He war gerade auf www.angel-dust.de da steht im Gästebuch, dass die alle nächsten Gigs abbrechen wegen dem Drummer oder so...weiss da jemand mehr drüber? Das steht im Gästebuch: FRANK BANX wrote on the 26.07.2002, 16:58:43 HELLO EVERYBODY, I'M VERY, VERY SORRY, THAT I MUST TELL YOU, THAT MY BAND ANGEL DUST IS NOT ABLE TO APPEAR ON METAL DAYZ IN PRATTELN, AS WELL AS I MUST CANCEL THE WACKEN OPEN AIR, 'CAUSE MY DRUMMER AND SO CALLED "LONG TIME FRIEND" DIRK ASSMUTH DOESN'T WANT TO PLAY THESE SHOWS AND I HAVE NO CHANCE AT ALL, TO REHEARSE WITH ANY GERMAN OR EUROPEAN DRUMMER TO MAKE THIS SHOWS GOING TO HAPPEN, 'CAUSE I'M IN MILWAUKEE USA, TO PLAY AT METAL FEST. DIRK ASSMUTH TOLD ME, THAT HE'S GOT SOMETHING BETTER TO DO, THEN PLAYING THESE TWO MORE SHOWS FOR YOU. I TRIED MY BEST TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. THE PAY OF 275 EURO/ $ FOR WACKEN OPEN AIR DOES NOT COVER THE COSTS FOR THE FLIGHTS OF NICK SEELINGER FROM DENVER BASED BAND SILENCER, WHO DRUMMED THE LAST TOUR WITH RHAPSODY IN EUROPE AND THE PROG POWER FEST IN ATLANTA / USA, 'CAUSE DIRK ASSMUTH DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY THESE SHOWS AS WELL. PEOPLE, I SWEAR, I TRIED MY BEST TO MAKE ALL SHOWS HAPPEN, AS WELL AS I TRIED MY BEST TO PLAY A PROFESSIONEL SHOW ON "STEEL MEETS STEEL" FESTIVAL IN WALTROP. THIS PROMOTOR DIDN'T FULLFILL THE BASICS OF THE CONTRACT, LIKE HAVING PROFESSIONEL GEAR. MANY PEOPLE CALLED ME AN ARROGANT "WANNA BE ROCKSTAR" ( INCLUDING DIRK ASSMUTH, ALSO SEE ENTRTIES ON THIS PAGE), FOR I WAS TRYING TO GET THIS GEAR FOR RITCHIE, (LINE 6 AMP AND MY AMPEG STACK) ON SATURDAY JULY 20TH. ACCORDING TO THIS KIND TREATMENT BY MY OWN BAND MEMBERS AND PROMOTORS LIKE THOSE IN WACKEN AND WALTROP AND "FANS" LIKE THESE GUYS YOU'LL FIND ON THIS PAGE, OR THOSE, WHO'VE THROWN MUD ON RITCHIE AND ME, I WILL NEVER RETURN TO A GERMAN STAGE AGAIN. I WILL TAKE MY TIME OFF TO FEFORM THE BAND ONCE AGAIN, BUT RIGHT KNOW, I'M NOT EVEN SURE, IF THERE'S A BAND CALLED ANGEL DUST ANYMORE, 'CAUSE NOBODY TALKS WITH ME ABOUT THIS. I PROMISE TO GIVE MY BEST AGAIN, LIKE I DID THE LAST 17 YEARS, BUT PEOPLE LIKE I DISCRIBED ABOVE OR PEOPLE, WHO WRITE THIS NICE E-MAILS ABOUT ME WILL HAVE TO RECOGNIZE, THAT I ALLOW NOBODY TO TREAD ME LIKE THIS. I NEVER EARNED MONEY WITH THIS BAND, 'CAUSE I ALWAYS SHARED EVERTHING WITH EVERYBODY, BUT ALSO, I COVERED ALL THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, THAT THE BAND LOST, 'CAUSE OF EX MEMBERS, THAT LEFT THE BAND RIGHT BEFORE OR A TOUR OR FESTIVAL SHOWS, OR THESE KIND OF PROMOTORS IN WACKEN AND WALTROP (THIS SHOW COST ME 1.600 US $ BY THE WAY, THANX A LOT), CENTURY MEDIA GERMANY (!!!), OR THE WEB MASTER OF THIS PAGE. I WANT TO THANK ALL THIS PEOPLE FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT. PLEASE, DON'T HELP ME IN FUTURE AGAIN, JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, PLEASE. HOPE TO SEE THE REAL PEOPLE IN FUTURE....... THE ARROGANT "WANNA BE ROCK STAR" FRANK BANX
Nuus aus dem Rock Hard !!! 26.07.2002: Angel Dust sagen Wacken und Pratteln ab ANGEL DUST haben sowohl ihren Auftritt auf dem W:O:A als auch bei dem am gleichen Wochenende stattfindenden Z7-Festival in Pratteln bei Basel abgesagt. Letzter Auftritt der Band, bei der sich in den letzten Wochen Auflösungserscheinungen breit machten, ist der Gig als Headliner beim Milwaukee Metal Fest an diesem Wochenende. Sobald die Jungs aus Amiland zurück sind, werden wir euch auf dem Laufenden halten, ob sich einer der stärksten Melodic Metal-Acts Europas noch mal zusammenraufen wird, oder ob die Kurz-Geschichte nach vier exzellenten Alben in vier Jahren bereits ihr Ende gefunden hat. SCHÖNESCHEIßE
@thordis: Siehste, am besten wir machen ne megalliste zusammen, wer alles Haemorrhage sehen will*hrhr*, also entweder für die Freakshow, für Angel Dust, oder für Lock Up, für eine von denne könne die doch wohl spielen.
Die ganze Angel Dust- Sache kommt mir deshalb völlig spanisch vor weil die Band letzten Samstag beim Steel Meets Steel- Festival ganz entspannt verkündet hat, daß dies das letzte Konzert des Drummers ist. Das war allerdings so unaufgeregt, daß ich dachte, der Ersatz wäre schon klar. Da wundert mich die "überraschende" Absage fünf Tage später schon ein wenig.