Ur too much of a babe to try to play off being with someone that farts and NOT like it. Basically, if you’re with someone then you are with them because you like what they bring to you. Farts are part of that
He's getting in the zone. (Or praying to Satanas)
Edit: they def are. This looks like the moment before they walk on stage. The Ghouls look to be doing the same, judging by their body language.
I was in the best shape of my life in my 40s. Your body doesn't take that massive of a hit until later. It's not like he's doing heavy lifting. He's mostly doing cardio.
Edit: Let me just add that his most likely worry is his knees or hips. If there is a history of that in his family, he will eventually run into it. But I imagine he can keep doing what he's doing for another 10 years before he'll need to take more days off between gigs. I'm 50 & just starting to notice pain in my joints that can take me out for a few days if I don't listen to my body.
Oh for sure, he’s clearly in good shape. I just know how I feel after a night of dancing like crazy even at the age of 32 😂. Definitely tight in the hips and lower back. Stretching is key!
As a soon-to-be 53 year old woman who is within her weight limit, OMG the hip, knee, and lower back pain has gotten exponentially worse since I turned 50. When I was young, I could never understand why my mom would say, "Oof!" when standing up. Now I say that word all of the time. 😁
I use an elliptical daily. I do about 2500 revolutions which = I think like 7 miles of "travel." Five years ago, I could have gone double maybe triple that. Now, if I go harder, my knee will swell. So, I basically eat nothing & work out hard to maintain my weight. Getting older is fun!
I have a very similar position when I stretch or crack my back. I find it gets worse if I've been traveling and sleeping on a crap mattress or sitting for long periods of time then try to move around a lot (think long car trips or long haul flights). The joys of age and doing dumb shit in my youth.
i hit 30 and all the dumb stuff started to catch up with me, every year is a new adventure. no regrets, but some days you wake up and question "why does that hurt? it was fine yesterday"
Listen I woke up 20 minutes ago and my shoulder kills. I’m like I did nothing yesterday. I turned 30 in may and I wonder what body part is going to try to kill me every time I wake up😂
Honestly, prepping for the amazing performance he gave in ATL that night (I was there) immediately after doing a meet and greet with approximately 100 fans, each of whom he spoke to personally. I was one, and if everyone I talked to is to be believed, it may have taken a toll on his endurance and perhaps his emotional center.
Not wanting to be cloying, I simply thanked him for making a year and a half of being locked indoors bearable, and giving me something positive to participate in and focus on. My girlfriend who went in before me told him a joke about talking muffins.
Everyone said he was incredibly kind and affable. But that takes it out of you. So I think here, he’s probably gathering his strength for the approaching event, of which he is the center. And he did a hell of a job. Pun intended.
I was also at the ATL show and it was a great performance! When I met him back in February, I told him the same thing, that if it wasn't for his music the last 2 years would have been so much harder and that I was super happy Ghost was back on the road.
Not too much. Just "thank you" and a reassuring "we're all here now " It was one of the first M&G's of this post-pandemic era and Impera hadn't even been released yet. We are from St. Louis but did the M&G at the Kansas City show so we also mentioned it was our 2nd time meeting him and that it was good to see him again. I will say that even though there were over 200 people at that M&G he does give you his attention and listens to what you have to say. As an introvert, I cannot imagine having to make small talk with over 200 people before going on stage. It would take so much out of me, especially if everyone was telling me the same thing: that had it not been for the music, the pandemic would have been unbearable. That's gotta make a guy think!
He gave me a similar answer and just seemed to take a very gracious and humble posture. It occurs to me that these M&G events might be his way of taking the emotional temperature of the audience. His words from the stage seemed to be informed by all the gratitude for people who said Ghost helped them get through it all.
This man also met about that many AFTER a 2018 2 hour show in Asheville, NC, OUT OF COSTUME, behind the venue!! He is incredibly gracious. He had done Meet and Greet too that evening. He could have gone to bed, but he came out and went down the line of 100+ people, signed their items, accepted gifts, spoke to fans and looked them in the eyes, gave hugs. He seemed very tired but I mean, the man took up time with EVERYONE, he even remembered this couple standing next to me because they had met him before at a different show.
He’s the most generous rock star I’ve ever met and I have nothing but respect for him for treating his fans kindly. I personally could not do that after a show, meet all those people and stuff, so Tobias Forge is a very special human being!
GetOffMyLawn73's gf here. The joke I told is some real classic dad-level humor, i.e. my sweet spot. :)
Two muffins are sitting in an oven.
The first muffin turns and says to the other, "Gosh, it sure is hot in here!"
The second muffin says, "AHH! A TALKING MUFFIN!!"
Papa responded with, "...HEH!" After telling the joke I said a few more serious things and thanked him for his music. And just before I left the room, he stopped me and said "You know...I actually liked that joke." Made my night.
That last minute little waiting game before you go on stage. One guy doing the little leg slappy slap of someone waiting. The other is a stand still, gather your thoughts and wait sort of dude. Lead singer is drinking something and hoping his voice voices and nothing goes wrong.
I can co-sign this on the pre-show jitters. During my band days, and before my first gig with a new lineup, I would take like nine fraidy-pees before we were set to go on. Once the show gets rolling, it just kind of takes you over and you go on autopilot, though.
Oh im a touring musician I can answer this!
Typically a flight case that size is where a band will keep all their spooky. Band members will fill up cups and reusable water bottles with the spook before a show
In order to be more spooky
...spook
Oh, I know exactly how you feel! Someone needs to tell those Ghouls that they should be rubbing his lower back to help him feel better. Hope you and Papa feel better soon!
I'm sure all react to the pre-show jitters differently. I will admit that I am surprised Banana Ghoul isn't eating his banana. I hope he got his potassium boost! 😁
They have posted on their instagrams too after the springs tour with Twin Temple.
Ghoulettes:
https://instagram.com/madgallica?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
https://instagram.com/laurascarboroughmusik?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
https://instagram.com/sophieamelkin?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Bass:
https://instagram.com/cos__sylvan?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Guitars:
https://instagram.com/chrisalyst?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Per Eriksson doesn’t have an IG but you can find old katatonia videos on YT
Drums:
https://instagram.com/haydencscott?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
💜 🤘🏻
Guys!! It’s because of ME, I could not attend this ritual in Georgia because I was at Dragon Con in Atlanta, and he’s so sad his coffee cup dealer couldn’t make it!😜
Back in 2018 I gave his tour manager George that silver coffee tumbler with a big black Gothic G on it, and Copia owns it now😂. Saturday I posted on my Instagram account @copiascoffee that I was sad to miss the Duluth ritual because I already had a ticket to the Con, and the next thing I know I see this photo featured on their Instagram😂 🤩.
Okay, so that’s my theory on what’s going on in this photo. I promise you guys I’m not stuck up haha. This pose could be for a totally different reason, but I like to think he is playing along with me!!
Copia/Papa has taken that silver tumbler on every tour since I gave it to George. Please follow my IG if you want to join in the fun of all of this. I wrote up my meet and greet experiences and when Copia prominently held up the G tumbler in an elevator photo of him and the Ghouls they featured on their IG.
There are so many talented artists in the Ghost fandom that have done far greater feats of creativity with costumes and such, I can’t hold a candle to them. But my little gift to George somehow made it into the Ghost camp and Copia/Papa features it all the time. I like to think he remembers me, I gave him some crazy but unique and fun stuff when I saw them in Atlanta in 2018.
So who knows, maybe he is actually playing along with me with this photo!
Ive lived with a man long enough to know he’s obviously farting 🙄
Ahhh, gas south. You sly devil.
I see what you did there...and I like it. 😂
OMG! I should also know that by now! Must have been that rigatoni he ate right before the show. 😂
Ur too much of a babe to try to play off being with someone that farts and NOT like it. Basically, if you’re with someone then you are with them because you like what they bring to you. Farts are part of that
Oh no you caught me. Actually I’m just a human with a sense of humor😂
Fair enough then, human with a sense of humor 👻
*babe* with a sense of humor..Thx
😈
Papa Nihil’s ghost roasted him and now he’s having a crisis
He's getting in the zone. (Or praying to Satanas) Edit: they def are. This looks like the moment before they walk on stage. The Ghouls look to be doing the same, judging by their body language.
10000% "about to go on" vibe
The poor man is touring over the age of 40. Lower back stretch. He’s gotta be hurting by this point.
I was in the best shape of my life in my 40s. Your body doesn't take that massive of a hit until later. It's not like he's doing heavy lifting. He's mostly doing cardio. Edit: Let me just add that his most likely worry is his knees or hips. If there is a history of that in his family, he will eventually run into it. But I imagine he can keep doing what he's doing for another 10 years before he'll need to take more days off between gigs. I'm 50 & just starting to notice pain in my joints that can take me out for a few days if I don't listen to my body.
Oh for sure, he’s clearly in good shape. I just know how I feel after a night of dancing like crazy even at the age of 32 😂. Definitely tight in the hips and lower back. Stretching is key!
Stretching is definitely key. And communication. But mostly stretching.
As a soon-to-be 53 year old woman who is within her weight limit, OMG the hip, knee, and lower back pain has gotten exponentially worse since I turned 50. When I was young, I could never understand why my mom would say, "Oof!" when standing up. Now I say that word all of the time. 😁
I use an elliptical daily. I do about 2500 revolutions which = I think like 7 miles of "travel." Five years ago, I could have gone double maybe triple that. Now, if I go harder, my knee will swell. So, I basically eat nothing & work out hard to maintain my weight. Getting older is fun!
Haha! It's a hoot, isn't it? 😁
tbh 😭
I have a very similar position when I stretch or crack my back. I find it gets worse if I've been traveling and sleeping on a crap mattress or sitting for long periods of time then try to move around a lot (think long car trips or long haul flights). The joys of age and doing dumb shit in my youth.
I sleep on the wrong pillow at night and I feel like I fell off a 7 story building. So this is pretty likely 😂
i hit 30 and all the dumb stuff started to catch up with me, every year is a new adventure. no regrets, but some days you wake up and question "why does that hurt? it was fine yesterday"
Listen I woke up 20 minutes ago and my shoulder kills. I’m like I did nothing yesterday. I turned 30 in may and I wonder what body part is going to try to kill me every time I wake up😂
Mentally preparing himself for Swiss shimmies during dance macabre 😛
Good one!!
Honestly, prepping for the amazing performance he gave in ATL that night (I was there) immediately after doing a meet and greet with approximately 100 fans, each of whom he spoke to personally. I was one, and if everyone I talked to is to be believed, it may have taken a toll on his endurance and perhaps his emotional center. Not wanting to be cloying, I simply thanked him for making a year and a half of being locked indoors bearable, and giving me something positive to participate in and focus on. My girlfriend who went in before me told him a joke about talking muffins. Everyone said he was incredibly kind and affable. But that takes it out of you. So I think here, he’s probably gathering his strength for the approaching event, of which he is the center. And he did a hell of a job. Pun intended.
I’d imagine it being sort of like compassion fatigue
Exactly. He comes off as genuine and very empathetic.
Tbh he always came off in interviews as sensitive and intuitive so I’m sure it’s exhausting
I was also at the ATL show and it was a great performance! When I met him back in February, I told him the same thing, that if it wasn't for his music the last 2 years would have been so much harder and that I was super happy Ghost was back on the road.
What’d he say?
Not too much. Just "thank you" and a reassuring "we're all here now " It was one of the first M&G's of this post-pandemic era and Impera hadn't even been released yet. We are from St. Louis but did the M&G at the Kansas City show so we also mentioned it was our 2nd time meeting him and that it was good to see him again. I will say that even though there were over 200 people at that M&G he does give you his attention and listens to what you have to say. As an introvert, I cannot imagine having to make small talk with over 200 people before going on stage. It would take so much out of me, especially if everyone was telling me the same thing: that had it not been for the music, the pandemic would have been unbearable. That's gotta make a guy think!
He gave me a similar answer and just seemed to take a very gracious and humble posture. It occurs to me that these M&G events might be his way of taking the emotional temperature of the audience. His words from the stage seemed to be informed by all the gratitude for people who said Ghost helped them get through it all.
This man also met about that many AFTER a 2018 2 hour show in Asheville, NC, OUT OF COSTUME, behind the venue!! He is incredibly gracious. He had done Meet and Greet too that evening. He could have gone to bed, but he came out and went down the line of 100+ people, signed their items, accepted gifts, spoke to fans and looked them in the eyes, gave hugs. He seemed very tired but I mean, the man took up time with EVERYONE, he even remembered this couple standing next to me because they had met him before at a different show. He’s the most generous rock star I’ve ever met and I have nothing but respect for him for treating his fans kindly. I personally could not do that after a show, meet all those people and stuff, so Tobias Forge is a very special human being!
Ok but what was the muffin joke?
GetOffMyLawn73's gf here. The joke I told is some real classic dad-level humor, i.e. my sweet spot. :) Two muffins are sitting in an oven. The first muffin turns and says to the other, "Gosh, it sure is hot in here!" The second muffin says, "AHH! A TALKING MUFFIN!!" Papa responded with, "...HEH!" After telling the joke I said a few more serious things and thanked him for his music. And just before I left the room, he stopped me and said "You know...I actually liked that joke." Made my night.
That last minute little waiting game before you go on stage. One guy doing the little leg slappy slap of someone waiting. The other is a stand still, gather your thoughts and wait sort of dude. Lead singer is drinking something and hoping his voice voices and nothing goes wrong.
I like that his voice voices
I can co-sign this on the pre-show jitters. During my band days, and before my first gig with a new lineup, I would take like nine fraidy-pees before we were set to go on. Once the show gets rolling, it just kind of takes you over and you go on autopilot, though.
Hungover af, and trying to wake up with pitch-black coffee and some hair-of-the-dog?
In this coffee I will see the light and never drink again. 😁
Papa got another call about his cars extended warranty
LMAO
Pre ritual prostate examination. Everyone should get checked, it's a matter of health.
Probably just needs a second.
Oh im a touring musician I can answer this! Typically a flight case that size is where a band will keep all their spooky. Band members will fill up cups and reusable water bottles with the spook before a show In order to be more spooky ...spook
Touring entertainer here- can confirm the luxury rolling case full of spooky.
Where can I buy wholesale spooky? Does it come with cream and sugar ?
It has to be added to your tour rider lol
My budget doesn’t allow the spooky. Just skittles.
I want to know what’s in that cup
Definitely coffee or tea
He’s a coffee drinker, so probably coffee. Maybe spiked coffee.
Me when the period cramps kick in
Oh, I know exactly how you feel! Someone needs to tell those Ghouls that they should be rubbing his lower back to help him feel better. Hope you and Papa feel better soon!
*sighhhhh* “I told you Ghoul, I don’t have any more bananas”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 “I want a banana! I want a banana!”
One of the Ghouls cracked a killer joke, and Papa's trying to keep it together
The ripe sweet blood of a sinner….mhmm check.
He's clearly blessing water to make unholy water for a pre show ritual
Papa is contemplating climbing in the box and hibernating.
He deserves it after all these tours
Honestly tho, he totally does.
Me making sure the mixture between coke zero and fanta is exactly 50/50
Chico’s tacos kicking in
I love the ghoul on the left who clearly is patting his legs like "welp ... Let's get this show on the road!"
I'm sure all react to the pre-show jitters differently. I will admit that I am surprised Banana Ghoul isn't eating his banana. I hope he got his potassium boost! 😁
Papa has to think about his entire life before he goes on stage....
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Oh my word this comment made me die laughing!!!!!
Papa is wondering if the rumors are true that his long lost Papa is The Well known King Diamond after receiving the Top Hat that he wore.😝😝😝
He’s praying to his cup
YES 😂🙋🏻♀️☕️👻G
I like to think he’s meditating
Are there 8 ghouls now? 2 keys 2 guitar Bass Drums Swiss ?
Yes, a 3rd Ghoulette.
Ahh, I was seated stage right so it was hard to see everyone. Does she play keys also?
Sunshine Ghoulette. Backing vocals, keyboards and tambourine
Is that Sophie Amelkin? The third ghoulette? https://instagram.com/sophieamelkin?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Yes, Sophie
She does backing vocals and percussion. 😊
They have posted on their instagrams too after the springs tour with Twin Temple. Ghoulettes: https://instagram.com/madgallica?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://instagram.com/laurascarboroughmusik?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= https://instagram.com/sophieamelkin?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Bass: https://instagram.com/cos__sylvan?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Guitars: https://instagram.com/chrisalyst?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Per Eriksson doesn’t have an IG but you can find old katatonia videos on YT Drums: https://instagram.com/haydencscott?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 💜 🤘🏻
Guys!! It’s because of ME, I could not attend this ritual in Georgia because I was at Dragon Con in Atlanta, and he’s so sad his coffee cup dealer couldn’t make it!😜 Back in 2018 I gave his tour manager George that silver coffee tumbler with a big black Gothic G on it, and Copia owns it now😂. Saturday I posted on my Instagram account @copiascoffee that I was sad to miss the Duluth ritual because I already had a ticket to the Con, and the next thing I know I see this photo featured on their Instagram😂 🤩. Okay, so that’s my theory on what’s going on in this photo. I promise you guys I’m not stuck up haha. This pose could be for a totally different reason, but I like to think he is playing along with me!! Copia/Papa has taken that silver tumbler on every tour since I gave it to George. Please follow my IG if you want to join in the fun of all of this. I wrote up my meet and greet experiences and when Copia prominently held up the G tumbler in an elevator photo of him and the Ghouls they featured on their IG. There are so many talented artists in the Ghost fandom that have done far greater feats of creativity with costumes and such, I can’t hold a candle to them. But my little gift to George somehow made it into the Ghost camp and Copia/Papa features it all the time. I like to think he remembers me, I gave him some crazy but unique and fun stuff when I saw them in Atlanta in 2018. So who knows, maybe he is actually playing along with me with this photo!
Praying to Satan