NUMBER SIX RESIGNS!

[MALCOLM XERXES™]

@ 15:06 E.S.T. today, I tendered my formal resignation from the band:

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CHAPS,

I've given this a great deal of thought, & having listened to "BETWEEN WHEELS" several times, once in rough mix format, once in final mix format, & several times each on random play, I've decided that I must resign from the group.

The music is further away from my own aspirations as a live & recording musician than I envisioned the band getting, & I can't see myself having anything positive or useful to contribute if I had to play this material before audiences, since I'm finding that I like it least of the albums we have recorded to date, & it is not a recording that I would have purchased if I were a non-member of the band who had followed our musical development over the years.

Taken with the fact that we have never performed or rehearsed a single cover song of my choosing over the course of the 6 years we have been recording & playing together as ANOTHER 1000 MILES™, I have concluded that you would be best served by getting yourselves a drummer whose musical tastes are more like your own, for I think & feel that you 2 have far more in common with each other musically than I do with the pair of you. I have never liked "MAGIC BUS", either as a listening experience or as a song to play in public, for my own taste leans toward "BABA O'RILEY".

Put simply, I want to play more instrumental Rock music, & I want to hit my drums harder than this band calls for me to do.

I wish you well with the band’s future ventures, & I hope that my decision is not 1 that will destroy our respective friendships & collective friendship with each other.

MX

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I bear no ill will or animosity toward my former colleagues, & hope that they will be happier with their new drummer, whomever that person might be.

[CYNS]

its sad to hear but this could open up the door for you to start a band called "Another 1 609.344 kilometers"

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cyns said:

its sad to hear but this could open up the door for you to start a band called "Another 1 609.344 kilometers"

CYNS,

That's very funny, particularly given that today is DOMINION DAY!

...However, it's unlikely, since I always found the name of the band to be somewhat unwieldy & relatively meaningless to anyone other than fans of THE WHO™: nothing about it said "Rock Group" to me, whereas KING CRIMSON™, YES™ & U.K.™ fairly scream it @ me.

[ShowbizPRgirl]

Well, that's a shocker. I had no idea that you'd been feeling so out of touch with how the band has been progressing over the past few years, Malcolm. Too bad for them. They lost a really great drummer. I hope you find new opportunities to truly display the range of your talents and abilities with another band, sweetie.

KJC

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showbizprgirl said:

Well, that's a shocker. I had no idea that you'd been feeling so out of touch with how the band has been progressing over the past few years, Malcolm. Too bad for them. They lost a really great drummer. I hope you find new opportunities to truly display the range of your talents and abilities with another band, sweetie.

KJC

KJC,

The internal politics of the band was not something I made a great point of speaking of to anyone outside of that organisation, so I can understand your shock.

I had had similar concerns over previous bands in which I had been involved with that singer/songwriter, so it really shouldn't have come as a surprise or shock to him, if he was being objective about how things had been run over the years, for I had gone so far as to compose letters of complaint which detailed my displeasure, as well as voicing my concerns to him in person.

When last we met, I did not feel comfortable addressing these matters again with him, for he was accompanied by his wife, & they had recently celebrated their First Anniversary of marriage together.

Thank you for your praise of my musicianship, & I say from your mouth to GOD'S™ Ears, because I *need* to rock almost as badly as I need oxygen.