Most of you will have taken notice by now that my band The Blackout Argument will split up this year. It’s a sad and unexpected thing, especially since almost everything was going very well for us at the moment. I am currently sorting out and planning the things we still want to do before we disband (which are quite a lot) and - of course - figuring out my own future as a musician.

One thing that really suprised me is the impact of our farwell-posting. There’s been literally hundreds of emails, pm’s and replies of people telling me how sad they are that we split up and how much they love The Blackout Argument. I got messages from people I haven’t talked to in years who told me that they’ve been the biggest fans of my band since day one. We also got 5 (!) new show offers in only one day and an endless list of fan-requests concerning the routing of our farwell-tour. Short: The interest in The Blackout Argument was hardly ever as high as it is now after telling the world that we’re gonna split up.

So where’s the point in that? Is it more fun to care about a band that is actually dead? Is it the myth of “only the good die young”? Or is it everyone hoping for a comeback next year? I don’t really get it…

Source: theblackoutargument.com
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