Saosin guitarist comments on dismissal of singer

Saosin guitarist Justin Shekoski has commented about the dismissal of the band's former singer Cove Reber, which was announced by the band back in July.

Shekoski posted the following as a response to this video:

"We kicked Cove out of the band because his stage performance and vocal performances were on a downward spiral. We didn't feel he could represent the music that we have recorded well on stage.

We are not on a record label! Virgin (since that's the label we were on) didnt have anything to do with the firing, they dropped us before it all went down.

We didn't kick him out because he has long hair or because he doesn't look like us haha, I have long hair as well.

And the part about Cove being "clean"? This must be a joke. He was the only member of Saosin that smokes cigarettes, religiously. if that's not mind altering enough for you mormons, I have smoked the devils Lettace (weed) with him tons of times. Oh, drinking with Cove is also fun I must say. I hope none of you judge him for it because it's his life. Free will. I'm saying this because everyone has their vises and Cove's not exempt from that list. Either way you can smoke as much as you want for all I care, just as long as your voice sounds great. The problem is that smoking for him is like me warming up for a show by hitting a brick wall with my bare hands."

Saosin are yet to announce whether or not the band has found a replacement for Reber.