Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.
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Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.
[quote name="KarlSanders"]OK .
Over the weekend Dallas George and I made a final decision .
After careful consideration of all the amazing applicants ,
We have decided to rehire Chris Lollis, who also re-auditioned.
The issues with Chris that had led to his dismissal
were completely non-musical ,
and recently Chris had went to great effort to make things right with us .
He also reauditioned , which was quite unexpected .
The decision process really came down to the fact that
Chris could play the song as tight and clean and locked down as any of the best applicants - had the general right attitude, has vocal skills ,
stage presence , considerable experience ,knows our entire set list backwards and forwards , looks right for the job ,sent his video to the right place 8)
and in all other ways had all the angles covered .
PLUS , he lives here locally already . When we put everybody up on the chaulkboard , Chris had checkmarks and pluses in every column .
I also would like to let people know that we had quite a few simply AMAZING bassists who sent in auditions-
guys who could not only play the bass parts but also LOCK them dead in the pocket .
Some of the applicants , while having obviously learned the song , lost points for not being able to stay in the groove .
Timing is everything in a bass player , so that really weighed heavily in our consideration.
Amusingly , it was obvious about half of the applicants learned the song from the exact same internet tab........ and made the EXACT same lttle mistakes ....
very charming. There were some applicants that took it upon themselves to change the bass riffs , or add in their own bass licks / ideas / solo spots ;
something we werent really looking for at all.
All in all, though , I was amazed at the exceptional skill level of most of the people who sent in videos , there were some very professional submissions .
I really want to extend my public appreciation for everyone who took the time to learn a tough song , make a video , and send it in to us.
Thank you !
:D[/quote]
Over the weekend Dallas George and I made a final decision .
After careful consideration of all the amazing applicants ,
We have decided to rehire Chris Lollis, who also re-auditioned.
The issues with Chris that had led to his dismissal
were completely non-musical ,
and recently Chris had went to great effort to make things right with us .
He also reauditioned , which was quite unexpected .
The decision process really came down to the fact that
Chris could play the song as tight and clean and locked down as any of the best applicants - had the general right attitude, has vocal skills ,
stage presence , considerable experience ,knows our entire set list backwards and forwards , looks right for the job ,sent his video to the right place 8)
and in all other ways had all the angles covered .
PLUS , he lives here locally already . When we put everybody up on the chaulkboard , Chris had checkmarks and pluses in every column .
I also would like to let people know that we had quite a few simply AMAZING bassists who sent in auditions-
guys who could not only play the bass parts but also LOCK them dead in the pocket .
Some of the applicants , while having obviously learned the song , lost points for not being able to stay in the groove .
Timing is everything in a bass player , so that really weighed heavily in our consideration.
Amusingly , it was obvious about half of the applicants learned the song from the exact same internet tab........ and made the EXACT same lttle mistakes ....
very charming. There were some applicants that took it upon themselves to change the bass riffs , or add in their own bass licks / ideas / solo spots ;
something we werent really looking for at all.
All in all, though , I was amazed at the exceptional skill level of most of the people who sent in videos , there were some very professional submissions .
I really want to extend my public appreciation for everyone who took the time to learn a tough song , make a video , and send it in to us.
Thank you !
:D[/quote]
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Re: Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.
was he the hard-on bearer that toured with them last year?
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Re: Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.

the dead vote well wrote: ↑18 Jun 2021, 04:22moving from a garbage disposal back to the dumpster but it’s an improvement nonetheless
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Re: Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.
[quote name="Lumbergh"]was he the hard-on bearer that toured with them last year?[/quote]

[quote name="Extreme Noise Tara"]They are. [/quote]


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Re: Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.
[quote name="TAM TAM"]
[quote name="Lumbergh"]was he the hard-on bearer that toured with them last year?[/quote]
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Aye, He plays a lot faster than Karl plays guitar. Damn that hard-on bearer was amazing at live! Great to hear he is back as he really looked and sounded good with Nile.
[quote name="Lumbergh"]was he the hard-on bearer that toured with them last year?[/quote]
Aye, He plays a lot faster than Karl plays guitar. Damn that hard-on bearer was amazing at live! Great to hear he is back as he really looked and sounded good with Nile.
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Re: Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.
why did he leave in the first place, does anyone know?
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Re: Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.
Karl (Surprise) had an issue(s) with him. I think it was because Chris wanted to play in his other bands also so that Nile would have been slowing down a bit. Maybe there was something else too. I remember reading that from Nile BB
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Re: Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.
go figure.
could be worse, I remember supposedly joe payne tried fucking karl's ex and was a druggie at the time that he was touring with nile.
anyway yeah from what I hear lollis is a really nice hard-on bearer and is an excellent musician.
could be worse, I remember supposedly joe payne tried fucking karl's ex and was a druggie at the time that he was touring with nile.
anyway yeah from what I hear lollis is a really nice hard-on bearer and is an excellent musician.
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Re: Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.
payne played for them during the aotw tours. he was fired right after the last leg iirc, supposedly he tried fucking karl's ex-girlfriend (behind karl's back) and he also was supposedly using at the time. no clue how true they are but those were the reasons karl gave iirc.
lollis came on for ithyphallic (doing some backing vocals on the album) and did all the tours in support of it on bass/backing vox.
lollis came on for ithyphallic (doing some backing vocals on the album) and did all the tours in support of it on bass/backing vox.
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Re: Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.
:NDMG:

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Re: Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.
[quote name="ANGEL OF DESEASE"]:NDMG:[/quote]
I actually was learning papyrus and thought about sending it in but figured since im not a bass player to begin with it probably wasnt a good idea.
I actually was learning papyrus and thought about sending it in but figured since im not a bass player to begin with it probably wasnt a good idea.
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Re: Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.
thats great that you considered doing that. you obviously believe in a certain essence of yourself. don't ever let that die.
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Re: Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.
haha, i think that's the hard-on bearer who talked me into applying for a guitar center card. that did not end well
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Re: Chris Lollis rejoins Nile.
lol
the dead vote well wrote: ↑18 Jun 2021, 04:22moving from a garbage disposal back to the dumpster but it’s an improvement nonetheless