Dance Gavin Dance have issued a statement regarding their current situation with Jonny Craig. The group says they have not kicked out Craig, but cannot currently tour with him. The statement comes after a series of undated photos surfaced online Tuesday of Craig using heroin.
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Jonny Craig Kicked Out of Dance Gavin Dance
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.
Dance Gavin Dance, A Lot Like Birds, and Decoder will team up for tour this winter, predominantly on the West Coast and throughout the Southwest. Dates follow:
Dance Gavin Dance frontman Jonny Craig was released from Solano County, California jail on Monday, after being arrested in October on drug charges, reports Indiestar.tv.
Craig was reportedly ordered to complete time in drug rehabilitation.
Dance Gavin Dance guitarist Will Swan has addressed the band’s hiatus, and frontman Jonny Craig’s recent arrest on drug charges.
“We tried multiple times to get him to agree to rehab. After Warped Tour we gave him the option of going to a rehab facility for at least a month at no cost to him,” Swan told Altpress.com. “He wouldn’t go. We didn’t see much of him for a few weeks and when we did, he seemed to be getting worse and worse. After our show at Sacramentio State last week, we realized he wasn’t going to get off the drugs while being in DGD. We didn’t want to completely cut him off though, so we decided to go on hiatus until he could clean himself up.”
Swan added, “Hardcore drug addiction is no joke or reason for ridicule. If Jonny can put this problem behind him, we’d be glad to come back stronger than ever. Until that happens DGD will stay on hiatus.”