What's with the guitar violence?

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

I think FM's "poppy" reputation drives him mad.

No it drives ME mad. Not their popsongs, but thair reputation.
And if it drove HIM mad, why would he write WTWCT, Miranda, SYHA, BleedTLH, Twist of Fate, Peacekeeper, etc etc etc etc.? He's just right that he gives something extra on a live performance. He's plays a lot of pop-rocksongs in the mactradition this tour. He's always done that. What are we talking about? He plays a five minute solo during Come and a 6 minute solo on ISA. The rest is just pointy guitarwork in the ghost of the songs. 11 munites on a 140 minute show. Any show-off guitarist would quit immediately.