The Sushi Hunter wrote:Gideon wrote:The only time a person's "emotional investment" in [anything] becomes a problem for me is when it leads to myopia or revisionist history. For example, "NEAL SCHON FIRED STEVE PERRY SO HE'S A SHITTY GUITARIST" or "STEVE PERRY FIRED ROSS VALORY AND STEVE SMITH SO THE FUCKER CAN'T SING" and all manner of similar sentiments that litter the internet. [u]That shit is retarded.
That's an affirmative.
If anyone actually said or believed that, they're a tool....what I think has happened (and certainly did at the time) was the degrade in respect for making sane and appropriate 'band' decisions and suffering from LSD (lead singer's disease) a concern that was somewhat forgiven (by me at least) with the delivery of "Trial By Fire" (and later reneged due to 'leading the band on')
Connecting one's perception of the quality of person, with the caliber of their talent is definitely fallacious rationale, but both qualities can influence the other - I can definitely see that...
EGADS! People, please don’t ever attach that word SEX… in any context… to Giddy and me. No joke…age-wise (not to mention, thought-wise), we are 3 generations removed… 
no sparks there, nada 
