A few hours ago, Born Of Osiris posted an update to their Facebook page, announcing they were parting with guitarist Jason Richardson. The update seemingly took the high road, stating "This was something that just needed to happen. We will be a more creative, energized, and focused unit as a result. The past year was the band's most successful and we owe it all to our amazing fans." But, as always, there are two sides to every story. Jason Richardson himself took to Facebook to explain what happened, and he paints a much less rosy picture:
Just to clarify to everyone I did NOT quit Born of Osiris, I would have never been able to bring myself to do such a thing no matter how much tension was between us. All of those dudes were essentially my family, I lived in the same house as them for over 2 years. This was by no means at all my decision(not that I was involved in the decision in any way shape or form lol). I have been fired from the band because I, "don't agree with the way they want to live their lives" and "it felt like their dad was in the band." So instead of confronting me about my eeeendless bitching about their excessive drinking and assorted drug abuse they decided that calling me at 1:30 in the morning 4 days before Christmas while I'm home visiting family to tell me that all of my belongings from the new BOO house were in my trailer on the way to me in VA was the professional way to handle it. So i can say with pride that I will NEVER play another note on stage with the group of cowards that is Born of Osiris. I don't give a fuck what they think of me for putting their personal stuff out there, I want everyone to see them for who they really are. Im just happy the truth finally came out and now I know what truly matters to them and it is NOT putting out albums like The Discovery.
On another note I will continuing the rest of my musical endeavors with Chelsea Grin, as we are already really great friends and with the recent loss of their guitar player we were able to make the best out of two very shitty situations. I will be involved with the writing process of their next release which is supposed to be dropped before warped tour this summer. You guys heard how much a higher place sucked and what came after it, so get ready for some of the sickest CG you've ever heard!!! :D
Well that's certainly interesting. Richardson is claiming that he was all like "hay gaiz, maybe we should stop partying and do something productive with our music" and BOO were all like "SHUTUP 'DAD'!!!" and then he was all like "Fine, whateva, this is still the best gig I can get so I'm not quitting" and they were all like "we're tired of having somebody who tells us what to do around, we're rebels…JASON GTFO!!!" At least that's how I imagine it went down.
As for how much influence Jason had on the band's sound on last year's release, The Discovery, we'll soon find out as the band states they are currently writing new material:
Also, since the finishing touches were put on The Discovery we've already been in the process of writing our next album. The past month and next two we will be home writing and finalizing the record that will be released this summer/fall.
Big news coming soon regarding our summer touring schedule, we can't wait to see all of you again soon with some new music to play for you!
New music already? These guys are like a factory of music. Additionally, they ARE looking for a new guitarist, so if you are interested:
We will TEMPORARILY be accepting video submissions for the spot at [email protected].
