I Killed The Prom Queen call it quits...

From IKTPQ's Myspace page:

To Our beloved fans and friends,

We regret to announce that I

Killed The Prom Queen will no longer continue as a band. The final nail

in the coffin came when Jona was asked to join USA Metal group Bleeding

Through as second guitarist. This, coupled with our inability to find a

replacement vocalist, aided the decision to end the band.

We

would all like to sincerely thank all our friends and family and our

label's Stomp, Metal Blade, Golf and Howling Bull records for their

ongoing support of IKTPQ and most of all we would like to thank all the

fans that made the last 7 years the most amazing years of our lives. We

feel that we made a good impact on the Australian and world wide music

scenes.

We also apologise for the cancellation of our upcoming USA tour-dates.

The band will announce a final farewell Australian tour in the coming months.

Each member issued the following personal statements:

Jona's statement

For

anyone who doesn't know, IKTPQ has been my life for the last 7 years. I

was a co-founding member, active songwriter and the band's manager for

the past 2 years. A lot has happened in those 7 years mostly good, some

bad, but I would not trade any of it for anything in the world.

Thanks

to IKTPQ I got to live out not just one, but many of my dreams and

aspirations. Everything from playing to fans who love our music to

meeting and supporting my heroes' band's on tour and seeing parts of

the world I thought I would never see. Best of all was having the

chance to meet new and awesome people all over the world who I am proud

to call my friends.

JJ Peters, Kevin Cameron and Sean Kennedy

are my 3 closest friends. I have lived in a room, studio, van, bus,

car, aeroplane with these guys for 5 years now and I know them better

then I know myself. These guys continue to surprise me every day. They

are all amazing people, incredible musicians and songwriters and the

best friends anyone could ever hope for. I couldn't have asked for a

better team. This causes me a great deal of pain, making my decision to

leave the band so difficult.

I wish my friends, JJ, Sean and

Kev the best of luck in their future endeavours and I have no doubt

that they will be 1000 times as successful than we ever were with IKTPQ

and I want everyone to know that I will always be their number one

supporter.

A huge thanks to everyone who ever supported us in anyway and lastly please never forget I Killed The Prom Queen…

Sean's statement

I'd

like to thank every single person who has supported i killed the prom

queen over the many years, it has been the most amazing time in my

entire life and i am so appreciative that ive had the opportunity to

share the stage with my brothers and share all the same experiences...

thank you.

JJ's statement

In the past 7 years playing

with IKTPQ I have seen the world many times over, met some life long

friends, experienced things I would never have dreamed of, shared the

stage, van, hotel, bed, floor, bus with some of the best friends ill

ever have and played to the greatest fans any band could ever ask for.

As sad as I am to see it end, I am more great full for all these things then anything else.

I

would like to say thank you to everyone and anyone who has supported us

through all these years and made IKTPQ what it is. I sincerely thank

you all from the bottom of my heart.

Peace. JJKTPQ.

Kevin's statement

It's

so hard to compress every feeling about this into a short statement,

and as anyone who knows me would know I've never been one to say a lot.

As much as this is a disappointing end, I'm glad we haven't

carved a malicious eulogy to a reasonably successful career, one which

I feel as though exceeded any expectations the four of us ever had,

when years ago going interstate for more than a week was a big deal to

now when most our years were spent away from home, playing our music to

thousands of appreciative fans the world over.

I feel we made

quite an impact on the Australian music scene, paving the way for

countless new bands over the years, and whether they admit it or not I

feel we introduced a lot of people to this type of music which may now

be a huge part of their lives, and I think that's something to be proud

of.

Just as I didn't think I would be writing this so soon, I

honestly never thought by age 20 I would have been to basically every

part of the globe, and especially just from standing behind a guitar.

In

retrospect I wish I had appreciated this far more: doing things most

people only dream about and meeting some amazing people along the way

who I hope will still remain my friends, band or no band. I'm grateful

for all the experiences along the way. It's been a great ride! Thanks

Darren Cherry from the bands label Stomp Entertainment commented:

This

is a HUGE blow for Australian heavy music and the tens of thousands of

IKTPQ fans around the world. The band were just beginning to hit their

stride and I feel that the best was yet to come. Having said that it

was a pleasure to work with such an enthusiastic and dedicated band and

their achievements speak for themselves. I'm sure it's not the last we

have heard from these guys either as a collective or as individuals.