Former drummer Dave Abbruzzese reflects on the tour cancellation

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"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    Is that real? He sounds a bit salty
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
    Isn't this kind of a self own by Dave? Drummers are easily replaced but bass players aren't?

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,716
    edited May 2022
    JPPJ84 said:
    Is that real? He sounds a bit salty
    Yes. Real. 

    i don't know hot to interpret it tbh... or what he is saying here... haha. That Jeff isn't replaceable but any drummer is I am guessing..?

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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,615
    Yeah, exactly what he is saying is unclear but it's hard to imagine it isn't very, very salty. 
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,716
    JimmyV said:
    Yeah, exactly what he is saying is unclear but it's hard to imagine it isn't very, very salty. 
    So it's that meme with the old lady and the popsicle?
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  • Cropduster-80
    Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    It’s exactly why PJ wouldn’t have called him up in the first place to fill in 
  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    I'm calling BS on this whole deal.
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,895
    I think what he is saying is pretty clear....why is it ok to replace the drummer and not the bass player?


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  • rustneversleeps
    rustneversleeps The Motel of Lost Companions Posts: 2,209
    The relentless swede 
  • OceansJenny
    OceansJenny Manhattan, NY Posts: 3,410
    I knew you would be right on top of this. Still think the guys should call him for drums? Yeah right
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,716
    edited May 2022
    OceansJenny said:
    Still think the guys should call him for drums?
    Ofc. 

    But I also think Noel and Liam should tour as Oasis again.
    And I kind of get Ross reasoning about them being on a break.
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    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
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    edited May 2022
    Gern Blansten said:
    I think what he is saying is pretty clear....why is it ok to replace the drummer and not the bass player?


    I think it was about having to replace a drummer AND a bassplayer. More than replacing soley Jeff for some shows.
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,976
    Only an asshat would be salty about something that doesn't effect them at all and in a situation where a band tried very hard to ensure shows could continue for their fans.  

    Dealing with no drummer and no bassist and ed being sick just got to be too much...understandably so.  They should have invited him to play just to fire him again on stage.
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  • EdsonNascimento
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    Gern Blansten said:
    I think what he is saying is pretty clear....why is it ok to replace the drummer and not the bass player?


    Agree. Not sure why everyone's first reaction is ill intent.  

    Seems to me, in a short phrase, he's explaining why he didn't feel comfortable being the one to replace MC more than the 1 fill in - Matt is no more replaceable than Jeff is.  It created a few fun stories, but the fact is, replacing anyone in the band was not a real solution.

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  • elwayvedder
    elwayvedder South Jersey Posts: 9,192
    he must be out of storage lockers 
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  • Cropduster-80
    Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    edited May 2022
    If it’s real, and no matter what he is trying to say as it’s confusing, he is making it about himself and is inserting himself into a PJ issue

    releasing a statement like. “As a fan I was as devastated as everyone else at the recent cancellation of the PJ shows.  I wish everyone in the band a full and speedy recovery and hope they can get back on the road soon.”

    then it’s kind of hard for the band to just ignore him as he is being genuinely the bigger person.  I don’t get that vibe at all from the statement posted 
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,895
    Cropduster-80 said:
    If it’s real, and no matter what he is trying to say as it’s confusing, he is making it about himself and is inserting himself into a PJ issue

    releasing a statement like. “As a fan I was as devastated as everyone else at the recent cancellation of the PJ shows.  I wish everyone in the band a full and speedy recovery and hope they can get back on the road soon.”

    then it’s kind of hard for the band to just ignore him as he is being genuinely the bigger person.  I don’t get that vibe at all from the statement posted 
    well....he does have a PJ connection
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,895
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    I think what he is saying is pretty clear....why is it ok to replace the drummer and not the bass player?


    I think it was about having to replace a drummer AND a bassplayer. More than replacing soley Jeff for some shows.
    I get that....I'm talking from Dave's perspective. Which I also get.

    I'm an amateur drummer so part of me believes what PJ did...it really is easier to replace the drummer. If left unannounced there would have been 40% of the concert attendees that had no idea Matt wasn't back there. That same % probably couldn't name more than two band members by name.
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  • RiotAct10
    RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,641
    The way people drool over Dave on Facebook is pretty gross. Tagging him all the time and bringing him into every conversation. I find it pretty nauseating. 
    words seem so out of place.

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
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    Gern Blansten said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    I think what he is saying is pretty clear....why is it ok to replace the drummer and not the bass player?


    I think it was about having to replace a drummer AND a bassplayer. More than replacing soley Jeff for some shows.
    I get that....I'm talking from Dave's perspective. Which I also get.

    I'm an amateur drummer so part of me believes what PJ did...it really is easier to replace the drummer. If left unannounced there would have been 40% of the concert attendees that had no idea Matt wasn't back there. That same % probably couldn't name more than two band members by name.
    That's the curse of not being the lead singer in a band. Or a guitarist with a top hat or windmilling-ability.
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