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06-07-2009, 06:33 AM
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Hey everybody. Now, I'm not a Dragonforce fan at all, but I have nothing against them either. But after reading this article in Australian Guitar that I borrowed from the library, I have something against their bass player. 
"I play guitar, I don't practice bass at all. I don't really like playing bass as my main instrument, so I just grab it for the sound check, put it back and grab it right before the stage time, find the first note OK and do it."
"I've got, I don't know, with the songs that we play and the songs I remember I could possibly play 25 songs like that. By bass it's always the same notes anyway."
"Like I said, I got a bass a week before I got the first show with Dragonforce".
There's alot more, I get the connotation from reading an interview from this guy that he's quite full of himself and pretty arrogant. What you do guys think? |
06-07-2009, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by cjlane  Hey everybody. Now, I'm not a Dragonforce fan at all, but I have nothing against them either. But after reading this article in Australian Guitar that I borrowed from the library, I have something against their bass player.
"I play guitar, I don't practice bass at all. I don't really like playing bass as my main instrument, so I just grab it for the sound check, put it back and grab it right before the stage time, find the first note OK and do it."
"I've got, I don't know, with the songs that we play and the songs I remember I could possibly play 25 songs like that. By bass it's always the same notes anyway."
"Like I said, I got a bass a week before I got the first show with Dragonforce".
There's alot more, I get the connotation from reading an interview from this guy that he's quite full of himself and pretty arrogant. What you do guys think? | Not only is that arrogant but if it's always the same notes then maybe he should quit trying to be creative because it just sounds like a chore to him and hand itover to someone who would enjoy it and do the art some justice 
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06-07-2009, 03:06 PM
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06-07-2009, 03:09 PM
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06-07-2009, 03:26 PM
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06-07-2009, 03:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Norway | | | Ok, who will send a mail to Dragonforce starting with "Hello! I am a bassplayer that realy burns for the instrument..." |
06-07-2009, 03:45 PM
| | | I don't have something against him just as a bass player individually, I wont state my personal reasons/opinions(as if I need to  ) but I really really dislike Dragonforce as a whole  |
06-07-2009, 04:00 PM
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06-07-2009, 09:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia | | Hah, seems like I'm not the only one that thinks this then! Quote:
Originally Posted by Desi | After seeing that I noticed there's no fret markers after 12, well he probably wont need the rest will he?
I also found this at the top of the page http://espguitars.com/esptv/dragonforce.html. |
06-07-2009, 09:52 PM
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06-08-2009, 01:48 AM
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06-08-2009, 02:11 AM
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06-08-2009, 09:11 AM
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06-08-2009, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by tycobb73 Dragonforce is a joke so I don't care. The songwriting is the worst I've heard. | Agreed. They have a song freaking called "Strike of the Ninja"! 
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06-08-2009, 03:22 PM
| | | | I've never listened to Dragonforce before and after reading that article and the comments I've seen here, I don't think I ever will. |
06-08-2009, 03:26 PM
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06-08-2009, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Stickk Agreed. They have a song freaking called "Strike of the Ninja"! | Hey, cool songs can come from that, but that guy?  |
06-08-2009, 05:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: New York, NY | | | I can't tell whether this band takes *itself* seriously or not. My guess is no.
Intentionally or not, they're always hilarious, right down to the name.
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06-08-2009, 06:28 PM
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06-08-2009, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Stickk Agreed. They have a song freaking called "Strike of the Ninja"! | Well they ARE the Real Ultimate Power!
1. Dragonforce are mammals.
2. Dragonforce wank all the time.
3. The purpose of Dragonforce is to flip out and kill music.
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