Met quite a few at gigs. Most nice normal guys, not the big bad scary dudes kids want them to be. Also lived with a former member of one death metals biggest bands. Cool guy.

Written by Nefarious on 25.04.2011 at 09:28

Hmmn i wouldn't say i've had many opportunities so far but I know all the guys from Bilocate & Nervecell quite well, & count Nervecell's guitarist, Barney, as one of my closest friends.

I've had a good chat with most of the members SikTh & American Head Charge after gigs as both bands liked to come out & mingle with the crowd after their sets.

I also got to hang out with Kevin Foley of Benighted quite a bit when he came out to Dubai to play drums for Nervecell when their regular session drummer couldn't make it.

Oh & here's a pic of me with Karl Sanders & his wife


I got the chance to hang out with him at Nevercell's VIP album launch party, he's such a great guy.

Lucky you!

I assume his wife is wearing a "Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren Ka" t-shirt, isn't she?

Met the punk band "the Business" when I was very young and went back stage with them and stuff. Then they brought us on-stage when they played their set. That's an amazingly cool experience when you're like 13 years old. They're a very big, old school UK punk band too.

Also met Oderus from GWAR when he was out of costume. Me and a few friends recognized him walking around eating a cheeseburger at a big metal festival in '06 and we hung out for a little bit. One of my buddies got to smoke a blunt with him though, that must have been awesome.

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Written by Powerslavex on 13.11.2010 at 11:06

Emmm let me think, NONE

I met Shavo and Serj in the SOAD concert when they came in for BIG DAY OUT. It was awesome. I shook hands and remember Shavo saying, " I fucking lost my grapey balls aaaah" xDD.

Well i had a quick chat with the drummer "charn" from job for a cowboy at a lamb of god show very nice dude...

I met Dani Filth (cool guy actually), Helmuth from Belphegor, Karl Sanders, Cristina Scabbia, Devin Townsend, Infernus from Gorgoroth and some guys in local bands like Process of Guilt, Ava Inferi and Moonspell.

I've met the guys from Amon Amarth and many members of Greek bands.

I have briefly meet and talked to : Toumas from Before the Dawn, Aleksi Munter from Swallow the Sun, Danny Cavanough form Anathema, Anders Jacobsson from Draconian, All of the Saturnus members, John Haugnm from Agalloch, Larry Roberts from Novembers Doom ..I have shaken hands with Peter Lingren and Mikael Åkerfeldt

Let's see, not too many:

Ron Royce (Coroner)
Ray Alder (Fates Warning)
All the guys in Rosetta

Hmmm I partied with everyone in Toxic Holocaust.

Met the members of Skeleton Witch.

Dave Mustaine at a chopper shop.

Think that's it, other than all the underground/local artists that no one knows anyways

Hung out with Zak Stevens after a Circle II Cirlce gig.

Had a chat with the guys from Cynic after a show.

Missed the opportunity to hang out with Tom Englund one time because it was 2:00 am and I was 16 years old at the time. I still got his autograph.

Metal Bands I've Met in Person:

Wintersun - They signed my copy of Time I and I shook Teemu's hand. I didn't get a picture with them though, I wussed out since I thought I'd look ugly in their presence and there were tons of people that were waiting so I didn't want to hold the line too much, but mostly the first one.

Xanthochroid - Local band that play a style of metal reminiscent of Emperor, Opeth, and Wintersun. Real cool dudes about my age to hang out with at shows.

Katatonia - Met them at the same record store Wintersun visited in Hollywood (different dates obviously). I shook hands with everyone, they signed my copies of Viva Emptiness and Dead End Kings, and I got to have my picture taken with them, since I cleaned myself up beforehand. Got to say a few words with Anders Nyström, who is a real chill, laid back dude. They're all really nice blokes.

I've met members from following bands:

Wig Wam
Lordi
Fatal Smile
Hammerfall
Trepalium
Insomnium
Falloch
Leprous

I've met a few metal musicians...

All members of Sonata Arctica (except Mikko Harkin)
Roy Khan, Sean Tibbets and Oliver Palotai from Kamelot
Stu Block and Freddy Vidales of Iced Earth
Teemu Mäntysaari of Wintersun
Shagrath, Galder, Mustis, Vortex and Silenoz from Dimmu Borgir
Mikel Akerfeldt from Opeth
Mark Jansen and Yves Hut from Epica
Russell Allen, Michael Romeo and Michael LePond from Symphony X
Belladona
Paul Di'Anno
Whoever the guys from Vital Remains are, lol.
among others.

Have also met some from Can Canto, singer in Powerwolf and Daniel Myhr from Sabaton

I met, chatted briefly and shook hands with Megadeth in the 90's: the two Daves, Marty and Nick Menza (circa Rust in Piece) at a signing autographs event in a record store in San Antonio, Tx. Cool guys, kinda quiet (maybe they were tired from the trip). Took an unauthorized picture with Dave Mustaine
Quickly met Laney Staley (Alice In Chains - circa Facelift) in the pit when Slayer ws playing!! on that same day!!
Also Bobby Blotzer (drummer) from Ratt in a Casino; a couple of friends and I hanged out with him for a while when Stephen Pearcy was no longer with the band; we asked him a lot of stuff about their break-up with him. Normal down to earth guy.

I met members of: Gamma Ray, Helloween, Hypocrisy, Immortal, Amon Amarth, Freedom Call, Primal Fear, Accept, HammerFall, Moonspell, Running Wild, Therion, Rata Blanca, Rage, Rhapsody of Fire, Silent Force, Angra, Blind Guardian, Sepultura, At Vance, Sonata Arctica.

...in Bolivia, Switzerland and Argentina

Generally get to hang out and have met quite a few musicians as I play in a band as well. So we're generally playing the same festival or are direct support. But I've also met a lot of musicians when I was staying in Europe.

I've hung out with the Mastodon and Red Fang dudes backstage at one of their gigs in Stockholm, also met the Red Fang guys again last year at Metalfest Poland.
Hung out with the dudes from Yob (Aaron and Mike) who are awesome people. Also met Dustin from Norksa and Stevie Floyd from Dark Castle on the same tour
Had Erlend from Kvelertak try to bum smokes off me. I didn't know it was him till we started talking, coz he looked a lot shorter than he did onstage
Hung out with the guys from Textures a couple of times, mainly Stef
Hung out with Destruction and Lars from Entombed
Met the guys from Karnivool and Dead Letter Circus
Met the guys from Slayer
Got Christian from Testament baked before he got onstage

Abbath and Horgh during the Sons of Northern Darkness tour, Manowar (unintentionally), Samoth, Peter Tägtgren, Corpsegrinder, Imperium Dekadenz (not a gig but on a random night drinking at a metal bar), Amon Amarth, Cryptopsy, Sacrifist, Warthane, Krisiun and a few more I can't quite remember at the moment.

And of course many just from hanging out in the local metal scenes in Ontario and Bavaria/southern Germany.

Hmm...

I've met the singer of Sabaton, who was absolutely a pleasure. the lead beard of The Absence and the drummer for Havok (who was playing for The Absence that day), the singer of Alestorm (who was outrageously drunk), Sakis from Rotting Christ (such a humble, kind guy) and briefly the drummer for Mastodon. All of these were before or after concerts.

Met Marilyn Manson, been on stage with Elton John and met several 60's artists like members of the Turtles, Donovan and Spencer Davis.

Also my mother's dating a drummer that's played with Ill Nino and a number of other bands.

King Buzzo twice, Dale Crover, I've hung out with the Guys from Negative Approach, David Vincent, Ben Falgoust, Sammy Duet, the bass Player from Exhumed twice, Prob been a few moar but I tots forgot.

None, at least not in person. I've talked to quite a few metal guys from the brony scene online though. My brother has also met the guys in a few famous alternative rock bands from Indonesia as he gave the opening speech for their concerts.

I've met loads at concerts and festivals, but I don't know any of them personally. But what's the big deal? They're only people you know

Written by toxx on 26.06.2014 at 09:47

I've met loads at concerts and festivals, but I don't know any of them personally. But what's the big deal? They're only people you know

It's awesome to meet the people behind the music you adore?

Written by Fallen Ghost on 27.06.2014 at 02:00


It's awesome to meet the people behind the music you adore?

Just as cool as meeting other awesome people! Remember, you can make great music and be an asshole at the same time. If the music is good, is doesn't necesarrily mean that they are awesome people. I can understand that people think it's awesome to meet musicians and other celebs, I too have been starstruck more than once, but as I have become older and "wiser", ( ), I no longer see the point in worshipping musicians. I'd rather worship their work What I do find interesting, is to sit down and have a conversation with these guys on an equal basis. Not the trivial handshaking and - "Dude, I love your last album, take a picture with me!!!" - thing.

Written by toxx on 27.06.2014 at 08:48

Written by Fallen Ghost on 27.06.2014 at 02:00


It's awesome to meet the people behind the music you adore?

Just as cool as meeting other awesome people! Remember, you can make great music and be an asshole at the same time. If the music is good, is doesn't necesarrily mean that they are awesome people. I can understand that people think it's awesome to meet musicians and other celebs, I too have been starstruck more than once, but as I have become older and "wiser", ( ), I no longer see the point in worshipping musicians. I'd rather worship their work What I do find interesting, is to sit down and have a conversation with these guys on an equal basis. Not the trivial handshaking and - "Dude, I love your last album, take a picture with me!!!" - thing.

I see what you mean, luckily I have not met any asshole musicians yet Hah! I still find it very cool and interesting to talk to musicians you like, and sometimes I feel I have to thank them for their awesome work

Written by toxx on 26.06.2014 at 09:47

I've met loads at concerts and festivals, but I don't know any of them personally. But what's the big deal? They're only people you know

I agree. But it's nice to see where the music comes from. I'm not really a fan boy, I've never been excited to meet anyone and I really don't get it. But it's always fun to grab some beers and just have random conversations with guys who make music you like.

Ive met plenty, Chris Barnes, Corpse Grinder, Otep, Glen benton and many more to name. Most of them are very nice guys are for the fans.