Hey everyone, Bob here.  It's been a good run, but after 5 years and 2 albums, Horror of '59 is crawling off into the graveyard beyond the woods.  Due to completely understandable real life circumstances, our drummer Brent was unable to keep playing in the band.  I suppose we could have kept on going with a new drummer, but it just didn't seem right.  We already lost our two founding members, Deke and M. Balmer, some time ago.  So it just feels like it's time to let the band die.  At least everybody is still friends, so while I'm sad to see it end, it's not such a bad way to go out.

I can only speak for myself, but this has been the best experience playing in a band I've had in the over 20 years of making music.  It really made me happy that so many people seemed to genuinely like what we were doing.  All of you who came out to see our shows or just wrote us a message saying you liked our music made it worthwhile, and I think in this case I can speak for all members of Horror of '59 past and present when I say thank you.

I also want to thank all the bands we've played with, the clubs and promoters who booked us, the people who helped us get our albums out (Mike Albertson, Lacey Petrovich, and Charles Abou-Chebl), the great artists who did logos, fliers, and album covers for us (especially "Big Tony" and Mitch O'Connell), and of course everyone who has been in this band over the years:  "Deke" Taylor, Mike "M. Balmer" Taylor , Tommy "Horror" Tadsen, Brent "Bastard" Hathaway, Jimbo "Jimmy Dale Killmore" Hissem, Tommy Roulette, Sugar Wildman, and Dennis A. Bell who filled in for Tommy Horror for one show.  Extra special thanks to Deke and M. Balmer, because they started the band. 

At this time there are no plans for any special "last show".  Sugar and I plan to fulfill Horror of 59's Cleveland area comittments for June and July with a guest drummer and me on guitar.  We'll be playing Horror of '59 songs, but it won't be Horror of '59.  If you need a name, just call us "Sort of '59".

Stay sick,

Bob "Noxious" Ignizio