Only 10 weeks until I see Joe.

Gawd, can I get beyond an A chord by then???

Zinc, I looked all over the That Metal Show site and the VH1 Classic site and can't find any clips. Maybe youtube? Here's one with a few good peeps - TMS BTW - 49'ers will win :-)

PLily, it seems like every day, or every week. WTF is going on, man? It's bananas!

Simply beautiful!

P. Lily, Watch this, especially the end.

Well I've ordered my tickets to see Joe in Wolverhampton later in the year.

Last night I dreamed that the night of the concert had arrived. Joe had ditched the shades and instead was dressed as a shepherd. God knows why. He played stuff from his new album which involved a bit of a change of direction. Gone was the guitar, and in came a piano, on which he played "experimental" love songs. Suffice to say they weren't very good. The guitar came out for a few classics, then groans came from the crowd as the piano was wheeled back out.

Thank god it was a dream, and I know the real concert will be awesome.

I can't wait.

Gregg Bissonette is actually a very accomplished drummer. He most likely played simple stuff on The Extremist because he was asked to.

Found this of Joe on TMS but it's from almost 3 years ago.

Now I know who Joe picked too...and it wasn't really a contest between those two IMO. lol! hands down winner.

Best thing everrrr!

One word comes to mind...mandatory. lol!

This is HEAVEN! Aww man, soooooo cool!

CRANK IT!

It's gonna be a great day! After being up and at 'em for an hour, I look down to see I'm wearing 2 left slippers, one purple one, and one green. Guess I parked 2 pairs of slippers to close and just stepped into the middle 2. Yes, I'm just that awesome. lmao! Praise be t Jesus for crackin' that egg just a little to hard! lol!

Hi Joe and friends

haven't been on much lately, I've had that much of blood tests I feel like I've been attacked by Dracula!!

last time i was on i wasn't sure what I had but its now confirmed as diabetes type 2, have to be on medication for the rest of my life , at least i dont need the insulin, its been an up and down last couple weeks ,not much energy for anything , up and down like a nit wit... so frustrating.. id love to catch up with joe in sydney this year but dont think im gonna be well enough.. been trying for the last 3-4 years to meet him ever since i got so close at the horden ,in sydney a few years back..

oh well such is life

keep on rocking Joe!

jason, the best thing you can do is EDUCATE yourself on the disease and nutrition. If classes are offered at any local hospitals or clinics like they are here, take them. The better you can help your body, the less damage diabetes will do. Exercise is also very important. You don't have to join a gym, just be active - as active as you can when you're feeling not so great. Try to make Joe's gig your goal. You WILL feel better by then. Tell yourself that every day and push yourself to do everything you can to get yourself healthy. Not knowing why you feel like crap is the worst part. Now that you have a diagnosis, you can start the battle. I've seen so many people try to ignore it, or not respect it. That has terrible results. Education, nutrition, and exercise. Best of luck to ya!

Attack!

Hi everyone...a few comments on the drummer stuff:

Marco Minneman plays drums on Steven Wilson's solo album due out later this month, and Steven just announced that Marco will not be doing the North/South American tours. Not that we need more proof, but it looks like the Joe thing is definitely happening.

Gregg Bissonette is absolutely an amazing drummer. I went to the Mark and Brian Christmas Show in 2011, and Gregg was the house drummer for a revolving lineup that included Edgar Winter, Kevin Cronin, and Steve Lukather, among others. Gregg was sight-reading all the parts! It was a pretty cool gig...Chickenfoot played there too, and I got to see Joe and Gregg do Satch Boogie.

Jeff Campitelli is staying busy. I went to a Satchurated screening during NAMM last year (thanks again, mikesb!) and talked to Jeff a bit...he was doing a few gigs with Peppino D'Agostino, and they had plans to record together. This is just a guess on my part, but Joe going with a different drummer probably has to do more with Jeff not being available...

Aaand while I'm talking about Satch drummers, I went to another Bonzo Bash tribute during NAMM this year. I can't even begin to list all the drummers who were there, but two of them with Satch ties were Jonathan Mover and Simon Phillips. Very cool...now if I could only see Manu Katche somehwere. ;-)

Hi Joe, I'd like to get into recording and writing my own instrumental work alongside a lot of other musicians from my college and surrounding areas. I was wondering how you started it all up, what software you use and what order you do stuff in to give me an idea of how others do it!