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<strong>Interview</strong> – <strong>Marcus</strong> <strong>Siepen</strong> (<strong>mIRC</strong> <strong>chat</strong>)<br />

<strong>Chat</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Marcus</strong> <strong>Siepen</strong>, taken from the Bard´s Tavern (<strong>mIRC</strong> channel, #tavern), 29.01.<br />

2002. <strong>Marcus</strong> entered as <strong>Marcus</strong>.<br />

!mode +m<br />

Well<br />

Hello <strong>Marcus</strong> :)<br />

I guess this is where it starts :)<br />

We will in a moment start the <strong>chat</strong> system<br />

what is going to happen now?<br />

Oh, just a little <strong>chat</strong> :P<br />

lol<br />

I have set the channel to +m now<br />

That means that right now only ops and voiced ppl can talk<br />

We will, in turns, give voice to groups of two ppl each<br />

In the order that you have registered before<br />

If you haven't registered yet, you can do that by typing /msg ooga <strong>chat</strong>-register<br />

lol, nice nicks...<br />

so did I get that right that I only have to stay here and answer questions<br />

Indeed<br />

yep!<br />

And sell some internal organs<br />

But the latter is optional<br />

cool<br />

Oh<br />

yeah<br />

another thing:<br />

relics<br />

Everyone gets to ask ONE question<br />

Please stick <strong>with</strong> that, for fairness' sake :)<br />

ok<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, I would like to ask you that if someone asks multiple questions to only<br />

answer the first<br />

We know there's always smart ppl asking three questions in a line<br />

I´ll try<br />

Okay<br />

:)<br />

We can start then, <strong>with</strong> the first two voices<br />

And I guess I don´t have to answer private messages like the one that just came up


to me...<br />

Indeed<br />

First of all, maybe an opener question for those who love to hear the latest news..<br />

What colour of underwear are you wearing today?<br />

:P<br />

Please, don't private message <strong>Marcus</strong>, ppl<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, if someone is too persistent, tell us<br />

And we will tell their mother!<br />

:P<br />

let the <strong>chat</strong> begin<br />

ROFLMFAO Chris ;)<br />

So I´m ready...<br />

Okay, Thanatos, TexasFriedCriminal, ask your questions :)<br />

No question<br />

TexasFriedCriminal<br />

ok, the question that everybody else will also want to ask (:P) : why<br />

was a the new album named a night at the opera ?<br />

Oh yeah, I expected that, well, we didn´t want another name <strong>with</strong> "Tales" in it and<br />

we just liked that one...<br />

:) thought something like that<br />

alright, let's go on :)<br />

Hello <strong>Marcus</strong>! First of all: thx for visiting forum page that often! Question: I am<br />

the second organizer of BG TRIBUTE Project and i heard you liked the covers;we´re<br />

going to publish longer extracts soon; would you tell us your opinion after listening it<br />

in the forum maybe?<br />

suck english btw ;)<br />

Yep, no problem, I realy enjoyed the samples I heared so far :-)<br />

thanks!!!!<br />

Abaddon__, it's your turn to ask a question too<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong>.when is the album finally going to be released?<br />

on March 4th<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong>, first of all BG is the best band ever!!! I would like to know<br />

what kind of education did you have before joining BG, did you study, did you course<br />

university, if yes, which course? or if not, did you work, or what? Thank you very<br />

much =) (ps: do you come to brazil this year?)<br />

um<br />

like ask only 1 question please ... not this much in 1 line<br />

We signed our recordeal when I still was in school, so I finished school, did my<br />

civil service afterwords and then... well I played guitar :-)<br />

I just wanna know about <strong>Marcus</strong>´s education.<br />

It is strictly one question in this case, but you're basically right :P<br />

:)<br />

Will you play ATTWS live?<br />

We don´t know that yet... but I don´t think so to be honest<br />

i do have one small question before I leave<br />

a pity<br />

how well is the new album going to do when played live?<br />

lol, I have no idea, we´ll find out about that in about 3 months...


!kickban <strong>Marcus</strong>GivesBJs<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong>, I'm Silvano from Italy :) I just wanted you to know that in my opinion it<br />

would be cool to have a section on the website<br />

where we can download some of the material that you're not going to release, like<br />

guitar bases, samples, .. or just rehearsals :) it it possible?<br />

is it possible?<br />

thank you :)<br />

It would be possible and I guess there will be some things up there in the future<br />

but in the moment I can´t tell you what exactly will happen, we´re still planing...<br />

Arto, please ask your question<br />

Hmm<br />

hmm<br />

I guess Arto is not paying attention<br />

on to the next<br />

indeed<br />

lol<br />

Sorry Arto, we have to keep moving :)<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, what do you think of all lame asskissers? Fun or annoying?<br />

vxcbxcv<br />

Fun in the beginning, boring in the end...<br />

ehe<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong>, will there be a meeting <strong>with</strong> band and fans in the future like<br />

the meeting in'98 again? It was so great but now where the Fan Club not longer<br />

exists...!<br />

The fanclub still exists, we didn´t cancel it, it just will be different in the future!<br />

Concerning the meeting, I don´t know yet, that depends on how the circle will work<br />

Hope to see you thanks<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong>, here goes my question to you: What is your favorite guitar ? See<br />

you in Barcelona ( Razzmatazz 31/05/02 ) Thanks for your music !<br />

Guapetooon<br />

Byez<br />

dont you wanna wait for the answer? :)<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong>, why Marshall dont do the picture of the new disc? Thanks friend and i<br />

hope that BG plays in Las Palmas any day<br />

A Gibson Les Paul Custom, I got 2 of those... ;-)<br />

jejeje<br />

Marshall is doing too many covers that all look very similar, we didn´t want that<br />

so we looked for somebody else. He is still a very talented artist though<br />

thanks friend guardian forever :)<br />

ruddy, Moley, your turn :)<br />

hi, any plans to came to Brasil??<br />

Yep, there are plans, but nothing is confirmed yet we´ll let you know as soon as<br />

the dates are fixed<br />

hi, any plans to came to Brasil again??<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong>,Question bout touring,Will yous be coming to scotland in the near<br />

future?P.S BG Rock!!<br />

We will play in England, I don´t know where exactly but there definitely will be<br />

some shows in the UK


Thx<br />

Hi Jason :-)<br />

do you have any plans to have some guest apearence on the following albuns?<br />

No, we never planned anything like thatm it either happens or not<br />

Trilynth, please ask your question :)<br />

??????????<br />

Hm<br />

Well<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, that is some weird language, ignore that<br />

:P<br />

I thought so...<br />

Aragorn-WP, please ask your question :)<br />

Hello <strong>Marcus</strong>! Did you changed many things in your gituar<br />

playcharacteristics since the recording of the new album? See you at Z7 Pratteln-CH,<br />

maybe for a talk! ;) visit: http://www.blind-guardian.ch ;) Thank you!!!<br />

No, not realy<br />

Dearest <strong>Marcus</strong>, I'm only here to thank you for replying in my topic in the coffee<br />

shop, called "life sux". You have no idea what it did to me. I just can't thank you<br />

enough. See you in the Netherlands 12th april!<br />

:><br />

No problem, any time...I´m glad you listened to all of us :-)<br />

:)<br />

Jugr<br />

Ok<br />

Ask your question now, or be silent forever, like on weddings :P<br />

just in time :P<br />

First of all - Hi man! Russia greets you! So, the question:<br />

Are you going to present something special in Russia (playing old and new songs, or<br />

other activities like meeting <strong>with</strong> fans)?<br />

We´ll definitely meet <strong>with</strong> fans, concerning the songs we don´t know what we´ll<br />

play yet, we´re still learning our own songs...<br />

Thanx!<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong>! Are you going to do a cover of the "Carry on Wayward Son" From<br />

Kansas? (Hey wait I'm kidding….: )). Can you tell <strong>with</strong> what criterions you decide<br />

whose name will be as a melodist of a song, in a booklet? I ask this because for a big<br />

song such as ATTWS (almost 14min) is "only" two persons, and for the smaller HOS<br />

(almost 4min) are 3 persons and I find it a little strange! Thanks! CU in Athens! Hail<br />

to LES PAUL Standard<br />

...<br />

lol<br />

please answer only one of these questions<br />

.....<br />

That was not playing <strong>with</strong> the rules, crispin :P<br />

It just depends on who who came up <strong>with</strong> the ideas and who worked on<br />

them...well, who wrote the song :-) oh, and Hail to LP Custom...<br />

hallo, do you have any plans to come Turkey in this year?<br />

I don´t know, as far as I know we didn´t get an offer to tour turky yet, but I guess<br />

that would be fun


Hey marus i got 3 questions to ask<br />

No<br />

Shadow<br />

?!<br />

you ask only one<br />

That's the rule<br />

fine<br />

lol<br />

marcus has a life outside irc as well :P<br />

marcus will u ever come to america on a tour<br />

hey marcus. how are the chances for a live album/dvd this time around?<br />

There, works fine <strong>with</strong> one question :) :P<br />

@ shadow: There are plans for a US tour this year...we´ll come :-)<br />

sweet<br />

dude !!!<br />

¬¬ shh<br />

@ beorn: We´ll definitely record a nwe livealbum on the next tour, we´re still<br />

talking about the dvd<br />

marcus why don´t you tour <strong>with</strong> ARCH ENEMY? to have a more "exciting" or at<br />

least different tour not just two similar bands?<br />

ya know..it´s cool to have different bands and don´t make a show too<br />

monotone, or whatever it´s spelled :P<br />

that's pretty close to the german word, he'll get it :P<br />

lol<br />

you must remember Andreas too then :P<br />

daniel: send him my "promo" attachment hahahaha<br />

(/me saw some discussions..)<br />

shh shh.. let the good man concentrate<br />

* BlindG hides....<br />

marcus why don´t you tour <strong>with</strong> ARCH ENEMY? to have a more "exciting" or at<br />

least different tour not just two similar bands?<br />

ya know..it´s cool to have different bands and don´t make a show<br />

too monotone, or whatever it´s spelled :P<br />

sorry ;P<br />

@ DA: I like Arch enemy but Freedom Call are confirmed and that won´t change<br />

Once was enough, Koldo :)<br />

* Bringa <strong>with</strong>holds commentary<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, seeing that Thomen The Monkey gathered more people for the <strong>chat</strong> than<br />

you, do you consider selling cardboard figures of yourself in different flavors in order<br />

to promote yourself some more?<br />

oh ohh<br />

(Or using colors in IRC)<br />

Hello <strong>Marcus</strong> ...my question: What do you enjoy most when you're on tour <strong>with</strong><br />

Blind Guardian ?? Keep up the good work :o)<br />

*ducks*<br />

great Idea, how much would you pay for that?<br />

hahahaha<br />

lol


<strong>Marcus</strong>: I think ~ EUR 50 would fit<br />

lol<br />

¬¬<br />

rotfl<br />

I love to get the direct feedback from the fans when we´re on stage, to see all these<br />

different countries, to meet people...stuff like that<br />

thx<br />

Its a great pleasure to <strong>chat</strong> <strong>with</strong> you. So the Q´s; Will You guys do any signing<br />

at Wacken this year? And How come you have changed the production since the<br />

Imaginations cd. I mean the it´s alot different now, thinking bout guitars for example,<br />

I personally think Imaginations was outstanding?<br />

Midwinter.. one question<br />

1 question plz<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, again, answer the first :P<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong> - what do you think think of mp3s / how much money they get<br />

from their cds... [ % of the price of the cd ] you know, the music industry and their<br />

complaining about losing sooo much money <strong>with</strong> mp3s ? - see you in pratteln ;)<br />

Yes, we´ll sign everything at wacken<br />

* Bringa will test that theory<br />

I like MP3´s as a way to check out Bands I don´t know, I fI like the band I´ll buy<br />

the album, as easy as that<br />

that was ment to be " If I like... " :-)<br />

Hullo <strong>Marcus</strong>! How many songs do you plan to include in this tour's playlist<br />

or rephrased how long are your gigs going to be?<br />

Thom, if you're gonna ask a question, do it now :)<br />

oh<br />

yeah<br />

hey!!!!!<br />

i was watching tv :PP<br />

I play the guitar and I'm trying to get a band together but having no luck. do you<br />

have any tips on getting together some like minded musicians and getting recognised<br />

by a record label? and how about you leaving BG to join my band instead? we cant<br />

offer as much fame and fortune but we practice near a great kebab place!!!!!<br />

As I said before we don´t have a fixed setlist yet, we´re still trying different songs.<br />

We´ll definitely learn more songs than we´ll play at a show so we can change the set<br />

from time to time...<br />

oh and as you said earlier you don't know where you'll play in England yet. i<br />

reccomend The Brighton Centre!! :PP<br />

i'm back<br />

hey marcus!<br />

Thanx mate!<br />

Start <strong>with</strong> some friends for example, guys who loike the same musik like you.<br />

what about poland? there is many fans of blind guardian... will you ever come<br />

to us and have a concert? we're still waiting for you. Thanks for all :)<br />

I would like to play everywhere but somebody will have to offer us some gigs...<br />

* Bringa offers you a gig in his backyard<br />

Vector, if you're gonna ask a question do it now :)<br />

thx


lol, how much will you pay...<br />

My undying gratefulness. :P<br />

and lots of fans' gratefulness<br />

and beer<br />

lol<br />

¬¬<br />

Hmm<br />

and belgian beer too *grin*<br />

:P<br />

not?<br />

I guess Vector is not here<br />

do you have some interest in a parallel project (or solo project)?<br />

hello marcus i want to ask if there is any chance for you to come to<br />

YUGOSLAVIA on next tour?<br />

Our country had been unfairly ignored..and you would be suprised how many<br />

fans there are...<br />

PS.Ill take you and Hansi for a beansoup (i have seen that metalla show)<br />

(visit: www.blindguardian.hpg.com.br - The Warring Bards´Empire –<br />

South American Fan club)<br />

I might do something in the future but nothing is planned yet... we´ll see<br />

great :)))))<br />

@ fingolfin: as I said before, I´d like to play everywhere but somebody has to book<br />

the gigs<br />

thanks<br />

!<br />

damn... sorry<br />

too much<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong>,I'm Arturo (Arthur) a spanish fan of Blind guardian and you will see<br />

me in madrid concert and my question is this:<br />

after your concert on madrid, will you do a photographs session and autographs?<br />

yep<br />

cool, short answer...<br />

lol<br />

MacMoney, Bran :)<br />

I'm gonna take a stab in the dark here and ask what you think about a certain<br />

individual called Chuck Schuldiner and his guitarwork.<br />

good question :)<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong>, you're grat! My question: if you was Santa Claus what would have you<br />

given each other member of BG on Christmas day to make them very very happy?<br />

thanks :-)<br />

great! thanx<br />

I never met him personally but I liked death and I realy think that nobody should<br />

have to die just because he can´t pay the doctor...<br />

@ Bran lol, just a second, I´ll have to think about that...<br />

..<br />

Elfstone, Cybertroll<br />

Wait a second please :)<br />

ROFLMFAO


Give <strong>Marcus</strong> time to think<br />

sure :)<br />

lol<br />

go on elf :-)<br />

oops<br />

Lots of books for Hansi, lots of DVD´s for Thomen and a guide of how to use the<br />

forum for ANdre... ;-)<br />

hahaha<br />

ahah<br />

ahahah<br />

he knows alright<br />

Hey <strong>Marcus</strong>, I wanted to ask if the idea behind the new album cover is somehow<br />

in the same vein as your choice of ANATO title (Queen-inspired) ?<br />

:P<br />

lol<br />

;(<br />

;)<br />

a pratchett book to hansi :P<br />

No, not at all, at least I don´t know a Queencover that looks like ours...<br />

"Innuendo" looks a little like it<br />

What????????????????????????????????????????????<br />

lol<br />

ahahah<br />

I will stay on the cover/title issue myself too<br />

lol...the general style funny style i mean :P<br />

A lot of fans said that they don't like either the cover nor the title of the new<br />

album. How do you feel about that?<br />

depending on what you smoke... :P<br />

either=neither<br />

To be honest... I don´t realy care :-) We like both, so what. And after the cover of<br />

ATTWS a lot of people were complaining because it is a fantasy cover...well, what did<br />

you expect :-) You just can´t make everybody happy<br />

I don´t smoke ;-)<br />

good answer :)<br />

i know :-)<br />

¬¬<br />

smoking rules ;-P NExt please! :-)<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong>, sorry about the flood before, I had too much to ask... But I've got one<br />

question that ponders the minds of everyone on the Forum: Where's Andre!!!???<br />

.. in japan<br />

No, he was in <strong>with</strong> us in the rehearsalroom 2 hour ago and I guess he´s home now<br />

hi <strong>Marcus</strong>! :)) what do you think about lord of the rings film? thanks for all :)<br />

I love it, even though some parts from the book are missing<br />

hi marcus are you surprised that the single reached number 1 in spain for 2 weeks<br />

thanks see u on tour<br />

Oh yes, i didn´t expect that, but i love it :-))))))))))<br />

Snek from BG czech fanclub - at Wienna four years ago, you told me about three or<br />

four songs which comes from your hands (for unreleased EP). What happend <strong>with</strong>


these songs (except Harvest of Sorrow)?<br />

which is, in your opinion, the better album: a night at the opera by queen, or a night<br />

at the opera by blind guardian?<br />

They will be released one day for sure<br />

one day?...why not now?<br />

I like both, but our´s is better of course... ;-)<br />

one question :)<br />

lol<br />

Candlemass, Blindfan<br />

It's your turns :)<br />

give them some time :)<br />

blindfan, here's your chance, go ahead<br />

give them some time<br />

:PP<br />

that's one less :P<br />

alright, we gave them some time :P<br />

lol<br />

i suggest you voice the next person already<br />

yeah<br />

Léon, move ahead please :)<br />

When will you come to sweden??? =/<br />

¬¬<br />

What do you think about downloading Bootlegs?<br />

after the summer break<br />

Thanx. =D<br />

I have no problem <strong>with</strong> that<br />

and about Bootlegs itself<br />

one question, one answer<br />

I knew that :-)<br />

what metal bands are you listening these days? (apart from the super progressive Arch<br />

era Fates Warning [muahahaha])<br />

btw, instead of asking him if they will play Antarctica, why not ask him his fave BG<br />

songs to play live...hmmm? just an idea....what? two questions? ME? :P<br />

lol<br />

Hey <strong>Marcus</strong>, my question is, Is BG thinking about coming to Israel? - Bonus<br />

question (Bringa is gonna kill me for this), What inspires you for writing rhythm riffs<br />

for a song?<br />

BTW, Hi mom!<br />

!devoice Zer00<br />

not kill, devoice<br />

:P<br />

that was 6, Vic :P<br />

no, I only see one<br />

All kinds of bands... mostly old stuff like Mercyful Fate, Maiden, B. Sabbath... oh,<br />

am I allowed to metion Linkin Park here... ;-) Let the flaming start :-)<br />

:P<br />

Hi marcus, This is a chance I wont get very often =). A blind guardian<br />

autograph is very hard to get, so I wonder if you could write me one and send it to me?


I asked the guitar player in Hammerfall, and he actually did send me the autographs<br />

of the band. Hammerfall did it, And I hope Blind Guardian to can do it =) It would<br />

make me VERY happy. Adress: Anders Backman<br />

S:björklunda v.7<br />

94331<br />

Piteĺ, Sweden<br />

When will you produce another music video? btw, i like Bright Eyes<br />

We´ll sign anything at gigs, so why don´t you just come to one of the shows<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, a question from Blindfan, who missed the opportunity<br />

I know you wirte a good amount of the music for BG. How do you go<br />

about doing it? I always try and come up <strong>with</strong> stuff and it sucks. I needs tips!<br />

There are not too many tv-stations playing metal clips so in the moment it doesn´t<br />

realy make sense to record a video<br />

Just work on your ideas as long as neccesary ( how do you spell that...) and you´ll<br />

get some good parts<br />

well, let me make my way to ask my question, since the other ops dont cooperate<br />

<strong>with</strong> me ;/<br />

AHAHAHAH<br />

porra<br />

Edu..<br />

wait for your turn.<br />

...<br />

nice try<br />

lari<br />

okay ill have my vengeance<br />

Ask your question first :)<br />

If you're here at all<br />

Heya <strong>Marcus</strong>! I'm Lari from Finland. Who do you think is the best metal guitarist?<br />

g'nite opers, marcus (thanks for being here to answer questions of your fans)<br />

Thanks for coming to talk <strong>with</strong> your fans. You know I should be studying for<br />

tomorrow, but I didn't want to miss this <strong>chat</strong> ...so I will sue you if I fail college :)<br />

lari: hope you liked it<br />

ahahaha<br />

I don´t know if you would call him metal but definitely Michael Schenker<br />

concerning leads, Rhythmwise old Hetfield<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, a simple question from a humble fan: When you're on stage, is your guitar<br />

plugged at all? :><br />

I would like to see you touring Helsinki. Not that I care, since I will probably see you<br />

guys in Germany. But I think it would be nice if you did.<br />

Bringa: it shows that you're a vocalist :P<br />

Well yeah.. all that guitarstuff is confusing.<br />

only during unplugged shows ;-)<br />

:P<br />

oh.<br />

Good :P<br />

nicely avoided :P<br />

About the tour, how about the ummpf.."Bühnenshow" (sorry cant remeber english<br />

expression). And another small question considering the tour, HOW MUCH old stuff


will be played ?! Bad english, one question too much I know, and the ANATO cover<br />

rulez because it's very "Monkey Island'ish" :-P *wechduck* . cu in düsseldorf, or at<br />

least.. i'll see you in düsseldorf ;-)<br />

Bühnenshow means well the show on stage<br />

you said you'll sign everything at the gigs, how about checks ;-)?<br />

*lol*<br />

ahah!<br />

lol<br />

Good point!<br />

Concerning the show, we´ll try something new but we didn´t see it ourself ´til<br />

now, so we´ll also have to wait<br />

Alright, MORGOTH<br />

well...almost everything<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, I use to remember when Thomen and André used to come here, very<br />

often near to the release date of Nightfall album, and I would like to know if you all<br />

intend to come here more often to spend some time <strong>chat</strong>ting, promoting the new<br />

album, or even to just blab about nothing... like thomen used to do :P, of course<br />

assuming you enjoy being online to <strong>chat</strong>... I expect you all here for a gig in Săo Paulo,<br />

there are good memories of those gigs. Thank<br />

thanks & cu :)<br />

I used to <strong>chat</strong> a lot some years ago but in a <strong>chat</strong> where nobody knew who I am,<br />

that leaves me a bit more privacy... I remeber coming here some weeks ago and I<br />

didn´t expect anybody to remember my old nick... until all the pm´s opened up :-)<br />

¬¬<br />

Never expect us to forget anything<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>: nicks are not forgotten (tip to change it :P)<br />

yeah, I learned that :-9<br />

you could come as KrefeldHottieSeekingCyber<br />

ok guys bye<br />

nobody would ever notice that :p<br />

Greetings <strong>Marcus</strong> from eastern canada! I had heard that Hansi was planning on<br />

writing a fantasy novel himself one day. Kind of like Bruce Dickinson, but less vile, I<br />

suppose. I could be asking the wrong person, but do you know anything about it?<br />

lol<br />

sorry, no, i can´t tell you anything about that, you´ll have to wait until Hansi´s<br />

<strong>chat</strong><br />

Alright, thanks anyways man.<br />

bgst, speak ye now or hush forever :)<br />

Hi i would like to know if there is any chance to c u in Greece the next 2 months for<br />

promotion.<br />

If yes when.You r u l e ! ! !Keep on the good work<br />

I don´t know the whole promoplan yet, maybe we´ll be in Greece...<br />

c u men thanx<br />

actually, hansi told me last week that there will probabbly be no time to come to<br />

greece, sorry...<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong>. I was thinking of asking u something about Daiblo2 at first but I<br />

came to think of something else to ask. Question : How do u like Baroq music? :)<br />

I like some of it...


thanks, me to<br />

what do you think about the italian Metal scene ? Will you come in Italy<br />

before 8 june (GODS OF METAL) ?? KEEP THE FAITH ALIVE !!! ! ! !<br />

No, the Gods of Metal show will be the first in Italy on this tour, there will be more<br />

later this year<br />

what do you think about the italian Metal scene ?<br />

JohnMyung<br />

One question<br />

one answer<br />

ok..sorry<br />

* Bringa


Haplo :///<br />

chris, only one question!!! ;oP<br />

no question even :P<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong> have you ever thought of making your OWN music project \or even<br />

band!\ alongside Blind Guardian<br />

here it goes<br />

Hey <strong>Marcus</strong>, last time on tour, in the belgian show (don't know about the others)<br />

you played Lord Of The Rings.. but only half of it, and Hansi promised the rest for<br />

next time.. Hopefully this is the next time :)<br />

Maedhros, we had that question before :P<br />

omg...<br />

sorry..i was disconectedd<br />

oh nevermind :)<br />

I just wanna hear it completely :PP<br />

I answered that before, that may happen one day, I don´t know that now...<br />

he can type it again, after all we pay him.<br />

:P<br />

I don't even care if you start in the middle!<br />

:)<br />

Maybe we´ll play that again...half of it...or less... ;-)<br />

Now that there is no good music program in tv anymore... what do you think of a<br />

label and band sponsored show or program just for non-mainstream bands? Now the<br />

question: What do you think of it? Possible? Btw the new album is on position 196 in<br />

the amazon sales charts :o)<br />

Hello <strong>Marcus</strong>, I play guitar too, and I`m giving my best to catch up <strong>with</strong> You two<br />

(You and Andre, of course). I wanted to ask You which guitar I should buy, which is<br />

good? And, come to YUGOSLAVIA, change your boring trips, and do something new!<br />

YUG has too much fans for You to let them down!!!<br />

i was faster :P<br />

That would be a good idea but the lables would have to invest money in that...<br />

that´s something a lot of labels don´t like... ;-)<br />

(I hope you'll get money for your next answer, <strong>Marcus</strong>)<br />

:P<br />

I can´t tell you what is a good guitar for you, you are the only one to decide about<br />

that. Go to a shop and try as many guitars as you can get, you´ll find the right one<br />

Thanks<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong>! My name is Camilla and i'm from Brazil. My question is: What do<br />

you think about the fact that Blind Guardian isn't included as track in the film "Lord<br />

of the Rings", what happened? Thanks a lot!!! :)<br />

aleluia!<br />

:P<br />

[NightWisher], it's your time now too :)<br />

It would have been great to be inclouded in the movie but it just didn´t happen<br />

and we can live <strong>with</strong> that;-) We were in contact <strong>with</strong> the filmcrew but if we would have<br />

got the job to do the score there would be no new bg album right now and I guess that<br />

is more important<br />

* Bringa nods.. [NightWisher], I give you 20 more seconds.. give me a sign of life :P<br />

he died...


Looks like<br />

Thanks X for the +<br />

flatline<br />

Trooper16, thanks for the colourful script ¬¬<br />

BraveNewOzzy, Trooper16, ask your questions<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, you make ppl go shy :P<br />

i even thoguht he was thomen ;)<br />

lol<br />

no way Thomen is huge<br />

Fasih, shh, please :P<br />

yeah but colorful too<br />

alright<br />

That's two ppl that decided not to say anything either<br />

alright<br />

We go on then<br />

Sorry <strong>Marcus</strong>, some ppl got scared :P<br />

yep<br />

lol<br />

I´m so eeeevil<br />

ehe<br />

First of all I will just thank BG for making my life 300 times better because of all<br />

the wonderful music you create. My question is: have you set any future plans? like<br />

after the touring... I hope I will get the opportunity to meet you guys backstage while<br />

BG touring sweden.<br />

We´ll be touring ´till next year so it would be a little too early to mke plans for<br />

that now... maybe vacation<br />

Isidora, ask your question :)<br />

hmm<br />

and then there was silence...<br />

I guess nobody doesn't want to ask you a question<br />

ehe<br />

she's on Paris*<br />

oh<br />

marcus: ok... I read a review of ANATO.. the end line was: If there is ever a reward<br />

for heavy metal achievement, Blind Guardian's A Night at the Opera is top honor.<br />

Awesome, awesome, awesome<br />

Paris is out for the moment<br />

ahh yeah paris just split.. i got disconnected :p<br />

Yes, we have a little netsplit situation<br />

let's wait a moment..<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>: you can have a pee if you want, like we granted to thomen :P<br />

one server is about to disconnect from the net, and a lot of ppl here are on that<br />

server<br />

sorry for the inconvenience<br />

ahah yeah<br />

how nice of you :-)<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>.. just don' stay on the couch..<br />

no problem


and do all the other things...<br />

you know ;P<br />

I´m not on the couch<br />

YET ?<br />

maybe I´ll start some music...<br />

every musician has a song of his own that he thinks 'damn this sucks'. Which BG<br />

song do you pick up and say 'well, this sucks'.?<br />

oops<br />

ah here we go<br />

oleck<br />

There<br />

yeap<br />

that was a hell of a netsplit<br />

That's what I meant<br />

hmm<br />

Wizard´s crown<br />

Damn french servers >:P<br />

EXACTGLY at 90 minutes of <strong>chat</strong>.. AGAIN..<br />

let's wait for a moment until they come back<br />

yep<br />

maybe somebody is attacking France right now<br />

;[<br />

every musician has a song of his own that he thinks 'damn this sucks'. Which BG<br />

song do you pick up and say 'well, this sucks'.?<br />

oops<br />

sorry<br />

lol<br />

pasted my question accidentaly :p<br />

one question one answer... ;-)<br />

ahah<br />

Good <strong>Marcus</strong>, you learnt :P<br />

couldn´t resist...<br />

Let's just wait another moment<br />

All the ppl who were on Paris were disconnected<br />

gotta be fair and give them a chance to come back :)<br />

so<br />

no problem<br />

time's up !<br />

:P<br />

ah no, I guess other ppl still want to ask that question<br />

wow<br />

hey marcus i have a question too ;oP did you write any of the songs in the new<br />

album?<br />

I wrote a couple of songs but only Harvest made it on this one, the others will be<br />

released later<br />

okay<br />

let's move on :-)<br />

ok, having 2 windows open :P


I guess we can go on now :)<br />

fine <strong>with</strong> me<br />

ok... i wonder who wrote sadly sings destiny, its my favourite so far ;oP<br />

wasn´t me ;-)<br />

Argh Pedro, don't make us envy you :P<br />

* Cybertroll gives the daggers to pedro<br />

lol<br />

Alright<br />

huh... here I am<br />

nobody, we left <strong>with</strong> you<br />

Ask away :)<br />

Hey <strong>Marcus</strong>, hmmm, I love Bg etc.... and I'm not gonna get that low to beg you to<br />

come here... heheh, somebody already did ;P, but I do have a question... which is not<br />

for you at all, but I'm too curious: Does Hansi have some kind of speaking disorder?<br />

ok<br />

...<br />

ahahaha<br />

What?????? No, he doesn´t!<br />

ahahahaha<br />

o.O<br />

none that I know of...<br />

well<br />

speaking german could be called a "disorder" ;)<br />

lol<br />

there we go<br />

(Tasos From Greece) Which country do you think has the biggest BG fans?Where<br />

did you felt more comfortable?Thank you...!!!<br />

There is no special country I would pick, fans are a little different everywhere but<br />

still they are great<br />

the biggest? we eat a lot here I suppose :P<br />

i'm doing a website <strong>with</strong> a friend (www.blind-guardian.ch). is there a possibility to<br />

ask u some questions (a little interview) during the autographs?. when you are in<br />

switzerland, visit the beautyful WALLIS and the matterhorn! i'm sure you like<br />

mountains, i'll guide you :)<br />

If there is enough time we can do an interview, sure<br />

thx<br />

Hello <strong>Marcus</strong> from Tyllisos Crete, What is your favourite songs to play live?<br />

That depends on my mood, normaly it is a fast one, maybe something like<br />

Somewhere or journey.<br />

cool, ;) thanx<br />

!!!!!<br />

yeah! :)<br />

!!!!!!!!!!<br />

* BlindG holds his fingers...<br />

SFB power<br />

lol<br />

..<br />

Alright


giving metalerin 20 secs then<br />

:)<br />

Could i have a original autogram card from/of Blind Guardian?? I'm 15 and<br />

could drive to all the cities to have an autogram!!<br />

couldn't i mean<br />

just come to a show and we´ll sign anything (besides checks...)<br />

hail ibanez by the way ;) my opinion<br />

What do you think of old PC-Games (classics) like Monkey Island (ANATO Cover;-<br />

)), indiana Jones, Quake1, Doom, Wolfenstein3D etc ?!<br />

ahaha poor cover :P<br />

I love them all, I have them all, I played them all, I... ;-)<br />

Hello <strong>Marcus</strong> the almighty... I know this is totally a guitarist's question, but I<br />

am curious... what is your favorite model guitar to play... what is the most comfortable<br />

for you?<br />

lol :)<br />

*wechduck* ;)<br />

Again a Gibson Les Paul Custom<br />

bye all<br />

cu<br />

Cool. Thanks<br />

Oh oh<br />

wow<br />

edu :)<br />

finally!!!<br />

* Bringa covers his eyes<br />

lol<br />

marcus, every musician has a song of his own that he thinks 'damn this sucks'.<br />

Which BG song do you pick up and say 'well, this sucks'.?<br />

* BlindG ducks<br />

yeah endlich<br />

Edu.. didn't we have that before?<br />

no, he didnt answer<br />

LOL<br />

not again :-) Wizards crown<br />

i just pasted it accidentaly<br />

Is the album delayed because Thomen is kinda humiliated after meeting <strong>with</strong><br />

#tavern's Andreas (BlindG) ?<br />

ahh<br />

well<br />

....<br />

thomane said it was Majesty<br />

* BlindG hides...<br />

lol, no Andreas can´t be blamed<br />

no, they'll never go for rap on the album :(<br />

thomane = thomen<br />

i've given up all hope on that<br />

damn!<br />

Thank you <strong>Marcus</strong> :)


Andreas CAN be blamed for pretty much anything else though<br />

whoo<br />

lol<br />

...<br />

Thank you Fwuff :)<br />

*sigh* :) :) :)<br />

hey, haven't been following this (at work) so sorry if this is a repeat<br />

but... the Bloodstock festival webpage hints that a "major european band" is in<br />

negotiations to play<br />

that hasn't played in the UK before<br />

any chance this is BG? :P<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong>!My name is Christine and I have an e-zine, so is it possible to arrange an<br />

interview via email?<br />

I don´t know if tis is the one but we´ll play a festival in the UK this year<br />

heh, Bloodstock is about the only festival in the UK... that's a good sign :)<br />

thanks<br />

yep, no problem, send your questions to our webmasters, they´ll forward them to<br />

me, i just don´t want to tell everybody my email here...<br />

yeah I know<br />

and I accept this<br />

after all i wasn't going to ask u to tell it here in front of everybody<br />

(finally...) no question :P - since i didnt get the chance to say 'hoi' and<br />

'dummdidumm' i want to do that now - i also want to say goodnight :)(: bye... (see you<br />

in Lichtenfels <strong>Marcus</strong>)<br />

I noticed a picture in the forum of pink boxer shorts given to you,my questions is:<br />

did they fit and if so are you wearing them now or maybe you prefer briefs?<br />

ok, dumdidumdidum<br />

...<br />

time to go...<br />

lol, i didn´t realy try them and I don´t wear them now<br />

BTW<br />

hmmm<br />

that covers it I believe :P<br />

....<br />

so thats a wear briefs answer...okay thanks :)<br />

you can´t escape...<br />

ahh<br />

so give them to me<br />

pink boxer shirts are...<br />

well never mind.<br />

exotic? :P<br />

Ok,this is my question,though not sure if already asked ,was late too :At what age<br />

did you start playin the guitar and did you practise regularily and a lot ?p.s. youre<br />

awesome p.p.s very awesome =p<br />

no... gay, :p<br />

I started <strong>with</strong> 11 and had lessons in classical guitar for about 4-5 years<br />

oki thanks~<br />

lol


goodnight all. <strong>Marcus</strong> Curse of Feanor is a slow mid-tempo :-P<br />

!!!!!!!!!!<br />

AAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA<br />

..<br />

fuck you :-)<br />

but isn't it ? ;)<br />

alright<br />

Leon, go on :)<br />

AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA<br />

Andrea<br />

* Cybertroll bows :-)<br />

Be quiet :P<br />

you are welcome :-)<br />

that reminds me of something...<br />

o.O ?<br />

goodnight :-)<br />

LOL<br />

of course he did !<br />

well it is midtempo if you have only 2 strings<br />

:P<br />

I said that he would :)<br />

For great justice!<br />

lol<br />

* Slay licks <strong>Marcus</strong>.<br />

ahaha<br />

:)<br />

ahahaha shit<br />

That'll be all, <strong>Marcus</strong>. Thanks for your collaboration.<br />

No BG <strong>chat</strong> complete <strong>with</strong>out Slay licking ppl :)<br />

lol<br />

anybody got a towel<br />

I see<br />

Sorry, I just joined so I don't know if this has been asked already. What do you<br />

think of playing in a festival like the Gods of Metal in Milan? How can you play a song<br />

like And then there was silence live? Do you plan on touring in smaller venues after<br />

the summer in Italy?<br />

sorry :)<br />

ohm<br />

yeah<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, answer one of those, as always :)<br />

Spawn, look at the topic<br />

I just love playing live, no matter if it is a big festival or a clubshow, both is fun<br />

Can you read big letters?<br />

:P<br />

Highlord_Thunder<br />

If you wanna ask something, do it now ;)<br />

I would like to ask you about your opinion on the cover of the album,<br />

especially why that motif was selected


itsmonkeyisland, stop changing nick pls<br />

ahaha<br />

It was selected because we like it ;-) I know most people expected something<br />

different, but hey, we wanted to have something different this time<br />

Well<br />

it *is* something different :P<br />

* Bringa likes the cover a lot btw<br />

I know, that´s what I said<br />

lol<br />

I never read discworld<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>! Have you ever played any Final Fantasy games? If so which is your<br />

favorite?! If you haven't, you should! Also you should make a song about Stephen<br />

King's Dark Tower, only Blind Guardian can do it!<br />

I still think it looks like Queen :P<br />

Also give Thomen a high five when next you meet. >:D<br />

Thank you!<br />

calvinball<br />

There IS a song about Dark Tower<br />

I played some on my gameboy, the were great but I never realy liked the ones for<br />

PC, don´t know why<br />

It's called Somewhere far beyond<br />

:O<br />

* BlindG bows to Somewhere Far Beyond<br />

Pariah<br />

SFB power!!<br />

Your turn :)<br />

Hmm<br />

And that is too late :P<br />

nothin to say here<br />

:P<br />

ehehe<br />

lol<br />

oh, hang on<br />

woot<br />

calvinball: calvin and hobbes rules btw<br />

oogas time to ask a question :P<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, can i be on the cover of the next newest BG album?<br />

There, ask :P<br />

sure, why not<br />

"I love you blah blah blah your so good marcus, will you sign me butt" sorry had to<br />

be a cliche fan :P<br />

Markus should ask ooga I think<br />

http://www.bards-tavern.com/tavern/bards/<strong>chat</strong>ters.php3? you sure, markus?<br />

aha<br />

!devoice Pariah<br />

i think in the last 2 albums your 2nd guitar is hardly to listen to...do you like that ,<br />

that your guitar is very low on the sound ?<br />

no, I´m not sure... ;-9


i mean the solo guitar is too loud and your 2nd is too low..<br />

what do you think ?<br />

!devoice veter<br />

Alrighty then<br />

We finished very well on time<br />

It's exactly two hours now<br />

..<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong> didn' answer veters<br />

oh<br />

hmm<br />

Did you listen to the new samples, the rhythm git. is muuuch louder on the new<br />

one, that´s what I like ;-) The problem is that everybody wants his instrument to be<br />

louder but you have to keep in mind that the song is important, not a single<br />

instrument<br />

well<br />

:)<br />

there :P<br />

now he did :P<br />

:)<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, that's what you got mudwrestling for :)<br />

lol<br />

lol<br />

Alrighty then<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, have you ever thought about doing an album <strong>with</strong> DEATH KRISTJAN, The<br />

mostest true not niec blakc metal band ever?<br />

so Hansi is VERY good in mudwrestling?<br />

no need for typicalities :P<br />

ahaha<br />

tjhey dont exist anymore Errtu :(<br />

don´t know that band<br />

oh :(<br />

i guess that all the other members were killed<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, when will you play on my birthday party?<br />

I made some calculations, I can offer you 42 euro.<br />

* CurseOfFeanor is midtempo<br />

;)<br />

*sigh*<br />

cool, that would be enough i guess<br />

ahaha<br />

oh<br />

ehehehehe<br />

one more question from someone we forgot<br />

!voice sinner<br />

ill chip in too if I can come Bringa :P<br />

but like, only marcus will come to your birthday? and the rest of the band? :p<br />

hey marcus, did you ever consider putting hansi in a bunny rabbit suit and making<br />

him band mascot ?<br />

great idea lol


:)<br />

ahahahahahahaah<br />

i thought as much :p<br />

we should call him eddie then<br />

no...bunsy sounds better :p<br />

no, not eddie!!!<br />

* DS-sama is eddie :P<br />

;p<br />

lol, bunsy rules :-))))))))))<br />

Okay then<br />

!devoice sinner<br />

lol!!<br />

That was today's <strong>chat</strong> session<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>,<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>: So what colour are your boxer/briefs ((i hear the orginal question<br />

wasnt asnwered:P~))?<br />

in the name of all your fans I want to thank you a lot for taking the time to come<br />

here today<br />

...<br />

¬¬<br />

oh, we can go on if there are more questions<br />

hmm<br />

lol<br />

Okay<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, if you want to go on, we'll get into a second round :)<br />

as usual it is black...<br />

Alright, everyone can register *again* now<br />

ahahah yea, <strong>Marcus</strong>, are you in for a second round ? :)<br />

LOL<br />

no problem, I´m not realy tired yet<br />

hmmm<br />

Those of you who didn't get a chance to talk to <strong>Marcus</strong> again, or want to ask<br />

something else, do the same as before:<br />

/msg ooga <strong>chat</strong>-register<br />

Note well please that you must *not* change nick after registering<br />

cause otherwise the bot won't recognize you<br />

soon as the first couple of registerings are in, we restart the process :)<br />

ok<br />

Okay<br />

Round two!<br />

*roundbell*<br />

*imagine scarcly dressed girl walking through the room <strong>with</strong> a sign*<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, how much pay do you need to play somewhere? If your expenses are paid,<br />

are you content? ;p<br />

hello again!!!1<br />

marcus, what do you think of Blaze's new band?<br />

well, sorta new<br />

That depends on the place, sometimes that is enough but of course we like to earn


some money so we can buy food adn stuff like that... ;-)<br />

And if we paid food and beer too? ;)<br />

* Bringa could give you food<br />

ahah<br />

shuddup matt :PP<br />

I don´t know his new band, I just didn´t like him in his old bands...<br />

* Thom slaps <strong>Marcus</strong> around a bit <strong>with</strong> a large trout<br />

hmph :P<br />

!devoice Thom<br />

who likes Blaze anyway :P<br />

Genau!<br />

lol<br />

I asked if you could send me an autograph, but you told me to come to an gig. I<br />

really would try, but im just 15 years old, and the gigs to far away from my place.Mom<br />

doesnt want me to go to travel 100eds of miles alone. Couldnt you just send me an<br />

autograph? It dont see it like it is too much trouble.=) Please, make a fan happy=)<br />

Adress: Anders Backman<br />

S:Björklunda V.7<br />

94331 Piteĺ, Sweden<br />

ahaha<br />

ahahah<br />

LOL<br />

no, not that again<br />

!devoice ConQu3Zt<br />

* DS-sama writes down that address >:)<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, ignore that :P<br />

marcus: are the songs on the ANATO mostly fast or slow songs?<br />

oooh good question from Tip :P<br />

=)<br />

That depends on who you are asking... I know one guy who would call most of<br />

them slow... ;-)<br />

ahahah<br />

That wouldn't happen to be a troll?<br />

hehe.. Ok<br />

dude.... right now i just realized that ANATO means A night at the opera<br />

Edu, drop dead<br />

it is a good mixture and it is ver yheavy and aggressive<br />

lol<br />

okay, do you plan on having more dates, like smaller venues, after the summer in<br />

Italy? The bill at the Gods of Metal sucks (except for BG of course! sucking up) and I<br />

don't think I'll go :(<br />

BTW: <strong>Marcus</strong>, I wouldn't :P<br />

Spawn, he already said there will be more gigs in Italy :P<br />

There will be more shows in Italy after the summer<br />

good! thanks :)<br />

If you would name your right sock, what would you call it?<br />

stinky...<br />

Greetings again. Let me think of a question.....do you guys have any plans to do


another concept/story album like NIME? That one was so masterfully put together.<br />

You know, <strong>with</strong> all the story tracks and such... :-)<br />

i call mine 'argentinian' :PP<br />

not in the moment, maybe one day in the future<br />

EDU!! SCRREEEW YOUUU<br />

!devoice Luthien<br />

That's cool. Thanks again.<br />

marcus: what kind of influences have you "received" and "used" for ANATO?<br />

do you name your instruments ?<br />

i mean, from new artists and stuff...<br />

like mortician, cannibal corpse etc...;)<br />

ahaha be quiet koldo<br />

¬¬<br />

lol<br />

No, I don´t name my guitars<br />

pah, nuts to you :P<br />

!devoice Pariah<br />

call your gibson linkin park<br />

lol<br />

Ya, Cannibal Corpse have been a great influence for teh vocals...<br />

ahah<br />

lol<br />

hmm<br />

well<br />

\m/<br />

Hi <strong>Marcus</strong> and thank you for being here. I'd like to ask you what is the main<br />

source that inspires you when you write music?<br />

marcus: tell me a band that you think that should give up and try another<br />

business?<br />

There is no main inspiration source, that can be anything from a person to a mood<br />

or anything else<br />

hahaha...Metal Sludge question :)<br />

thanks<br />

If Blaze would still be in the band...maiden<br />

ahahah! GOOD ANSWER! :]]<br />

ahahaha<br />

* DS-sama slaps Thom<br />

In Madrid, the concert will be in la riviera and after the concert the band will make<br />

a autograph sessions? And "lol" what does it mean? hehehehe<br />

any plans for a gig in innsbruck or austria at all?<br />

thank you very much sir marcus<br />

Klaus, touring questions are lame<br />

i know<br />

but you are too, so screw you<br />

We´ll play austria too, of course<br />

oki<br />

hahahaha<br />

and I am lame


!devoice BEORN<br />

and mute<br />

:P<br />

what a cripple!<br />

:P<br />

lol <strong>Marcus</strong> hahaha<br />

!devoice jasdkl<br />

Why do you prefere Unreal Tournament to Quake 3 ;-) ?<br />

So to my second question then, hehehe. How come you have changed the<br />

production since the Imaginations cd. I mean the it´s alot different now, thinking<br />

bout guitars for example, I personally think Imaginations was outstanding. Check out<br />

Abyssos also at http://fly.to/abyssos. Extremly weldone metal.<br />

I just think it is better<br />

lol cool answer ;) q3 rulez ;)<br />

* Midwinter looks down<br />

We don´t want to sound the same all the time<br />

allright<br />

* DS-sama is god-like!<br />

UT = playmobile online<br />

would you dress up in armour <strong>with</strong> a massive broadsword and come on stage and<br />

cry, "I AM THE TRUE GOD"? and whould you like to use a massive war drum? one<br />

that shatters walls when hit through noise<br />

Hi again.I know you said you would do dates in teh uk but do you think you will do<br />

any dates in sctland (The little country north of england)Also have you seen lord of<br />

the rings if so what did you think P.S Thanks for the music!!<br />

ahahaha<br />

@ flush: I leave that to other bands...<br />

aha<br />

lol!<br />

who? *cough*manowar*cough*<br />

noone knows where scotland is:)<br />

please go into one of those custume shops and dress up really power like<br />

ahaha<br />

!devoice flush<br />

¬¬<br />

I know where scotland is and i know it is not england and I don´t know if we can<br />

play some gigs there...<br />

Snek from BG czech fanclub - on 5th May I will take mini-bus <strong>with</strong> (maybe 20) fans<br />

from Czech and we will go to Munich - do you can come to our bus for some-minutes<br />

long autograph-party there?<br />

Hi, <strong>Marcus</strong>! Do BG have any plans to continue Demons&Wizards project or make<br />

a tour together <strong>with</strong> Iced Earth in future?<br />

no problem<br />

thanx<br />

BG will not continue demons&wizards because bg is no part of that, it is just Hansi<br />

Ok<br />

Hope to see you in Russia this year!!!!!!!<br />

name your two favourite songs off the new album


Camilla Brazil -<strong>Marcus</strong>, have a country that you want to visit, that Blind<br />

Guardian never played? Thanks a lot again!<br />

and dont gimme "all of them" :P<br />

only two songs?<br />

:P<br />

heh<br />

Battlefield and Punishment Devine<br />

*girn*<br />

Punishment Divie<br />

*grin*<br />

Maybe Australia<br />

are they fast???<br />

+n<br />

hmmm<br />

btwm thats not a second question<br />

Vic, Punishment... IS<br />

!devoice Vic<br />

;)<br />

yes it is<br />

* Bringa loves precious jerusalem.. prog, yeah!<br />

:P<br />

I love them all...<br />

I am from Poland, you know you've got some fans there? Question: Will you<br />

ever be in Poland? Any plans of coming here for a concert? Ever been in Poland?<br />

but some you love more ;)<br />

Hi again.Does anyone in the band hear stuff like anathema,cure,paradise lost e.t.c.?<br />

Of corse B.G. are much better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />

kwazariusz, we had that before ¬¬<br />

I have some Paradise Lost CD´s<br />

didn't know that :(<br />

We had the Poland question before, yeah, we would like to play there<br />

hansi has told that u hear a lot of heavy stuff<br />

Monisia asked?<br />

Greetings from switzerland, i thank you, that you play first on you tour in pratteln!<br />

I'm a great tolkienfan. i read that bg will make a last long song about a tolkientheme,<br />

when comes this song out or doesn't he come?<br />

I recently talked to Mikael Stanne of Dark Tranquillity and he said that when they<br />

started out you where one of their biggest influences. QUESTION: Do you like Dark<br />

Tranquillity? (Btw, love the new album, I have an advance copy, favourite song is<br />

Under the ice, play it live!!!)<br />

What you think about Manowar? Hail to Aragorn-WB and Holy<br />

!devoice Auge<br />

NP: Wait for an answer<br />

Auge, one question<br />

Daniel: you're a show off and we hate you :P<br />

I´m sure there will be more songs about tolkien but don´t ask me what they´ll<br />

sound like, we didn´t write them yet<br />

reply the manowar one ;)


ahah no, that was a second question<br />

doesn't count<br />

Answer mine please<br />

I love Dark Tranquility, they are my fav. Death Metal Band <strong>with</strong> In Flames, cool<br />

that we influenced them :-)<br />

what do you think about a world wide web bard clan? i and aragorn would help, if<br />

possible. visit: www.blind-guardian.ch your answers rule :) thanks for your time for<br />

all of us<br />

* BeatchSLap slaps <strong>Marcus</strong> around a bit <strong>with</strong> a large cardboard Thomen<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, boxers, briefs, or no underwear at all?<br />

...<br />

NOT AGAIN.<br />

We didnt have that before<br />

What is all that underwear thing going on here???<br />

God damnit leave the man's underwear alone<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, we have fetishes<br />

ahaha <strong>Marcus</strong>, your fault! You started that on the forum :P<br />

lol<br />

not on purpous<br />

that's what they all say!<br />

lol<br />

yeah<br />

well<br />

mine is light blue<br />

What is the point you like most about being a member of Blind<br />

Guardian ?<br />

Highlord_Thunder, LoRd_RiNg<br />

What kind of distortion do you use? (pedals, amplification etc...) please visit<br />

my spanish web site www.blind-guardian.es.vg thanks!<br />

being able to travel around the world and see all those great places<br />

I only use the distortion from my rectifier<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>: Whats your favorite UT weapon or Mod? ((i thought of the Boxer/Brief<br />

question thing earlyer... i was told it was asked, so i had to come up w/another<br />

question about it..))<br />

marcus: and coming here to <strong>chat</strong> of course ;)<br />

ahahaha<br />

I like domination and a railgun<br />

heh cool, Sniper rifle on DM for me:)<br />

fuckin camper... ;-)<br />

* DS-sama makes a headshot on Mr_Thou<br />

LOL<br />

LOL<br />

ahahaha<br />

aaaaaaaahahaha<br />

* BlindG pokes Chris<br />

Thanks:)<br />

* DS-sama is in a killing frenzy!<br />

* BlindG kicks Chris


Viagere?<br />

I gotta go, cyas...<br />

Hey, next time you come to Argentina, want to come play at a pool party? We'll have<br />

beer and topless chicks!<br />

cool<br />

ahah<br />

hellooo<br />

hehe<br />

Can he bring his wife?<br />

AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAAAAA<br />

that's a yes?<br />

:P<br />

Woo.<br />

Sure, he can.<br />

* Bringa is the nagging little voice of conscious :P<br />

even better :-9<br />

those are his mom and sister, and a bucket of water :P<br />

ahahaha<br />

ahahaha<br />

hey marcus, thanks for all the great sing-a-long music :D<br />

Hey, I'll remember this when I stalk you next time you come here.<br />

buahaha.<br />

!devoice Slay<br />

leon, please :)<br />

okidoki<br />

Are you going to release a guitartab book (tabbed by you and andre of<br />

course) <strong>with</strong> the BG songs? I Read on the homepage that you maybe would do<br />

that....but my question is: Have the work begun on the book? And a question for fun=)<br />

Wanna start a Counter Strike Clan <strong>with</strong> me?, cause I've heard you like computer<br />

games =)<br />

Sir Kostroman, you can ask now too :)<br />

No, we don´t work on such a book, i said that i wrote down some songs for the<br />

homepage...and counterstrike is boring ;-)<br />

UT power!!<br />

UT RULEZ !<br />

...<br />

Q3 power !<br />

God damn playmobile kids<br />

UT here too :P<br />

lol<br />

CS is for real men<br />

:P<br />

UT has too many colors!<br />

hmm<br />

I prefer Doom<br />

q3 is for people <strong>with</strong> a brain infection<br />

alright alright, let's cut this :P<br />

Q3 is THE ONLY ONE !


sir k?<br />

Chris, he told me he forgot his question :P<br />

heh<br />

lol<br />

Strange estonian ppl<br />

First of all, I hope you had a good time on the weekend of Dec 7-9. heh, I'll be brief<br />

<strong>with</strong> a request, more than a question... will you join us more often so we can all <strong>chat</strong><br />

regularly and not formally ? :)<br />

:P<br />

yep, I promise...<br />

RobinXv, go ahead, ask a good question<br />

:P<br />

w00t<br />

Sir K can send me a mail <strong>with</strong> his question ;-)<br />

no<br />

"..." ? :P<br />

ahah<br />

no shoestring?<br />

no<br />

Damn that man LOVES to flirt <strong>with</strong> danger.<br />

lol<br />

..<br />

aha<br />

done :P<br />

ROFLMFAO<br />

done<br />

Alrighty.. that was the second round<br />

THIRD !!!<br />

hmm<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, do you want to ask US something?<br />

:)<br />

yea hright :P<br />

I mean, just for fairness' sake<br />

can I ask yet another question?<br />

:P<br />

;)<br />

Sure, go ahead :P<br />

ask your question<br />

where are you planning to spend vacations after this tour?<br />

No idea, maybe the states...<br />

come chill in holland, we can smoke weed together and stuff<br />

:P<br />

lol<br />

lol<br />

maybe rap together too :P<br />

and listen to rap music<br />

:) :) :) :)<br />

word!


The dutch boarder is about 15 minutes away fro here, that wouldn´realy be a<br />

vacation<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, what do you think of Megadeth? :)<br />

!!!!<br />

wow, a dutch boarder! :P<br />

* BlindG pays attention to that one...<br />

haha<br />

so a coffee visit then?<br />

Old megadeth have been great, Peace sells...<br />

:) :) :) :)<br />

YES<br />

uh oh<br />

* BlindG jumps again<br />

coffee or coffeeshop?<br />

ahah<br />

megadeth power!!<br />

BlindG and megadeth<br />

you made him happy<br />

:P<br />

AHAHAHAHAAAAAAA<br />

coffeeshop ofcourse<br />

Markus, what do you think of Progressive Metal?<br />

Such bands like Dream Theater, Pain of Salvation and so on?<br />

Well, it's a good thing :) He said earlier that he likes Somewhere :) :) :)<br />

of course he likes .. he helped make it ¬¬<br />

marcus: tell him that prog is gay so he'll shut up<br />

I love old Fates Warning, Rush and DT, so I guess i like it<br />

wow<br />

Rush<br />

hehe<br />

uhoh<br />

marcus, one last question from me<br />

Good :)<br />

!voice vic<br />

what did you think of all the questions asked here today?<br />

Do you like Marvin Gaye's music?<br />

he said Rush!! :)<br />

!voice SirK<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>: did you just say old Fates Warning is progressive??? SHAME ON YOU!!!!<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, is there any plans to make some more songs based exactly on Lord Of The<br />

Rings? or slow epic ballads?<br />

lol<br />

SirK didn't get to ask his question a moment ago<br />

the questions have been ok, besides the underware stuff... ;-)<br />

!devoice vic<br />

my question was irrellevant anyways :)<br />

Hey Dennis, back again ;-)<br />

:)


<strong>Marcus</strong>: but but but WHY not the underwear ? Pppl want NEWS !!!<br />

watching...<br />

There are no plans for any songs in the moment<br />

Andrea: thats OLD news :P<br />

ask him about other kinds of clothes :PP<br />

@ Vic Old F.W. are the gods of prog Metal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />

I wouldn't know anything about it :P<br />

* BlindG hides<br />

conquests or contests?<br />

:P<br />

ROFL<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, what do you think, do you want a third round?<br />

No, never again... ;-)<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, I saw you took participation in Harvest of Sorrow's composition... did<br />

you compose any other song for the new album?<br />

Mongvar<br />

That was asked before :P<br />

NOT my fault ! NOT MY FAULT !!! NOT MY FAULT !!!!<br />

hey, i´m outta here.. later folks :)<br />

Yep, I wrote some more songs but they will be released later<br />

He said that he composed other songs, but only Harvest made it to the album<br />

bye Don :)<br />

Ah sorry :p<br />

bah<br />

god bless cappuccino<br />

Teddy, it's ok :P<br />

well, here it's 4:42 pm ;P<br />

so for the time being I'm ok :P<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, you already gave us one over hour..<br />

Do you want more?<br />

No, not another complete round, we can do some more questions, but not a full<br />

round...I start to get tired<br />

Alright<br />

* Errtu agrees <strong>with</strong> marcus<br />

alrighty<br />

!voice Vampyrella<br />

You had a question?<br />

You know, kids don´t let you sleep in the morning, they don´t care if you were<br />

<strong>chat</strong>ing all night...<br />

What do you think about Black metal?<br />

ahah the joys of fatherhood :)<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong> tell us about something funny or unusual event while making this new album<br />

I loved Venom back in the 80s and I like some new bands, but the image is just too<br />

stupid<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong> : are they old enough to operate a Playstation 2 yet? :)<br />

!devoice SirK<br />

!devoice Vampyrella<br />

!voice dark-ange


appart from developing and stuff...will ANATO feature old "thrash" metal<br />

influeced BG classics such as SFB, FTB era???? i hope so<br />

he is pld enough, yep<br />

!devoice dark-ange<br />

listen to punishment devine<br />

!voice Kirsty<br />

* BlindG grins<br />

that´s kind of modern old school<br />

Good evening <strong>Marcus</strong>! You are known for being a very creative guy... So tell us, how<br />

did you propose to your wife? :)<br />

Had to ask at least one girlie question this evening!<br />

lol<br />

to be honest...well, i don´t realy remember...shame on me :-)<br />

ahahaha traumatic experience and all<br />

Well... maybe we should invite your wife next time ;)<br />

of course it was the most beautiful proposal ever<br />

ahahaha<br />

!devoice Kirsty<br />

ehe cute<br />

!voice Thom<br />

well<br />

hey<br />

hey<br />

i bet its something i would say ;)))<br />

alright, last question I'd say :)<br />

okay, i forgive you for not liking blaze, but, what shampoo do you use on long hair?<br />

ahaha!<br />

Good final question :)<br />

ROFL<br />

Jade asked you to ask that? :p<br />

!devoice Thom<br />

fuck you :-)<br />

AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAA<br />

What do british ppl use Thom? Grease?<br />

:PPP<br />

axle grease most probably<br />

ahaha...one fuck you from marcus...a tie <strong>with</strong> thomen :P<br />

Fuck you is a good closing statement<br />

:)<br />

eheh<br />

NO !!!<br />

Alright<br />

2 ACTUALLY !<br />

he uses Revlon, because of that chick<br />

ONE WENT TO DIMITRIS BEFORE !<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, we're calling it a night then, okay?<br />

yes!<br />

good fuck you's :)


* BlindG kicks Daniel<br />

thomen said he hated me :(<br />

I want to win, so again...fuck you ;-)<br />

ahahaha<br />

lol<br />

take that<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>: you already won :P 3-1 :P<br />

cool<br />

ahaha<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>: great having you here, the <strong>chat</strong>ters score was Thomen 128 - <strong>Marcus</strong><br />

122...you were close :))<br />

alright alright<br />

fuck thomen<br />

aha<br />

Will do!<br />

LOL<br />

He's just a drummer<br />

hahaha<br />

* Bringa kicks BlindG<br />

Alrighty<br />

*cough*<br />

* BlindG kicks Daniel<br />

thats true<br />

Official part:<br />

* BlindG looks at <strong>Marcus</strong>.....<br />

Thanks, from all your fans, for being here tonight<br />

And taking this much time for us :)<br />

Thanks to all the <strong>chat</strong>ters asking questions tonight<br />

no problem, it was fun<br />

for your patience and your interest :)<br />

ehehe<br />

We certainly hope to see you here again some day soon<br />

heh<br />

Soon ey ? :)<br />

As for the log: This time (/me kicks Blindg) it will be posted somewhere<br />

yep, I´ll be back<br />

prolly on the official page too.. if I have to beat Pedro :P<br />

DANIEL<br />

IT<br />

WAS<br />

NOT MY FAULT !!<br />

not your fault<br />

yes yes<br />

It was the underwear<br />

...<br />

ARGH<br />

lol<br />

Okay :)


...<br />

Thank you very much again :)<br />

:P<br />

Thank you <strong>Marcus</strong> :)<br />

and again fuck the underwear<br />

I'll unmoderate now, so you better leave quickly<br />

be back soon, you hear?<br />

...<br />

ahaha<br />

lol<br />

ahahah<br />

yes :P<br />

he sure will<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>: I told you about that picture :)<br />

any closing words, <strong>Marcus</strong>? Otherwise I remove the moderation<br />

yeah, you did<br />

and all hell shall break loose<br />

:P<br />

ahah<br />

SUL!<br />

haha<br />

...<br />

...<br />

SUL!<br />

SUL!<br />

:)))<br />

yea<br />

* Bringa senses Markus typing<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>:I hope you had a good time during our visit there man :)<br />

yep, i had :-)<br />

okay<br />

I'll unmoderate now :)<br />

!mode -m<br />

And thank you for the hospitality and all the good time :)<br />

--- <strong>Chat</strong> session ends here.<br />

Ahh finally I can go to sleep.<br />

bye marcus<br />

bye<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, can we have your vote on a contest between two girls? It'd be really<br />

important for all of us. I'd send you two pics and you'd vote for girl1 or girl2. No<br />

nudity involved. ;-P<br />

bye<br />

bye marcus<br />

bye<br />

farewell!<br />

hahaha<br />

bye marcus<br />

bye marcus!!


AHAHAHA<br />

bye marcus<br />

haha<br />

your the king<br />

Later man.<br />

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!<br />

farewell marcus!<br />

marcus = god<br />

whats the worst thing <strong>with</strong> every member in the group as a person<br />

(including your self)?? =))<br />

HELL!!!!!!!!!!! broken lose<br />

See you soon <strong>Marcus</strong> :)<br />

oh my<br />

ahah<br />

shit<br />

he will smite any1 that dosent think so<br />

thanks marcus<br />

Good night Markus :)<br />

ooga, say bye :)<br />

[marcus] for ever :))<br />

cu marcus<br />

bye :)<br />

Bye my friend!!<br />

C U MARCUS<br />

Farewell<br />

farewell!<br />

nite marcus !<br />

Farewell<br />

:P<br />

Just.. leave.. run.. Quickly!<br />

ahaha<br />

Fare thee well <strong>Marcus</strong>. Cya<br />

ta marcus, seeya<br />

Thanks <strong>Marcus</strong>! :D<br />

This place opened like pandora's box!<br />

deserves this<br />

oh shit, this is too fast for me...<br />

indeed :)<br />

ahaha<br />

<strong>Marcus</strong>, can we have your vote on a contest between two girls? It'd be really<br />

important for all of us. I'd send you two pics and you'd vote for girl1 or girl2. No<br />

nudity involved. ;-P<br />

bye<br />

bye marcus!<br />

he said old Fates was progressive<br />

I warned you<br />

ooga, is markus a god?<br />

flush, yes no yes no yes no yes no .. i dunno, ask somebody else


haha =)<br />

whats the worst thing <strong>with</strong> every member in the group as a person<br />

(including your self)?? =))<br />

Q U E E N I S T H E G R E A T E S T B A N D E V E R<br />

ahahahaha<br />

is Laughing Out Loud marcus<br />

!quote<br />

Quote 250 of 344: Don't tell this to anyone, but I'm gay. damn i wanna feel<br />

Thom's packer.<br />

lol<br />

cages are open...FREEEEEEEE!<br />

marcus...LEAVE FAST!!!! OR YOU´LL BE DAMMNED<br />

:)<br />

!mode +m<br />

SPAMMING !!!!!<br />

*blink*<br />

Yes<br />

that's what I meant<br />

lol<br />

Just .. go :PP<br />

hmmm<br />

a taste of CHAOS :)<br />

since I can´t read that fast, cu next time, good night<br />

Alright :)<br />

Good night<br />

Goodnight :)<br />

ahahaha<br />

(click on the little x in the upper right corner)<br />

:PP<br />

lol<br />

hahaha<br />

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