Earlier today, guitarist Doc Coyle, a founding member of the band Bad Wolves, took to his Facebook Page and announced his departure from the group after eight years in the lineup. I’ve snagged the visuals of his statement down below for your own perusal.
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Drummer Frank Ferrer has been behind the kit for the legendary Guns N’ Roses for the past 19 years. Earlier today, the band announced on their Official Facebook Page that they have amicably split and that his last gig was sometime in 2023. The statement can be found in the graphic below.
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It was just very early yesterday when the Heavy Metal world was thrown the most unexpected of curve balls with the announcement that the powerhouse drummer Nicko McBrain would be stepping down from the legendary Iron Maiden after more than forty years behind the kit. His and the bands statement are presented HERE in the event that you missed it and just a short while ago, the band announced their new drummer – Simon Dawson. Read on.
The Statement:
“As The Future Past Tour concludes after 81 shows to over 1.4 million fans, from Ljubljana to the Coachella Valley and from Western Australia to Sao Paulo, Iron Maiden are delighted to announce that stepping in behind the kit for 2025 is a name familiar to many of our fans – Simon Dawson, a former session drummer and Steve’s rhythm section partner of the past 12 years with British Lion. A native of Suffolk, England, Simon first teamed up with Steve Harris back in 2012. He debuted on three tracks on the first British Lion album and all of the second critically acclaimed ‘The Burning’, plus the many subsequent tours in the US, UK, Europe, Australia, Japan, New Zealand &, most recently, both Mexico and South America. Iron Maiden celebrate their 50th Anniversary next year with The Run For Your Lives Tour starting in Budapest on May 27th”.
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PiercingMetal Thoughts: Editorial thoughts are forthcoming.
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Earlier today, powerhouse drummer Nicko McBrain, the man behind the kit since their 1983 release “Piece Of Mind”, took to social media to announce that he would be stepping down from the legendary Iron Maiden. That statement is down below for your perusal.
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The Statement:
“We would like to thank Jay Weinberg for his dedication and passion over the past ten years. No one can ever replace Joey Jordison’s original sound, style or energy, but Jay honored Joey’s parts contributed to the last three albums and we, the band, and the fans appreciate it. But as ever, Slipknot is intent on evolving. The band has decided to make a creative decision, and to part ways with Jay. We wish Jay all the best and are very excited for what the future holds”.
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PiercingMetal Thoughts: Now this is a surprise to me because I cannot imagine what creative decision would find them wanting Jay out. I was a real latecomer to the music of Slipknot but once I began following and even covering them, realized what a powerful bit of chaos they were. I never saw Joey in action but did see Jay and he was fantastic. At the time of this quite shocking news, there has been no statement from Jay Weinberg or even the record label but as more information is released about this I will surely share it since Slipknot is one of the biggest Heavy Metal bands in the world.
Update: Not long after the aforementioned news got circulated on this and all of the other websites that stopped in their tracks to get something online, Slipknot removed the posts from Facebook and their other social media profiles. Pretty strange but according to research they’ve done that before. Stay tuned for any updates that we see.
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