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ilex011

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Saturday, February 24th 2007, 12:10am

Clas Rumors, Etc

Am posting this here as I don't want to torture anyone with my terrible German.

I know I'm not the only one who has been spending a bit of time with rather dubious online translators, parsing out what's being brought up regarding rumors about Clas leaving the band over in the German thread.

From what I can tell, I don't think anyone has any information on this subject either way. So it sounds like total speculation to me, arguments within the band or not. And it isn't like fighting with your co-workers, even if they are long-lasting friends in your band, is an uncommon thing. So we can't expect them to pop in with statements to rebut pure speculation about something that isn't even all that unusual to begin with.
I don't want to piss anyone off, but the requests for statements from the band are coming across as quite demanding.

Maybe there *are* problems- but the point is we don't know either way, so it's useless to try and fill in any perceived blanks. Why should they release a statement over our assumptions? if there's anything to release a statement *about* then they'll do it when they're good and ready to do so.

Clas hasn't performed with them live these past couple of times and he won't be on Orkus. Ok, and...? People seem to be jumping to a lot of conclusions based on that. Maybe he has things going on in his personal life that he prefers to attend to, but still plans on recording as part of Covenant as well as performing live when he can. And Eskil's side projects aren't indicative of anything other than the fact that Eskil has side projects.

I'll be just as disappointed as anyone if it ends up that Clas leaves the band at some point (or Eskil, or Joakim); I don't need to belabor the point that we all love and appreciate his contributions and that it wouldn't be the same without him. And I do hope that doesn't happen. It might, but let's not work ourselves up into a frenzy about it just yet.

Didn't mean to piss anyone off with this post- it's just something I have been thinking about since the whole Clas Is Leaving The Band thing started.

Anyway. Just wanted to throw that out there. If there is something I have gotten incorrect from what I'm understanding in the German thread, please let me know, and I apologize.

This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "ilex011" (Feb 24th 2007, 9:41am)

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Covenant

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Saturday, February 24th 2007, 2:04am

There will be a statement about this and other things. There is turmoil. There will be changes. There will be a future.

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fuzzy_logic

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Sunday, February 25th 2007, 3:00pm

Can´t wait for the statement!!!

I opened my eyes today...
the world looks so bright and strange....

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niki_6784

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Wednesday, February 28th 2007, 6:43pm

Thank you for addressing this and we will await your statement. In the meantime you all have our support!

Niki
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"What doesn't kill us only makes us stronger" - Resilience, a hardcore punk band from Santa Rosa, California, USA
"As our ashes turn to dust, we shine like stars" - Gee, I wonder who said this

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LadyKomachi

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Thursday, March 1st 2007, 5:33pm

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Originally posted by Covenant
There will be a statement about this and other things. There is turmoil. There will be changes. There will be a future.

Hmmm well - Change can be good and a future is good but the turmoil bit sounds a bit grim.
I guess 2 out of 3 ain't bad!!!

We will wait patiently on your news ...

Nxxx

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d_h

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Friday, September 14th 2007, 12:24am

we should be lil bit more patient

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michelem31

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Tuesday, October 2nd 2007, 1:16am

I found this little tidbit from a Russian Covenant community on Live Journal, which was taken originally from Sideline Magazine:

Visitors of Covenant's 2007 tour will have seen it already, Clas Nachmanson was nowhere to be seen on stage. Instead Clas' place in the band was taken by Daniel Myer of Haujobb/Architect fame. Does this mean that Nachmanson will be leaving the band? In an interview with Side-Line magazine Covenant's Joakim Montelius had this to say about Clas not taking part in the tour:

"Clas is fine and happy to become a father in a few months. He simply decided to focus on other things than Covenant for a while. At this point we don't know if he's coming back at all. The future will tell."

Clear is that the presence of Daniel Myer was more than appreciated by the band. In the same interview, which you can read in Side-Line 60, Montelius' says that Myer's input had an influence on the dynamics and sound of the band live:

"Yes indeed. Almost too much... (smiles). No, not really. But Daniel is a true musician, which none of us really are in the true sense of the word. We are technicians and constructionists. We build music out of our ideas without considering how it should be performed live. Daniel is all that and an able musician as well. Give him something that makes noise and he makes music with it on the spot. That is a talent we never had before. So definitely, he adds a new dimension to our live sound."

The new dimension of the band's live sound became more than visible and audible when Myer added industrial drumming with some barrels on stage, even throwing them into the audience during Covenant's live gig in Novosibirsk, Russia, jumping after them to continue his drumming.

© Side-Line Music Magazine

Well, whatever happens, I wish him all the best, and congratulations!

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design_femme

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Tuesday, October 2nd 2007, 3:40am

Congrats to Mr. Nachmanson and Kudos to Mr. Myer

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d_h

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Tuesday, October 2nd 2007, 3:52am

Thank you for information.

I would like/love to see 4 musketeers performing.

Eskil (voice)
Joakim (PC and voice)
Clas (keyboard)
Daniel (Drums)

But if I am honest, it is realy nice to see that family is more important than carreer. :perfekt:

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Originally posted by michelem31

"Clas is fine and happy to become a father in a few months. He simply decided to focus on other things than Covenant for a while. At this point we don't know if he's coming back at all. The future will tell."

Well, whatever happens, I wish him all the best, and congratulations!

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lushmachine

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Tuesday, October 2nd 2007, 4:01am

That is seriously some of the best news I've heard in a while! Yay! :perfekt:

What a heartwarming way to start October.

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LePand

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Tuesday, October 2nd 2007, 5:09am

It´s good news then!
Congrats Clas! :perfekt:

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kleineRatte

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Tuesday, October 2nd 2007, 8:14am

Well, so we'll have a second Covenant generation soon.

Congratulations, Clas!

All things considered, insanity is the only reasonable alternative.

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Morgana

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Tuesday, October 2nd 2007, 8:21am

congrats to Clas! :-)

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ilex011

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Tuesday, October 2nd 2007, 10:23pm

Indeed, big congrats to Clas.

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niki_6784

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Wednesday, October 3rd 2007, 7:15pm

Glad to hear that Clas is indeed doing well and...
@ Clas - hope all goes smoothly with the birth of your first child!!! Congratulations!

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lushmachine

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Sunday, October 7th 2007, 10:35pm

Oh yes, and a warm congratulations to Clas on top of my prior sentiments as well!

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Grommit

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Monday, October 8th 2007, 12:12pm

WOW.. and there I was thinking by the way he dances onstage that he was Gay.....

Congratulatios Claus

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Marci

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Monday, October 8th 2007, 4:51pm

Considering that I am a mother....life takes on a whole different meaning!
Congratulations to your firstborn & may your child be healthy.

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Evolutz

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Sunday, October 14th 2007, 7:08pm

congratulations to Clas and family!

"I myself am pursueing the same instinctive course as the veriest human animal you can think of - I am however young, starring at particles of light in the midst of great darkness." (John Keats)

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