Children Collide have announced the departure of drummer Ryan Caesar just a month away from the release of their ‘Monument’ album.
Children Collide. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Caesar was with Children Collide for 5 years. He was the fourth drummer for the band.
Ryan will leave the band at the end of the next tour.
In a statement today he said, It saddens me deeply to announce this unfortunate news. My relationships with my dear friend Heath Crawley, everyone at Crucial Music and all others involved with the band have been of foremost importance to me and have been the catalyst for the significant endurance that both I and I’m sure John have shown towards each other for these past few years.
With those close friendships in mind it is with a heavy heart that I announce my departure from Children Collide at the conclusion of this next tour. The band can not function as it should, or continue forward at all with the current tensions, and the situation – looked at from any perspective, can only be resolved by my leaving. I thank each and every person who has supported us thus far and those who have worked so hard for us. I’m eternally sorry that there was not more to give. I love you all. Ryan.
At the Children Collide website it says, “Johnny and Heath will continue to tour and record, and all Spinal Tap jokes aside, the future of who will take up the sticks as drummer #5 remains unwritten”.
Watch the Noise11.com interview with Johnny and Heath:
