Despised Icon drummer elaborates on split

13 April 2010 | 1:55 pm | Staff Writer

Despised Icon drummer Alex Pelletier has further discussed the reasoning behind the Canadian deathcore band’s break-up recently.Killyourstereo reported last week the group’s plan to cease. Consequently, Pelletier caught up with Sick Drummer Magazine to talk about the split and inform fans of future plans. He asserts that ‘real world’ constraints inevitably led to the break-up.“It came to a point where certain members of the band had trouble doing several tours, due to raising a child, important work at their job, buying a house, all of which takes a lot of time aside from music, so we decided to make it clear that the band would finish this year; some of us will stop playing music, and some will continue,” Pelletier said.

Despised Icon drummer Alex Pelletier has further discussed the reasoning behind the Canadian deathcore band’s break-up recently.

Killyourstereo reported last week the group’s plan to cease. Consequently, Pelletier caught up with Sick Drummer Magazine to talk about the split and inform fans of future plans. He asserts that ‘real world’ constraints inevitably led to the break-up.

“It came to a point where certain members of the band had trouble doing several tours, due to raising a child, important work at their job, buying a house, all of which takes a lot of time aside from music, so we decided to make it clear that the band would finish this year; some of us will stop playing music, and some will continue,” Pelletier said.

In a promising sign for Australian fans, Pelletier re-affirmed the possibility of the farewell tour hitting our shores. “All the tours that have been announced will be done, and maybe the final tour will be in Australia and Japan; the US is pending.”