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EVANS BLUE Parts With Lead Singer - July 29, 2008

According to The Pulse of Radio, EVANS BLUE has parted with lead singer Kevin Matisyn over "musical differences." A statement issued by the Canadian group called Matisyn's work with them "incomparable," adding that they wish him success with his solo career. The band also said that they have "amazing new songs" and are "poised and ready to move forward," presumably after securing a new frontman. EVANS BLUE also recently parted ways with Hollywood Records and has yet to announce distribution plans for its next album once recording is complete.

EVANS BLUE's 2006 debut, "The Melody And The Energetic Nature Of Volume", has sold nearly 200,000 copies.

Its second album, "The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal of Life Ends", failed to match the sales or radio airplay of the first.

Matisyn launched a new side project called PARABELLE earlier this year and posted three songs online, while also posting a solo track called "Viva Forever" at his personal MySpace page last month.

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	COMMENT \| there goes that band... posted by : BloodandTears 7/29/2008 4:43:11 PM

	I actually liked his voice. Sucks for them. So much for that, eh? They're going back to the soup lines.

	COMMENT \| who cars posted by : longsincedark 7/29/2008 4:45:31 PM

	this band sounded like 5000 other alt-rock bands out there

	COMMENT \| posted by : God_Damn_me 7/29/2008 5:02:53 PM

	It's a step in the right direction. For the genre of music, I thought he was a great songwriter and had a really good voice, but each time I met him he was a real asshole when the rest of the band was really cool.

	COMMENT \| hey The Outlaw Torn... posted by : Jack Klompus 7/29/2008 5:06:28 PM

	what about ac/dc and iron maiden? should they have changed their name when they got new singers? yeah, didn't think so...

	COMMENT \| Unfortunately... posted by : 1GRITVOX 7/29/2008 5:09:29 PM

	...the singer in this band is what makes them unique.....now they will sound like a hundred other bands out there.... I say change the name as well...just start over....its not like they are really big yet...

	COMMENT \| posted by : The Space Lord 7/29/2008 5:20:03 PM

	Evans Bland.

	COMMENT \| Unique posted by : casey_choas66 7/30/2008 12:32:29 AM

	I'm not sure losing this singer will make them sound like a hundrd other bands out there. I mean, his vocals wern't that different from bands like Chevelle or 10 Years or any other band that tires to do those brooding Maynard James Keenan type of vocals. Personally I liked this band but always felt they'd right some really emotional songs and then some really boring, forced ones. Maybe a new singer will open them up to becoming more consistently emotional.

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