there is a LOT of gray area between self important/pompous and sacred shitless... why can't they just simply be confident?
Well someone being self important/pompous and someone simply being confident is really a matter of perception. I didn't view his statement as being self important while others did. More than a few people could argue that any of the other lead singers I mentioned are also self important/pompous while there will be plenty of people that would argue against it.
Scared shitless was a rather extreme statement what I really meant is those lead singers that have little or no stage presence at all. Standing on stage and basically doing the album note for note makes for a very boring show. I have only had the chance to see Iced Earth with Barlow one time but I thought he did a great job.
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