Greg's a real cool dude. Don't know about O'Malley, he seems kinda "self-serious", but I've seen a few interviews with him where he seems like a real laid back nice dude, he is the "artsy" type, so that could get misinterpreted for being snooty... I did hear something a long time ago about O'Malley throwing a house/stage monitor off the stage or something... whatever though.
I spoke briefly with Stephen when he played in Sydney a few years ago, and he was extremely polite, informative and sincere. (I didn't mention the previous occasion I'd seen him play at the WhatisMusic festival with Sunn O))) in 2005, when he was experiencing some 'technical issues' and took out his frustrations out on one of his T's by pushing it off the top of a full stack - not knowing a tech was trying to rectify the problem from behind! Ouch... How much do those things weigh anyhow?!)
This is a man who is doing it for the right reasons, and I am grateful to him for it!
On a side note: whilst the Sunn O))) amplifier worshippers here might be crestfallen about the band's effect on the price of amplifiers, I imagine there are some Travis Bean fans who are feeling the same way as you!
