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AL3 (December 2000 Issue)
Powerman 5000's Drummer In RevoltAl 3 has gone from playing in cover and original bands in upstate New
York, to blues bands in Boston, to Powerman
5000. Although they've sold
close to two million copies of Tonight The Stars Revolt! and have
shared the stage with
Metallica, Pantera, and the like, Al keeps his
ego in check. "To this day I don't consider myself a rock star,
whatever
that is," he says. "I consider myself a thankful, working
musician."
Perhaps if Al 3 could master the drumstick twirl,
he'd be
closer to that rock-star vibe. But he says he's got bad knuckles and
can't pull it off. "I can fake it, but
when I'm playing I'm pretty much
concentrating on tearing stuff up," he explains with a laugh.
That's
obvious, especially when you see Al power the band
through such heavy hitters as "Supernova Goes Pop" and "Automatic."
Yet
Al's quick to point out that he's more interested in bending a song
like "When Worlds Collide" during a live set.
"That tune has kind of
evolved into this surf thing," he says. "That's the way I look at it
anyway. I like to break it up. I
don't play exactly what's on the
record. That's completely boring to me. I like to experiment within
the
framework of the arrangement."
David John Farinella
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