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got it used. rare find in Australia

unreal Darren! I’d love to get in touch. how did you get into playing those tours?

@@jaaz.handss I was playing in Saint Petersburg,Fl in a local band called Blakkout and The Last Things. Unfortunately,Roger Patterson(Atheist original bassist) was killed in a terrible vehicle accident on tour.So eventually Tony Chow of Cynic finished the the bass tracks on Unquestionable Presence,but then left both Cynic and Atheist for Pestilence.Tampa Bay at the time was just becoming the Death Metal capital and l was teaching and playing with various bands .One day a woman named Maureen who managed both myself and Scott Carino (Death,Fester,Nasty Savage) had an opportunity for us both.Atheist and Death needed bass players! I had more of a jazz fusion back ground so l was given the album to learn.I quit my job and locked myself in my room and 11 day later auditioned for Kelly and Steve Flynn.I was in the band after l played the first tune.(I just watched my first show with Atheist on KZbin today at Club Detroit lol].On the road with Cannibal Corpse and Gorguts was amazing and life changing!Alex Webster and l were hanging the entire tour and would just talk about music.I am on the Elements release but on the European release that has that live radio show.That was my last gig with Atheist…Tony never came back to Miami so Cynic needed a bassist so l joined the band and began working on Focus.That made Atheist upset and that was that.I never finished Focus and my childhood buddy Sean Malone (R.I.P]took my place.We both had fusion bands in town. I play bass and Warr guitar and just opened for my hero Tony Levin with Stick Men a few months ago.Working on new material at the moment.Qstar Atma on Facebook hit me up or DM on Messager.