Founding Corrosion Of Conformity bassist Mike Dean has left the band. Dean performed in Corrosion Of Conformity between 1982 and 1987, 1993 and 2006, after which from 2010 to current day. Dean cites the bodily distance between himself and his bandmates as the explanation, alongside discovering it troublesome to create new materials within the wake of founding drummer Reed Mullin‘s dying in 2020.
“Not too long ago I decided to step away from Corrosion Of Conformity, a band began 40 odd years in the past by Reed Mullin, Woody Weatherman, and myself,” wrote Dean. “I am extraordinarily happy with all the pieces we have performed collectively, and sit up for listening to extra from the band going ahead.
“Once I rejoined COC for the ending touches of the Deliverance album, I moved again to Raleigh, NC for an all-in inventive marketing campaign, however time, distance and facet initiatives and life on the whole has modified all of that. Ever since Reed drifted away from the band after which handed manner, it has been troublesome for me to collaborate on new materials with bandmates who stay a whole lot of miles away.
“I sit up for placing collectively a brand new Raleigh primarily based outlet to create new music with extra alacrity and with extra of an emphasis by myself concepts than in current instances. Additionally, I sit up for persevering with to report and produce different artists. All the perfect to Woodroe, Pepper, and COC crew, and most significantly, many massive because of the followers of all iterations of the band, who’ve made this actual for all of those years. Salute!”
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Corrosion Of Conformity issued an announcement alongside Dean’s assertion, saying they want Dean all the perfect whereas noting that Corrosion Of Conformity shouldn’t be completed.
“We, Woodroe and Pepper, are in full help of Dean‘s future endeavors and want him all the perfect within the quest. Grateful for the music made and (R)evolutionary paths created.
“That being mentioned, this guide of Corrosion shouldn’t be completed, nor will the practice cease. The chance to play music and create is one thing that we do not take frivolously, and we is not going to waver. New COC recording is properly underway and can be launched in 2025.
“A lot love and respect to all of the free thinkin’ beer drinkin’ mates and followers worldwide, seeking to making extra. With out you, we’re simply rising deaf in a storage. See you on the horizon. Keep tuned, keep heavy.”
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