Well, as I've said in the past, I reckon it's often because the band themselves don't really know.

There's still as much a possibility that Jerome may be involved in future releases as Thorsten won't be... We'll never know until it happens.

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I wonder, should he be back in the group when Edgar or TD is playing in Eindhoven.
Guess his vacation should be over then.

I think it's just a case of Thorsten being required for the live gigs to "spice" things up a bit.

As far as his [lack of] involvement in the more recent recordings, I'm sure it's just a simple case of Edgar figuring that if he can record the music by himself and dish out exceptional results, why involve another party (and in turn, he doesn't have to split royalties with anyone else either).

At least that's the way I'd approach it.

Guess you could be right, but he should be needed live, don't think Edgar will do everything on his own.