So according to an interview Melody Lau did with Damian Abraham of Fucked Up on Spinner the band is taking a long break after they finish up the gigs that round out this year (They do have a "Bruise Cruise Festival" in the Bahamas in Feb though) …Damian is quoted in the article saying
"I can't tour
anymore," Abraham says. "I don't want to take that away from them, so
I would love to find a way to basically make it into a constantly evolving
thing where sometimes F---ed Up can go on tour and other times, it's another
band involved with us."
He goes on to say
"I have no idea how it's all
going to work out," Abraham says. "I know we're going to take this
long break and hopefully we can think about it and figure it out a little more.
Damian speaks about the effect of touring on himself
"I can be weirdly lonely even though you're surrounded by these
five other people," Abraham adds. "But we've been together now 10
years and there's not a lot left to talk about.
"It messes with your head after
a while, and I think that's why we need this break. Me especially though, I'm
the one losing it the most by far."
After reading the
Spinner article, what I take away from it is Damian is a guy who loves his son
and wife more than anything, and if you know anything of the bands touring
schedule they just don't play a few shows across the province or a some shows
in the U.S., in the last year they have been all over the world and personally
speaking I don't know how he does it, I can barely be away from my son for a
few days but not seeing him for weeks at a time, that must be torture.
But this is also a
guy who understands that him picking up and leaving does not only affect him
but the other five members of the band,
it all comes back to Damian being one of the nicest guys in music today (Sorry
D, you must be sick of reading that by now).
So the speculation
begins now…is this the end of Fucked Up? Well in numerous interviews over the
years Damian has said how far can a band with the name Fucked Up really go? I
guess we will soon find out.
Joe Cornelisse-SSGS
***Below is a video for "Running On Nothing" from the record David Comes To Life..it was put together by Sandy Miranda***
Fucked Up "Running on Nothing" from Sandy Miranda on Vimeo.
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