Seriously, the gloves, armbands, huge coat, ginormous scarf, a plethora of dreads…what gives? He’s been honing this look since '04, and now looks like he’s preparing for a winter storm. How does he not pass out on stage from heat exhaustion? Not that I personally want to see more skin from the guy, but the recent promo photos are just…bizarre (esp. with the gold tooth). I forgot that he even has tattoos.
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maybe he’s put on a few pounds and doesnt want people to see his belly rolls and stretch marks. OR he had a sex change and doesnt want u to see his boobs and his new bikini
If Al’s gone that route we can look forward to Genesis “Piping Hot” Porridge joining in on the Revco team next time out. Go Team Tranny Go!!
This is a far more entertaining rumor that Special Edward Albee’s “Al’s gonna die and Angie will be the one who pulls the trigger, I swear it” rumor. That one is just too Days of our Lives.
Maybe cos someones been calling him “fatty fatty fat fat”… or else it aint actually Al and hasnt been since 04. I think both theories are acceptable.
never said she’d kill him,btw. she just gets all his royalties.
We’ve seen the top of his bald head anyway. It was a video that came out during the making of one of the newer albums.
You just have to watch The Fall from that one DVD that came out a while back. He’s pretty bald in that video, and probably much more so today. I think he should go back to the straw cowboy hats.
^ Are you talking about the one where he is crowd surfing?
No he’s in the studio. It may have been a making or HotM video.
In all seriousness, as much as we bash on current ministry music, I hope it’s not drugs…heroin addicts are notorious for covering their track marks and his arm attire keeps seeming to be more and more
As far as his arms go, he could have scars from shooting up, the constant bandanas is probably cause he’s losing hair… but that’s speculation
Maybe it’s just a four-year-long overextended promotion of his new album, as per 1002’s pun. [laugh]
i’d imagine it’s prolly the spider bite and heroin tracks from the past. I have a feeling he’s off the smack, which is awesome. He seems to be pretty energetic, or at least was a few tours back (when clean, btw). Bandana is just obvious…
Sad though…I really think Al is one of those artists that did his best when high, which is a pity but true at the same time.
Word up, Piko. “DSOTS” and “Filth Pig” are fucking GREAT, and sadly enough, the opiates had more than a little something to do with that. Seriously, could a straight-edged brain create something like “Lava”?
that whole spider bite story is a hoax. al’s good at that.not good at much else talent anymore.
he covers up b/c he’s overweight. he’s always had a problem with that. as connelly’s book recounts the story, al got fucking liposuction prior to a tour. he was chillin’ on the chaise lounge while everyone else ran around getting the tour together.
if he’d actually get off his ass maybe the weight wouldn’t be an issue.
sorry, i just cringe at all this “oh al’s got track marks” nonsense. he lost a toe too. i think he lied about that one as well.
you don’t only shoot up your arms.
sorry, i just cringe at all this “oh al’s got track marks” nonsense. he lost a toe too. i think he lied about that one as well.
you don’t only shoot up your arms.
No way dude! He’s lost a toe I’ve seen it (or rather not seen it depending on how you look at it (Damn that was amusing!) there was a time a few years ago with him on the Opie and Anthony show where he pulled his boot off (they took stills and they uploaded them onto the net) and sure enough NO TOE! whether it was a spider or what I guess that’s a mystery BUT the fact remains he’s missing a toe.
Also, with as bad ass as Al tries to make himself look I can’t imagine him trying to cover up a scar. hell He’s the kind of guy that i would expect cut scars in himself just to enhance the image (At least that’s what his image tells me! Since I don’t really know the guy)
Al’s not on drugs anymore (Maybe Pot, which explains the weight) I think Als’ Currently recorded output pretty much proves He’s not on smack.
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I always thought the spider bite story sounded too similar to the guy from the Flaming Lips who thought he had a bite and they’d have to amputate his arm. Turned out it was from shooting too much heroin. In either case it was probably a wake up call.
There have been studies conducted on people who have had gastric bypass. The most significant of the conclusions being that diabetes is directly related to the small intestine and not just the insulin production of the pancreas. This resulted in laboratory studies being conducted with diabetic rats to confirm the theory.
The diabetic rats received gastric bypass and were no longer diabetic post-surgery. The operation was reversed and the rats became diabetic again.
A study with skinny diabetic rats: http://www.jkevinmorton.com/2004/01/surgical_treatm.html
Diabetics have been able to completely stop taking diabetic medication post-gastric bypass surgery, saving them and their insurance companies a life-time supply of pills, injections, or insulin pumps. $25k for gastric bypass versus over $40k for managing diabetic complications over 30 years. http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/25/3/476
You do the math.
Ignorance kills.
I don’t have pics but check into John frusciante (brilliant musician in and out of the chilli peppers) guitarist for the RHCP. He shot so much heroin he got absesses and then just shot into the absesses and now has both arms of HUGELY disfigured skin…
He’s a wonderful guy (when i met him) and his first solo cd "nindra lades and usually just a t-shirt) is just brilliant… Kinda captian beefhearty but more syd barret and not as annoying as either can occasionally be…
I can’t imagine Al leading the healthy lifestyle at all. He’ll prolly never take walks/jogs, eat healthy, or stay in shape. I’m not one of those who point fingers at that sort of thing, but whatever. Surely that sort of thing wouldn’t hurt him and would probably do wonders. He doesn’t look healthy at all, but has he ever? But i’ve always considered that one of Al’s major characteristics: just not giving a fuck.
hell, he looks better now than when he was on smack…
i mean he looks liek be chunked up, but not much, he looks about ave, just he has a round face as it is, so he kinda looks Moon-ie now.
the black eye makeup makes him look ill though. (ill as in sickly not ill as in beastie boys)
but he doesnt look bad. tommy however looks great he lost the extra weight he had, and now looks lean and “ready to fight”.