It shouldn’t come as any surprise considering reports earlier this week, but Wolfmother has called it a day. Bass/keyboard player Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett cited long-standing personal and musical differences as the reason for the split.
“Wolfmother toured the world virtually non-stop through 2006 and early 2007 on the back of their acclaimed self titled debut album,” reads a statement on the band’s website.
“Longstanding frictions within the group then led them to take an extended break during the second half of 2007 to consider their future.”
Apparently the time apart didn’t diffuse the situation any, and Chris made the decision to quit the band after last week’s Splendour in the Grass performance.
“Following that show Chris Ross decided to announce that he was leaving the band due to irreconcilable personal and musical differences,” the statement continued.
“Myles Heskett has also decided to leave the band rather than continuing as part of a changed lineup. The pair has been working together on songs for some time and they plan to focus their energies on that new project in the future.”
Andrew Stockdale plans to recruit new musicians before commencing work on another Wolfmother album. Hopefully the new kids will find him a little easier to work with!
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