R.I.P. Andrew "Mac" Mcdermott (Threshold)
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Topic: R.I.P. Andrew "Mac" Mcdermott (Threshold)
Posted By: rdtprog
Subject: R.I.P. Andrew "Mac" Mcdermott (Threshold)
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 14:47
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Andrew "Mac" Mcdermott R.I.P. No one have heard this shocking news : http://www.rocks-magazin.de/neu/meldungen/" rel="nofollow - http://www.rocks-magazin.de/neu/meldungen/ better in english  :http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/ |
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Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 14:49
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D: ------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 15:14
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 15:24
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Hypothetical is one of my favorite prog-metal albums ever. RIP Mac. ------------- 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 15:25
Mine too. |
The T wrote:Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 15:31
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A sad day for THRESHOLD fans ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
. Clone was my favourite that he sang on.Posted By: adace1
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 15:37
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Very good singer and awesome band. RIP Andrew
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/adace/?chartstyle=lastfmblue"> 
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Posted By: omardiyejon
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 15:46
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devastating! I'm shocked. RIP Andrew ------------- http://www.normalisr.com/?username=omardiyejon" rel="nofollow - http://www.normalisr.com/?username=omardiyejon |
Posted By: Arend
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 16:03
| That's a really sad, i just discovered threshold with Mac as a singer and he is (was) awesome. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 16:51
 RIP Mac. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 16:58
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Seriously? F**k! I don't believe it! What a sudden death! Better than Wilson. Really, R.I.P. Andrew Mcdermott.
------------- Sonorous Meal show every Sunday at 20:00 (greek time) on http://www.justincaseradio.com |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 18:31
Yeah, Clone was one of the best Prog Metal albums of the 90's for me, brilliant. RIP Mac.  ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 21:20
Listening to it right now.Man this kicks ass.Thanks Mac ! ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: August 04 2011 at 21:23
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This is quite shocking news. I've not listened to Threshold in a while, except for a couple of listens to Clone. Has anyone heard any of his more recent projects? ------------- 
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: August 05 2011 at 00:06
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very sad indeed. May he rest in peace. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: August 05 2011 at 01:53
-------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: August 05 2011 at 04:09
http://www.myspace.com/powerworld" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/powerworld http://www.myspace.com/yargosmusic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/yargosmusic http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/groupe-groupe-Sargant_Fury-l-fr.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/groupe-groupe-Sargant_Fury-l-fr.html http://www.swampfreaks.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.swampfreaks.com/ He was in 4 projects with Powerworld, Yargos, Sargant Fury and Swampfreaks |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 05 2011 at 10:03
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Sad news.
RIP Mac ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: stewe
Date Posted: August 06 2011 at 04:30
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Yargos is a project where he impressed me the most... very sad indeed.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/trevorrabin/?chartstyle=basic10" rel="nofollow">  <a href="http://steveer.ic.cz" rel="nofollow" |
Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: August 06 2011 at 04:47
Yes, this is very good prog metal! |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: August 07 2011 at 05:46
------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: August 07 2011 at 12:27
| He wasn't much older than I currently am. Now he is in eternal peace, not suffering whatever terrible disease he had to go through in the last months of his life - thank you for the music, Mac, I'm right now listening to the "Hypothetical" album in your honor.My condolences to his family and friends. |
Posted By: Bad2Bone
Date Posted: August 07 2011 at 13:11
| Rest in piece. You were great artist and we gonna miss you |
Posted By: Tuonela
Date Posted: August 08 2011 at 09:43
 RIP. He was a great singer. I love Hypothetical, one of my fav prog-metal albums...
------------- "I am a sinner that does not expect forgiveness. But I am not a government official." - Francis Wolcott |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: August 08 2011 at 16:43
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I'm shocked - a great singer. RIP Mac. |
Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: August 09 2011 at 03:45
It strange, it seems to me by reading all the posts here on this subject, thta Andrew "Mac" has only done 1 good album (hypothetical) I thing there is a lot more good cds where "Mac" was part of.... |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 09 2011 at 05:44
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RIP - Threshold will never be the same. ------------- 
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Posted By: Arend
Date Posted: August 10 2011 at 14:30
| The pilot is definitively in the sky of dreams. |
Posted By: Kustin
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 15:42
| Damn... And I didn't know until now. I honestly didn't care much about that guy, though he made some really great songs with Threshold! |
Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 16:31
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My favorite was probably Subsurface, though I love Hypothetical and Dead Reckoning as well.
Clone I could never get into, and Critical Mass was ok, but not as good as the others.
RIP
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Posted By: For6luca
Date Posted: August 16 2011 at 11:13
| RIP Mac... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 23 2018 at 08:19
He was in a heavy/power metal project called PowerWorld. They released an album in 2010, called Human Parasite. Pretty good album. Fans of Mac need to check out Sargant Fury.
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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: February 23 2018 at 09:47
They covered Eagle by Abba.
One of the best metalcovers of a popsong. |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: February 23 2018 at 10:43
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That is very sad news, I've been delving back into Threshold's back catalogue over the last year, and I thought his work was excellent. Played Dead Reckoning and Critical Mass a few weeks back and really enjoyed them. R.I.P. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |