I don't hate Kasim. I don't know the man, have never met the man and am never likely to meet the man. Also his guitar playing skills are far superior to mine, as I have no guitar playing skills whatsoever!
That said I've always felt that his stage presence lacked the energy and excitement of Steve Buslowe and (to me) he gave off the impression that he was very pleased with himself. Smug is probably the word I'm after. Also I think that the live arrangements weren't as good during the period that Kasim was musical director. However without knowing how much involvement Kasim actually had in these arrangements I cannot blame it all on Kasim.
I also think it's far too early to make any conclusions as to Danny Miranda's standing in the bass player league table, So the Machine Gun is definitely at the top for me.
