Band Break Ups, Reunions, and Hiatuses

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so Pillorian just announced they're breaking up and in the wake of that, it turns out John (lead for Pillorian and Agalloch -- who also broke up) is anti-semitic

so that's a fucking bummer but explains a LOT about the Agalloch situation that basically read like the other dudes couldn't handle being around him anymore but wouldn't say why

[teekoh]

Yeesh. That's awful. Good on the rest of those folks for getting away from that.

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So it seems that every couple of years, I publicly say something monumentally stupid. In this case, I want to formally apologize for my unfortunate smart ass comment that I made in a private post on my Facebook page a few days ago. It was insensitive, juvenile, reprehensible, and thoughtless to say the least. My vitriolic sarcasm was aimed solely at Facebook’s censorship and NOT to the Jewish community in any way, shape, or form.
One of my favorite memories of my career was when Agalloch visited and performed in Israel in 2011. The people, the culture, the hospitality, the atmosphere, everything was wonderful and I met several fans on that trip who are still dear friends of mine to this day. I had also recently been working with a promoter to bring Pillorian there after our second album. I very much have wanted to return and perform there again. Sadly this will never happen as Pillorian; a band formed by the 3 of us and not just me, is no more.

I regret my irresponsible actions and I am deeply sorry that I have disappointed my former bandmates, supporters, and fans all over the world. I will admit that I was wrong. it was a mistake. I have to own it now. Self-awareness has never been a strong point for me, and I need to work on that.

For now, I have decided to step away from the music business and especially social media. Music is my lifeblood. It is something I cannot ever stop, but perhaps it is something, for the time being, I need to do only for myself.

[chvrchbarrel]

Free Cake For Every Creature

Dear friends, I’ve decided to end “free cake for every creature,” in goodwill & and gratitude for everything the project has given me. Both my pride in “The Bluest Star” & our recent European tour have beyond exceeded any hope or expectations I had for the band & it just feels right to end now, on a high note. I hope you’ll join us for our final two shows in NY & Philly (more info below). If you’re in the midwest, we’re also playing The Flyover Fest May 11 in Columbus. I’m eager to move on to other projects, but playing with free cake was the best way I could have spent half my 20’s. I’ve learned so much about how I want to be as an artist and person, gotten to see a lot of our country and the world, and found my community among the smartest and weirdest creatures in the universe. Thank you so much for being part of it

You can keep updated with me over on instagram (@katiepbennett) for now. I’m slowly working on more music & longform writing projects. From Diane di Prima: “Looking at the sky, I know I will be a poet, and knowing that know what I will lose. Have only the dimmest sense of what I will gain. What I step into now. What might be mine. Embrace this new thing, my will.”

katie

[monasterymonochrome]

That's too bad - Talking Quietly Of Anything With You was one of my favorite records the year it came out - and the title track remains in regular late-night rotation. The Bluest Star didn't really do it for me, but it was a solid record. Weird how quickly so many of those Double Double Whammy / Epoch adjacent bands have dissolved (RIP Cende / LVL UP)

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lol apparently Slipknot fired one of the trash can bangers because he found out everyone else in the band had individual merch teams and not just the collective band one and posted a mean tweet about all of them.

[claypoolfan]

Just reading in to that. I figured it was one of the newer dudes but it's one of the guys that has been there from the start, kind of surprising. Do they not make that much money? I figured Slipknot would make a whole lot of money, enough to go around especially for the original members. I guess there are a lot of them though.

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i think they still have like 5 original members (of 9 lol)

my understanding was that Chris thought everyone only used the shared merchandise vendor so they got equal pay for merch, then found out that almost all of the others had been using individual merch vendors for years and hadn't told him


surely his mask would've made for decent Pinocchio ripoffs on halloween

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the 2020 Election will dictate if we get the Mars Volta back: www.stereogum.com/2036685/beto-orourke-mars-volta-reunion-president/news/?fbclid=IwAR1koDzGcnHPLbqQSPPhhY5FW3vI6Br9r4dzSKALucjrqayy85uOU0eI0Hw

[Pale Hose]

Mars Volta will be back at some point no matter what. Everyone who wanted to see ATDI has had multiple opportunities at this point, Cedric will look to cash in elsewhere soon enough.

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Mar 21, 2019 13:58:58 GMT -6 @tima said:

the 2020 Election will dictate if we get the Mars Volta back: www.stereogum.com/2036685/beto-orourke-mars-volta-reunion-president/news/?fbclid=IwAR1koDzGcnHPLbqQSPPhhY5FW3vI6Br9r4dzSKALucjrqayy85uOU0eI0Hw

Is this really change that we can get behind though?

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Mar 21, 2019 14:11:00 GMT -6 Tweet said:

Mar 21, 2019 13:58:58 GMT -6 @tima said:

the 2020 Election will dictate if we get the Mars Volta back: www.stereogum.com/2036685/beto-orourke-mars-volta-reunion-president/news/?fbclid=IwAR1koDzGcnHPLbqQSPPhhY5FW3vI6Br9r4dzSKALucjrqayy85uOU0eI0Hw

Is this really change that we can get behind though?

did you hear the last ATDI album?

or see the last Antemasque show at FFF?

i'll happily take back TMV at this point 

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At least we now know where Beto stands on something.

[Tweet]

Mar 21, 2019 14:18:30 GMT -6 @tima said:

At least we now know where Beto stands on something.

+1 "it's a purple state!" quip

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Mar 21, 2019 14:18:30 GMT -6 @tima said:

At least we now know where Beto stands on something.

he'll be apologizing for it by saturday 

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"i deeply regret the course of my actions and will now stand proudly with those who only approve of In/Casino/Out and the entirety of Omar's solo discography"

[watts]

Mar 21, 2019 14:29:16 GMT -6 @wretched said:

"i deeply regret the course of my actions and will now stand proudly with those who only approve of In/Casino/Out and the entirety of Omar's solo discography"

No one has the 1,384,300 years required to listen to Omar's discography. 

[Tweet]

MSU fella with the missed dunk of the year

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In an email to their fans, RIDE have called it quits again. Glad to have seen them twice.

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Apr 1, 2019 16:03:23 GMT -6 @tima said:

In an email to their fans, RIDE have called it quits again. Glad to have seen them twice.

Aw man

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Apr 1, 2019 16:09:34 GMT -6 Tweet said:

Apr 1, 2019 16:03:23 GMT -6 @tima said:

In an email to their fans, RIDE have called it quits again. Glad to have seen them twice.

Aw man

technically its still April Fools in the UK. Based on this email, it's kinda snarky, so maybe it's a joke? 

OK, Ok. We just can’t fake it any longer!!



What started as a bit of a fun reunion a few years ago has run its coarse. There are now officially more shit ride records in the world than good ones and we’ve just about bled dry our legacy and our fans. When you wake up one day in your late 40s and realize that your life peaked at 21, you know it’s time to start working on a future.



It’s been great fun playing all my old songs again. did I mention that I wrote all the good ones! and to be at the front of the stage again. but having to keep pretending that we think the new record is the best thing we’ve ever done is tough to keep up. I’m sure you feel the same.

We’ve had a look and the cupboard is pretty bare. In fact all thats left of any value is the band name. In the spirit of true democracy, I’ve decided that we should divvie that up between us as we go our separate ways again.



Obviously I get first dibs and so I’m having the “R”. I’m going to put it to use immediately by reforming Beady Eye. I’m sure you’ll agree, the best band I’ve ever played guitar for. I called up Liam to see what he was up to but I think he must have changed phones and forgotten to give me the new number. I spoke to the other guys and there now back playing with Noel – nice of you to mention it! My plan is to form a Beady Eye tribute band (itself a Oasis tribute band, that just happened not to play any actual Oasis songs) called BEARDY EYE. My first idea was to reform Hurricane number 1 as Hurricane Number 2 but someone pointed out to me that this would just make it too easy for trolls. So Beardy Eye it is. we’re hoping to launch with a mid-afternoon slot on the Shine festival at Butlins later this year. I first need to find some other musicians with bad facial hair.



Loz has bagged the “I” as he’s very worried about what Brexit will have on the future of session drummers in the UK. Given that he already has a French-ish surname, having the “I” at his disposal will give him the chance to also be known as Loz Colberti which may open up opportunities in other parts of Europe for him. If you know of any other moderately successful indie bands of the late 80’s and early 90’s whose original drummer might not be able to hack the pace of a reunion tour then I can heartily recommend Signore Colberti.



I’ve given the “D” to the bass player and told him to stick it on a conical hat and wait in the corner of the room until I rereform ride in a few years time after we inevitably realise that being 21 again is a good thing after all. I did say to him that he could rearrange the furniture from time to time (not one of my songs) if he gets bored. He seemed happy with this.



And finally, Mark is going to take the “E”. He’s worried that his next attempt at a solo career is going to go the same way as the previous ones. You know, largely ignored by most people and with the handful that do turn up for gigs shouting out for ride songs (probably the ones that I wrote). By adding the “E” to his name to become Mark E Gardener he’s going to sound a lot more interesting and it will hopefully stop bloody promoters adding “(ex-ride)” after his name on the posters. Although it would be very handy for the rest of us if Mark could keep the ride flag flying a bit until we next get back together.



Thanks for everything over these last few years and we hope you’ve enjoyed reliving the best years of your lives through us.



www.ridemusic.net.

[alady]

Um....

[Pale Hose]

That can't be real.

[Deleted]

Holy shit I hate this holiday.

[Deleted]

They have a handful of tour dates left so this seems like a hoax. My bad.

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Apr 1, 2019 16:32:28 GMT -6 @tima said:

They have a handful of tour dates left so this seems like a hoax. My bad.

Quit playing games with my heart, Timbo!

Pigs was gonna leave the board outright with this news!

[thebosma]

lol according to Facebook memories 8 years ago I was live-streaming the “last” LCD show really sad that I’d never get to see them.

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Apr 1, 2019 16:14:26 GMT -6 @tima said:

Apr 1, 2019 16:09:34 GMT -6 Tweet said:

Aw man

technically its still April Fools in the UK. Based on this email, it's kinda snarky, so maybe it's a joke? 

OK, Ok. We just can’t fake it any longer!!



What started as a bit of a fun reunion a few years ago has run its coarse. There are now officially more shit ride records in the world than good ones and we’ve just about bled dry our legacy and our fans. When you wake up one day in your late 40s and realize that your life peaked at 21, you know it’s time to start working on a future.



It’s been great fun playing all my old songs again. did I mention that I wrote all the good ones! and to be at the front of the stage again. but having to keep pretending that we think the new record is the best thing we’ve ever done is tough to keep up. I’m sure you feel the same.

We’ve had a look and the cupboard is pretty bare. In fact all thats left of any value is the band name. In the spirit of true democracy, I’ve decided that we should divvie that up between us as we go our separate ways again.



Obviously I get first dibs and so I’m having the “R”. I’m going to put it to use immediately by reforming Beady Eye. I’m sure you’ll agree, the best band I’ve ever played guitar for. I called up Liam to see what he was up to but I think he must have changed phones and forgotten to give me the new number. I spoke to the other guys and there now back playing with Noel – nice of you to mention it! My plan is to form a Beady Eye tribute band (itself a Oasis tribute band, that just happened not to play any actual Oasis songs) called BEARDY EYE. My first idea was to reform Hurricane number 1 as Hurricane Number 2 but someone pointed out to me that this would just make it too easy for trolls. So Beardy Eye it is. we’re hoping to launch with a mid-afternoon slot on the Shine festival at Butlins later this year. I first need to find some other musicians with bad facial hair.



Loz has bagged the “I” as he’s very worried about what Brexit will have on the future of session drummers in the UK. Given that he already has a French-ish surname, having the “I” at his disposal will give him the chance to also be known as Loz Colberti which may open up opportunities in other parts of Europe for him. If you know of any other moderately successful indie bands of the late 80’s and early 90’s whose original drummer might not be able to hack the pace of a reunion tour then I can heartily recommend Signore Colberti.



I’ve given the “D” to the bass player and told him to stick it on a conical hat and wait in the corner of the room until I rereform ride in a few years time after we inevitably realise that being 21 again is a good thing after all. I did say to him that he could rearrange the furniture from time to time (not one of my songs) if he gets bored. He seemed happy with this.



And finally, Mark is going to take the “E”. He’s worried that his next attempt at a solo career is going to go the same way as the previous ones. You know, largely ignored by most people and with the handful that do turn up for gigs shouting out for ride songs (probably the ones that I wrote). By adding the “E” to his name to become Mark E Gardener he’s going to sound a lot more interesting and it will hopefully stop bloody promoters adding “(ex-ride)” after his name on the posters. Although it would be very handy for the rest of us if Mark could keep the ride flag flying a bit until we next get back together.



Thanks for everything over these last few years and we hope you’ve enjoyed reliving the best years of your lives through us.



www.ridemusic.net.

So this was not an April Fool's day joke. Their email was hacked. Created a new mailing list.

Also a new album this year. Single soon.

[mookie]

Cayetana are breaking up, playing last shows in Boston, Brooklyn and Philly in August

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not broken up but Mgla (black metal band Grog and i were super into) turned out to be pretty fucking anti semitic.

www.metalsucks.net/2019/04/30/two-mgla-shows-have-been-canceled-amidst-ties-to-nsbm


sooo that sucks