Despite bassist Henry Selva’s comments in January stating The Human Abstract disbanded, guitarist Dean Herrera says the band is not broken up.
“As far as im concerned we aren’t broken up,” Herrera commented on Formspring. “That was Henry going out and spewing the inner workings of the band. We never actually came together and decided anything. I’m still real pissed at him for that. Sure we’re taking time, but that doesn’t mean anything other than that… Taking time..”
Dance Gavin Dance have reportedly kicked out frontman Jonny Craig due to his ongoing issues with drug abuse.
On Tuesday, an anonymous Tumblr page published undated photos of Craig using heroin.
The anonymous poster, reportedly a good friend of Craig’s, commented, “I’m releasing [these photos] because I’m legitimately angry with Jonny, and I feel like people need to know what is really going on. I personally lost all respect for him after he told me the only thing he regretted from the macbook scandal was ‘getting caught’. This is only the beginning, ill be releasing many more pictures and actual video of him talking about his scams.”
Dance Gavin Dance and Rise Records have yet to comment on the situation. Absolutepunk is reporting that former vocalist Kurt Travis (A Lot Like Birds) and Matt Geise (Lower Definition) will handle vocal duties on the band’s upcoming tour.
Update 2/8 3:38pm PST – Dance Gavin Dance has issued a statement saying they have not kicked out Craig, but cannot currently tour with him.
Jesse Leach recently commented on rejoining Killswitch Engage.
“It is a great honor to rejoin my brothers after all of these years,” Leach stated. “After some discussion and much reflection, it was obvious to me this was the path I was meant to take. We got together and jammed on the ‘Howard-era songs,’ as well as some Alive or Just Breathing-era songs and we all felt the synergy.”
Junius’ new video for “All Shall Float” has premiered at Altpress.com.
Tomahawk have plans to put out a release on Record Store Day, April 21st. Details on the effort have yet to be announced.
In November, the band revealed that they have been working on a new album, due out via Ipecac.