I wish he still had the shorter hair he did in TSCO documentary. Same goes for Mike Mangini. It doesn't really bother me though, I just thought it looked better.
You're crazy, man, on LaBrie, that hair looked absolutely horrendously awful.
Mike's style on TSCO doc was great though, I wouldn't mind if he went back to that. But I like the way it is now as well, so I don't mind either way. But JLB's short hair looked terrible. Worse than 5YIALT.
Oh well, at least it's not Claudio Sanchez's hair.
Apparently quite a few people liked MM's old hair style, though. (I have this saved)
Because there is as much interest in this than in drumming, here is a bit about drummer's hair: Most of us don't like it in our faces. Longer hair has more weight and stays off the face better than medium length in general. Short hair doesn't do anything fun or wild to match rock/metal music. I do not know any drummers that have hair extensions, including me. My hair grows wickedly fast. Bushier, or wavier hair finds a home in my mouth every 3 seconds. People guess correctly that long haired drummers are not airline pilots, state senators, or professional baseball players. Most of us don't wear hats on stage out of respect for a professional environment, unless the situation is casual. Hair style changes makes for great gossip, babbling and often trumps more important internet news, like good deeds, awesome chicken recipes, or the release of new music.
Anyways, relative to the thread, I couldn't understand anything James said in KC this year (aside from the hump day quote). I don't know if it was the way he talks, the volume of the show, or both, but most of it was indistinguishable. Everybody pretty much just yelled or clapped at whatever he said I think.