Well, I don't know about that. When I saw them live he had one hell of a smug stage presence. With thousands and thousands of dollars in instruments...
I'm a big fan of this yellow journalism, screaming, pro-wrestling-type, tear-your-hat-off-and-laugh-into-the-empty-hole-type press. And I think what's happened is the fellows up at 5150 have started to take that stuff a little seriously.