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If
you were at last
week's NamesCon
conference in Las Vegas you
undoubtedly saw show President Soeren
von Varchim (who also heads the
giant Cloudfest
conference that will attract over
6,000 attendees to
Rust, Germany next month) on
stage, in the hallways and at
evening social events. What you
might not know is that Soeren leads
a second life as a singer/guitarist
in the rock bank Lords
of Uptime that is made
up entirely of all-stars from
various corners of the Internet
(until recently their line up even
included former GoDaddy CEO Blake
Irving on drums).
Lest
you think the Lords - who bill
themselves as "The Bad Boys of
the Internet" - are just a
bunch of pals who noodle around on
musical instruments as a lark -
think again. They can really play
- and they have played with some of
the best. In fact at their next gig,
March 13, 2018 at Cloudfest
is Rust they will be joined on stage
by Billy Morrison (from Billy
Idol's band), Dave Navarro
(from Jane's Addiction and the Red
Hot Chiil Peppers) and Sebastian
Bach (from Skid Row)! Soeren
said, "Get ready people!
We are gonna rock it loud,
hard and raw!"
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Soeren
von Varchmin on stage with the Lords
of Uptime 
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Obviously,
von Varchmin is a man who is devoted
to rock around the clock.
However, according to a press
release Lords of Uptime
put out yesterday that apparently
wasn't the case with everyone on the
team. After being accused of
favoring rap over rock music,
Manager Christian Dawson was
"fired" and replaced with Chuck
Wadlow. The release
said, "With rumors swirling that Dawson secretly coveted rap music over rock, the Lord’s
decision to replace Dawson with an individual more in tune with their rock n’ roll agenda was a
logical one - especially with their next performance
at the Hotel Colosseo March
13 mere weeks away."
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Chuck
Wadlow
Lords of Uptime Manager |
The
release added, "Wadlow
(Infopro) is a veteran cloud hosting enthusiast and longtime friend of Cloudfest
who was once described by rock legend Sebastian Bach as a "true rock and
roller." Chuck sees his
new role as a way to give back to the Cloudfest community and to support efforts in taking
the Lords to a whole other level."
Soeren
himself added, “Chuck rocks! We can't think of anyone more uniquely suited for the band. He has previously taken
on the role of CloudFest brand ambassador
with distinction - twice - and we look forward to
what he has in store as we move closer to our next gig in Europa Park."
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While
the appointment of Wadlow is legit,
the "firing" of Dawson has
all of the earmarks of a clever
publicity stunt. Especially since
Dawson and von Varchmin are friends
and have been engaging in friendly
banter about the managerial change
on Facebook. In fact I ran in to
them together one afternoon
at Namescon last week (see photo
below of all of us taken by Sedo's Christian
Voss who is at far left. Soeren
is in the center and Christian
Dawson is at far right). Of
course, this could have been before
rock stickler von Varchmin
discovered his friend's alleged
affinity for rap! :-)
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