Guitar Legend Al Di Meola blames Scientology for breaking up the band Return to Forever.
"Chick" refers to Chick Corea.
Ultimate Guitar: An Interview With Guitar Legend Al Di Meola - Part 1
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In 1976, Return to Forever recorded the third and last album: "Romantic Warrior." Could the band have gone on longer?
Oh, god. Yes. C'mon, this band should have never, ever broken up. It was the biggest mistake Chick ever made.
Why did the band break up?
I blame a lot of it on Scientology. It's a really fucked up religion and the poor guy got caught up in it. It's a shame because here's a band that should have had a minimum of 10 more records further developed after "Romantic Warrior" without a problem then 40 years went by. We could have had at least 10 more landmark records.
That really is tragic.
But we were dealing with Scientology and the heavily religious ideology that Chick was obsessed with much to his detriment and the fans too. His ego was out of control and it's just a shame. I give credit where credit's due.
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Chick, Stanley and Lenny all play on your first "Land of the Midnight Sun" album. You still had a relationship with them at that point?
Those were very friendly times still. The first couple of years were very friendly and I was still the kid and still so happy to be there. I was - let's say in Scientology terms - controllable. But as I gained a little bit more notoriety and my records started to outsell their records by times 10, I had a little bit more of a voice. That's why "Romantic Warrior" is 100 percent a better record by far than the other two records soundwise.
Is that because you were getting more of a voice in the band?
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Guitar Legend Al Di Meola blames Scientology for breaking up band Return to Forever
"Chick" refers to Chick Corea.
Ultimate Guitar: An Interview With Guitar Legend Al Di Meola - Part 1
http://ift.tt/2a4mngL
* * * * * BEGIN EXCERPT * * * * *
In 1976, Return to Forever recorded the third and last album: "Romantic Warrior." Could the band have gone on longer?
Oh, god. Yes. C'mon, this band should have never, ever broken up. It was the biggest mistake Chick ever made.
Why did the band break up?
I blame a lot of it on Scientology. It's a really fucked up religion and the poor guy got caught up in it. It's a shame because here's a band that should have had a minimum of 10 more records further developed after "Romantic Warrior" without a problem then 40 years went by. We could have had at least 10 more landmark records.
That really is tragic.
But we were dealing with Scientology and the heavily religious ideology that Chick was obsessed with much to his detriment and the fans too. His ego was out of control and it's just a shame. I give credit where credit's due.
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Chick, Stanley and Lenny all play on your first "Land of the Midnight Sun" album. You still had a relationship with them at that point?
Those were very friendly times still. The first couple of years were very friendly and I was still the kid and still so happy to be there. I was - let's say in Scientology terms - controllable. But as I gained a little bit more notoriety and my records started to outsell their records by times 10, I had a little bit more of a voice. That's why "Romantic Warrior" is 100 percent a better record by far than the other two records soundwise.
Is that because you were getting more of a voice in the band?
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HT - chukicita on Tony Ortega's blog: http://ift.tt/2a4ll4k
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