- Dec 18, 2004
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Over the weekend, I had for me a once in a lifetime experience. I know this is probably going to sound real silly to some of you if not most of you. You know how in high school (for those of us in our 30/40's) the music scene was so different. The bands were larger than life and the musicians were metal gods. They were completely unattainable in the sense that you never ever really thought that you would ever get to meet some of these guys. You went and saw Judas Priest play to 15,000 people and you never thought that meeting Rob, Glen, or KK was really ever a possibility. We are closer to musicians these days because of the Internet and the down sizing of the genres which Leeds to smaller venues.
So anyway, for some reason I still get bent out of shape when I see a metal icon that I grew up with and one guy that I never ever thought in my wildest dreams that I would ever get to meet was at ProgPower and I met him. RAY ALDER. The man is a metal icon and a metal giant as far as I am concerned. I am sure you can tell by my forum name that I am a huge Fates Warning fan and have been since Night on Brocken in high school. When John left the band I was upset until I heard Ray. I feel real silly as a 39 year old man getting tore up so badly about a metal singer and if it sad, silly, ridiculous, then so be it. I met him in the front hall way and stopped him to take a picture and he was great. First class all the way. My expresion on my face is like" can you freakin believe who the hell I am standing next to".
Thanks Glen for bringing Redemption to PP as they are one of my favorite bands and this led me to meeting Ray.
I really hope that this doesn't sound sad or stalkerish.
If you like, you can see the photo on my myspace.
So anyway, for some reason I still get bent out of shape when I see a metal icon that I grew up with and one guy that I never ever thought in my wildest dreams that I would ever get to meet was at ProgPower and I met him. RAY ALDER. The man is a metal icon and a metal giant as far as I am concerned. I am sure you can tell by my forum name that I am a huge Fates Warning fan and have been since Night on Brocken in high school. When John left the band I was upset until I heard Ray. I feel real silly as a 39 year old man getting tore up so badly about a metal singer and if it sad, silly, ridiculous, then so be it. I met him in the front hall way and stopped him to take a picture and he was great. First class all the way. My expresion on my face is like" can you freakin believe who the hell I am standing next to".
Thanks Glen for bringing Redemption to PP as they are one of my favorite bands and this led me to meeting Ray.
I really hope that this doesn't sound sad or stalkerish.
If you like, you can see the photo on my myspace.