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Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Arctic Monkeys Bassist Quits
The following statement has been published on the Arctic Monkey's official website :
So, despite their massive popularity and an upcoming tour of North America, the bass player for the band has decided to quit for good. At the end of last month the band announced that Andy Nicholson was suffering from health problems so perhaps his decision to quit the band is somehow related to that?
The Arctic Monkeys are perhaps the single reason why the MySpace website's popularity exploded over the past 12 months or so. As opposed to most other successful bands, their following grew as a result of posting their music and other muses onto this webspace provided free of charge. And their MySpace is still live : you can see it here.
We are sad to tell everyone that Andy is no longer with the band.
Nick O’Malley, who stood in for Andy while he was absent from the recent tour of North America, shall carry on playing bass for the remaining shows this summer.
We have been mates with Andy for a long time and have been through some amazing things together that no one can take away. We all wish Andy the very best.
So, despite their massive popularity and an upcoming tour of North America, the bass player for the band has decided to quit for good. At the end of last month the band announced that Andy Nicholson was suffering from health problems so perhaps his decision to quit the band is somehow related to that?
The Arctic Monkeys are perhaps the single reason why the MySpace website's popularity exploded over the past 12 months or so. As opposed to most other successful bands, their following grew as a result of posting their music and other muses onto this webspace provided free of charge. And their MySpace is still live : you can see it here.
