| SAOSIN, Cove Reber, and Wolftears... |
| Written by Sarah Mudgway |
| Friday, 13 August 2010 10:16 |
 Only a few weeks ago, SAOSIN announced via their message board that vocalist Cove Reber was no longer part of the band. No reasons were given, just the fact he had gone and that they were excited for the future. Recently, a couple of guys from Sacramento, California - Jimmy Fontenot and Coby Lectuerer - took to YouTube and Facebook to expose "the real truth" behind Cove's departure. They explain that Cove did not choose to leave, and was rather fired from the band for a number of reasons such as: the band not liking his singing, Cove's "long hair" not being the right look, and even going so far as to say some members of Saosin are addicted to marijuana and couldn't handle the fact Cove was clean. Oh, and apparently, Cove fell off an amp once, and Saosin wanted a vocalist who was more "graceful". While I have a hard time believing any of these apparent 'truths' due to their ridiculous nature, the boys - one of which claims to be Reber's cousin - go on to state that Reber is supposedly going to join them in a new project called 'Wolftears' [Facebook HERE] and will be playing lead guitar. Reacting to these claims, Saosin guitarist Justin Shekoski took to the band's message board to clear the air with the following message: "We kicked Cove out of the band because his stage performance and vocal performances were on a downward spiral. We didn't feel he could represent the Music that we have recorded well on stage. We are not on a record label! Virgin (since that's the label we were on) didnt have anything to do with the firing, they dropped us before it all went down. We didn't kick him out because he has long hair or because he doesn't look like us haha, I have long hair as well. And the part about Cove being "clean"? This must be a joke. He was the only member of Saosin that smokes cigarettes, religiously. if that's not mind altering enough for you mormons, I have smoked the devils Lettuce (weed) with him tons of times. oh, Drinking with Cove is also fun I must say. I hope none of you judge him for it because it's his life. Free will. I'm saying this because everyone has their vices and coves not exempt from that list. Either way you can smoke as much as you want for all I care, just as long as your voice sounds great. The problem is that smoking for him is like me warming up for a show by hitting a brick wall with my bare hands. Listen, all I'm saying is that if you do actually know cove or the situation, than either you are delusional or you are straight up lying to anyone dumb enough to go on YouTube and actually think you know what you are talking about." And as for the fate of ‘Wolftears’ – I suppose we will have to see. Read our recent interview with Saosin HERE. |
