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05/01/2003 Entry: "Fill-in drummer announced for tour..."
Fill-in drummer announced for tour...
From Jim Matheos ~
"Nick D'Virgilio (Spock's Beard) will be playing drums for us this summer. Ray, Joey, Frank, and I are excited to be working with Nick and we're all looking forward to the tour. Hope to see a lot of you there."
Replies: 8 Comments
All of the Nick D'Virgilio doubters out there have obviously never seen Nick play live. Having seen Nick play with Spocks Beard, in clinic, and solo acoustic (playing excellent drums,guitar, and singing simultaneously), he is a perfect fit for Fates. He can kick it with the heaviest cats and has a refined enough style to add the perefect tastiness that Fates requires in a drummer. I reccomend all doubters reserve all comments until catching him live.......then you will know!
Posted by Scott Lewis @ 06/24/2003 01:38 PM PST
This is pretty kool, yo! But I still miss Zonder :( Oh Well at least it's Prog and not some punk drummer lol
Posted by PaleFire @ 05/28/2003 05:07 PM PST
Why would Fates need a Metal edged-drummer? The material vill probably be mostly post-No Exit/ATG anyway and Nick will fit that material much better than a Metal-drummer.
Cheers.
P.S To bad I'm European based, I won't be able to see the shows anyway. Hope you get here sometime! D.S
Posted by Markus @ 05/26/2003 06:51 AM PST
Fates is my all time fave band but as a drummer, I am very dissapointed that Zonder will not be there. I'm travelling to chicago from Michigan to catch both shows! Any prog metal heads in the Detroit area out there? Let me know! find me on ebay under "Fatesfan".
Posted by Fatesfan @ 05/09/2003 05:40 AM PST
>> Nick is a very talented drummer: no question. But I think FW could have found a more suitable drummer. I heard a couple of names that were suggested to the band. One was Nick Menza (Megadeth) and the other Gene McEwen (Project Steiger). These guys are more metal drummers with lots of chops. And would have fit better I think. www.genemcewen.com & www.menza.com
Posted by Mac @ 05/08/2003 10:32 PM PST
I had a strong feeling Fates was going to pick this guy.I saw him with Spock's Beard and was really impressed.He played effortlessly with a unique style.This is going to be a great summer tour for him and Fates Warning,can't wait to see it.
Posted by Joseph Marro @ 05/04/2003 08:57 PM PST
....But any chance they'll make it to St. Paul/ Minn or Milwaukee?
Even Cheeseheads need prog and Chicago is quite a haul....
Posted by C G-legos @ 05/03/2003 06:17 AM PST
AWESOME!
Posted by Anthony Nieto @ 05/02/2003 06:56 PM PST
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