I should probably reply to this since I am the origin of the "Pez" nickname. In Geman we have an idiom that's called "to lean out of the window" (not sure if there is an equivalent in English) that essentially means if you're doing something 'questionable' (in the wider sense) you shouldn't be surprised of the dangers involved (one of the dangers being ridicule). All the drummers except Aquiles/Pez were very personable, nice guys who showed up in their normal outfit to showcase their drumming. Only Aquiles stood out to me as someone who was buying a little bit too much into the whole metal image. His outfit was all pitch-black, he wore black gloves for drumming, the whole nine yards. So, if you do that, you shouldn't be surprised if people make fun of you a bit. And judging by the fact that it caught on, I guess I'm not the only person who thought that. Besides, "Pez" isn't really that bad a nickname.
rumborak
Exactly how does AP look any different in the DT audition than he does in any of his other vids?
He's wearing a Paiste t-shirt with a white skull and drumstick motif. Very similar to shirts he wore in other vids so i'd say it was his regular outfit. Drum shirt, shorts and drum gloves, check. Looks like a drummer to me.
And those black gloves are Ahead drumming gloves which, to my knowledge, only come in one style.
I fail to see how any of these things deserve ridicule. If they do then why not pick on Wildoer for giving the metal horns?
He also seemed very personable in that and other vids imo, his apology for his mistake at the end of The Dance of Eternity has me convinced of that.
To be honest i think your attitude towards him is a little beneath you, and having been on the receiving of similar and worse from a certain type of people with a very judgmental attitude towards anyone or anything different, it makes me a little uncomfortable.
I suppose the word Pez isn't that bad of a nickname but it's origin makes it insulting.
/rant
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