Hehe, they actually looked pretty good, all things considering.
John looks very old one minute, then he can turn his head and look 10 years younger... odd. John was the least talkative out of them all, but still great.
Simon actually isn't that bad. he's getting a little bit barrell shaped, but still has heaps of energy. Simon was his usual self. he started doing his vocal warmups during the meeting, which was interesting.
Roger was great. very down to earth nice guy. I had very similar clothes on to him, which caught his attention and he remarked upon it "we have a very similar look going on here don't we?" he advised. i think he though we should have discussed our attire before-hand hehe.
by far the nicest and most talky-talky was Nick. I was quite surpirsed. he was happy to talk about anything and spend as mucgh time as possible. My Wife and I chatted to him about things like Wine, the v-festival artists, the fact my wife is from the UK etc etc. He was great. He is hiding a beer-gut under his shirt though
Got some photo's with them all and a group shot.. got some photo's and our RCM tour program signed. In our travels we also met and chatted with Dom (guiatist) and Simon (sax) as well as Davey (security) and Oz (the keyboard and electro tech). We also did a backstage tour thanks to a friend in security at the v-festival (our second show, with the first being a full solo-gig).. we met Jeffrey who is their fashion guru. my wife was very happy he let her touch John's pants (wow huh?)
hhehe I got to watch the queens of the stone age get ready for their gig and check out the drum technician getting their kit ready (wow for me huh?!
In all we spent about 4 days as if we were on the road! stayign in hotels, watching bands, meeting people and artists, going to the DD shows etc.. was much much fun (but expensive).
TM
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:40 am