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I pretty much lost all respect for that guy after seeing his Twitter postings. It's fascinating any company would stand behind such a person as well, or maybe they just aren't aware?

YamahaPlayer wrote:I pretty much lost all respect for that guy after seeing his Twitter postings. It's fascinating any company would stand behind such a person as well, or maybe they just aren't aware?

Zildjian seems to be ok with it I guess.

One of his latest tweets >>>
Photo: The new Zildjian Times
http://thebloodthirstyunicorn.tumblr.co ... jian-times

amoergosum wrote:Haha...look at the two kids at 0:35....priceless >>>

Now THAT is jackin' it. Crash/Ride or whatever it is insanely overbearing too

amoergosum wrote:

YamahaPlayer wrote:I pretty much lost all respect for that guy after seeing his Twitter postings. It's fascinating any company would stand behind such a person as well, or maybe they just aren't aware?

Zildjian seems to be ok with it I guess.

One of his latest tweets >>>
Photo: The new Zildjian Times
http://thebloodthirstyunicorn.tumblr.co ... jian-times

Hard to say who/what they may or may not be aware of.

That picture is old. So is the Z-Times it's from...

YamahaPlayer wrote:

amoergosum wrote:

YamahaPlayer wrote:I pretty much lost all respect for that guy after seeing his Twitter postings. It's fascinating any company would stand behind such a person as well, or maybe they just aren't aware?

Zildjian seems to be ok with it I guess.

One of his latest tweets >>>
Photo: The new Zildjian Times
http://thebloodthirstyunicorn.tumblr.co ... jian-times

Hard to say who/what they may or may not be aware of.

That picture is old. So is the Z-Times it's from...

Nop.

http://zildjian.com/Support/~/media/Z/P ... 1_All.ashx

YamahaPlayer wrote:I pretty much lost all respect for that guy after seeing his Twitter postings. It's fascinating any company would stand behind such a person as well, or maybe they just aren't aware?

Pridgen's endorsement sells gear. As long as he doesn't do something crazy like go on a shooting spree in downtown Oakland, I doubt they care.

If Tre Cool gets to keep his endorsements, I haven't seen anything Pridgen's sent out on Twitter that would compare to that. TC destroyed his kit on stage every show and then mocked Ludwig (or whichever kit he endorsed) to an MD reporter that the manufacturer was picking up the tab for all those kits. (His tour manager confirmed the band, not the manufacturer, was paying for the kits). As far as that goes I've heard stories of Chad Smith slagging Pearl hard in clinics, but Pearl continues a relationship with him.

*shrug*

Not endorsing stupidity, but a manufacturer being unconcerned with an endorser's behavior doesn't really surprise me.

loose cannons are good for us. There's a ferociousness to his playing that all other gospel choppers lack.

I could care less about his twitter postings. OT: posts on twitter or any posts on the Internet should never be the basis for respect.

Ha HA!!! I remember that MD article! Though do you remember the next issue when Ludwig wrote in and told Tre to check with his accountant because he paid for all of those kits? I laughed so hard at that... I'm sure it hardly dented Tre's budget, but still.

True enough though, goes to show who you know and how little much else has to do with endorsements. Gotta sell to the kiddies... the Paiste Ad's with Joey Jordison are some of the most laughable I've yet to see.

Yes, that Z-Times is old. I got mine back in January. The picture they used of Thomas, has been used previously in cymbal ad's last year at the least.

"OT: posts on twitter or any posts on the Internet should never be the basis for respect."

Anything any person authors is most certainly a basis for respect - be it digital, in print, spoken word or otherwise. It wasn't that long ago a guy changed the FCC policies forever by uttering a single sentence on TV - a medium that reaches far fewer people then Twitter at the time, and even is true for today.

Just because it's digital doesn't change the fact it's direct communication from a person. Perhaps more so then printed.

Just my opinion though, plenty of cases where pro's lost endorsements and/or jobs in other industries for even less offensive issues. *shrug* Far be it from me to hold the drumming industry to higher standards I guess...

deseipel wrote:OT: posts on twitter or any posts on the Internet should never be the basis for respect.

Would respectfully disagree.

Let's focus on Thomas Pridgen (the musician) in this thread please...