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RobJGolde liked babydanger's post in the thread Album Taking Back Sunday - 152 (October 27, 2023).
this is probably the best succinct summary though I think a lot of the information that we have might be a bit biased simply because the band themselves don’t really speak publicly about a lot of this. I know in one of those recent oral history books of the scene (the MySpace ones I think), for example, Eddie talked about the band supporting him financially through his first attempt at rehab. I’m not saying they were right to cut ties with him after he relapsed, but something tells me that Eddie’s version of whatever happened following that might not factor in their feelings, things he may have done and said to them, and their version of the truth. It feels a bit more nuanced than him getting left behind simply because of his struggles. I can see some of the hypocrisy maybe in terms of taking a brand deal with a distillery, but not because of anything to do with Eddie. He’s no longer in the band. I don’t make my work decisions with former coworkers in mind (though I realize this isn’t exactly the same thing; bands do function a little differently). In my opinion though, anything Eddie said that might have had any value went right out the window the moment he mentioned somebody else’s substance abuse issues in his post. He’s since deleted it, anyway.
Nov 26, 2024 at 11:24 AM -
RobJGolde replied to the thread Album Taking Back Sunday - 152 (October 27, 2023).
Rubano sings a bit, mostly backups and harmonies
Nov 26, 2024 at 11:23 AM -
RobJGolde replied to the thread Album Taking Back Sunday - 152 (October 27, 2023).
And they just do Receiving End of Sirens covers since they have 3 guitarists and 3 singers.
Nov 26, 2024 at 9:25 AM -
RobJGolde replied to the thread Album Taking Back Sunday - 152 (October 27, 2023).
I’ll try my best to sum it up: -Eddie left TBS/got kicked out (apparently) due to his alcoholism -Band says during & for some time after his departure that the door is open for Eddie to come back whenever he is ready, despite never remaining in contact with him after the fact. -Band continues touring for 6 years, releases a record without Eddie and tours on that record. Eddie voices positive sentiments for the new material, but no one in the band publicly acknowledged those kind words. -During the 152 writing process/release, Adam gets sober. -Band makes a recent business deal with a distillery to attach their name to some of this distillery’s whiskey despite Adam’s sobriety and the band kicking Eddie out for his alcoholism, even though Eddie was the glue that kept things together through Adam’s substance abuse issues between 2002-2006 when they were at their biggest commercial success. I’m sure there’s A LOT more to it than just that. There may have been some really harsh things said when Eddie left that made any sort of reconciliation impossible. Either way, I can see Eddie’s POV and there is some hypocrisy there, but at the same time we don’t know the whole story.
Nov 25, 2024 at 8:26 PM -
RobJGolde replied to the thread Album Taking Back Sunday - 152 (October 27, 2023).
I don’t pretend to know or fully understand the psychology behind addiction, but part of me believes the comment about the music was the addict part of Eddie’s brain lashing out. Everything else he said was totally valid though and I get why he would be upset. There’s a lot of hypocrisy in the band’s actions, but something about that comment at the end just doesn’t sit right. OR maybe Eddie legitimately didn’t like 152 but didn’t wanna shit on their parade at the time, and this was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I don’t know. It sucks either way. I hate to say it but I don’t see another album coming from this band, especially with whatever’s going on with Mark. And if you’re gonna close the book on a band’s story, 152 is a great record to close out on.
Nov 25, 2024 at 7:46 PM