bloodbath

To be honest, this is quite the Saudi Arabia show, a "bonus" show where I don't expect anything really interesting but looking forward to the next tour length

Perhaps Emily has some troubles with it (even Chester had them!) or she isn't a big fan of the song. I like the song being played so soon and sung by majority of the crown. That's refreshing for me

If Friendly Fire got its shot early just because of Papercuts, THIS is the place to debut Qwerty. Mike can't play fool this time, he knows we really want it

So he was the main archivist of the band when basically nobody would care about LP's recordings? Truly amazing

Didn't knew of his existence before but... What a bummer

Great post. Hope you have fun today!!

For me OML was a bad album. Not because it has mellow pop songs (MTM anybody?), but because for the first time in their career the songs sounded generic and impersonal (despite the lyrics). Having to hire outside writers, the fact that after year and a half they had only finished 10/12 songs that in another era of the band, they would have been automatically dismissed on the early phases, makes me think the band had a creative block at that time, but after beating the bush for some time, they had to come up with something for Warner, which I suppose wasn't very happy with THP. I know, this is just a wild guessing from my part but this is what this era sounds to me PS: Although the tour was one of the best in many years, to be honest.

And that's why I didn't like to have and official live release (Sao Paulo) so soon in the tour. Songs are not reaching yet it's full potential

No as far as we know

I don't identity items, what are they? The Big black box at the left of THP vinyl The black CD at the left of the Twilight OST The DVD case at the right of the Frat Party DVD

Seriously impressive, I'm not much as a hardcore collector as you. Once I have something in one format (specially CDs) I don't buy it again. Is there something that you don't have yet?

These kind of releases are too hardcore-fan oriented to not be profitable enough. So I wouldn't worry hahahaha. BTW, how much did you spend? I just bought the Digipack, a t-shirt and the emptiness machine single. Can think anything else beside some vinyls

Mustaine has been an ongoing love/hate relationship even today (although somewhat softened). Newsted on the other hand, reconciled with the band back in 2009, 8 years after his departure

Is the audio SBD?

thank you!!!

Would be cool if they film some songs that weren't part of the setlist last year and having them as bonus for a foreseeable Live release

Well, after all that has happened since, the demise of FM is the lesser evil. I miss it too

My story is similar to yours. After many years of anticipation, MTM was a disappointment and a betrayal to me (I was 16, so...). I keep up with the band during that cycle, because the album keep growing on me. But by the time of New Divide I lost interest on them, not because of the song, just because I grew up and started to listen more stuff and LP sounded very "childish" to me, just like the people @LeonardoMF93 mentioned they stopped paying attention after Meteora. When The Catalyst came out, I was already uninterested in the band and and for me was the final nail in the coffin. But ironically I returned when Burn it Down came out and they played a legacy setlist at that European Tour. While I wasn't a big fan of Burn it Down, I guess the song fulfilled its role, it brought back many fans. And not only that, now I consider ATS their best record.

Absolutely, Lp were the biggest band in the world in 2004/2005, anything they touch became gold. Even a Enjoy the Silence Remix had an impressive amount of airplay! They could have done a Collision Course tour and make an stadium tour. So yeah, basically in 2005 they "lose momentum" by not touring. Even though they deserved a break, of course.

I'm impressed I didn't knew that there was so much material, both released and unreleased. But again, I'm skeptical about this release and it has nothing to do with the "main" band. Besides Remember the Name, I don't remember that the album was a HUGE success. By no means a failure, but not enough to justify a gargantuan boxset like we've seen in the past years. Besides the hardcore fans, not many people are gonna be interested in some parallel project from 20 years ago. We would be lucky if we had some sort of 2CD edition or something like that.

MTM could have two discs with completely different music. Whereas ATS, while also my favorite, all the songs would be more "cohesive" and similar. I don't know If I explained myself properly

I agree with you on that, hate to play the IFs game, but if Chester would still be alive, they would be too busy with whatever thing to be wasting time with anniversaries of any kind, the celebration would be something in the vein of APFMH in Paris 2010, they played HT at Download just for the money, basically. Regarding MTM, if the album would have came out in 2005, you can be sure that we wouldn't have anything, but in 2027, when the new lineup will be well established and perceived as proper members and not usurpers (people are gonna people), then we might get a chance.

Absolutely, it must be weird as fuck. On one hand, I think he doesn't feel in power to censor anyone, on the other, having a guy cosplay your dead best friend, even though as a tribute... PS: After watching the segment, you're all such a drama queens, he hasn't said anything remotely controversial.

Another boxset would be a cash grab, to be honest. Man, regarding Jeff, after reading all the comments, I kinda feel bad for him. He seem to me like a father who has better intentions than idea about raising his son and after many mistakes his kid doesn't even want to speak with him anymore. He feels tremendously guilty years after and collects every single thing his son has done when he was in good terms with him. I don't know, maybe is a douchebag, but seems honest to me.

I still don't understand the dynamics between the band and Jeff. Mike implies that Jeff was an asshole with the band. While in the other hand, Jeff seems the biggest, most invested fan in the world. What went wrong betwythem? Did Jeff mistreated LP, was he a good guy but committed some mistakes? Btw, HUGE THANKS FOR THIS