Re: Bands that have fired a founding member
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 7:35 am
dude from wolfmother fired his whole band too lol
The split was actually 2009 I guess, but just hadn't paid attention.
I wore Throwing Copper the fuck out listening to it. Secret Samadhi was good as well.
Another case of LSD I guess. (Lead Singers Disease)
Kowalczyk's departure:
After a concert at The Palazzo in Las Vegas in June 2009, Live announced that the band would take a two-year "hiatus"
to work on other projects. Kowalczyk recorded his solo album Alive and the other band members formed a group with Kevin Martin
and Sean Hennessy of Candlebox called The Gracious Few.[14] That band proceeded to record a self-titled debut album
in California for release in September 2010.
On November 30, 2009, Taylor revealed that the "hiatus" was more likely a permanent split.[15] He alleged that the reasons
for the break-up included Kowalczyk's demand of a $100,000 "lead singer bonus" at the 2009 Pinkpop Festival
and a 2005 contract making Kowalczyk the sole signatory of Live's Black Coffee Publishing company without the knowledge
of the rest of the band.[15] These sentiments were conveyed in an e-mail to fans from the band (minus Kowalczyk)
via the mailing list at FriendsofLive.com and on Chad Taylor's official blog. Taylor did, however, leave open the possibility
of Live re-forming with a new vocalist.
At the end of May 2010, the other three members of Live filed a lawsuit against Kowalczyk and their former business manager
in the New York State Supreme Court.[16] Kowalczyk was asked about the lawsuit in a September 2010 interview
but declined to elaborate, saying, "There is a (court) case that is pending, which is why I really don't want to get into it".
In June 2011, Kowalczyk told The Salt Lake Tribune, "I had simply come to the end of a chapter in my life and wanted to
spread my wings and move beyond what I had been doing, in the same way, for almost 20 years. As far as the allegations
that were leveled at me and purported as the reason for the breakup, they were all absolutely untrue. I have no plans
to work with those individuals again. The spirit of Live is alive and well in my performances and my new material."
