{"id":2289,"date":"2009-08-11T11:59:36","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T15:59:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-11-09T07:45:50","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T11:45:50","slug":"you-re-fired-i-quit-music-fans-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/you-re-fired-i-quit-music-fans-lose\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re fired! I quit! Music Fans Lose!"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OkITsv3Nk6M?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>I was disappointed to hear that <strong>Jesse Sandoval<\/strong>, the drummer from <strong>The Shins<\/strong>, was in his words &#8220;fired&#8221; from the band. He tells his side of the story in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmercury.com\/portland\/nothing-is-permanent-continued\/Content?oid=1557132\" target=\"_blank\">an article in the <em>Portland Mercury<\/em><\/a>. While he seems to have a bit of a complicated relationship with band leader <strong>James Mercer<\/strong>, I&#8217;m in agreement he was fired in a not-so-professional way. I&#8217;m sure it was awkward for all involved but still call it what it is and forget the &#8220;&#8230;I&#8217;m going in a different direction&#8221; statements.<\/p>\n<p>I particularly like Sandoval&#8217;s drumming. Admittedly it was quirky but I think it added interest to what might have been some otherwise average indie rock songs. I&#8217;m not sure what Mercer will do next or what it might sound like but it will be missing the unique combination of his Shins bandmates and Sandoval&#8217;s drumming.<\/p>\n<p>So the question is <em>What are some other bands that lost players, either fired or quit, that ruined the &#8220;magic?&#8221;<\/em> Can we say <strong>David Lee Roth<\/strong> out of <strong>Van Halen<\/strong>? <strong>Eno<\/strong> out of <strong>Roxy Music<\/strong> (maybe not)? Can you offer some suggestions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was disappointed to hear that Jesse Sandoval, the drummer from The Shins, was in his words &#8220;fired&#8221; from the band. He tells his side of the story in an article in the Portland Mercury. While he seems to have a bit of a complicated relationship with band leader James Mercer, I&#8217;m in agreement he <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/you-re-fired-i-quit-music-fans-lose\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,20],"tags":[1014,186,187],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}