DenverDave

What cracks me up is all the soccer Moms who are having a hissy fit over scalper ticket prices. And that people will pay that amount to see a 14 year old plastic pop princess performing corporate board approved bubblegum pop.

I have kept my kids as far as possible away from the preteen pop crap that 'Radio Disney' pushes 24/7 and tried to steer them towards real music. So far I have been successful. My 11 year old daughter has not been corrupted by Disney yet....

I believe the time has come for me to do the right thing and volunteer to put my ash (guitar) on the line to help save rock-n-roll.

Sign me up Sarge....

I think, love him or hate him, LaBrie is as intregral to DT sound as Portnoy or Petrucci. I think LaBrie is a good singer, but maybe he tries to do too much with his voice in DT. That can work in a studio, but live it's harder to pull off. James has done some non-DT stuff that shows that he is a very good singer..

Back to the QR/DT issue - I think Geoff Tate is a better singer and I'd would have loved to see Tate singing for DT - but that ain't gonna happen. I have seen both bands live (not together though) and I enjoyed Tate's singing more than LaBrie's.

Maybe because I've listened to rush for so long - Geddy does not bother me. though listening to the first few CD's it gets to me. He is singing much better now than he was then...

LaBrie is a good singer, but I don't always like what he does vocally.

And the front....

Here are a couple of my Walnut/Cedar Paragon - one incredible guitar...