New Mr. Big Album - "...The Stories We Could Tell"

MR. BIG has set "...The Stories We Could Tell" as the title of the band's new studio album, due in September via Frontiers Records. The CD's first single will be made available later this summer.

Never really got into these guys myself (I've tried with an album or 2), but good for them to keep churning out new music.

I liked 'Lean Into It', could never get into anything else. Actively disliked their last studio effort, which was very boring to me, though everyone else seemed to love it. I just don't get it.

Metal Misfit wrote:

I liked 'Lean Into It', could never get into anything else. Actively disliked their last studio effort, which was very boring to me, though everyone else seemed to love it. I just don't get it.

You and me. Lean was a daily listen to me as a kid (and I'm always trying to nail that intro to Green Tinted Sixties Mind with fail), but the other albums don't do much.

I could never get into this band at all. They just had so much potential but it was totally wasted as far as I'm concerned.

Despite opinions on the band itself, this is just awful, awful news...

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MR. BIG drummer Pat Torpey has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and will be unable to perform all of his normal drumming duties on the band's upcoming world tour in support of the group's new album, "...The Stories We Could Tell".

"I've been dealing with Parkinson's symptoms for the past couple of years and only recently received a confirmed diagnosis as symptoms worsened," Torpey said. "I intend to fight the disease with same intensity and tenacity that I drum and live my life by and will continue recording and performing, as always, to the best of my ability."

MR. BIG will announce a replacement drummer who will sit behind the kit for the band's fall 2014 tour.

Torpey, 54, is expected to join his MR. BIG bandmates for select tracks as well as participate in the group's acoustic set.

Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system.

There is no cure for Parkinson's disease, but medications, surgery and multidisciplinary management can provide relief from the symptoms.

Ouch. Yeah. Read about that.

I've seen it at work and, even managed, you can't quite get the air in your lungs to speak loudly, let alone sing and forget picking up a guitar. Drumming? Off the table.

Hoping they caught it early enough that they can maybe ease the onset.

That's heartbreaking. Pat's an amazing drummer with a lot of personality and skill. He doesn't deserve this at all.

Pat had a really good couple of solo albums in the late 90's with Chuck Wright and Lanny Cordola, among other guests.

One of the Gayest bands in the world. I´d never waste my time giving attention to this shit(e)

I tried to check some of their stuff on youtube and All I hear from this "boy band" where stupid and uselees mellow ballads , they really suck ( doesn´t matter to me if they are good musicians )

It is somewhat hard to take criticism seriously when there are upwards of ten grammatical and/or orthographic errors in a given one sentence post.

glassprison wrote:

It is somewhat hard to take criticism seriously when there are upwards of ten grammatical and/or orthographic errors in a given one sentence post.

He's a prime example of what Ron White once said. "Next time you have a thought in your head... Keep it there." One thing to give an opinion, but there are better ways to do it. Even ToB, whose opinions rub me the wrong way sometimes, does it in a mature manner. Those comments were higly immature and IMO, unnecessary.

Headbanger Man wrote:

One of the Gayest bands in the world. I´d never waste my time giving attention to this shit(e)

Headbanger Man wrote:

I tried to check some of their stuff on youtube and All I hear from this "boy band" where stupid and uselees mellow ballads , they really suck ( doen´s matter to me if they are good musicians )

Oh God. Here we go again.   

corplhicks wrote:

Headbanger Man wrote:

One of the Gayest bands in the world. I´d never waste my time giving attention to this shit(e)

Headbanger Man wrote:

I tried to check some of their stuff on youtube and All I hear from this "boy band" where stupid and uselees mellow ballads , they really suck ( doen´s matter to me if they are good musicians )

Oh God. Here we go again.   

You surprised?! This is HoM, we are a magnet for trolls, loudmouths, and assholes (sometimes we have people who are all three, though most fall into one or two of those categories).

DallasBlack wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Headbanger Man wrote:

One of the Gayest bands in the world. I´d never waste my time giving attention to this shit(e)

Headbanger Man wrote:

I tried to check some of their stuff on youtube and All I hear from this "boy band" where stupid and uselees mellow ballads , they really suck ( doen´s matter to me if they are good musicians )

Oh God. Here we go again.   

You surprised?! This is HoM, we are a magnet for trolls, loudmouths, and assholes (sometimes we have people who are all three, though most fall into one or two of those categories).

So true. Lately it's been such a consistent roll of "special guests," if you know what I mean.

corplhicks wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Headbanger Man wrote:

One of the Gayest bands in the world. I´d never waste my time giving attention to this shit(e)

Headbanger Man wrote:

I tried to check some of their stuff on youtube and All I hear from this "boy band" where stupid and uselees mellow ballads , they really suck ( doen´s matter to me if they are good musicians )

Oh God. Here we go again.   

You surprised?! This is HoM, we are a magnet for trolls, loudmouths, and assholes (sometimes we have people who are all three, though most fall into one or two of those categories).

So true. Lately it's been such a consistent roll of "special guests," if you know what I mean.

It could be the same people, it happened before when we had one guy that was banned, came back under a new name (and poorly denied it, though it was obvious to almost everyone it was the same guy).

DallasBlack wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Headbanger Man wrote:

One of the Gayest bands in the world. I´d never waste my time giving attention to this shit(e)

Headbanger Man wrote:

I tried to check some of their stuff on youtube and All I hear from this "boy band" where stupid and uselees mellow ballads , they really suck ( doen´s matter to me if they are good musicians )

Oh God. Here we go again.   

You surprised?! This is HoM, we are a magnet for trolls, loudmouths, and assholes (sometimes we have people who are all three, though most fall into one or two of those categories).

So true. Lately it's been such a consistent roll of "special guests," if you know what I mean.

It could be the same people, it happened before when we had one guy that was banned, came back under a new name (and poorly denied it, though it was obvious to almost everyone it was the same guy).

Perhaps this is the elusive ze_mau!   

It's either him or a guy who went to the same school as he did or they hang out together a lot or they share socks are something or one of the members on his board or the guy who walks his dog or a neighbor who diets with him or a fishing buddy or a guy he met at a Poison and Motley Crue concert or a girl who wrote a book that he read or his cousin's best friend's girlfriend's bosses illegal immigrant yard mowers twin that impersonates women at the Vegas show parody making the rounds in San Paulo and Rio every other summer after carnival.

Headbanger Man wrote:

One of the Gayest bands in the world. I´d never waste my time giving attention to this shit(e)

Really? You even edited it and homophobic abuse is still the best you can do?

For the record, Mr Big are not in the slightest bit gay. This is one of the gayest bands in the world



See the difference? I'm not really a fan of either but get your facts straight.

As I've said, I'm not a fan of this band but Parkinsons sucks big time. The best I can hope for him is that he responds well to treatment.

i didnt like their last one and will be skipping this one.

I´d not desire Parkinson to even my worst enemy. anyways , Mr Big sucks big time , I think "Roxette" rocks harder than this band. OK, if anyone disagree I´d ask (you who disagree) to post any song where they actually sound like a Rock band , because all I hear from them is commercial poppy BS. I read this board is actually called Heart of METAL altought I think TRUE Rock n Roll (which is not the case with this band) is allowed here as well ...

  

One of their heaviest songs comes off of their last release:




I realize that it is probably not anywhere close to what you are looking for though.

As you can see from the responses on this thread, you are not alone in not having much interest in Mr. Big. But however "poppy" they are, they do get lumped in with many 80s/early 90s bands that get discussed on this forum. Therefore this thread was also posted here. If you don't like them, why not just post in one of the many more metal threads on the front page? Doesn't seem worth the time getting upset in order to defend a definition of "true" rock/metal.

Headbanger Man wrote:

I´d not desire Parkinson to even my worst enemy. anyways , Mr Big sucks big time , I think "Roxette" rocks harder than this band. OK, if anyone disagree I´d ask (you who disagree) to post any song where they actually sound like a Rock band , because all I hear from them is commercial poppy BS. I read this board is actually called Heart of METAL altought I think TRUE Rock n Roll (which is not the case with this band) is allowed here as well ...

  

You're also discounting the fact that Paul Gilbert and Billy Sheehan are both virtuosos with a rock/metal background.

Good Lord. Calm down. Metal can be commercial and poppy, even if you don't like it.

uuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh babe babe it´s a wild world ...

OK the last song posted sound OK. But being a "virtuoso" is no excuse to play poppy - ultra commercial glam stuff ...

I've always enjoyed this Steve Miller Band with a shredder on guitar sounding song! In fact I really dig it!