Le chanteur de Shadow Gallery est mort le 29 octobre d'un arrêt cardiaque

It is with deep sadness and regret that we announce the passing of Shadow Gallery vocalist, Michael A. Baker.

Mike suffered a heart attack, Wednesday afternoon, October 29th, 2008. He was 45 years old.

Mike was a founding member of Shadow Gallery and for the past 16 years, helped shape the sound of the band with his magical voice. Additionally, he made many appearances on rock records around the world.

Those who knew him best were moved by his gentle spirit, sincere kindness, fun nature and passion for both music and sports. He was a warrior in the studio, a true professional.

Mike was our friend, our singer and our brother. We loved him and will miss him enormously, but he will always be remembered in our hearts and through his music.

Source : Bravewords.com

RIP, c'etait un bon chanteur dans un bon groupe

PUTAIN !!!

Dégouté...

Dans le top 10 de mes chanteurs préférés, sacrée mauvaise nouvelle.


(et je suppose que le chanteur de Kaledon est toujours vivant...lui )

Putain, encore un et pas vieux en plus!!!!

il y a a peine 20 mins, j'etais en voiture a m'ecouter 'Loser' d'Ayreon, avec Michael au chant... Pur hasard, mais ca fait bizarre. RIP.

Ben merde, lui je le voyais bien encore sur scène à 75 balais.

Je sais pas trop si c'est de l'ironie volontaire sachant qu'il chantait jamais en live...

Ah nan, c'était pas volontaire, je suis pas un fan ultime de Shadow Gallery (même si j'aime bien plusieurs de leurs albums), donc je savais pas qu'ils jouaient pas live, bah, en 30 ans il aurait eu le temps de s'y mettre, qu'est-ce que t'en sais ?

Putaiiin !!! Alors là j'avoue, pas cool (enfin d'abord pour les siens, évidemment), mais merde quoi, c'était au moins la moitié de la personnalité de SHADOW GALLERY ce mec... Mierda, and RIP comme on dit.

RIP Mike. Vraiment dégouté aussi. C'était vraiment un bon. Je sais pas quoi dire de plus.... Ah si je vais me refaire du SG.

Pareil, ce week end sera sous le signe de SG...

putain encore un bon qui part

RIP

Je me suis jamais penché sur ce groupe, pourtant le peu que j'en avais entendu me semblait plutôt bon. Du coup c'est l'occasion de m'y intéresser. Un peu tard je sais.

Le groupe venait de débuter l'enregistrement du prochain album... Mike n'avait pas encore posé sa voix dessus.

J'espère qu'ils tenteront de le boucler malgré tout, peut être avec l'aide de quelques guests, avant de probablement mettre fin au groupe.
Il n'était pas compositeur, mais son chant était une très grande partie de l'identité du groupe.

Et en tant que membre fondateur, j'imagine que les autres auront du mal à continuer sans lui.

On verra...

Dans le livret de Room V il est écrit pour le titre Memories qu'avant la conception de cet album, Gary Wehrkamp et Mike Baker avaient bossé sur des titres. Bon après ils se sont mis en tête de faire une suite à Tyranny donc ces titres ne sont pas sortis mais ils vont peut être paraitre du coup.

Quelle tristesse...si jeune, si talentueux.

Mike doit être l'un des chanteurs que j'ai le plus écouté ces 10 dernières années. Je me passais encore ce samedi matin le 1er SG ainsi que sa participation au projet turc Neverland avec le superbe titre Reversing Time :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znSyZBmNM8Y (à 2 minutes).

Une grande voix nous quitte avec ce regret de ne jamais avoir eu la possibilité de le voir sur scène. Il nous restera 5 albums (dont le génial Tyranny) et de nombreuses participations.

RIP

A priori, le groupe continue selon Gary Wehrkamp :


I wanted to thank everyone everywhere for the heartfelt comments that are everywhere. I have had a chance to read so many of them, and they are very moving. I have to admit I can get very emotional getting through some of them, but it is very helpful to know how many lives Mike has touched. His impact on this world has been great and it is overwhelming to see just how far his voice has reached.
The band had just begun recording another record, and my plan was to release a press release about this around November 6th, but such news is trivial and unimportant compared to us losing our close friend of so many years. Still there are many people wanting to know the fate of this band.
It has been difficult to address but it is time to say something.


Shadow Gallery will continue. We will finish this record and make it as potent as it can be. There are some questions to be answered, but we feel confident we will be provided with the answers.
We have read so many of the touching comments, and heard from so many people these past two weeks and we look forward to giving the Shadow Gallery fans our very best, to honor them, and Mike.

Yes, bonne nouvelle.

Je verrai bien un album avec des guests, sous forme d'hommage, ça paraitrait assez logique.

Ca se passera peut être comme ça en effet.

Ils envisagent de prendre DC Cooper sur au moins un titre.

Guitarist Gary Wehrkamp of progressive power metallers SHADOW GALLERY has confirmed to Roadie Crew's Thiago Sarkis that the band will carry on following singer Michael A. Baker's recent passing, with D.C. Cooper (SILENT FORCE, ex-ROYAL HUNT) filling in on at least one track on the band's upcoming album, which is tentatively due in October.

"Mike was very excited about the new SHADOW GALLERY songs compositions and was eager to sing them," Wehrkamp said in a statement that was published at Solada. "Unfortunately, he left us before he could begin. There is a possibility that he did a quick demo of one song a few weeks before he died. As for the rest of the material, we will have to find a way to honor Mike, and his legacy, and we feel the best choice is to continue and finish this album. We will try to make it as good as it can possibly be. We have looked at some singers to fill in. I say that because you cannot replace somebody like Mike. With a few people in mind, [but] nothing is definite or confirmed. There has been some talk that D.C. Cooper would be our new singer. We have known D.C. for many years, and enjoyed working with him on a few different records. He is a unique talent and a fine singer. Our plan is to have D.C.'s voice grace one track of our new album, for a song that has not been completely written yet. It is possible that we may even collaborate — something we never do — with him on this song. We hope to be finishing our record in a few months, which puts a possible release for October. We sincerely appreciate all of the wonderful comments left for Mike, from wonderful caring people all around the globe. We look forward to giving you all the very best we can."