I joined the MP forum back in 2003 (hence my username) to try to sell an extra pair of tickets I had for a DT show, and I quickly fell in love with the place. I've been a HUGE fan and supporter of MP since 1993 and I don't know that there is an album he has played on since then that I did not buy. I have enjoyed all of his bands (even AMob to some degree) and I always get excited to see what's next for him.
With that said the recent events have left a really bad taste in my mouth. There were a few times in the past week where I started to post a message to get my feelings off my chest, but I just couldn't as I didn't think it was right to do in Mike's house. More or less there have just been several times since the split that I have found myself very disappointed and letdown by Mike's actions. It just got to be too much lately on his forum where you basically were not allowed to say anything negative about his music or anything positive about DT. I always had the impression that the reason Mike left DT was because he thought he'd get the full time gig with A7X and then when that fell through he realized he made a big mistake, but it's just been disappointing the way he has handled himself. I will still continue to support his music as he is one of my favorite musicians of all time, but I just don't know that I can ever view him the way I used to and it's a sad feeling.