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Phil Rudd
just wondering if anyone has heard if Phil is currently still in the band or not. i received my 2013 AC/DC calendar in the mail today and i noticed that he is in no way pictured anywhere on the calendar. and i know he's recently had some drug-related run-ins with the law. i'm probably looking too much into it. just wondered if anybody had heard anything. thanks.
i'm sure he is too. i was just wondering if anyone had heard anything because it's kind of weird for him to be completely left out of the band calendar.
Well, he barely got any face time in the Rock N Roll Train video so maybe the editors don't like him. Just guessing...
it's just really weird. i've been collecting the AC/DC calendars since 2005. every band member has been clearly pictured at least once every year until now.
and to clear up any confusion/questions: every other band member is featured.
this is the worst ac/dc calendar ever! my first reaction when I saw the cover on the band's site(yeah,the one and only time that I judge the book by the cover!!!)! don't know why he was left outside this calendar,but SURE isn't the "drug" problem that he had with the law.... and SURE they can't "threw" him out of AC/DC cause of weed (this one for you Phil-boyo,cheers!) or "drugs",cuz simply if it was for that the reason the band will featured on Angus and Cliff! ...who knows why? (just asking if the copyrights owns by sony.if so,well.... you konw what! ...%^&$ Sony,once again!)
I'm guessing they didn't feature him because most casual fans don't recognize his contribution to the band...not to mention the fact that Black Ice & Stiff Upper Lip have a witheld, relaxed drum style; they are a far cry from Phil's awesome fills from the FOTS & FTATR albums. However, with how tight-lipped the AC/DC camp is nowadays, it wouldn't surprise me if he was out of the band & no one finds out until the new album announcement. I certainly hope not; no one can rimshot like Phil.
^Yes, because Cliff contributes so much more than Phil does, haha. And he gets 2 months to himself in the new calendar, while Malcolm only gets 1.
Well, what about this theory: Phil doesn't look as good as he used to. He certainly has gotten really old. Maybe he himself didn't want to be featured in the calendar. I haven't seen the product itself, but are there only newer pictures or old ones, too? If there were only new ones, I wouldn't want to be featured in it, if I was Phil. He's not as healthy as he was in 2001 or 2003 on the Tours prior to Black Ice. 3 Things I would love to hear: A Sideproject by Cliff and Phil. A Malcolm Young Guitar Solo. A long Phil Rudd Drum Break
There are old and new pics. You want to hear a Malcolm solo? listen to the first 2 AC/DC albums. High Voltage and T.N.T. Malcolm and Angus traded solos in some of those songs.
If Phil isn't in the band anymore I'm going to flip the hell out!!! He better not be taking the next tour off...
here are pics of the calendar. hopefully this codes works,
^that's a slideshow of all the pics. or just use the link below. http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/BonScott46/Official%202013%20ACDC%20Calendar/
Oh but I did think of a funny Phil Rudd joke. Phil Rudd does not appear in the calendar, because Phil Rudd is the calendar.
What a disgrace. They couldn't even put Phil's picture on the front in the circle inplace of Brian with Angus. I won't be buying this piece of garbage ;)
i am convinced something has happened to Phil Rudd, first his non-appearence in the calendar and now his website for his restaurant http://www.philsplacenz.com has been closed until further notice...
I think this is the reason why his restaurant closed: http://www.menumania.co.nz/restaurants/phils-place-tauranga
I think in an interview this year Brian said something, that one of the boys is seriously ill, because of that there is still no recording for a new album. Perhaps it's Phil, so he also had to close his restaurant? Otherwise, the Young-brothers would surely start recordings whether Phil is in the studio or not.
Ok, here's a news article I found: http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/news/phils-place-soon-to-reopen-says-potential-new-chef/1634947/ It says that the restaurant will open soon and the new chef had talked to Phil.
I was just going to post about this too. I got the calendar, along with a shot glass, the River Plate Blu-ray and CD and the No Bull Blu-ray. An AC/DC Xmas present to myself. I thought it was really odd that Phil was nowhere in the calendar. I'm sure Big Nate will get the scoop for us:)