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Post by spook6 on Feb 10, 2010 0:43:26 GMT -5
Tom Thacker is one of my favorite musicians of all time, I love all 3 of the bands he has been a part of, just wondering what everyone thinks about him. I mean how can you have a Gob forum without a Tom Thacker thread?
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Post by patentti on Feb 10, 2010 8:29:54 GMT -5
I mean how can you have a Gob forum without a Tom Thacker thread? Yeah you're right the place needed Tom thread. I was just gonna make it yesterday but I was too lazy for it.. There's actually four bands he's been in. Gob, Sum41, The McRackins and Tommy's bisquit which was formed about a year before Tom and Theo formed Gob. They released no music though, I guess they were mostly working on the songs Gob's Self titled has. /stickied |
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Post by jon2 on Feb 10, 2010 12:53:25 GMT -5
Tom is a very versatile guitarist I must say, and despite the fact that he isn't one of the best vocalists out there, he is able to stand out for sure with his tone and his sometimes very intriguing and deep, sometimes very plain and relatable lyrics. Tom is definitely one of the musicians I appreciate the most even if Gob is the only band of his that I've listened to. He's a great person too as far as I know.
Oh, by the way, there was this interview once where he said that he is the son of John McEnroe. Can anyone back this up or was it just a joke of some sort?
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Post by patentti on Feb 10, 2010 13:07:01 GMT -5
Oh, by the way, there was this interview once where he said that he is the son of John McEnroe. Can anyone back this up or was it just a joke of some sort? Well for first, they look VERY MUCH alike, and Tom's born in 1978 and McEnroe was 19 back then, so it is possible. And I remember Tom saying that "My biological father John McEnroe cried when he heard this record(Muertos vivos)" so that couldn't really be a joke. I'll probably ask this one from Tom soon. |
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Post by spook6 on Feb 10, 2010 13:08:30 GMT -5
Tom is a very versatile guitarist I must say, and despite the fact that he isn't one of the best vocalists out there, he is able to stand out for sure with his tone and his sometimes very intriguing and deep, sometimes very plain and relatable lyrics. Tom is definitely one of the musicians I appreciate the most even if Gob is the only band of his that I've listened to. He's a great person too as far as I know. Oh, by the way, there was this interview once where he said that he is the son of John McEnroe. Can anyone back this up or was it just a joke of some sort? There was actually an article from 2003 or 2004 that named Tom the 3rd best punk vocalist, behind Billy Joe Armstrong and someone else, I will see if I can find it online. But I agree that he does not really have a great voice, but makes it seem a lot better because of how he uses it. |
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Post by spook6 on Feb 10, 2010 13:11:54 GMT -5
Oh, by the way, there was this interview once where he said that he is the son of John McEnroe. Can anyone back this up or was it just a joke of some sort? haha yes this is 100% accurate, Tom is the son of tennis legend Johnny Mac, I saw the interview you were talking about a while back and I looked into it, and it is true. |
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Post by jon2 on Feb 13, 2010 5:31:46 GMT -5
Okay thanks guys for all the info  There was actually an article from 2003 or 2004 that named Tom the 3rd best punk vocalist, behind Billy Joe Armstrong and someone else, I will see if I can find it online. But I agree that he does not really have a great voice, but makes it seem a lot better because of how he uses it. Yeah it's definitely true that the way one uses his/her voice is more important than the voice itself - although, it's not like that is Tom's only strenght, since he is far from having the worst voice in punk, don't you think? Haha. I hope you can find that article somehow... I'm intrigued. |
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Post by spook6 on Feb 13, 2010 19:17:51 GMT -5
I looked for the article, but I cannot find it, I cant remember if I read it in a magazine or on the internet.
pantentti... You said you talk to Tom Thacker? how did that start
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Post by patentti on Feb 14, 2010 4:08:13 GMT -5
pantentti... You said you talk to Tom Thacker? how did that start It was about three years ago, I sent a message to them on MySpace asking about the new album and some other stuff. Tom answered it and from that(April 07) I've been talking with him about all kinds of stuff pretty regularly. He's really cool&down to earth guy I mean if you sent a message to Mark Hoppus or Tom Delonge they won't answer! |
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Post by spook6 on Feb 15, 2010 13:14:28 GMT -5
haha yea that is true, my other favorite musicians are Art Alexakis and Tom Morello, I hear Art is a jerk, and Im sure that Morello would not answer a myspace message, its sweet that Tom Thacker is down to earth like that
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Post by patentti on Feb 16, 2010 9:59:51 GMT -5
haha yea that is true, my other favorite musicians are Art Alexakis and Tom Morello, I hear Art is a jerk, and Im sure that Morello would not answer a myspace message, its sweet that Tom Thacker is down to earth like that Yeah, agree with you usually every musician that has ever heard their song on the radio or something are so diva-ish and asocial when talking about interacting with their fans. Tom was down to earth even when Gob was famous- and he still is. There aint much of people like him on the music scene, too bad. |
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Post by patentti on Feb 19, 2010 3:36:20 GMT -5
I got the answer from Tom to the John McEnroe one- he said it was a joke.
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Post by spook6 on Feb 19, 2010 10:05:14 GMT -5
haha, I thought it was true for sure because so many articles put that as a fact in their articles, Im pretty sure Rolling Stones even said that ha
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Post by jon2 on Feb 19, 2010 14:08:42 GMT -5
Hah! Thanks for posting his reply, patentti. Good joke, I must say, got us all fooled.
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Post by patentti on Feb 19, 2010 14:16:10 GMT -5
Hah! Thanks for posting his reply, patentti. Good joke, I must say, got us all fooled. No prob. Haha, yeah well Tom said that kind of stuff almost every musician would answer to the interviewer when it comes to question "Whats so special for this record?". |
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