Today seems to be a day for quitting, so we hate to bring you more news that will ruin your day. Beloved hardcore act Modern Life is War have announced that they will be calling it in after a nearly six year run. The group posted a lengthy MySpace bulletin explaining their decision, which you can check out after the jump. MLIW plan on doing a short tour, so make sure to catch it before they end up reuniting and playing huge arenas.
More bad industry news comes our way and this time it’s just plain upsetting. The pioneering Gold Standard Laboratories label has announced that as of October 2007, they have ceased operations. The label posted a lengthy letter on their site explaining the decision and the future of their previously released music, which you can check out after the jump. GSL released albums from the likes of !!!, The Mars Volta, Arab on Radar, The Faint, The Locust, and tons of others.
photo credit: Jason Fisher
The sad breakup of Brooklyn/Boston-based band The Explosion was reported earlier today by Punknews. The group has had label troubles since departing from Virgin back in February of this year. Details of their new album’s release are still up in the air, however, the band will be playing some farewell shows in the upcoming months. They definitely were one of the better punk-rock bands to emerge in the past couple of years.
California’s long-running melodic hardcore band and Fat Wreck Chords staple, Good Riddance, have broken up. They released this statement today;
After over ten years, eight albums and countless tours, Santa Cruz, CA’s GOOD RIDDANCE have decided to call it a career. We have deliberated heavily on this decision and we all agree that it is the logical and practical next step for our band. It is with the utmost sense of gratitude and humility that we have arrived at this conclusion. We have been given a truly great gift and a tremendous opportunity to pursue a dream and we have accomplished far more than any of us ever thought possible.
All of the members of GOOD RIDDANCE have become increasingly busy with other life interests (work, family, etc.) which has made it difficult for us to tour with the same frequency we (and our fans) have grown accustomed to. It has also become evident that the musical landscape has continued to change and the material we play has been, to some degree, left behind. We understand that we still have some of the most loyal and dedicated fans in the world and without all of you none of this would have been possible. However, we have seen bands burn out and we have seen bands slowly decline. It is our ultimate goal to be able to walk away from this with a degree of grace and dignity and be able to look back on our modest career with nothing but fond memories. We have no desire to limp along until some outside force has the good sense to put us out of our misery. We hope all of our fans will understand.
Punknews.org is reporting that Fifth Hour Hero will call it quits after their current tour with Smoke Or Fire and Tim Barry. The band released the stellar Not Revenge…Just A Vicious Crush on No Idea last year.
Bassist Mathieu Guilbault explained their decision:
“But, we’ve been going through that kind of stuff for the last seven years. It’s common for people in bands to deal with this, but I don’t know a lot of bands that stuck around for that long with the popularity and support we had. A lot of the bands we met along the way got deals from bigger labels. They got tour support, sponsorships, royalties, etc. We never really seriously looked for that and no one did it for us. The business side of being in a band never charmed us. Some people will admire us for that and some people will tell us we should’ve gotten our shit together. I don’t think there is a right or wrong, it’s just how we are. We were never doing it for the money and we never made any money with this band. We were just happy to live new experiences and to travel the world.”
The band’s final shows will be in Quebec with fellow canucks the Sainte Catherines.
Check out the dates after the jump
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