Sad news... RockinDeano R.I.P.

[SilvioRodrigues]

I gotta meet AR one of these days. He looks to be a straight up-badass to hang with. Even though he's a Balty fan ( ) I dig his wrestling championship belts and what he adds to these forums.

A lot of us are going to the M3 Festival in May. Saint John, Rip, RVR and others.

I'm trying to get a Visa within two weeks. I think I will join this group!!
It will be a good way to celebrate my 39th birthday (May 11th).

[AR]

I'm going too. Any room for a liberal homo in the group?

Homo = yes. Especially if you dress up like a flaming over the top one like Adrian Adonis used to in WWF.

Liberal? That might be the deal breaker.

As the event gets closer, I will send out more details. I live 35 miles from the venue and see at least 3 or 4 shows a year there. Should be no problem organizing people to meet up. See you in May.

[scarygirl]

I'm going too. Any room for a liberal homo in the group?

Homo = yes. Especially if you dress up like a flaming over the top one like Adrian Adonis used to in WWF.

Liberal? That might be the deal breaker.

As the event gets closer, I will send out more details. I live 35 miles from the venue and see at least 3 or 4 shows a year there. Should be no problem organizing people to meet up. See you in May.

Where is it being held this year?

[Seven Wishes2]

I'm driving up Friday afternoon from Charlotte if anybody wants to hitch a ride.

[AR]

I'm going too. Any room for a liberal homo in the group?

Homo = yes. Especially if you dress up like a flaming over the top one like Adrian Adonis used to in WWF.

Liberal? That might be the deal breaker.

As the event gets closer, I will send out more details. I live 35 miles from the venue and see at least 3 or 4 shows a year there. Should be no problem organizing people to meet up. See you in May.

Where is it being held this year?

Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD (halfway between Baltimore and Washington, DC)

[bionic]

His posts during the whole tapegate affair were priceless and i still laugh when i remember his remarks about the herd that adored Augeri.....RIP.

[Angiekay]

My God, I thought this was a joke when I saw the thread....I wish it was.

Deano was the one who brought me to this site and he certainly tested my patience and good humor at times, but the true Deano came out in the private messages we shared and I enjoyed our conversations. He was a good guy. My heart goes out to his family. Thoughts and prayers to them

God speed, Deano....

[AR]

Some of the earliest Dean comments on this site, commenting on a "Best Rock Magazine Poll"

03/12/04: Dean - derbydeano@yahoo.com
I noticed no-one mentioned Rolling Stone...Good, as that rag blows. I like Bruce Springsteen but that guy could write a song about his dog taking a shit on the Whitehouse lawn, and they would instantly crown it a jewel. Too biased

On "Best Website":

03/12/04: Dean - derbydeano@yahoo.com
Journeymusic.com..easy
Bruce Springsteen.com(this is the best)

[AR]

A pre-tapegate review of Generations:
30/06/05: Dean Ohlrich - Journey-Generations - derbydeano@yahoo.com
Rating: 95
What I received as I walked in to the concert last week on the kickoff show was Journey's Generations CD.. WOW. Awesome. Only a little flaw and that is due to my particular taste.

"Faith in the Heartland" opens the CD, and after a drum roll opening, it takes off and soars..Neal Schon's guitar kiterally takes you with him, and the song is up tempo and fluid, complete with the poroverbial Schon solo..."The Place in Your Heart" should already be on the radio, and why it's not is beside me. This tune starts out abruptly, and then takes off with a catchy chorus and a super melodic Neal solo to close the song..The best song since Seperate Ways; in fact in my opinion, it's better. Now, the third song is called "A Better life" and drummer Deen Castranova takes over vocals on this one. I instantly liked it..starts off with a Richard marx like "Hazard: opening, then is moderate tempo, with a sweet smooth voiced Castranova doing an excellent job here..another radio friendly song. "Every Generation" is Jonathan Cains" turn to sing lead. Nothing special, but is a nice solid melodic song..a little Billy Joelish. The Next song was Steve Augeri's solo entry called "Butterfly(She flies alone). Too slow for me, and sounds like it is missing from Arrival..ok song, but I could do without. "Believe" is the next song, and it too rocks..A classic Journey song with a nice chorus. However, to me, the momentum is broken up with "Knowing that you love Me." This too sounds like Arrival, which isn't a bad thing, but could leave off. Now, the rockers come at you, starting with "Out of Harms Way." Killer Neal guitar opening, sounds like a machine gun along with Deenos drumming..great, no, superb lyrics..political song, but supportive of the men and women serving over "there." "In Self Defense" is next, and you may recognize this from a Schon and Hammer album back in the day..Neal torques on this one, and Deen fills in the high pitched vocals..."Better Together" is a real solif tune. I love the lyrics, and to me it seems as though the words are reflective of the band, not the boy/girl scenario..you need to listen to this one..For the next track, "Gone Crazy" I thought ZZ Top was included in this song. Bassist Ross Valory's turn at the mic and he does a good job on it, it just isn't Journey..very hokish and country rock..seriously, sounds like Billy Gibbons doing Journey, or Ross doing ZZ...The final song is "Beyond the Clouds."Real slow, but Schon's guitar melts you like butter, and the chorus is heavy on lyrics..

In rating this cd, I knocked off a few points for the "fillers" "Knowing that you Love Me" and "Butterfly", and for the awkwardness of the Ross song, however, this CD is strong..real strong. If radio would pull their collective heads out of their collective asses, and play this bad boy.. There are anthem songs(Faith in the Heartland), good rock tunes, pop songs(Better Life), and no tissue ballads, I rank this now number #2 in the impressive Journey catalog..yes, behind Frontiers. It's that good. Buy it if you can, or simply go to their show, and get one free!!

Dean

[AR]

This is another comment on Generations. Pretty wild to see knowing the storm that was about to hit.

14/08/05: Dean - derbydeano@yahoo.com
Rating: 90
I love how all the "Journey fan for 30 years" can't stand this effort, yet they spell Neal, Neil, and many have Steveperry in their hotmail addresses...Hey, if this doesn't do it for you, seeya...This CD, we now find out, is being re-recorded, and the freebee was a demo of sorts..and still kicks TBF and ROR in the butt. You can have the Perry crap..This rocks, and has tons of guitar, tons of hooks, and tons of melodies.

[Enigma869]

This is another comment on Generations. Pretty wild to see knowing the storm that was about to hit.

14/08/05: Dean - derbydeano@yahoo.com
Rating: 90
I love how all the "Journey fan for 30 years" can't stand this effort, yet they spell Neal, Neil, and many have Steveperry in their hotmail addresses...Hey, if this doesn't do it for you, seeya...This CD, we now find out, is being re-recorded, and the freebee was a demo of sorts..and still kicks TBF and ROR in the butt. You can have the Perry crap..This rocks, and has tons of guitar, tons of hooks, and tons of melodies.

Dean definitely wasn't close to consistent on "Generations", because I recall him criticizing it, often. No disrespect to Dean, but anyone rating "Generations" 95 out of 100 should have immediately had their fucking hearing checked. That CD was a fucking abortion...on EVERY level!

[Sassie]

I am posting this for me and Jenna. We are so sorry to hear about Deano. He was always nice to me and as somebody else said, his PMs were certainly different than he was sometimes on the board. He made me laugh way more than he made me mad. My heart goes out to his family and friends.

[Liquid_Drummer]

Very sad to hear this. RIP Deano.. Mortality sucks...

[AR]

I was just sent this picture today. One I never had before.

[scarygirl]

I was just sent this picture today. One I never had before.

Neal still looks human there. Nice pic of Dean. Still hard to believe he won't be around to hash out the next Journey controversy, news of Steve's soon to be released album , or the upcoming election.

[Don]

Neal's forehead showed signs of a botox famine there. Good times before the storm.

[RPM]

He was one of a kind. He could be so crude but intelligent in his argument , I know he could be a pain
in Andrews ass, but he made this place special. I will miss his humor, he will never be forgotten.
Peace be to Lula and Wyatt.

[SusieP]

I'd like a list of typical Rockindeano phrases and insults - and a definition.

I mean, what the heck is 'choad????' I've never heard such words as he would come out with.
I assume 'blowing mud' is diarrhoea?

Dicksnot, I can work out.
Chiclets - I had explained to me.
Rack - I also had explained to me.

How can you miss somebody you never met?
But I do.

[Starrider]

I'd like a list of typical Rockindeano phrases and insults - and a definition.

I mean, what the heck is 'choad????' I've never heard such words as he would come out with.

Choad: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=choad

I assume 'blowing mud' is diarrhoea?

Correct, but if Dean was still here, I am sure he would somehow mock you for giving the "Euro" spelling of diarrhea!

Dean certainly had a way with words. I thought I had a colorful and expansive vocabulary, but Dean always seemed to come up with new ones.

[AR]

I'd like a list of typical Rockindeano phrases and insults - and a definition.

I mean, what the heck is 'choad????' I've never heard such words as he would come out with.
I assume 'blowing mud' is diarrhoea?

Dicksnot, I can work out.
Chiclets - I had explained to me.
Rack - I also had explained to me.

How can you miss somebody you never met?
But I do.

Lots of things Dean would be saying if he was still here. It is still weird.

[Deb]

I was just sent this picture today. One I never had before.

Sacrilege! LOL his drink should be covering up the Oilers logo instead.

[SusieP]

I'd like a list of typical Rockindeano phrases and insults - and a definition.

I mean, what the heck is 'choad????' I've never heard such words as he would come out with.

Choad: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=choad

I assume 'blowing mud' is diarrhoea?

Correct, but if Dean was still here, I am sure he would somehow mock you for giving the "Euro" spelling of diarrhea!

Dean certainly had a way with words. I thought I had a colorful and expansive vocabulary, but Dean always seemed to come up with new ones.

Thanks for the Choad definition. HOW did he get to know these words??????


And I did type diarrhea but my spellchecker yelled at me.

[Shadowsong]

OMG
I'm in shock...
My brother's birthday is tomorrow
He passed in 94...
Now I just learned about Deano

Total shock

Thoughts & prayer to Lula & Wyatt & his older children & everyone who saw the good side of Deano.

Hey Deano...no misspelling...except punctuation...I think...thinking of you.
Got a chance to rock out with Deano & his beer bash banned to Paladino's parking lot.

Deano could be a big pain in the arse
but if you got under his thick skin there was a very big heart.

[SusieP]

Welcome back shadowsong and the Budgie.

xxx

[stevew2]

I ve been out of the loop for awile.I couldnt beleive it. What a shame.I dont know what happen but i sure will miss him He was cool as shit and we had alot of funny posts back and forth .He got me started here, and got me back in many times when I crossed the line.I still have his number in my phone and will miss him calling me "fucker".I remember years ago when i checked out Mr when he called me a pussy when I posted "it just wasnt as special with out Steve Augeri " to Romantic Guy on the Journey forums.He ragged my ass good. He also encourged me to be a better {or different } poster on here,gave me advice{good or bad}I regret that I blew of the chance to meet him on his train trip when he went thru Baltimore.He had so many Journey stories,and so many day to day stuff in his life that he shared with us.He was so interesting,and a good soul,he didnt always come across that way at times ,but I know he had a good heart.I still have his Pms and wil treasure them.I liked how he made fun of my mispelling issues ,as others did to. This is the first ive heard of his passing,my heart is heavy,Ill drink a glass of merlot to him tonight.God Bless you Deano,I pray for Lulu and Wyatt< they will miss him more than anyone. Take care everyone<im going start checkin back in here<Steve

[AR]

I ve been out of the loop for awile.I couldnt beleive it. What a shame.I dont know what happen but i sure will miss him He was cool as shit and we had alot of funny posts back and forth .He got me started here, and got me back in many times when I crossed the line.I still have his number in my phone and will miss him calling me "fucker".I remember years ago when i checked out Mr when he called me a pussy when I posted "it just wasnt as special with out Steve Augeri " to Romantic Guy on the Journey forums.He ragged my ass good. He also encourged me to be a better {or different } poster on here,gave me advice{good or bad}I regret that I blew of the chance to meet him on his train trip when he went thru Baltimore.He had so many Journey stories,and so many day to day stuff in his life that he shared with us.He was so interesting,and a good soul,he didnt always come across that way at times ,but I know he had a good heart.I still have his Pms and wil treasure them.I liked how he made fun of my mispelling issues ,as others did to. This is the first ive heard of his passing,my heart is heavy,Ill drink a glass of merlot to him tonight.God Bless you Deano,I pray for Lulu and Wyatt< they will miss him more than anyone. Take care everyone<im going start checkin back in here<Steve

Your spelling was a little bit better here. Not great, but you were trying here Steve. Post naturally and let it rip! No need to try so hard.

Steve is a very nice guy. I've met him a few times over the years.

[Don]

I ve been out of the loop for awile.I couldnt beleive it. What a shame.I dont know what happen but i sure will miss him He was cool as shit and we had alot of funny posts back and forth .He got me started here, and got me back in many times when I crossed the line.I still have his number in my phone and will miss him calling me "fucker".I remember years ago when i checked out Mr when he called me a pussy when I posted "it just wasnt as special with out Steve Augeri " to Romantic Guy on the Journey forums.He ragged my ass good. He also encourged me to be a better {or different } poster on here,gave me advice{good or bad}I regret that I blew of the chance to meet him on his train trip when he went thru Baltimore.He had so many Journey stories,and so many day to day stuff in his life that he shared with us.He was so interesting,and a good soul,he didnt always come across that way at times ,but I know he had a good heart.I still have his Pms and wil treasure them.I liked how he made fun of my mispelling issues ,as others did to. This is the first ive heard of his passing,my heart is heavy,Ill drink a glass of merlot to him tonight.God Bless you Deano,I pray for Lulu and Wyatt< they will miss him more than anyone. Take care everyone<im going start checkin back in here<Steve

Glad to see you here again, Steve.

[stevew2]

Thank you both i ve been working on my spelling {a little} Fuck the capitals.

[AR]

Thank you both i ve been working on my spelling {a little} Fuck the capitals.

Don't worry about it.

Your name came up when Dean passed to see if anyone could contact you. Hell, I haven't been back on here all that long myself. Just a few months.

[stevew2]

Thank you both i ve been working on my spelling {a little} Fuck the capitals.

Don't worry about it.

Your name came up when Dean passed to see if anyone could contact you. Hell, I haven't been back on here all that long myself. Just a few months.

Thats nice to know. To me ,someone like Deano would be almost invinceable. Of course nobody is .... damn it. You hung out with him, thats really cool Ed. You are fun to hang out with to