Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Great in terms of his condition now. He is such a warrior, I hope he continues to improve. Yes, groove and all, but he keeps the tempos with sporadic fills, so that's enough now and for the band. Agreed about CSIT, such a special song.Great is a pretty relative term because to me, his biggest issue is still the complete lack of groove. His playing, while on time, is just so unbearably stiff and clunky in sections like that which require a bit of bounce and looseness that it's hard to listen to. Not his fault of course, but man it sucks to hear your favorite drummer struggle so badly with something so basic.
Meanwhile, something far more demanding and uptempo like CSiT I can honestly say sounds much better to my ears, even with the simplified parts and missing fills and cymbal accents. It's so strange honestly, you'd think it'd be the other way around.
Thanks for the 2 screen recordings. The tempo is very good again, the band is having a great time. I think they recorded the great Japan shows for sure. We expect the live album to be from SA, right. Trooper is tough for the encores, but even this Bruce performance is nice.
Good to know. Run less? This is the first time he has said this.Bruce blamed air conditioning drying his mouth for singing worse ad the end of night 1 in Yokohama. He apologised about that and said that he will run less to sing better during night 2 (just before Time Machine).
The big 2026 tour. Bruce also said that he is sure they will return to Japan. The band took a photo in Yokohama (for the upcoming live album?):Nicko is “looking forward to the next time”. In Japan?
This.If they put together the right setlist for Nicko, he'll be around for a few more years.