Monday, April 13, 2009
??!! / Business The Best $20k He Ever Spent
Posted by Dave Segal on Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 3:17 PM
Apparently in-demand session drummer Josh Freese’s gimmicky promo ideas for his latest album, Since 1972, are no joke. Wired reports that Florida citizen Thomas Mrzyglocki, 19, has spent $20,000 to hang with Freese and for a week, play miniature golf with Tool singer Maynard James Keenan and Vandals bassist Joe Escalante, attend a pizza party at Devo member Mark Mothersbaugh’s pad, and record a couple of tracks about himself with Trent Reznor’s former timekeeper. (Perhaps Mrzyglocki could’ve used some of that dough to buy a vowel for his last name.)
The bizarre stunt garnered Freese enough money to keep him in Paiste cymbals for a long, long time, fodder for at least a couple songs—and, allegedly, a good friend in Thomas Mrzyglocki.
Lost in all the hoopla about Freese’s outrageous offers to potential purchasers of Since 1972 is that the album is merely functional power pop.
ht: Idolator
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