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Posted by: Déjà vu Jul 10 2008, 09:21 PM

Hi, everyone! I thought this would be an interesting topic. Post what famous musicians you've met, and where. Also, If it is possible to show a picture... It would be enjoyable to see! Hope you enjoy!

Who I've met...

Nuno Bettencourt - I met Nuno at the "Guitar hero 07" competition in San Francisco, California. I met him before I really knew who he was, but I'm glad I did! Nuno's one of the coolest cat's I've ever met !
Brendon Small - He's the creator of the TV show "Metalocalypse" and the starter of the ever-so-popular Death Metal band "DethKlok". I met him the same place I met Nuno. He's a funny guy.
Robert Trujillo - I met Rob in a random restaurant in San Rafael, California. I actually met Sean Penn (actor) in the same restaurant, but that's a different topic . I saw him and I thought "I swear I've seen that guy before!" We talked guitar a little... I have a picture that I will try to load. But, I'm not sure how to load pics .
Greg Howe - I briefly talked to Greg at "Guitar Hero 07". After the show, and when he was done playing on stage with Nuno .

Who I cannot qualify to be on my list...

Jason Becker - My dad has met him several times in San Ramon, California! I was supposed to meet him, but he was not there when I went . I did meet the lady who takes care of him though !
Joe Satriani - He was at "Guitar Hero 07" as well. There was a really cool lady at the front desk who took me backstage to meet him. But, he was the first to leave of the judges... Man, I was bummed .

Posted by: Enucleation Jul 10 2008, 09:26 PM

I just recently met Brendon Small, Mike Keneally, and my favorite metal drummer Gene Hoglan, at a Dethklok concert. Before that I met Fredrick Andersson of Amon Amarth. I have pictures but they were uploaded in another topic. Also I met one of the guys from Chimaira but I didn't know who it was, since I'm not a big fan, haha.

Posted by: swingline Jul 10 2008, 09:27 PM

That's awesome I've never met anyone who is famous.

Posted by: TreyDeschamp Jul 10 2008, 09:29 PM

Very cool I've got to meet all of King's X

Posted by: Déjà vu Jul 10 2008, 09:35 PM

That's awesome guys ! I recently heard King X and Amon Amarth. A senior at my school was really into "Black Metal". I volunteered with him, and we were shoveling rocks listening to bands like that all day .

Posted by: Fsgdjv Jul 11 2008, 12:03 AM

People I met:
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)
Mattias IA Eklundh (Freak Kitchen)
Chris Hrasky (Explosions in the Sky)

People I've been really close to but didn't feel like it was the right moment to talk or just shy:
Martin Mendez (Opeth)
Fredrik Åkesson (Opeth)
Per Wiberg (Opeth)
Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree)
and lots of others who were at the Melloboat.

People I'm going to meet soon:
Paul Gilbert (VIP ticket)


I think that was all.

Posted by: vintageplaya666 Jul 11 2008, 12:07 AM

I've met Rammstein and Lemmy.

When Motorhead played at newcastle, my friend and old guitar teacher had a VIP pass, he manged to sneak us backstage to meet lemmy

Posted by: IDontWantMyUsername Jul 11 2008, 12:29 AM

I met all the members Nightwish at a signing session before their concert in Oslo last winter

Posted by: Guitarman700 Jul 11 2008, 03:26 AM

ive met My heros Dave Mustaine and Chris Broderick, as well as James Lomenzo And Shawn drover. (all of Megadeth)
They were all really nice, and they signed my guitar! ill post the pic tomorrow.

Posted by: Déjà vu Jul 11 2008, 03:58 AM

Awesome ! Megadeth sounds cool! I love Mattias IA Eklundh from Freak Kitchen! He's such an "Out-of-the-box" player !

Posted by: stickyfingers Jul 11 2008, 09:01 AM

mhh famous musicians....

if anyone happens to know the german progressive metal band fleischmann that used to be quite popular in the early 90ies... the former singer is my boss atm

other than that... scott kelly from neurosis played a gig in the club I'm working, nice guy...

Posted by: SonofDestiny Jul 11 2008, 09:20 AM

30 Seconds To Mars... haha. That singer is really, really weird. He was talking with this really cracked up girly voice: 'thank you.' Was a good show though

Posted by: Nighthawk Jul 11 2008, 09:28 AM

You lucky guy !!!I have never met a famous musician let alone somebody a personally admire !!!Are you also from California?...because then you'd be pretty priviliged and that would not be fair

Posted by: Guitarman700 Jul 11 2008, 01:06 PM

Here's the pic. everyone was REALLY nice.

Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Jul 11 2008, 01:44 PM

I've met

cKy
HIM
Megadeth
Original Testament w/ Skolnick
The Pixies (My favourite all time living band)
The Offspring
Stratovarius
Mike Patton
Karl Sanders (Nile)
Ozric Tentacles.

Posted by: Caelumamittendum Jul 11 2008, 03:55 PM

Progressive metal from the 90's is my weak spot. Where can I hear some of their music?

Posted by: DeepRoots Jul 11 2008, 04:02 PM

Nobody on my list yet. Paul gilbert will be in November though, i really can't wait.

Posted by: Henry Dietzel Jul 11 2008, 04:34 PM

I have met:
Tom Hamilton-Aerosmith (had a charity lunch with him at the Hard Rock Boston)
Dropkick Murphy's
Eddie Kramer-engineer/producer (The Axis, real nice guy it was an honor to meet such a legend)
Brad Whitford-Aerosmith (the Axis in Boston for a re-release of Woodstock footage and a tribute to Jimi Hendrix)
Billy Cox-Band of Gypsys (the Axis in Boston for a re-release of Woodstock footage and a tribute to Jimi Hendrix)
Chris Layton-SRV & Double Trouble (the Axis in Boston for a re-release of Woodstock footage and a tribute to Jimi Hendrix)
Leigh Bingham Nash-Sixpence none the richer (met her at the Paradise backstage)
Lajon Witherspoon-Sevendust (met him after I was coming off stage at Locobazooka)

That's awesome-THE PIXIES RULE!!

Posted by: Tolek Jul 11 2008, 05:41 PM

I never met a famous person, but I was quite near to some. E.g. 2007: Steve Vai (2 m), 2006: Carlos Santana (30 m) and a polish band called "Czerwone Gitary" (red guitars) (2 m) when I was a little boy (1993/1994).

And there is one person that I´m going to meet for sure: PAUL GILBERT!!! In November I´ll go to a concert with my VIP ticket that I reserved yesterday.

Posted by: DeepRoots Jul 11 2008, 05:46 PM

Congrats! Did you get your confirmation email yet?

Best £130 ever spent i think!

Posted by: Tolek Jul 11 2008, 06:02 PM

Not yet. But the tickets weren´t sold out when I reserved mine I think. I don´t think that Paul Gilbert is very popular in Luxembourg. It´s a very small country.


Me too!

Posted by: ShinyHighlander Jul 11 2008, 06:03 PM

I met Nicko McBrain from Iron Maiden when he was visiting my home town Uddevalla in Sweden back in 2001. But I nearly missed him. Because when I entered the music store he was visiting he was about to leave. But I managed to meet him in the last minute and got to shake his hand.

Posted by: TreyDeschamp Jul 11 2008, 06:06 PM

Megadeth, the original testament and HIM wow your lucky I used to be in love with HIM before I found good guitar playing I'm still a fan of their music though

Posted by: Déjà vu Jul 11 2008, 06:20 PM

Yes! I'm from California! But, Northern California... So, it's not quite "dense" as say... Los Angelos!

Oh man! I want to meet Paul Gilbert! I hope you have a fun time with your lessons! Start Planning out what you want him to help you with!

Posted by: RIP Dime Jul 12 2008, 08:43 AM

Famous? None, but I have met Arif from Protest the Hero, very nice guy, not a famous musician, but a very good one.

Posted by: Joe Kataldo Jul 12 2008, 11:55 AM

In order

Frank Gambale

Scott Henderson

Allan Holdsworth

And many other not-so-famous-but-great-players at GIT

Posted by: Muris Varajic Jul 12 2008, 12:04 PM

Not so many indeed BUT I met Guthrie,YEAH

Posted by: Jesse Jul 12 2008, 12:22 PM

I met stephen bruton...

Posted by: Nazgul Jul 12 2008, 12:34 PM

Billy Talent hanging out on a junkyard in Cologne, all smoking some weird stuff.

Posted by: sidewas lightning Jul 12 2008, 03:04 PM

All you people are too lucky. I had a dream about meeting slash once, though.

Posted by: Ian Bushell Jul 13 2008, 11:47 AM

I've met Brett Garsed, Blindside and Blind Guardian Hello Marcus!! :Phaha

Posted by: chmilew Jul 13 2008, 09:06 PM

I've met only french famous musicians, but you may know them : Patrick Rondat, Christophe Godin, Manu Katché
Also Jean Michel Jarre when I was like 7

Christophe Godin is such an amazing funny guy

Posted by: blindwillie Jul 13 2008, 10:22 PM

I've met Thomas Ledin and Carl-Anton.
And the singer from Breach. And Dave Nurge

And a guy from a pretty big blues band that I for my life can't remember the name of. They where playing at a friends bar and slept over in his house. Great info huh?

Posted by: rokchik Jul 13 2008, 11:05 PM

I've met quite a few due to the fact that I work at an airport that mostly deals with private aircraft.

all the guys from The Tragically Hip a few times actually... partied with them one night in Toronto it was pretty crazy
Bob Dylan
all the guys from Korn
Neil Young
Ted Nugent
Toby Keith... not really high on my list of folks to meet but he was with the Nuge
Tony Bennet
Celine Dion
Britney Spears... yes it says Britney Spears and I really really hate to report that she's actually pretty nice
Jennifer Lopez... all I'll say is she's no Britney
Madonna
Elton John
Jon Bon Jovi
Faith Hill
Tim McGraw
Brian Adams
Phil Collins


Not really musicans persay but I also met Jay Z, Eminem, D12, 50 Cent and Llyod Banks. I also have actually held "Blackie", yes "Blackie" Eric Clapton's famous guitar, but I was too afraid to play it It was going across the pond to some guitar show a few yrs back.

EDIT: How could I forget that I met Andrea Boccelli, twice now actually He was really nice and even sang a bit for me I think I may be losing it LOL!

Posted by: Caelumamittendum Jul 13 2008, 11:14 PM

I've got 99 problems, but a b**** ain't one

Gotta hand it to da man, song's a catchy tune.

edited by rokchik

Posted by: tonymiro Jul 13 2008, 11:22 PM

Garsed is cool - as of course if Marcus . Could be embarrassing though Ian if Marcus doesn't remember you . I'm sure he does though .

Just a few in a sort of chronological order:

Cilla Black (very embarrassing but she is famous in a bad way in the UK) - met her when I was 6 and was on TV as a background toddler (if you see what I mean).

All of Teardrop Explodes/Echo and the Bunnymen/Orchestral Manouvorers in the Dark/Dalek I love You/Wah Heat/ Hambi and the Dance - played football with them (UK early 1980s new wave).

Joy Division/New Order and A Certain Ratio and what became KLF - drank with most of them. I still talk football with one.

I've used Peter Gabriel's studio to record in (amongst others) - met Bush but not Gabriel. BBC Maida Vale, Abbey Road, Blue Sky, Ocean, Freedom etc recording and mixing studios - and met most of the staff (and used a host of other studios). Met all of Nirvana, Pixies, Henry Rollens, Fugazi, Sonic Youth, Black Flag, Jam, Clash and quite a few others. Banned - and threw out of a pub - Bobby Gilliespie from Primal Scream. Been thrown out of a pub with Tad and some of Nirvana and Sonic Youth. Had some brief lessons on composition with Vernon Handley and Sir Simon Rattle (not at the same time though). Played with Evan Parker and Ornette Coleman and others in an impromptu free jazz and John Scofield more standard jazz. Various other things...

Met individually lots - Carlos Santana, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Carla Bley, Ronnie Scott, Nick Lowe, Nick Cave, Evan Parker, Ornette Coleman, most of Genesis, most of U2, most of Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Scorpions, Montrose, Thin Lizzie, Uriah Heap, various line ups for Hawkwind, lots of 70s/80s punk/new wave and lots of session musicians...

Minor (?) mention - my partner has won numerous Sony Broadcast awards - so I also know her ( ) and of course the people involved (sometimes including me). We occasionally go to the award ceremony - but not very often as it's a bit ... Similarly I know a host of people from award winning European Broadcast and Media organisations and a few from the US and the Far East.

Cheers,
Tony

Posted by: rokchik Jul 13 2008, 11:30 PM

It is a catchy tune for sure man. I actually like a few of Jay Z's songs, he has some interesting rhymes. BTW I did a tiny edit on your post just to keep things consistent with the posting guidelines.

rok

EDIT: Tony - you must have some very interesting stories man... being thrown out of pubs with celebs being one obviously You'd be a great guy to share a pint with I'm sure

Posted by: Caelumamittendum Jul 13 2008, 11:35 PM

Sure, no problem on the edit. I was thinking about doing it myself, but decided not to.

I haven't heard many JayZ songs, but he's not the worst one out there. Gonna do a new topic on a rapper I really like in a few moments.

On editing: I'm sure it's possible to have automatic edits on certain words - like the one in the JayZ song, and other... strong words.

Posted by: tonymiro Jul 14 2008, 12:33 AM

Though we might get thrown out Rok

Posted by: rokchik Jul 14 2008, 01:06 AM

It's all good man It wouldn't be the first time that happened... for either of us But I'm pretty low key so I think we'd be OK besides I'm not so rowdy as Nirvana or Sonic Youth

Posted by: Déjà vu Jul 14 2008, 03:25 AM

I've talked to Christophe on Myspace a bit. Yeah, he is a funny guy !

Posted by: Rooks Jul 14 2008, 10:34 AM

Aww I haven't really met any big rock stars. You lucky dudes.
But my best friend who's a tattoo artist inked Fieldy from Korn on the chest. And afterwards he got an invitation to the VIP party they threw the same evening, and hung out with all of them. Lucky son of a gun eh.

-Rooks

Posted by: Patrik Jezierski Jul 14 2008, 11:21 AM

I've met John Petrucci at a clinic in malmö (Sweden) for a couple of years ago. I've met Mattias IA Eklund, And i've spoken to Marco Aro (singer Face Down, ex-The Haunted). I know Michael Blair ex-drummer Tom Waits, Lou Reed and Elvis Costello. And some less known aswell.
I have met a famous swedish writer Jan Guillou.

Posted by: steiner666 Jul 14 2008, 07:50 PM

man, i've been to a ton of concerts but have rarely got to meet any of the bands. I can happily say that I have met all of the members of Arch Enemy... except for Chris ... and this last saturday I vocalist Mark Hunter of Chimaira at their 10th anniversary show.

Posted by: bsamn Jul 15 2008, 08:38 PM

I have met Iron Maiden, got al my records signed.

Thats about it

Posted by: Danilo Capezzuto Jul 16 2008, 01:09 AM

I met Sir. Allan Holdsworth, and got my guitar signed! I think it's enough...

Posted by: Caelumamittendum Jul 16 2008, 02:32 AM

I was actually close to meeting Gus G from Firewind.

...Well, not really, but I grabbed his pick when he threw it out to the audience.

Posted by: Daniel Realpe Mar 6 2010, 10:27 PM

DT, symphony x, kiko loureiro, steve vai, opeth, guthrie govan, dave murray

Posted by: Jesse Mar 6 2010, 11:06 PM

Stephen Bruton, and Joe Stump!

Posted by: Skewlbuzz Mar 7 2010, 12:56 AM

Met Ozzy backstage a few years back when his Black Rain tour hit Copenhagen.. Don't really remember anyone else worth mentioning, but the one is enough for me anyway :]

Posted by: whitesnake Mar 7 2010, 10:24 AM

I shaked hand with Phil lynott in Stockholm,must have been somewhere in the eighties,he was here doing a solotour,it was a very cool moment.

Posted by: The Uncreator Mar 7 2010, 04:09 PM

I have met Michael Angelo Batio about 4 times (He does clinics down here all the time)
I have met all of Carcass, and incidentally Daniel Erlandsson (Drummer for Arch Enemy)
Angela Gossow from Arch Enemy
Muhammad Suicmez and Romain Goulon from Necrophagist
Mike Smith and Terrance Hobbs from Suffocation
Everyone in Cannibal Corpse (They live here so its not too hard)
Everyone in Obituary (Once again they live here)
Jon Schaffer and Matthew Barlow from Iced Earth
Mikael Akerfeldt and Frederick Akesson of Opeth
I've talked with Arjen Lucassen on Myspace quite a bit
Andre Olbrich from Blind Guardian at a show
Michael Keene from The Faceless
Trevor, Brian, and Shannon from Black Dahlia Murder
Paul Masvidal from Cynic
Leilindell from Unexpect
Karl, Dallas, and George from Nile

Those are my favorites, I have met a few more but mostly from less known bands.

Posted by: Bondy Mar 7 2010, 04:45 PM

Guthrie Govan, with Muris Varajic taking the picture lol

Posted by: Tomas Santa Clara Mar 7 2010, 05:57 PM

I Have met Fernando Ribeiro From Moonspell