Ok. They guys in Sunny Day have gone on the record as saying that nate
wanted to get back together with them, but he never found the time because
he was tied up with the Foos, and the other three couldnt wait any longer.
This is the official line from the band is that this is because Nate didnt
want to bail on his other commitment, but Pat Smear (who was the only thing
that made that band tolerable for me, even if he didnt play on the first
album) left, he gave very little notice, and the band understood he needed
to leave. Why wouldnt Nate get the same treatment? Dave Grohl never shows
any deep connection with nate the way he does with other bandmates ("Taylor
Taylor TAYLOR! I just love that Taylor so much!", he used to play with
drums for his guitarists old band) and Nate never gets to say anything in
interviews, etc. So I dont buy it. I think that for whatever reason, Nate
couldn't decide on which band to play with (a sure think that is not as
interesting but tolerable and has a regular paycheck and is popular
{although nate is last in the band to be highlighted) vs.. playing in the
old, incredible band with people who have clashed in the past and broken up
once) , so he tried to do both but SDRE couldnt wait any longer. Too bad.
But SDRE marches on, and we, the fans of SDRE, shouldnt dwell on it or hold
anymore animosity to anybody, but focus on what is going on RIGHT NOW! I am
going to an SDRE show on Monday with the current incarnation SDRE. I am
saddened I never saw Nate, but the band plays on. Halelueah
Joshy
p.s. I dont know the way it is where youre standing (Jr. High?) , but not
all indie bands worry about new shoes, and those that do should be avoided
like the plague
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [sdre-l]: PURE retards
>Hello Donny.
>
>I wasn't saying you were some dumb fuck who has no idea what he's talking
>about. I was saying that calling Nate a sellout is way out of hand. The
fact
>is, he chose not to continue with Sunny Day Real Estate. Wherever he goes
is
>his business. The term "sellout" means he did it for the money. Can you
>really say he did that? As far as I have been able to find, no one in the
>band talks about it to the public, so you don't know what his reasons are.
>
>If Nate doesn't like playing with Sunny Day Real Estate anymore, who the
fuck
>are you to slag him for it? Would he not be a sellout if he despised SDRE
but
>played with some other indie band, just so he can live up to his "fan's"
>expectations? I really doubt money has anything to do with Nate's decision.
I
>stick to the theory that he doesn't like dealing with the "sellout" crap
>anymore, which was happening before SDRE even broke up.
>
>Every time someone buys a new pair of shoes when they're in an indie band
>they get called a sellout. I'm sorry, Donny, but the Foo Fighters is Dave
>Grohl's band. If someone doesn't like that they can leave, and two of them
>already did. I'm sure Nate busts out when he plays on his own. I don't
think
>Dave follows him to his room, waving contracts and telling him to stop
>playing awesome shit. And how would you know if Nate doesn't happen to love
>playing in the Foo Fighters? I doubt he sits there all day whining that he
>hates the band he's in. I'm sure he has fun when he wants to. And if he
gets
>fed up, he'll decide to leave for his own fucking reasons, not yours.
>
>Damn it, Donny. Just leave him alone.
>
>Alan.
