A friendly bet

Krizzy wrote:

Calm down people...even if they have no immediate US tour plans SO WHAT!

As for the Anti-American sentiment I found on this topic I can only say judge not lest ye be judged...I admit America is a dangerous place and the lost of Dimebag was very sad but that is the state of affairs here at the moment...its not our finest hour.

Besides I would not blame them for avoiding America but nothing is written in stone yet, so while there is hope, lets hope they may come here.

BTW to compare the rap murders of Tupac and Biggie to Dimebag's murder is ridiculous because Rap is a music run by gangs (the Crypts and Bloods to be exact) and those Rap murders were organized crime hits.

Dimebag was killed by an obssessed fan much like John Lennon, so thats where it ends.

The music industry in some genres is run by organized crime nowadays and as soon as you get hip to that my friend you are lost.

Kriz

Are you sure you're from America? Rap is run by the Bloods and Crypts?....where did you hear that from?

Krizzy wrote:

Calm down people...even if they have no immediate US tour plans SO WHAT!

As for the Anti-American sentiment I found on this topic I can only say judge not lest ye be judged...I admit America is a dangerous place and the lost of Dimebag was very sad but that is the state of affairs here at the moment...its not our finest hour.

Besides I would not blame them for avoiding America but nothing is written in stone yet, so while there is hope, lets hope they may come here.

BTW to compare the rap murders of Tupac and Biggie to Dimebag's murder is ridiculous because Rap is a music run by gangs (the Crypts and Bloods to be exact) and those Rap murders were organized crime hits.

Dimebag was killed by an obssessed fan much like John Lennon, so thats where it ends.

The music industry in some genres is run by organized crime nowadays and as soon as you get hip to that my friend you are lost.

Kriz

I am a New York American. There's no need to threaten me with bible sayings.
I didn't compare Dimebag's murder to the murders of Tupac and Biggie -- I mentioned the murders of Tupac and Biggie as further violent deaths of entertainers in the US. We agree that the US nowadays promotes a dangerous, violent culture and that it is not our nation's finest hour.

Rap is run by the Bloods and the Crips (not Crypts) the way Frank Sinatra was run by the Mafia -- organized crime gets a cut of many industries in the US (and the world), including the music industry. I believe the late rappers in question used the gangs as security in much the same way the Rolling Stones used the Hells Angels at Altamont, and with similar bad results. Gangs are another reason the US is dangerous and violent.

--Egret

Penetration_Guru wrote:

Awww diddums.
Australia should consider themselves lucky to have had shows in 85, after the treatment they got in 74.

They came in 76 as well.

And in 74, I have sympathy for their treatment, but if you know the full story, it was not so cut and dried. Queen did NOT do their homework well. That sort of festival in 1974's Australia was NOT the place to introduce themselves to the country. What were they thinking!! Amd the compere of the night was a total asshole and virtually incited the audience to riot, calling Queen all sorts of names etc.

Believe me, I have been paying the price for those assholes since I became a fan (unfortunately I was too young to go to the 76 gigs), and I was bloody 20 before they came back.

I think there is a remote chance of a tour down here, IF Europe goes great guns.

America on the other hand hasn't got a shit show of a chance :)