Well, I've had a bit of a shock today. My favorite band is calling it quits, but due to the nature of the band, that means very little. Pedro the Lion was formed in 1995 and released their first album in 96. Shortly after that, the lead singer, David Bazan dumped the other dudes and ran off with the name. After 4 additional full length albums and several EPs, David had added several members back to the band. Frank Lenz on drums, who currently plays for almost 5 bands, and more influencially, TW Walsh on guitars and keys. The three bandmates recently released a side project under the band name The Headphones, and also have been the band The Soft Drugs, the main difference with the SD being that TW Walsh sings instead of David. But according to news sources, TW and David are no longer going to be working together even though they remain friends and David is using this split to remove the Pedro the Lion moniker from his musical career. The future looks like this. David is going to continue under his own name, with the Walsh-less "Headphones" as a side project. Walsh is now the Bazan-less "Soft Drugs". Currently, Bazan is joining up with 3 other gentlemen of renown in the indy rock world under the name "The Undertow Orchestra" and will be performing shows starting in late February. Bazan's first solo release (If you don't call the lonely years of PTL solo...) is scheduled in early 2007, and I believe that we can expect a followup to the Headphones album later that year. Needless to say, while the format of the band will change little, the name is gone for now.
As long as the guy doesn't stop doing what he does... I don't care if he changes the name of the band to Betty.
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UPDATE FOR MY CHICAGOAN READERS:
The Undertow Orchestra will be at Park West in Chicago on February 17th. Go see them for goodness sake!
It will be a wiiio to remember.
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