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Hi All, 

my name's Jérôme, 36 years old, metal head (although I listen to a lot of rock / funk / bluegrass etc as well). I am French but have been living in London UK for the last 15 years. Seen great gigs there. 

I play the guitar and the bass, but consider myself more as a bassist. I play in 2 bands at the moment, a rock band and a heavy rock band. I'll get to post links in the future I am sure.

I have a crappy sense of humour, but I do not care. 

Looking forward to chatting with you guys / girls!
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54 minutes ago, MacabreEternal said:

French and a bastard, we have two things in common. I studied French at school and I ate my father.

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I hope you added some garlic to your father before cooking

52 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Was it yummy? 

Only mummies are yummy... 

10 minutes ago, deathstorm said:

Welcome to the forum

Thanks! 

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I am completely equitable when it comes to the slaughter and consumption of innocents. All colour, creed, nationalities and religions considered. I am also available for weddings, bar mitzvahs and christenings but I won't wear white.

P.s. Welcome to the madhouse Jerome.

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Just now, MacabreEternal said:

I am completely equitable when it comes to the slaughter and consumption of innocents. All colour, creed, nationalities and religions considered. I am also available for weddings, bar mitzvahs and christenings but I won't wear white.

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Phil Anselme doesn't either anymore

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10 hours ago, GorboGorboze said:

Welcome Jerome, I hope you enjoy the forum.

Thank you!

12 hours ago, MacabreEternal said:

I haven't rated anything he has done since Pantera. Down just does nothing for me and the solo project with the Illegals wasn't brilliant either. I loved Pantera and still hold most of their albums in regard but Anselmo has struggled since IMO.

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I like Down's first 2 albums, but you are right after that none of his projects are ground breaking. I didn't even listen to his solo album as the couple of songs I heard sounded lame to me.

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3 hours ago, Jerome_the_French_bastard said:

Thanks!

This forum is rather quiet I find!

Considering it is a worldwide one, not many posts happen during the GMT day!

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We spend some time around here thinking about why that might be. Many long term very active members have wandered off In the last year or so, and it is rare for a newcomer to make it to the one hundred posts mark with out wandering off as well. KJtheguitarist stands on that threshold at the moment, and you are a third the way there yourself, which is great. You also both help us wrap around the world and are both non native English speakers with advanced English skills which is very cool as well. Not that any of us are discouraged by the occasional intermediate English user we receive here, and I wish we had more of them.

I've been a little bored by the forum of late, and started to read only selective threads, but I'm pretty invested overall, and it still bolsters my exploration of metal to some degree, though I feel like my old school tastes put me in a minority around here. It's the only forum I really know well. I visited a few, and they seem OK some of them. I joined one on Tiki Bar culture, but I didn't last long there for whatever reason, it was very big and healthy and had loads of pretty pictures of people's homemade bars and art and other very cool stuff and it was generally friendly, I just didn't take there somehow. 

Do you have other forums you go to, or have been involved with in the past?

I agree with Alabaster, that as long as it cooks along OK it is nice for those of us who have been on for a long while and are very invested and know each other to the degree possible. It is easy to imaging that for a newcomer they might hit the scene here read through some of the old threads that are really about metal, dredge them up only to find the locals are basically done with them and then notice that we locals are talking about our breakfast and love lives and automotive interests and you might say to your self "What the fuck, that is not metal".

We can't go on forever without attracting serious new members, (and just between you and me and exclusive insider thread will not help with that) so here are some flowers for you Jerome. Welcome to the forum...fall-arrangements-2-mld108163_vert.jpg?i

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I'm still in touch with most of my friends from here who have been scarce lately, and it just seems like everyone's got life going on and/or hasn't been in the mood. Some people need more interaction than we provide, some people need less. 

Could always do with more flowers, though. Maybe the time is ripe for turning the forum into the horticultural discussion mecca that you envisioned a while back. 

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