Original Flotsam and Jetsam Guitarist To Join Band For Festival Show
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Sunday, June 18, 2006 @ 4:27 AM
Hollywood show plans confirmed
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Flotsam and Jetsam drummer Craig Nielsen has posted the following message on the band's official web site www.flotsam-and-jetsam.com/:
"Ed Carlson (guitar) will not be going with us to Germany for the Bang Your Head Festival. Instead none other than Mike Gilbert — of course, the other original guitarist who left after the High record, will be taking Ed's place for the show. This should be very cool news for die-hard Flotsam fans because having Mike back for that very big show is an extremely special event for this band. We are all looking forward to it. Again, the festival is June 22 and 23. I happen to think it's the best lineup of old-school metal anywhere in the world this year. Also, we are definitely still confirmed for the Hollywood House Of Blues on July 7, with Death Angel and Armored Saint. Finally, our European tour in November is still being finalzed as of this post. I will have the dates hopefully this month."
Leather_Lung - 6/22/2006 1:31:27 PM they were talented and all, but honestly, after Saturday Night's Alright for Fightin', I gave up on these dudes... When metal acts start covering elton john tunes, it's time to turn the page, bro...
judasbishop - 6/21/2006 9:52:50 PM damn Leather_Lung...with exception to the overbearing drums on When the Storm Comes Down, nothing Metallica at all before or after that. No Place For Disgrace did better than anything else they did and Newstead didn't write those tunes...Gilbert did. Again with the exception of that strange drum production which a few top bands fucked up with that year...no one sounds like these guys...have you ever listened to quatro or the even more original Drift?
Blobber - 6/20/2006 5:17:37 PM ZBoy...you one violent motherfucker. eh? Oi! Oi! Oi! Let's shave our heads, put on bomber jackets and Doc Martens...we could be skins...just for one day. I got news for you, bitch...I ate your momma's pussy and burped up you! Fuck you, pussyboy...fuck you slow and easy, just like Sunday morning at Mandingo's...you fuck...
Leather_Lung - 6/20/2006 5:15:11 PM fuck... delete "after that" from the previous post...
Leather_Lung - 6/20/2006 5:14:19 PM ...Doomsday for the Deceiver was good, but they sounded like a metallica rip-off after that, and there were so many die-hard metallica fans out there, a lot of similar sounding bands got snuffed out...
Leather_Lung - 6/20/2006 5:11:31 PM I'll tell you why this band never went anywhere... 1) Newsted wrote a significant amount of their songs and lyrics before he was recruited to metallica and B) Ha anyone ever heard their cover of "Saturday's Alright for Fighting"??? i rest my scrotum...
trevor12 - 6/20/2006 10:37:23 AM Great band, never understood why they never quite got the popularity of other bands in their genre. Saw them live and they put on an excellent show.
analgravy2 - 6/20/2006 12:11:54 AM And in other news...Big...Huuuuuuckin...Chicken!
ZBoy - 6/19/2006 7:01:46 PM and in other news....i got ya all beat again...i saw flotsam open for armored saint at clancys in PHX when they were called "The Dogz" in 1983...jason sang lead vocals on a cover version of "ace of spades"...erik was an asshole though after the show
ZBoy - 6/19/2006 6:58:56 PM bloobber i noticed all you do is talk shit about every band in ever rant you make.....you sound like a whiny ass little punk tryin to be a big baddass shitalker on mommys computer why dont you bring yer bad self to one of these shows so we can all put your fuckin teeth through the back of your tiny little shit for brains skull,...go fuck yourself you fuckin shitstain
camelcan - 6/19/2006 6:16:23 PM no place for disgrace........ what the fuck happened to ya jason
Blobber - 6/19/2006 4:08:40 PM Saw 'em with Megafags and Exofags long ago...they were fags too.
skullsmasher - 6/19/2006 3:11:50 PM I used to go see these guys just about every week back in '86. They never let me down. Great metal. I would love to see them again.
Dick_of_Death - 6/19/2006 2:40:17 PM this band kicks azzzzzzzzz
Dick_of_Death - 6/19/2006 2:39:36 PM i WANT TO BE AT THE JULY 7TH SHOW. FLOTSUM WAS doing what Pantara and others were but did not really get out of Phoenix. AJ from Dallas says Hi to FandJ
