Jason Tate
04/10/04, 02:02 AM
Bill has left Feeling Left Out (http://www.feelingleftout.net).
From their website: I just want to thank everyone who has emailed so far expressing their concern and support for the future of FLO. Bill has left the band and will not be rejoining. I'm going throug the pros and cons of keeping the band going by myself, and I'm leaning towards yes mainly because of all of the e-mails I got today from all of you. I'm debating on whether the best way to jump into this solo thing is with a full tour of the US, some would say that it wouldn't be a good idea and I'd probably agree with them. I'm not even sure what it will be like to play these songs alone. But I know that I do not want to stop playing them. Then there's a part of me that wants to start over, under a different name, with all new songs. Either way I plan to keep writing and playing live. But that's further down the road, let's deal with the issue at hand. Drew (the video director) called me yesterday afternoon and we talked for a solid hour. I asked him about coming on the FLO tour over the summer just so I won't be alone and he was down for it before I even asked him, and I appreciate that immensely. We're trying to figure out the financial aspects of hitting the road with 2 people that are under 25 (that's how old you have to be to rent a van) but if it comes down to it, I'll try to see how far my car will take us across the country. A certain mr. andy badac also offered a helping hand with the tour. He offered to step up and learn some of the songs and help me out for at least the leg of the tour that he'll be on which is very comforting. He'll be there until the Chicago shows, then if he can get off work, he might come on the whole tour which would be super nice of him. Tony from LLR also gave me some words of wisdom and offered to help out which was awesome. My girllfriend has been offereing advice and listening to me vent and go crazy for the last 2 days, and my mom gave me some good advice as well so I just want to thank everyone for being so understanding and I really am blessed to have such awesome people in my life. Once things settle down a bit and the dust settles, I hope things will be civil between me and Bill on a friendship level. Right now it seems like everything is just negative but I'm starting tosee some positives that were lying beneadh the surface that I wasn't able to see because of all of the shit my head is going through right now. I'm sure Bill could have pulled out earlier but he stuck with the band and helped it get to the status we are right now even though he had other things that he would have preferred to do. Although I'm hurt, I want to thank him for all that he's contributed to the band thus far and although it was an abrupt ending, i think i saw it comng 3 years ago. I just tried to deny the fact that he wasn't cut out for this kind of stuff. But anyway, onto better things. Like this awesome website. Just kidding, I made it last nite just to get a new look going. I'll put a sick new one up once I have some more time to put towards it so this will have to do for now. But click around, you can find lyrics for the new album, the tour listing of shows if it still goes through, and you can still order stuff from the merch page. I look forward to doing business with you guys. HAH! So I guess just stay tuned and as I figure things out, I'll post it right here for you all. It's weird writing I and Me instead of Us and We and it's really true what they say about a band being like a relationship or a marriage. I feel like I just got dumped, again. So thanks to everyone for sticking by me and to everyone who has listened to any FLO song in the past and enjoyed it. Once the knot leaves my stomach, I'm sure I'll be able to make some sense of this whole ordeal and I'm sure many a song will be written about it as well. And hopefully you'll all listen and enjoy them. So stay tuned and again, thanks for sticking around. We (you guys and me) will rock once again. Joe.
Submitted_By: Dave
From their website: I just want to thank everyone who has emailed so far expressing their concern and support for the future of FLO. Bill has left the band and will not be rejoining. I'm going throug the pros and cons of keeping the band going by myself, and I'm leaning towards yes mainly because of all of the e-mails I got today from all of you. I'm debating on whether the best way to jump into this solo thing is with a full tour of the US, some would say that it wouldn't be a good idea and I'd probably agree with them. I'm not even sure what it will be like to play these songs alone. But I know that I do not want to stop playing them. Then there's a part of me that wants to start over, under a different name, with all new songs. Either way I plan to keep writing and playing live. But that's further down the road, let's deal with the issue at hand. Drew (the video director) called me yesterday afternoon and we talked for a solid hour. I asked him about coming on the FLO tour over the summer just so I won't be alone and he was down for it before I even asked him, and I appreciate that immensely. We're trying to figure out the financial aspects of hitting the road with 2 people that are under 25 (that's how old you have to be to rent a van) but if it comes down to it, I'll try to see how far my car will take us across the country. A certain mr. andy badac also offered a helping hand with the tour. He offered to step up and learn some of the songs and help me out for at least the leg of the tour that he'll be on which is very comforting. He'll be there until the Chicago shows, then if he can get off work, he might come on the whole tour which would be super nice of him. Tony from LLR also gave me some words of wisdom and offered to help out which was awesome. My girllfriend has been offereing advice and listening to me vent and go crazy for the last 2 days, and my mom gave me some good advice as well so I just want to thank everyone for being so understanding and I really am blessed to have such awesome people in my life. Once things settle down a bit and the dust settles, I hope things will be civil between me and Bill on a friendship level. Right now it seems like everything is just negative but I'm starting tosee some positives that were lying beneadh the surface that I wasn't able to see because of all of the shit my head is going through right now. I'm sure Bill could have pulled out earlier but he stuck with the band and helped it get to the status we are right now even though he had other things that he would have preferred to do. Although I'm hurt, I want to thank him for all that he's contributed to the band thus far and although it was an abrupt ending, i think i saw it comng 3 years ago. I just tried to deny the fact that he wasn't cut out for this kind of stuff. But anyway, onto better things. Like this awesome website. Just kidding, I made it last nite just to get a new look going. I'll put a sick new one up once I have some more time to put towards it so this will have to do for now. But click around, you can find lyrics for the new album, the tour listing of shows if it still goes through, and you can still order stuff from the merch page. I look forward to doing business with you guys. HAH! So I guess just stay tuned and as I figure things out, I'll post it right here for you all. It's weird writing I and Me instead of Us and We and it's really true what they say about a band being like a relationship or a marriage. I feel like I just got dumped, again. So thanks to everyone for sticking by me and to everyone who has listened to any FLO song in the past and enjoyed it. Once the knot leaves my stomach, I'm sure I'll be able to make some sense of this whole ordeal and I'm sure many a song will be written about it as well. And hopefully you'll all listen and enjoy them. So stay tuned and again, thanks for sticking around. We (you guys and me) will rock once again. Joe.
Submitted_By: Dave