Pete Carmichael announced on the Diableros Myspace blog that bass player Ian Worang, organist Matt Ruba and drummer Phoebe Lee are all departing the band, leaving only Pete and Ian Jackson from the original lineup. "Suffice to say that as we indie rockers get older, some of us have a shift in priorities. Devoting all your free time to a band, jumping from entry-level job to entry-level job, it just doesn't work anymore. I understand this and feel very sad about them leaving. I almost decided to pull the plug on the band, I know it will never be the same. However, I still have the desire to move ahead... I have put too much work into it over the past few years to let it go. So the band will continue, but in a different form, to say the least. I am already working on it and I feel that in spite of the setback, this change will be for the best in the long run."This is sad news for Toronto, as we have also seen the end of Republic of Safety and Ninja High School in recent months.
Tourwise this means that the band's planned appearances at SXSW are off. The last appearances of this incarnation of the Diableros will be
But, as Pete mentioned, this is not the end of the Diableros - only a new chapter. Consider the return of the Diableros to be 'in the works.'
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