Drummer Onslaught vertrekt
Medeoprichter en drummer van het Britse Onslaught, Steve Grice, verlaat de band. Een aantal gebeurtenissen en het opnieuw opduiken van patronen die in 1991 tot de split hebben geleid, waren voor hem de spreekwoordelijke druppel. De band liet ondertussen in een verklaring weten gewoon zonder hem door te gaan.
Steve Grice: “With great reluctance and sadness, I must announce that I am no longer prepared to fulfill the role of drummer for ONSLAUGHT, the band that I helped found in 1983, and which I brought back together in 2005. This has been a very difficult and painful decision to make, and follows a series of events that, in my opinion, have seen the recurrence of old patterns of behavior that fuelled the band’s original demise in 1991.
This culmination of occurrences came to a head when I learned through a third party that the band had booked a series of shows without my knowledge, and with the intention of using another drummer, during a period of time reserved for family commitments. Be very clear — the temporary use of another drummer does not present me with a problem. My issue is with the fact that at no point did anyone from the band let me know that these decisions had been made.
Again in my opinion, there is a considerable gap between certain parties’ view of ONSLAUGHT and the truth in terms of album sales and concert attendances. My reality, that of a father of two approaching 50, was simply incompatible with this alternate world view.
My heartfelt thanks go out to all those I have met in my professional and personal lives over the last six years. Your love and kindness has been appreciated more than you could ever know. I have no immediate plans to remain in the music industry — my focus now returns to my marketing business and my family, who have been a constant source of support through the good times and the bad.”
Onslaught:“Steve Grice’s contribution to ONSLAUGHT was priceless, from its original inception and subsequent rebirth. We’re sad to see Steve leave over what we felt was a genuinely small issue and on the eve of one of the longest tours in the band’s history.
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank Steve for his tireless work and wish him every success in whatever path he chooses for the future, and just to say, as Steve moves on, so does ONSLAUGHT!”
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