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Posted: **Mon May 02, 2005 11:11 am**

If I remember the right thing Steve thanks Thomas in Flex-able notes too, so their collaboration has been very long

Posted: **Mon May 02, 2005 12:25 pm**

Steve's been with Nordegg since the Zappa days... yeah around the time of Flex-Able... If I am correct. He talks about it on the extras disc of "Live at the Astoria."

Posted: **Mon May 02, 2005 12:26 pm**

miker!! thank you so much for the complete answer!
i really appriciate that.

oh btw, youre ears still buzzing?

patricia

Posted: **Mon May 02, 2005 1:56 pm**

Thomas started teching for Steve on tour in 2000, I think it was the European UZ tour. Before that, it was Roger Bell for a substantial period (and before Roger there was another dude, who's name escapes me right now).

Thomas teched for others in those days after Z, I think mostly Duran Duran ( Warren Cuccurullo)

Posted: **Mon May 02, 2005 2:20 pm**

Ah... my bad. Thanks for the info Jeroen. I'ma have to watch that Astoria disc more closely...

Had some hearing protection Patricia... I would recommend it. They were passing ear plugs out during sound check. So... ears were back to normal after a couple days.

Posted: **Mon May 02, 2005 2:49 pm**

I was at a dress rehearsal for the UZ tour (fall '99), and I think Steve mentioned that he had a new tech (which was Thomas). It seemed quite obvious that he was "new", because him and Steve weren't quite in-sync on things.
A couple of times it actually looked like Steve was ready to lose his cool...
Quite funny.

Posted: **Mon May 02, 2005 3:41 pm**

Excellent pictures Mike. You look as if you had a great time w/ Steve. I saw Steve on March 31 here in Boston. I talked w/ him for a while that morning. He is so good to his fans. Hes just a great guy all around.
Thanks for sharing your pictures. They're great.
Here's a pic of me and Steve.
Christin
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/christinz ... pg&.src=ph

Posted: **Mon May 02, 2005 5:59 pm**

Hey thanks for sharing Christin! Great pic of you and Steve. What's that in his hand... Breakfast?

Enjoyed looking through your photo album. Good times.

Hey RAI, shouldn'ta doubted you man, heh. Right on the money, eh.

Posted: **Mon May 02, 2005 6:27 pm**

Don't tell me Steve eats donuts.....

Posted: **Mon May 02, 2005 7:12 pm**

The minute I noticed the donuts in Steve's hand, he jumped right in and told me that he was getting them for Jeremy. I mentioned to him that I didn't think he ate donuts, and he said, " No, not me. I don't eat like that."
What an experience. Being able to talk w/ Steve and nobody else be around. It was almost surreal. I can't wait for the next tour.
Any more pics, Mike?

Posted: **Mon May 02, 2005 8:48 pm**

Hi Christin, I have a couple more pics from Mark... here they are:

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Posted: **Tue May 03, 2005 12:06 am**

Some info about Mr Velcro:

http://www.united-mutations.com/n/thomas_nordegg.htm

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2005 12:08 am**

Cool. Good stuff. Thanks Jeroen.

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2005 3:34 am**

Thanks Mike. Those were great. It takes me right back to the show. I find myself looking at my photos everyday. I just can't get enough of Steve.
Christin

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2005 8:38 am**

Jeroen wrote:Thomas started teching for Steve on tour in 2000, I think it was the European UZ tour. Before that, it was Roger Bell for a substantial period (and before Roger there was another dude, who's name escapes me right now).

Thomas teched for others in those days after Z, I think mostly Duran Duran ( Warren Cuccurullo)

so maybe they were friends since Zappa's days but Thomas started teching for Steve only in the UZ european tour?
I didn't know that...

thank Jeroen

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