Thy Art Is Murder: Sänger muss die Band verlassen

Sänger Chris „CJ“ McMahon hat die australische Deathcore-Band THY ART IS MURDER verlassen. Der Grund dafür ist bitter: Trotz der Bekanntheit und unermüdlichen Live-Aktivitäten wirft die Band nicht genug Geld ab, um allen Mitgliedern den Lebensunterhalt zu sichern. Eine Familie zu gründen erscheint CJ unter diesen Umständen nicht möglich, so dass er dem Leben als „Rockstar“ den Rücken kehrt.

Hier sein Facebook-Statement im wortlaut:

„With a mix of both negative and positive emotions, I inform you all that I have parted ways with my band Thy Art Is Murder. It has been a wild ride I have travelled to over 40 countries around the world and played alongside some of the worlds biggest and best bands, it brings me great sadness knowing I will never perform again for my amazing and supportive fans, this will be the hardest thing for me to deal with. My reasons for leaving: I spend too much time away from my fiancé , family and friends, touring has taken a massive mental, emotional and physical toll on me. One of the biggest reasons is money, I / we have been broke for years and being 32 years old I can’t live like this anymore. I am getting married next year and plan on having a family, these things cost money, to put the finances into perspective for you I /we have earned between $16k-$18k each over 6-7 years, I feel there is something massively wrong with this, I will not live like this anymore. I’m sorry to my fans that I have to go, I have loved you all and I thank you for believing in me supporting me. The money made from my closing down sale of my clothing label will be going to my wedding, I will also be selling my Northface stage jacket I have worn the last two years on stage via eBay soon to try to pay for my wedding for the people interested, again thank you for the love and support, Your Prince Of Darkness Cj“

Die Band äußerte sich zu der Problematik auf Facebook wortreich:

„After much conjecture and ambiguity on his behalf, it is with a heavy heart that we must announce today that CJ is no longer a part of Thy Art Is Murder. We have worked so hard from day one to make this band what it is now, and develop the reputation that we have and he had been there with us every step of the way. We like to think that even if someone doesn’t like our music that they can at least respect our work ethic. This band has taken us to places we never thought we would see and to share stages with many bands we never thought we would get to play with or meet, let alone call friends. It is unfortunate that with our best year to date and our biggest paved out before us that he has decided to leave.

The four of us are continuing forward into 2016 for some of the biggest and best tours of our lives. We won’t be slowing down or missing any shows. We head back out next month with Parkway Drive and Architects throughout Europe and the UK and will be taking one of our favourite vocalists with us, Nick Arthur from Molotov Solution. Thy Art is what we have done with all of our adult lives and we have put absolutely everything we have into the band and the friendship between the four of us. That friendship and drive to create extreme music is what has kept us together through thick and thin. Unfortunately not everyone can share this fire.“

Die kommenden Shows mit Parkway Drive und Architects werden dennoch wie geplant stattfinden können: Molotov-Solution-Frontmann Nick Arthur wird zumindest vorübergehend den Sängerposten übernehmen.

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Publiziert am 23. Dezember 2015 von Moritz Grütz