Normally it’s all such good news on the Pop site. We have new bands, cool things for sale, Velociraptors lurking in the background and such… But just occasionally some really sad, bad and dangerous to know news rears its ugly head and makes everyone feel sad for a while… And there is little worse than some fine PoP heroes splitting up..
But it’s happened – and this week, Jumping Ships have announced that they are to be no more. I won’t go into the reasons, save to say it’s all terribly amicable and you won’t have seen the last of any of these boys yet – but as a truly special act who have been with us for almost two years now, I’ll personally be really sad to see them go…
…Because not only were they truly great musicians, massively exciuting to watch live (anyone who saw Kai rampage off a speaker into a thrilled crowd at TGE will bear testament to that) – but Jumping Ships kinda sum up a lot about what it takes to make a great band. They worked so hard, took all the knocks and difficulties along with all the awesomely good stuff that happened too – and basically were an absolute pleasure to work with from the off.
We were lucky enough to put out an EP and single with them (not to mention a pretty rad Tee) and see them all over the country playing at loads of pop shows. With massive support from the good people at Kerrang and Rock Sound, as well as plenty of others – it all looked like it was gonna fly, but some things are not to be.
They shall be missed…
