Saw this thread last night before bed. It had just the original post. Quickly searched google, twitter, ect, and couldn't find anything. My thought "some fan decided to make up a story to help with a little extra exposure on album release day."
This morning, stunned. I've been playing this album straight through (ok, I sometimes skip 20th) for the last week on Pandora, and have really come to appreciate Jeremy's work on the album. Man, I hope this doesn't mess Scott up too bad...I always thought he went off the rails and VR feel apart after the loss of his brother.