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Current mood:  relieved Category: Music
... And after much deliberation and by mutual agreement ... ALTER EGO is
going to disband after our June 19 gig at the Revolution Room.
It's
been 8 years since this band started, and since March 2008, I was the last
original member. In recent months, we seem to have been saddled with a
less than stellar reputation with some local bars and have been getting
cut, bounced, replaced, cancelled, what have you, for what seems to be ridiculous reasons and the pool of clubs
we're playing has grown smaller and smaller.
It has been in the
back of my mind for a few months to dissolve the band and have everyone
start fresh. We'd go out and have a bad gig like the last Bitter End or Blue
Mustang show, then a great one like Bob & Becky's wedding or Revolution Room and
I would keep putting off bringing it up.
Recently our drummer, Jeff Sellers,
wrote to all of us that he's been offered a position in another band
and he's decided to take it. He felt it was a better opportunity for
him and had no hard feelings or ill will towards any of us and thanked
me personally for allowing him to play in an outfit like ALTER EGO. Jeff, it's been a pleasure being one-half of the toughest rhythm section in town with you!
Roy Eastwood, our stellar lead singer/rhythm guitarist, will be playng with Faceless a Godsmack tribute band with Roli Garcia Jr. on drums and Jorge Palomo on bass beginning in June. He'll also be available to rent out
his PA occasionally and run sound for other bands.
Our lead
guitarist, Ruben Rea, presently plays with Sumofist, Get The Belt and Love Taco, so I know he'll stay busy, as great a guitarist as he is!
As
for me, hey, I'm a bass player, we're always in demand! I auditioned with the band Three Way Split last week and really liked what I
saw and heard. I've decided to join them and they already have gigs
lined up and I can step right in after I've learned their extensive song list. It felt very natural and comfortable
playing with them. They do seriously kickass classic rock, but
also want to add a few newer tunes as well.
Like I said, this is all
very amicable and there are absolutely no hard feelings between any of us.
I think there's more a sense of relief and excitement at what is in our futures. We'd rather part as great friends and we just think it's time to retire the band name.
Unfortunately,
there are those people out there who have, for whatever reason, spread
bullshit or talked shit about us to other bands or to the bars and clubs. It's tough overcoming some of the preconceptions of some people involved in the music scene around here.
So there ya go. We have 7 more gigs remaining,
including the May 15 SA ROCKS benefit May 15 and we're cancelling our July shows so everyone
can move on comfortably.
Just wanted to let our friends and fans know what was up and wanted to thank each and every one of you who has made this such a great ride since 2001.
Please come out and join us as we close out a great chapter in our musical lives and please support the new bands all of us are getting involved in!
We love you guys and you are the ones who have made it so much fun for so long!
Steve Elliott
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