ALEXISONFIRE Are Done

Canadian rockers Alexisonfire have decided to call it quits. The band made the rather surprising break-up announcement on its official site Friday evening after stating earlier in the year that it was writing material for their next studio album.

"There is no good way to put it so I'm just going to say it," lead singer George Pettit wrote in a lengthy message "After 10 years, Alexisonfire has decided to part ways. I'm going to try to give you the facts about this as best as I can."

The message explains that singer/guitarist Dallas Green informed the group nearly a year ago that following the band touring behind their last studio album 'Old Crows/Young Cardinals' he would be leaving. Green apparently cited that trying to balance his life with touring with the group as well as City and Colour was "a task too difficult to continue managing."

Pettit adds that following Alexisonfire's show last December in St. Catharines with that lineup, the remaining members discussed the future and planned to "attempt the difficult task of replacing Dallas, but time got the best of us." In addition, guitarist Wade MacNeil was asked to join another band, something "he felt was an opportunity he would like to pursue."

"Replacing one guitar player/singer/writer was something we thought was possible, but replacing two would run the serious risk of perverting the legacy of what we had achieved," Pettit wrote. "So we all took a good hard swallow and decided to end it so it would never get old and ugly."

Although stating that the split was "not really" amicable but "probably" necessary, the singer wished Green and MacNeil "nothing but good fortune."

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Jason Fisher    August 06, 2011