Reverend Jax Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 VS The name Optimus Prime must be a tribute to Artimus Pyle. The creator of Transformers was obviously a Skynyrd fan. For those of you how don't know, Artimus Pyle was the most famous drummer for Lynyrd Skynyrd and Optimus Prime was the head bad guy in Transformers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Im votin for arty the one man party cause no one else will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted September 22, 2002 Author Share Posted September 22, 2002 I haven't made up my mind yet (i often like to make polls of things I'm notg decided on myself), but I was leaning towards Arty too. I'm much bigger Skynyrd fan than I am a Transformers fan. Plus Arty seems like the only non-asshole of the still-living original band members. He's no Ronnie, but he's the coolest one left. And Optimus is a tool. Know that I think of it, this is no contest. Arty gets my vote too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Optimus is livin high off the hog with the Transformer comeback. I aint see Skynyrd live, was confused by the idea years back - im quite sure the lead died in a plane accident years ago, who's left and how do they work without 'im? Are the rest of the guys assholes, and why ya think that? Fuck, i love thier classic stuff, no idea how they operate these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted September 22, 2002 Author Share Posted September 22, 2002 Ronnie Van Zant, lead singer and lead songwriter and all around front man, died in the plane crash. His younger brother was brought in to replace him. After the plane crash, all the surviving members signed a contract that said that there could be no Lynyrd Skynyrd without 3 pre-crash members on board. There are only 3 of them died of left alive now that one died of natural causes, and the other two are still touring as Lynyrd Skynyrd without Artimus, even though they can't legally, and he's not getting any of the touring money, while he does gigs for like $200 a show. The other two say he can't play as well since the crash, which is bullshit, and they claim that after the crash, he ran out of the plane scared for his life, when he was actually running (through 2 miles of swamp) to get help, which is something everyone attested to right after the crash. Artrimus has asked to join the band, but they won't let him. The other two were also planning to have a concert on the crash site on the 25th anniversery of the crash, which I think I think would have been in damn poor taste. Fortunately, those plans fell through. Does that clear up why I think the other living guys are assholes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Fuckin hell, i had no idea. What amazing pricks....did Arty ever try to go after em for breech of that contract? Play on the site of the crash, damn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted September 22, 2002 Author Share Posted September 22, 2002 Nah, he says the remaining members (and Ronnie's widow) are such greedy pricks that he doesn't want to sink the their level. He has just politely asks on several occasions to be let back in to the band he helped make great. He hates litigation. And I think the crash site concert idea died before he ever got word of it. I though a Skynyrd fan like you would know, that band is one of the biggest soap operas in Rock history, almost trumps the Beatles and Yoko. The bad blood has been going on for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDawg540 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Hmm little late in noticing this thread but this has been buggin me... Optimus Prime was the head bad guy in Transformers. No, no, no... He was the Leader of the Autobots. The GOODguys. And hence my vote is his. Loved that show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted November 7, 2002 Author Share Posted November 7, 2002 And I humbly admit my mistake. Megatron was the leader of the bad guys, the Decieticons (sp?). I still would have voted for Artie. Skynyrd rocks the house to it's foundation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDawg540 Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 Close, it was the Decepticons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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