping 10 back in the   
   > day...nobody could've been a bigger influence on me back then....but now he   
   > should give it a rest and try to play something new (forget that jazz crap)   
   > Lars Ulrich = An 8 pre-Bob Rock, and a 3 post-Bob Rock and Live   
   > Eric Singer = Was never a no-makeup Kiss fan, but I liked the first Badlands   
   > album. Plus Eric's a nice guy to me....so I'll say 7   
   > Charlie Benante = 9 - Charlie was a big influence for me back in the   
   > mid-80's...I loved the 1st SOD album and the first 3 Anthrax albums...I also   
   > respect his writing and think he's a cool guy...We have alot of the same   
   > interests (same music, films, TV shows, etc...)   
   > Nicko McBrain = An 8 just for the Piece of Mind and Powerslave albums   
   > alone...Nicko's also a great guy who's alot of fun to hang out with....   
   >   
   > 11.  Since you were extremely involved in the project, how do feel in regards   
   > to Neil Peart's comment that all the bands on the Rush tribute album were   
   "bar   
   > bands"?   
   > Yeah that was fucked up...Especially because Dream Theater, Skid Row, Mr. Big   
   > and alot of the other musicians and bands involved on that tribute sell ALOT   
   > more records outside of North America than Rush does...Once you go to Europe   
   or   
   > South America or Japan or wherever, Rush is not popular at all...and I   
   figured   
   > by putting this tribute together, we'd introduce a whole new generation of   
   kids   
   > to who one of our big influences was.... I guess Neil's people-skills are   
   > really lacking...I feel sorry for him with all the personal shit he's been   
   > through recently, but I lost all respect for him as a person after all the   
   work   
   > I put into that CD.... We were just paying tribute and trying to say thanks,   
   > but he apparently took it as us trying to make money off Rush's name which   
   > certainly wasn't the case...   
   >   
   >   
   >  12.  Was Sebastian Bach a pain in the ass to work with on the Rush tribute   
   > album?   
   > haha! Actually, I really like Baz and think he's a fucking pisser... But the   
   > fact of the matter is: most of these stupid tribute albums are all done   
   through   
   > the mail..meaning none of these line-ups ever even play together! His vocal   
   > tracks were done months after my drum tracks... On this particular CD though,   
   > me and Billy Sheehan DID actually do our tracks together which was very cool   
   > because Billy's fucking awesome and I really enjoyed working with him for   
   those   
   > couple of days...   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > Douglas Maher   
   >   
   > "I still think metallica have turned into a bunch of fucking corporate pigs.   
   > You sold out to your record company and lawyers with this lawsuit.  In fact,   
   > you sold out years ago.  Suck my dick." - Nikki Sixx   
      
   This thread must be ancient because the posters were actually discussing   
   music.  Bad music (DT), but music nonetheless.   
      
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