Great article. I can’t get over the fact that Manowar lied about a kid being sick with a horrible illness. How utterly classless.

That certainly was interesting to read. Somehow, I’m just not surprised anymore. Anyway, I’m just glad to know that Scott and his loved ones are doing well.

if manowar lied why was he again playing with them for more then 10yrs if anyone says shit like this about my kid they will die by my hand and not be treated by me as pals ever

Incredible. Just fu**ing incredible. And not in a good way.

I will not put any comment about this interview until THE KING, Joey DeMaio will answer to all those “revelations”.

Surely it’s weird, really weird reading about Columbus’ covers side project. King’s X? Alice In Chains? KORN?!? WHAT THE F**K IS THAT?!?
What about True Metal?!? Have you lied to all the fans all these years, mr. Columbus?!?

They lied because Scott was fucked up on drugs and they wanted to make up a more acceptable story for his absence.

i’ll do agrre with the coments that said nawaf….Even on the dvd i ‘ll think Hell on wheels 1 ,colombus said that his first departure was that his son was ill…..

as a manowar mainac fan, i am still waiting for a reply by manowar regarding these statements…we want the truth,,,,two years are too long for the truth…

I can’t believe it! I can’t fu**ing really believe it!!!
Is it really you, Mr. Doc. Columbus to say those things or someone stole your identity and said what we’ve read using your name?

What about consistency? What about coherence Mr. Columbus? Have you really agreed to a lie about your son’s health? Did you really let all the fans believe it for 20 fu**ing years?!?

Mr. Doc. Columbus i have a son too. You, Sir, did hold my son in your own arms in Geiselwind, 2005… i would NEVER lied about my son’s health! Don’t you think about what does this mean?!?

In 1984 i started playing drums (bad, very bad) and a friend of mine said to me: “you gotta keep playing like Scott Columbus: the MANOWAR’s drummer!!!”Since that moment my nickname was “scott”.

Mr. Doc. Columbus: I feel ashamed to keep that nickname now.

But about one thing you’re very right: this is just life moves on. Everything’s going on and everything changes

Well, Sir, you keep on movin’ your way.

The answer is the money

I am still waiting for MANOWAR to release an official statement.If scott is not a member of manowar, they should update the website immediately.We need an explanation with regards the truth version .Why need to lie if you broke up with manowar in 2008 and you made this statement in 2010?And telling that you’re not part of Manowar anymore? its even worse telling these statement 2 years after Scott….!!!!.for a fan of manowar, hoping a return from you to beat the drums of steel, its like stabing a friend back!!!!sorry for my bad english, but i ma very very disappointed fan with the statements above!!!!!

Joey, Eric, Karl we need the know the right version!!!

Hello brothers!

I feel your pain. I always took the spirit of Manowar seriously. “We cast our lot together. Four still stand as one”.
I can’t believe they lied to us, the fans.
Like rodowar said, I feel like stabbed in the back.
I could take everything. If Joey said: “I don’t like Scott, so I kicked him out”, I’d say, that’s bad but okay. Even if they said: “We can work better with a drum computer.”
That would be bad, but the most terrible thing is LYING TO US!

Now that you’ve made enough money with MANOWAR and the old records will sell well in the future you can “reveal” the ugly truth… 2nd version of your f…….ing explanations: “Sorry I’m just too slow to play heavy metal.” Period.
Poser!!!!

Scott is playing the drums now. He hasn’t done that with Manowar in years. He’s told you his story right here while Manowar’s said nothing and used his photo on their site up until this article came out. Smart Manowar fans see truth when it is told to them.

hail and kill brothers!!!

as regarding the website they removed all the pictures of Mr.Scott Colombus!!!!but as a fan i need a clearly explanation….was really lying the best choice?For me its better if they said scott had left the band ,and we are replacing him at the moment by Donnie!!!is donnie an official member now?or was just a replacemnt for those fukin two years???!!!
if manowar used drum computer as stated stephan1980, on hell on wheels dvd 1 or 2, joey said ”me with a computer!!!guys that carry computer are fuking idiots come on” walking with these suits in the aeroplane!!!! that all i have to say !!!!!

Some reactions here are … well … interesting. Joey DeMaio as the official speaker of the band lied to the fans and now some are pissed off and blame Columbus???

I know it is hard for a fan of a band, but in the last years, Joey (and I think, only Joey) has lost the touch a little.

Fact. First two or three albums, good as fuck.

Fact. Manowar have always been a circus.

Dear rodowar,

I never thought that Manowar used a drumcomputer. I think I didn’t explain my opinion correctly and perhaps you misunderstood me.

I wanted to say:
“No matter what the reason behind Scott’s department was, we, the manowar FANS, could take EVERYTHING, as long as it was the truth.”

For example, if Scott wanted to leave Manowar, because he didn’t like the more symphonic direction, then Joey could have told us:
“Scott wants to go back to his Hard Rock roots and I want to go in a different direction. So Scott decided to leave the band.”
How would the fans have reacted? For sure something like this:
“Oh, too bad to see Scott go, but we wish him the best of luck with his new band and we are excited how Donnioe will do.”

If Scott had to leave because of drug problems (Please note: I DON’T think that there were drug problems. Just as an example). Would the fans think badly of Manowar? No! The fans would write to Scott from all over the world and wish him the best.

And drum computers. No, I don’t think Manowar ever used them. But as you know, they have been accused of using them. Now, just as an example, we assume that Joey wanted to use a drum computer for recording. Imagine he had said:
“Dear fans, I have a new approach to writing songs. I use a lot of virtual instruments and I like it very much. I have total control over everything when I use software and drum computers. Scott is more into the analog style of recording. So he decided to quit the band.”
How would we fans react? Something like this:
“Really? That’s strange to hear, but Joey always had HIS VISION, and if he says, he wants to use a drum computer for recording, that’s up to him.Let’s see how this will work out and we are anxious to hear Scott’s project.”

See? I just wanted to show that there is no reason to lie to the Manowar fans. And it’s not right not to tell them exactly what’s going on.
Because we ARE the most loyal of fans and we want to stand behind everything Manowar is doing.
But how can we do that, when we don’t know what’s going on?

Manowar has almost always used artificial drums right back to the 80’s. They used samples of gunshots on some albums for drum sounds. If you watch some videos of them in the studio over the last few albums it has all been triggers or virtual instruments. You can easily hear that.

Live Scott Columbus always used triggers on his drums. They said it was for practical reasons. Those reasons being that joey’s bass rig blows out 7,500 watts of power and all that low end would bleed like hell into a whole series of drum mics. This would cause tons of phase issues in reproduction and probably an equal amount of feedback problems.

Funny thing about live mic’d drums not working live- Rhino in 08 and Donnie have both used Mic’d kits playing with Manowar.

And get a grip about Manowar not using programmed drums- that latest ep (aside from 2 tracks) is so obviously not real drumming its laughable. I’ve spent time recording and playing over the last 15 years and i’d bet hard cash that Donnie Hamzik has been nowhere near the studio for the ‘Thunder in the sky’ sessions!!!

Scott has probably been kept on a creative leash by Joey for some time now too, just compare the awesome performances on ’sign of the hammer’ drum wise, to the last album, gods of war.

Good luck to Scott, he still plays well judging on the recent gig footage i’ve seen, Joey has some fessing up to do if the (diminishing) masses who follow the band nowadays ever decide to stop hanging onto every word he says.

DM, if you look at the footage from the magic circle festival dvd’s and Hell on Earth V on the drums you’ll find triggers for both rhino and Donnie. The cymbals are mic’ed with everything from sm57’s to sennheiser shotgun mic’s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9eIrlEBJF4

You can clearly hear misfires from the triggers on some of the songs rhino played on. This is a result of someone playing with triggers who isn’t used to playing with triggers. Ghost notes and sympathetic vibrations can easily cause these things.

Manowar has never made any bones about not doing this, though. In fact the drums of doom a specifically built with triggers in the shells. Scott Columbus says on the absolute power dvd that putting triggers on the heads caused too many misfires from the vibrations of the heads caused by the bass stacks. Putting them in the shells killed that.

As for Donnie in the studio… if you look at Neil Johnson’s videos announcing Donnie Hamzik as the new drummer the EP is just about done at that time and Donnie is gearing up for the tour. Its there Donnie says he’s only heard one of the songs so far. So, without a doubt he wasn’t in studio. And regardless of whether they’re programmed or acoustic drums they’re crushed to such a level of compression that it would make acoustic drums sound synthetic anyway. As much as I like the songs on that EP its hard to listen to a mix that is that compressed and limited.

Let’s see – I seem to recall the words coming out of SCOTT COLUMBUS’s mouth that his son was sick. This story was in place for whatever reason for 20 years and ALL involved agreed to publish it to the world. Now Scott suddenly wants to say his son was never sick. My question is WHY? And why NOW?

But oh – I see…JOEY is the liar now, right? What a crock. Get a grip, people! Scott created some great music with Manowar and let’s be honest – without them, and without Joey, where would he be today?

So Scott wanted to move on – good for him. I wish him well. And I’m honestly glad the truth is out that he’s no longer playing drums for Manowar. But why the mud slinging? How about taking responsibility for the words that came out of his OWN mouth? To me, it only makes Scott look bad that he’s changing his story.

Too bad it couldn’t be a clean split, but I guess he felt he needed the media attention. Interesting that this “revelation” came right on the heels of launching his new website and announcing tour dates with Ross the Boss. How very… convenient.

Scott Columbus wants to play real drums, Joey de Maio wants to play with backing tracks and the redhead wants to play something of his own I can’t mention here. It’s easier to speak bla bla bla and play old stuff all the time than to write and record new kickass songs. Probably they had a problem with the sound card on the PC that’s why it takes so many years to release a new record.

i would like to know the reason why manowar lied about this matter. I am a manowar maniac and hearing such statements from scotts that he is no longer part of manowar for these two years and from manowar not even a statement on this issue this is unaccetable!!!!

why lying to thousands of fans? probably they were hoping for a comeback of scott that’s why they waited these years?

i want an answer……manowar are without drummer now??donnie is not official on the website,,,not even a photo of donnie!!!!!!! they removed all photos from the site of scott …..!!!!!

c’mon guys. it’s just a music band. they are entitled to say whatever they want. one should judge their music, not their personalities – they are not your pals. you just listen to their music. i really liked scott and ross, but the band moves on if someone wants to leave. if a band member said in an interview that a “close” relative of his was ill, i would wish him a quick recovery. if this was not true, then ok – not my business anyway…

I can’t believe what I read period! There are too many lies going on. As most of you said why did Scott lied about his son’s health and why did Manowar lie about Scott’s departure. I don’t know why things are becoming a real issue when it comes to Manowar. I mean come on guys! Manowar is a professional band that makes money! The musicians are part of that so if one wants to quit what is the big deal?? Why is there a need of lying, secrets, making it a big deal? If Scott wanted to quit for whatever reason they could just say “Scott no longer wants to be a part of Manowar” that is it… I wonder why they are so over protected and I wonder why Mr. Demaio is way too control freak? Whatever the reason is it is a real shock that a band which claims fans are more important then anything else lied to all it’s fans once and has been lying for 2 damn years!!! SHAME!!!

wake up guys. been a fan of MANOWAR since 1982. the band is not even close to what they were. today they are the most commercial shit arround and that is a band that was fighting against all that in the past. Unfortunately Mr DeMaio force his own band mates to sign contracts about everything. They do use drum machines in later recordings. They do use things in these days they accused fake bands to use in the past. I am dissapointed like hell. I lived and slept MANOWAR for over 25 years. Now i just laugh at them. Do not blame Scott about lying. If anyone is lying about things it is MANOWAR. True metal is dead. The new fans do not know that as they were not arround when it was alive.

KILL THE POSERS!!
Those words were holy once.
nowdays they just mean that MANOWAR will commit suicide.

By the way. TO ALL MANOWAR FANS IN BRITAIN:

Go watch Ross and Scott when you can. They are great together. Watching them is a reminder of what MANOWAR was in 1984. And MANOWAR will not come there, they need to have the biggest stage ever, the biggest arena ever, the loudest whatever and the biggest of everything to go anywhere nowdays. You must feel betrayed for sure by that lying machine of a band.
Death to false metal! (oops, that means death to manowar in these days)

Most of my thoughts have been said by others here before, but I MUST agree: these days, Manowar is exactly like the bands they used to slag off in the 80s. There is no difference between Manowar and any boygroup, except for the music (which also sucks big time since everything after Louder Than Hell).

I’ve been a Manowar maniac since 1993. Not as long as others, but still much longer than 90% of all their current fans.

All I can say now is: dear Manowar (and that also includes mr. Columbus), somewhere along your way of your battle for true heavy Metal, you completely lost it. The army of the immortals is defeated, the soldiers of death lie bleeding, the warrior’s prayer is muted.

FUCK YOU MANOWAR!!!
Whimps and posers, leave the hall.

i am very dissapointed that manowar had made no statements in their website regarding the departure of Scott….they of course removed all pictures of him but not even a small note to explain the fans that scott is no longer a member!!!

very very dissapointed and angry in the same time!!!!
Shame on you Joey, i thought you’re a man of steel…….but when i see this happen sorry to say that you are made of clay…..!!!

two years are a lot waiting for the truth….Mr.Demaio!!!
we (fans) need an explanation and the statement ‘4 still stand as 1′ is gone

just like to say that since I heard of the band, my life changed and was no longer the same. when Gods of War was released, I just kept on sutting my mouth up because it was Manowar’s. but now, I do feel like anything that brought me up was just a bunch of shit and like our brother said before, steel is not real, it has been clay for all these year. I’m a proud warrior of Manowar and will defend them till the end, but as a children of their songs, I can’t just sit speechless when I see the Kingdom’s fall. to Scott, I’m a drummer and You used to be my favorite one, thanks to whom I now master my double drum bass. to Manowar, … Forever Yours! ! !

Hail & Kil !!!!

Hmmm…It strange.I can understand all,exept one thing-what REALY happened in 1990?! I hope that later someone explain this.
It’s realy sad that Scott left the band.But it’s his decision.I can only wish him good luck in all his solo projects And I hope that one day Scott and Ross come to Russia.
Few words for band:
I realy love Manowar,it was my first metal-band,which snatched me from the clutches of pop music.Eric Adams-one of my first love,Karl Logan-my ideal of guitar player,songs of Manowar always cheers me up.But now…Something changed,and not in the good way.I think that it became boring.Lyrics and music always in the same key.I understand,Gods,fights etc are interesting.But sometimes I wanna hear something like Blow Your Speakers,Carry on,Courage,Master of the Wind…But I hope that one day they understand this.
And I realy wanna know why Scott left the band.
Hail!
(Excuse me for mistakes)

oh manowar, what the f**k have u done ?
gods of war ? thunder in the sky ? where those really done by manowar..the “kings of metal”.
its all over anyway, manowar is dead, its been always my number 1 band, but it died after Louder than hell, and now after Columbus left, theres no reviving it.
Poserkiller describes it all, today their music is shittier than nanowar.
RIP manowar

Yeah as many have said before, it’s nowhere near to what it used to be at the beginning. It’s disapointing that the band didn’t make any statement. There were lies about scott’s son, ok..Scott is not in the band anymore, ok.. by why the f*** didn’t manowar made any statement ? I feel that Eric and Karl aren’t to blame. What I’d like to see is an explanation from the band (..Joey?), a real one that comes from the heart. Then announce the new drummer. What’s the deal ? Is the real drummer called Mr.Drum machine and Donnie Hamzik his replacement for live performances? Come on guys! It would be also cool if they would play smaller stages like they used to and tour everywhere. And let Eric do some talkings! The bigger, the better…seriously that is bullshit sometimes. Joey needs to realize this and come down to earth, where we, the fans, live. I’m not losing hope, maybe one day…

i do not believe that manowar lied upon the issue of scott’s son .om hell on earth 1, scott said this that he had to leave the band due his son’s illness…..

he made this statement because he want some publicity one that he is launching the new website and secondly for his new album…..

i am dissapointed due to the fact that manowar had made no statements one for the departure of scott and two for the allegations that scott made regarding his son….

can classic rock contact manowar so that we have an article on this issue to clear some doubts?

I am very concerned about the situation existing in the formation of Manowar. Particularly their departure one of the pioneers of Scott Columbus. Whatever happens, hopefully get a replacement Manowar as powerful as a drummer, as handsome Scott. And whatever it is I remain a fan of Manowar !!!!!!!!

“And whatever it is I remain a fan of Manowar !!!!!!!!”

Translation: “whatever Manowar does… if they will lie to us again… if they will be commercial as hell… I will believe and buy everything!”

Great, dude… blind follower, really, be proud. Deaf, dumb, blind.

Guys, honestly: Scott told the thing with his son’s illness, and it was a lie? Anyone ever got the idea that it was DeMaio who ordered him to lie to the fans? DeMaio just seems to love ONE thing: Money! Cash! The band mates are musicians and actors, they show you their great play of modern knights, battles, enemies, swords… where MAN really is MAN! Not a pussy. It’s like a movie, ye know? It is NOT real.

I wish Scott all the best for his future career. Metal on, man!

fuck you scott… you left the best band in the world for those trivial reasons, incredible how could one possibly betray true metal?? I trusted you, but now you disgust me, by covering korn, alice in chains and other repulsive crap, im speechless

Meh, regardless of what was said in the interview, Scott Columbus & Manowar are still awesome. Manowar have made some stunning heavy metal over the last 30 years.

i am and trying to keep being a huge fan of manowar… but i was enough dissapointed with the latest kind of music they made, so i started to search some opinions,articles, and now for my big sadness i can tell… those false ones, taht false metal, those o cheated the fans… those are now MANOWAR…. however, i will never stop listening to all the albuns until louder than hell included!!! Scott, call Eric to join you with ross, leave my ex-IDOL demaio and restart writting explosive music like you used to do back in the 80′! hail from portugal!

I agree with Ricardo’s comment regarding never turning your back on the classic Manowar albums.
I agree that Manowar lost their edge. Louder Than Hell was a monotous, uninspired drone setting the stage for things to come. But the power and originality, from Battle Hymns through to Kings of Metal, can’t be discounted or suddenly made useless sh*t because of what they record nowadays, or whether they lie about things. It can never die. Do you now hate to listen to Gloves of Metal? Or Each Dawn I die? Because you’re “not a fan” anymore? If you loved it then how can you now suddenly not love it anymore? That’s crap man. And dont complain about them making sh*t music for the last 16 years. For the last 16 years it seems you still listened to them regardless! Ignore what you dont like and cherish that which you do. You fell hook line and sinker for the whole ‘Brothers’, ‘True Metal’, ‘Hail’ shpeel. You bought into a product and now youre hurt. Remember, it’s only a fkn band. Times change. People change. Give it a try yourself! You might be surprised at how empowered you feel.

Ps. Hail and Kill

In a way it’s a shame that Scott is no longer in the band. But, crap happens and life goes on. In my opinion, Listening to him play is one thing, he sounded good and powerful BUT, watching him play…. It was boring.. he looked like a mannequin, like he was just going through the motions.. Donnie is now in the band.. HE brings to the table what Scott didn’t.. HAIL

well, re recording battlehymns is another genious idea from the former true metal legends. Honestly, to re record that one, or any otherr album is for losers. Just tell the truth instead to the fans, that you do not have anything new to offer so to prevent a total disaster you tell your fans that a new version of an old recording is needed. Bullshit of course. Battlehymns recorded in 1982 can not be done in a better way. So why do it?
To prevent MANOWAR to be remembered as the true metal gods the band once were they should join the legendary line up again, with Scott and Ross and make one last true metal world tour ( and Germany do not equal the world) and after that end it. If they go on like they do today, they will be remembered as total jokes.

Truth be told, we’ll sadly probably never know the true story about Scott’s departure, the presumed lie about his son, & the rift with Joey. I have a lot of fond memories of Scott’s time with the band (including the time I got smacked in the face with one of his drumsticks, followed by a half-dozen grabbing fists), & I still have the albums he recorded with Manowar to enjoy in the years to come; I wish him the best of luck wherever life takes him going forward.

As for Joey, it’s been becoming more & more apparent over the years that he’s cribbing from Gene Simmons’ playbook: at first the similarity was only in that they were both bassists who acted as near-sole spokesmen for their bands, but over time I’ve seen Joey become ever more controlling & greedy (just like Gene), running the band with an iron fist & slapping a Manowar logo onto anything & everything (Condoms? Really?). I hate to say this as a fan of Manowar since the beginning, but it’s rapidly becoming apparent that, like KISS, Manowar is a band that should probably have cut their losses several years ago before they became nothing but a soulless shell for selling t-shirts.

I’m listening to the new version of Battle Hymns as I write this, & I can honestly say this is the first time I’ve ever truly disliked a Manowar album. It’s slow, it’s sterile, and it’s actually painful to listen to for anyone familiar with the original classic, lacking any of the fire & drive shown by Manowar in 1982 (the original recording of Battle Hymn remains my favorite Manowar song & the one that cemented my fandom). Christopher Lee’s narration did nothing to improve Orson Wells’ original take, and even Eric’s mighty voice sounds limp & flat; the whole album feels like nothing but a soulless cash grab from a band who’s run out of ideas, out of steam, & out of time.

You got it Lurch. Although you get used to easy money, I think the thing that killed the Joey deMaio I knew and liked is his need for control. Ishvayne may have it the spot: whatever the reasons for Scott going on a leave in ‘90, Joey may just have forced him to get on with that lie just to be able to play again one day with the band.
It’s a shame Scott doesn’t come out with the whole story. There must have been some kind of a deal, especially since he himself told the lie about his son. So this particular revelation is of the ‘too much or not enough’ kind.
On the contrary, I’m ready to believe Manowar left it open since 2008 in the hope that Scott would renege and get back with the band.
As to the music, I remember seeing (way back) Manowar play at ‘The Locomotive’ in Paris, a former disco, for some 3 000 people. What an experience! No need for huge stages then…
And two years later when they were due to play at another such location (Elysée-Montmartre) and the owner told them during rehearsals they couldn’t play so loud, Joey told him they would play louder. They had to cancel the show and climbed on top of the tour bus to tell it themselves to the waiting fans. Would they do that today?
I agree with most of the comments stating that post ‘Louder Than Hell’ Manowar is only a shadow of its former self. But man I can still spend one whole hour on my son’s bass just playing the ‘Defender’ riff.
Honour the past that is honourable and ignore the laughingstockwise present…
No hate there, just regrets and blissful memories.
Hail!

I really liked Gods of War for the most part, however the thing that has really been hurting Manowar for years is real simple. Karl Logan. Super nice guy and great guitarst, he can shred a solo easily but his guitar sound is over produced and lacks the emotion that Ross had. (shankle had a really good sound on TOS). The new version of Battle Hymn is lacking the heart the original had (I do like the version of dark Avenger (minus the narration). Guys I think Manowar has done like a lot of us. They have grown older and are starting to go through the motions. As far as the Scott Columbus stuff, I saw manowar at Al Rosa in OHIO years ago and asked him how his son was doing and he said fine. He didn’t lie to me but he didn’t deny either. At the end of the day, who gives a shit,it was there business anyway.
I am going to see them in march and I hope they put on the show they did back in 96 in Al Rosa, it was awesome! I saw them again at Annies a year or so later and that show was lacking (I think they were exhausted). I look forward to that trip and hope to be blown away one last time!

Manowar has always been a good band and have never ceased to be creative…until now. To re record Battly Hymns tells me that maybe the band has writers block like AC/DC does.

As far as merchandising goes, well, a lot of bands do that now these days. when you get older, you look for ways to keep making money. Manowar have been around almost 30 years. They are getting older and tired. So like any band, they look for creative alternatives to keep making money. they have bills to pay too. i think the spirit and heart is still there with manowar.

im not saying i agree with it. thats just how it is. these guys are probably in their late 50’s now and they want to take it easy.

as long as they don’t have justin timberlake or n sync performing with them at a charity concert, i think its safe to say Manowar aren’t sellouts.

I am a MANOWAR fan for over 20 years now.It’s true the songs are not that powerful anymore after louder than Hell but don’t forget that we are talking about a band that is in the music bussines for over 30 years now,who gave us plenty of great songs and plenty of great fucking shows.Let’s not forget that easaly and be ungrateful.They deserve more than that.About Scott leaving MANOWAR,I was really sad when I found out about that,and I still am,and deep inside I hope that in a magical way,somehow,he will rejoin the band.”Hope dies last” as we say here in Greece.And it dosn’t cost a thing.It’s for free.Nomatter what Scott will decide to do from knowon I wish him the best of luck,no,no,not luck,he dosn’t need wishes for luck,he’s got talent,rare talent,he’s one of the greatest drummers ever!So I just wish him the best.One last thing…I want to remind you all people that MANOWAR stand for making great music and for respecting the fans,thatfor I expect to hear from MANOWAR about what happened with Scott and why the fans diden’t know anything about all that,all this time.Eric,Joey,Karl please come out and let us know the truth,from the heart,we true believers,who stood behind you all those years have earned the right to know!P.S.:Scott come back again togreece sometime!!!!!!!!!

R.I.P Scott Columbus… You were a true metal head….

R.I.P. Scott Columbis, may you forever pound your Drums of Doom like the Hammer of Thor.

RIP Scott – I hope where you are in this moment is in a more pleasant place than this great earth. As we say in Greece “God Forgive him”. I hope you enjoyed your life it sure looks like you did and you will forever be remembered by all the Manowarians and Metal heads. Your name will live for years to come.

A mighty Hail to you as from what I can understand you deserve all the glory as to no man you kneeled!

HUGE MANOWAR FAN… But horribly disappointed. I feel so cheated. But it’s nothing new. Look on the website. Karl Logan private webcam guitar lessons for hundreds of dollars?! With a disclaimer that “only one person allowed to watch and participate”! It’s sad, and it’s sickening that Manowar are the posers. I’m not being mean; just honest. It hurts me just as much as any true brother.

I was THIS close to getting the Sign of the Hammer on my arm, mainly because no other band has followers, brothers, like Manowar does. To me, The Sign represents that trueness.

I’m really glad I didn’t follow through on it.

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I just started listening to manowar, went through there history, and as a drummer myself, the drums may have been triggered…WHO CARES!!! go after the best sound possible. I record drum tracks in my studio too for clients all over the world, and do many projects with different acts. i use loops and click tracks..It just helps keep the music honest, and doesnt hurt the performance live. I actually prefer to have a loop or click track live. and triggered drums. Its consistent, and just sounds good. My 2 cents. How can they do some of that orchestration without having some kind of reference to make things work…Its Still METAL, and all three Drummers Scott, Donnie, oden all play great, fast feet, strong groove, hard hitters that play real smooth. Some people disagree and dont get along. the music lives on..Peace