Testament Drummer Replaced On Tour For "Medical Reasons"
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Thursday, July 6, 2006 @ 4:20 AM
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San Francisco Bay area thrashers Testament have posted the following message at their official website:
"Due to medical reasons, Testament drummer Louie Clemente will be unable to perform with the band on the upcoming shows scheduled in the United States, Europe, and South Korea. Veteran drummer and good friend Paul Bostaph (Exodus, ex-Slayer) will be filling in for Louie on the upcoming dates scheduled in July and August."
The band did not offer details as to the nature of Clemente's medical concerns.
Upcoming Testament live dates are as follows:
7/12 - Key Club - Hollywood, CA
7/13 - Galaxy Theatre - Santa Ana, CA
7/14 - Nevada Empire Ballroom - Las Vegas, NV
7/15 - Venue of Scottsdale - Scottsdale, AZ
7/16 - Reflections - Victorville, CA
7/21 - Earthshaker Fest - Rieden, Germany
7/22 - Metalcamp Fest - Tolmin, Slovenia
7/24 - Carling Academy Islington - London, England
7/25 - Bradford Rio - Bradford, England
7/26 - JB's - Dudley, England
7/28 - Metalway Festival - Jerez, Spain
7/29 - Metalway Festival - Gernika, Spain
8/5 - Busan Rock Festival - Busan City, Korea
10/14 - BW&BK 6-Pack Weekend IV at Le Medley - Montreal, QC
Zpandora - 7/18/2006 2:34:44 AM Get well soon, Louie.
Mummyman - 7/16/2006 12:31:33 AM PS. Note to Sadistic Intent...Less fog is more!
Mummyman - 7/16/2006 12:30:11 AM KIller show aside from the asshole management at the Galaxy who couldn't drop a dime and hit the A/C ( I'm sure everyone lost a minimum of 5 lbs. of water weight ) . The first two opening bands were horrendous especially HB's Predation, I know they're from HB because the wannabe tough guy screamer had to let the crowd know they were "outta Huntington Beach" before and after every song- Food for thought for all you hard ass non singers out there- don't insult your audience by calling people in the back rows Pussies!- First off everyone can't be in the pit, secondly and more importantly, as a band you must produce music worthy of a pit in the first goddamn place!...Predation=Dumnass name for a dumnass band with an assclown for a singer with weakass material, i.e., not worthy of a pit. I would have preferred to stare at Testament's backdrop from an hour and a half rather than witness the uninspired shitfest that was the first two opening acts. Sadistic Intent puts on a pretty good show, but lets face it when it's that fucking hot and the opening acts are sub standard you just want the headliner to hit the stage and make it all worth it and Testament is more than worth it even though for the most part this was the Live in London set verbatim...But I knew that would be the case...Obviously Paul B was an excellent choice for Louie's replacement. Now, where the hell is the new fucking record?? it's been 7 fucking years now...let's go!
hungone - 7/13/2006 12:22:42 PM WHO CARES FUCKOFF
trevor12 - 7/13/2006 11:13:42 AM Awesome show last night. The Key Club was packed (a bit too crowded actually). The band sounded amazing. Perhaps the show will be reviewed in the next few days.
The_Space_Lord - 7/12/2006 6:43:07 PM "Blink 182 was better than these fags." - Therefore Dragonlord is better than Box Car Racer, the Transplants and Angels And Airwaves combined.
skullbasher - 7/11/2006 9:58:23 AM Yes this malady does effect most rockin bands as HE ROCKED HIS FUCKING BALLS OFF!!!! You'd need medical attention too if you rocked as hard as these mutherfuckers. Who said that!! Stand up mutherfucker and face CURSE OF THE LEGIONS OF DEATH!!!! Now set the fuck down and shut the fuck up!!
PussynBoots - 7/11/2006 9:27:39 AM ALICE COOPER ROCKS, FUCK-FACES!
crazydave17 - 7/10/2006 4:56:10 PM DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thehaunted99 - 7/10/2006 12:09:27 PM I agree Mummyman, they are probably better off with Bostaph, no disrespect to Louie
trevor12 - 7/10/2006 11:14:02 AM Looking forward to the show this week! It seemed like Louie didn't have much stamina in the Live in London DVD, my guess is he just couldn't pull off a whole show.
napanook2007 - 7/10/2006 9:19:35 AM Poor Louie is too fat. I think this is the real problem.
Mummyman - 7/9/2006 8:28:31 PM Mattmannn, I think they got the skins covered with Paul.
