Nevermore was active from 1992 to 2011, and always retained founding vocalist Warrel Dane, bassist Jim Sheppard, and guitarist Jeff Loomis. Since the band's deactivation, Dane has been doing Sanctuary and his solo stuff, while Loomis most recently joined Arch Enemy. A Nevermore reunion has come up in the news from time to time, but it was never anything serious.
So now an interesting question has been posted to Dane – what if Nevermore were to reunite without Jeff Loomis? Here's his fairly long but pretty interesting answer, courtesy of Blabbermouth.
"I have mixed feelings about that. I don't think Jeff has the time to do another Nevermore record. I would do it. Replacing him… I'm not so sure you can do that. I could try and see what happens. There have been legendary guitar players that have been replaced. Savatage is a good example, but Criss Oliva died and he was replaced and Savatage went on to do brilliant records, even with a different singer. That's something that I would approach with a lot of trepidation. I don't know if it would work, but never say never. Maybe there will be another Nevermore record without Jeff, maybe there will be one with him. That's not my priority right now. My priority for the moment is my next solo record and then moving on to the next Sanctuary record. I've got my time worked out for me."
Dane was also asked if Chris Broaderick would be a possibility, to which Dane replies with an elongated "maybe." Broaderick, who you know from Jag Panzer, Act Of Defiance, and Megadeth, was in Nevermore on and off between 2001 and 2007.
"That's a nice idea. I didn't talk to him about it, but maybe I should. I think that would be kind of cool. He never wrote any music for Nevermore, so first and foremost, if I decide to use another guitar player besides Jeff and that's a big 'if,' it would have to be someone who could write in a similar style. A lot of people don't know this, but I had a lot of input in the Nevermore music. Jeff pretty much controlled all the guitar stuff, but I had my moments. Not many people know for the song 'Believe In Nothing', I wrote the chorus, and the guitar solo — Jeff will never admit that. He wrote the verses, the acoustic parts, so we worked closely on that one. That's one of my favorite Nevermore songs."
So who knows what'll happen, but it doesn't sound like Dane is interested in doing anything with Nevermore right now anyway.
