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Mr. Haake makes strange faces

Thiellus
Sun, 04/11/2018 - 18:28

So last night I was at the Behemoth show with At The Gates and Wolves in the Throne Room as supporting act. During the intermission between ATG and Behemoth, with the lights on, I notice someone who looks exactly like Tom Haake, the legendary drummer of Meshuggah. I had seen him on the streets of Boston about a year ago as he was setting up for a show at the House of Blues, with headliner Megadeth on the bill, and wanted to approach him back then but the time didn’t seem appropriate.
So this time, I wait until the right moment. This time, he’s just a fan and audience member like the rest of us. He was hanging out at the VIP section so I couldn’t get in (I explained to the bouncer that I really need to get in there so I could get a photo with this guy but he didn’t care and clearly didn’t know who Tom was or what the fuck a Meshuggah was supposed to mean...) so I go back to my seat. A few minutes later I notice him put his beer down and head to the VIP entrance as if to leave. I walk over and stop him on his way to the bathroom and I go, “HEY! You’re Tom Haake of Meshuggah!” And he looks at me and goes “yeah... hey man, you’ve got some Swedish bands on your vest (in reference to the Entombed and ATG circle patches I’ve got sewed on the front side) - “very cool, man.” I go, “of course! Then I turned around to show him the massive Dissection patch on the back. “Verrrry nice,” he says. I tell him how awesome his set was in Boston where I watched them play Bleed live, along with a good chunk of their KILLER 2017 release, The Violent Sleep of Reason. He was happy to hear it so he agrees to take a photo with me. Very cool guy. Then I walked off and saw that a small line of followers had formed up next to us to do the same exact thing and I thought, “shit. I hope this guy isn’t holding in a beer piss right now.”

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pigwalk42's picture

great and classic storyline of those moments where you got only one thing in mind which is to grab a legend that pathed your musical and personal life

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Thiellus's picture

Yes exactly!! Cheers friend \m/

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