The_Noble_Cause Wrote:
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> I definitely read it, but based on what I've seen
> and heard, I take everything he says with a huge
> grain of salt these days.

So you are dismissing what he says because it doesn't support what you want to believe...got it! End of discussion should probably be there, really.


> All of those interviews were long after SA was out
> of the band.

But clearly talking about a time when he was still in the band...

>I know for a FACT that the night SA
> was told to pack his bags he was not happy about
> it.

So? He didn't want to be fired. He just wanted a rest for his voice so that he didn't have to mime. Not an unreasonable request for a singer....

> So why didn't he want to leave? Why was he forced
> out basically kicking and screaming?

See above. Why would he want to leave what is the most lucrative job of his career?

> There is zero proof to your claim that Cain and
> Schon forced him to go against doctor's orders.

It's not rocket science to work out, is it. And there's no proof that they didn't either. Augeri practically says it, without saying it bluntly.

> I didn't say anything about his termination being
> a positive reflection. I did say the band carried
> him along for years. If they are resorting to
> crutches (auto-tune, tapes etc) on previous
> earlier tours, how could the guys know 2005 was
> vastly different? They had a singer who basically
> just couldn't cut it anymore - and it was getting
> worse.

Because that's not how bands work. I'm not sure how or why you think they wouldn't have discussed in depth Augeri's vocal problems with him and with each other. It's their livelihood at stake. Of course they did. They would have been fully aware with what was going on with him medically.

> And SA really wasn't really used as a scapegoat.
> Ross vehemently denied the use of tapes. Neal will
> talk about it in private but not in public. They
> allowed him to exit under the guise of medical
> reasons. The majority of fans/audiences have no
> clue about it to this day. What is your solution?

The solution would be don't use tapes in the first place and let your singer rest and recover properly, but they had already screwed that one up...


> The only reason I'm aware of a tour being canceled
> for Augeri when he was sick is because he
> mentioned it in an interview. I'll try to dig up
> the quote for you. There certainly could be others
> we don't know about.

Sorry, I was talking about Arnel not Augeri, I thought you comment meant that they had cancelled tours to accomodate Arnel, but seems you were talking about singers in general.

Thinny



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