Founding Corrosion of Conformity bassist and vocalist Mike Dean has shared a press release asserting his departure from the band.
Guitarist Woodroe Weatherman and frontman Pepper Keenan shared a submit on social media relating to Dean’s resolution, noting that they’re “in full assist” of the bassist’s alternative and his future endeavors. Moreover, they assured that Corrosion of Conformity will proceed and confirmed that they will have a brand new album out in 2025.
The assertion from Dean was included of their submit.
“Not too long ago I decided to step away from Corrosion of Conformity, a band began 40 odd years in the past by Reed Mullin, Woody Weatherman and myself. I am extraordinarily happy with every part we have accomplished collectively, and look ahead to listening to extra from the band going ahead,” he wrote.
The bassist defined that “time, distance, aspect tasks and life basically,” in addition to the demise of Mullin in 2020, have all made it tougher for him to work along with his bandmates since they dwell far aside. Nonetheless, he plans to start out a brand new challenge the place he at the moment resides, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
“Additionally, I look ahead to persevering with to file and produce different artists,” he continued. “All the most effective to Woodroe, Pepper and COC crew, and most significantly, many huge due to all of the followers of all iterations of the band, who’ve made this actual for all of those years.”
See the submit to learn the total statements from each events beneath.
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As talked about in his assertion, Dean co-founded Corrosion of Conformity in 1982. After the releases of Eye for an Eye (1984) and Animosity (1985), Dean left in ’87, after which returned to the group within the mid-’90s. He remained within the band ever since, other than their hiatus within the late 2000s.
The group’s final full-length launch, No Cross No Crown, got here out in 2018. We do not at the moment have every other particulars on its follow-up, aside from Weatherman describing the fabric as “brutal sounding” to Eonmusic in Might of 2023.
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