Important Update: To What We Were. . .
The Look Machine as we have known it is changing.
We’ve had a great time as a band. We played our shows like we meant it, we recorded our songs like we wanted them to sound, and we had a lot of fun practicing, joking and hanging out together.
Isaiah has a girl friend in New York -- a really great girl, the kind of girl you would leave home and move to New York for. So it makes sense, he will soon be moving up there to spend more time with her.
Isaiah was an awesome part of the Look Machine and we will miss him being in the band – his talent, his humor, his creativity. We know there are a number of cool bands in New York where he is moving and he should be able to get into one with no problem.
So we’re taking this moment for a short break to regroup.
Collin and Ian and I thought about things a whole lot, we talked with David and all decided that we really wanted to give Shane a chance to live out his dream and play with us.
We just want to say a few words about David. David was everything that you could ever look for in a fellow band member! He was so incredibly devoted he would drive up from Virginia to practice, he would come when he was totally sick, he never missed anything we did.
He was also an excellent musician, with a sense of rhythm like a metronome. He was very creative and provided a number of excellent beats! Ian and Collin would rather have David in a band with them than any drummer in the world who is not their brother. If Dave Matthews' drummer or Larry Mullen Jr. had begged to be in the band, we would have told him to get a life.
We really respect and look up to both David and Isaiah as musicians, as
people, and most of all as friends. We look forward to both of them getting into bands that we can play with.
As for the future, we’re going to take this time while Ian is in Venezuela to chill a little, but don’t worry… the Blog will rock on even during the break. When Ian gets back we will start again on the mission of trying to reclaim the title of biggest rock group in the world.
Who will the new bassist be, you ask? Good question. You know him as “Xerxes.” And in our first show he will play a solo, for 20 minutes, naked. Just kidding. Xerxes, or Drew Copeland – Jason’s brother-in-law – is a great bassist and a talented musician. He can sing, play a variety of instruments (he is even playing the trombone on boy sets fire’s upcoming album), and write music (in the classical sense, you know notes and all that). It’s going to be fun. He’s away on his honeymoon right now, but I’m sure he’ll say something for himself when he comes back.
And Shane… all you probably know about him is that he is Collin and Ian’s brother and that he has more blogger names than should be legal. Well, that’s about all there is to know. Just kidding. Shane is a fantastic musician. He can play the guitar, and the base, he can sing, and he is a phenomenal drummer. He will primarily be playing drums, but his ability to play multiple instruments will allow for some shuffle of who plays what in Look Machine live shows. Get ready for some exciting concerts!
Well that’s about it. Big changes we know. Sad and happy at the same time. Like most changes. Rock on, brothers and sisters.
15 Comments:
And don't forget the Sanke Man holding down the hand clap and the robot dance. I'm an integral part of the band, dudes, don't forget it.
Some things are so apparent they don't even need to be mentioned.
OK. I must state the obvious now. It has been demanded.
Snake Man is Officially a part of The Look Machine. He can come to every one of our practices and every one of our concerts to add a whole new visual dimension to the band (yes... the robot). In return, he will be generously rewarded with the outstanding balance on Jason's dentist bill.
oh i wanted to see the well i guess you can call it now the original band but hey I believe in Mr.X and shane's abilities. I know shane is a insane drummer...not no no he is and Mr.X...well how can he not be good with a name like that. And if i ever go to a concert of yours, i will look up for snake to be doing the robot impeccably. Good luck and continue to make awesome music!
~Poncho
Sweet. Here's a picture of the Snake Man laughing uproariously about being declared an official band member:
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20050109/capt.sge.uxb09.090105095850.photo00.photo.default-276x384.jpg
Hey, Xerxes, What have you been doing for twenty minutes naked recently? more like twenty hours. twenty days...
Nice snakey.
As for Mister X. He is on his honeymoon. Enough said.
So what you are saying is that MR. X. should be refered to as Mr. XXX.
He´ll be back in 20 minutes.
hey, can childish be an offical part of the band. this is not intended as a threat, but if you refuse ian may or may not be coming back from the land of the banditos.
i can do stuff like get you in trouble with security at every show. strip searches are fun, ask ian. the policia thought ian or i might have weed, pot, reefer, somewhere hiding in our shorts. so they told us to take em off. but don`t worry we all had some laughs because of it. though that was mostly at ian´s expense. muy frio.
Thanks for the post Jason. It was fun rocking out while it lasted. Just so everyone knows, there's no hard feelings. So quit asking me if there's any hard freaking feelings :0). I already have a new band in the works actually so it's all good. The Look Machine will live on too. I'll still be popping by to see how things are going.
Now I get to sign my name as EX, that's pretty cool.
David you rock.
Tell us about the new band as soon an more details arise.
Yo.
Isaiah- you rock. Go get her! Much respect... grin.
David- major props. As it has been said, your dedication is pretty impressive, even to an outsider. You're a purty durn decent drummer. Above all, you seem to have fostered an excellent attitude through it all, (including MN!) I take my hat off. I hope that you go multiplatinum, someday soon!
X- welcome. I hope someday you get to play big rock shows where people throw their underwear at you, cause by all indicators, you could use some extra.
Shane- Time to Rock- hit 'em hard!
The rest of you- write some new music and get a show or two, GOSH!
I posted a new song. . .
And that line about X was priceless.
David,
Congrats on the new band. Let us know when you are playing somewhere. I would love to hear you guys.
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