80s metal act Banshee played a tiny bar nearby a few weeks ago and I got to meet each member. Vocalist George Call (also of Aska and Violent Storm) is actually a friend of my wife's family, but I had never met him in person. Really cool guy, we hung out and talked music and family stuff. Terry Dunn, guitarist and only original member, was really cool and grateful despite there only being about ten people at the show. I bought a copy of their first EP, Cry in the Night, off him and he seemed surprised that someone actually knew about it. I told him I thought it was a classic and the smile on his face was worth being overcharged for the ep. He put us on the guest list for the show the following night but we couldn't make it. Their bassist is Mika Horiuchi, who played with Cellador for a couple years. Nice guy, but really stuck out since he was dressed like a street punker. He pointed out that we both we were wearing Misfits merch (I had a shirt, he had a pin). I didn't really talk to their drummer Vinnie Parma though.

Care to back this up or expand at all?

This is completely false.

Lets see, off the top of my head I've met Matti Way (Disgorge/Pathology) and asked him about his vocals, he was pretty cool even though we didn't talk too long, also met all the guys from D666 (except for kk warslut who was nowhere to be seen) at the same show and welcomed them to Denver since it was their first time there. I also met Cain Cressall (The Amenta) when they opened for Vader and we talked about Australian metal and Gorguts for about 20 minutes.

rant about Phil Labonte

For the bad, I was backstage at a Municipal Waste gig and Ryan Waste asked if I worked there before telling me "You can get the fuck out then"
Wanker anyway....

For the bad, I was backstage at a Municipal Waste gig and Ryan Waste asked if I worked there before telling me "You can get the fuck out then"
Wanker anyway....

I would have just showed him the quarter ounce of pot stashed in my boot and said your loss, bud.

stashed in your boot? thats some smelly sock pot

Yeaaaaaaaaah. we dont put pot in bags or anything..

is that you Brian Fair ???

Devin Townsend's one of the coolest people in person.

Met Hunolt and Dukes at an Exodus gig this summer, and Sakis from Rotting Christ aswell. All were really nice, friendly and fan-oriented. Also, at Metalfest here, Chrigell from Eluveitie and Markus from Ensiferum really stood out.

Will always remember Fear Factory though, they must be like the worst band ever, really pompous and they seem to think they are so good band it's beyond belief. Their guitarist actually threw picks at the end of the gig as if these were potato chips. Really arrogant. Don't know why they have fans at all, but oh well, to each his own.

Not denying that Dino is an asshole, but tossing picks to the audience at the end of gigs is a pretty common practice.

I most recently met Michael Keene of the Faceless, and he was the nicest guy! So enthusiastic! Haha

I met Steve Flynn from Atheist at the airport once. We talked about Jupiter(the album) until it was time to board.

He's pretty much the most normal guy ever. Works for Google or something.

Got a couple more circa tonight:

John Strachan, Chris Brock, Dan Sneddon (Early Graves): SUPER nice guys and a ton of fun to talk to; they have a penchant for road stories, but John and I got talking about first-wave metalcore and post-hardcore. Just some of the nicest dudes you could ever hope to meet.

David Sanchez, Pete Webber, Reece Scruggs (Havok): David was super nice and reacted with genuine amazement when I told him that I had been listening to them as far back as Pwn 'Em All, eventually giving me a pick as a goodwill token; Pete was kinda standoffish and a man of monosyllabic answers, but seemed appreciative when I complimented him on his playing while they were hauling their stuff off the stage; finally, Reece seemed to be standoffish like Pete at first until I managed to catch him and complimented him on his leadwork. He turned out to be a very mellow and down-to-earth guy.

Chance Garnett, Scott Hedrick, Evan Linger (Skeletonwitch): Like Early Graves, some of the nicest dudes you could ever hope to meet. We didn't talk too much, but it was clear that they were good guys.