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Happy 10. anniversary! May the next 10 be as successful.
congratulationmocobhc wrote:... this happened
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Happy 10. anniversary! May the next 10 be as successful.
Jari felt like a machine to me. Like in terms of technique he was 100% up there, but I never really noticed anything creative like with Lauri's bass work.Empathica1928 wrote:Love Jari, but in hindsight, I don't think they could've picked a better bassist to fill his shoes. Lauri proved he gels perfectly with the band, especially with his songwriting on Elysium. And he's amazing live.
Here's to another 10 years, Lauri!
Rather bring back extended bass-guitar-keyboard-duels or solo parts, where they can show all that creativity! One of the main disadvantages of these double-headlining-tours was the lack of time for such highlightsSentineLEX wrote:but I never really noticed anything creative like with Lauri's bass work.
Also bring back shirtless Lauri!