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Dave Douglas To Leave Relient K

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Dave Douglas will be leaving Relient K at the end of the year. You can read a message from the band below.

After seven years of touring, recording, and rehearsing, Dave Douglas has decided to leave Relient K. His final show will be 12/29. As a part of Relient K, he has been an amazing drummer, singer, collaborator, and friend. Before Dave joined the band, we were plagued with drummer turnover. Although he was the fifth drummer in two years, the moment he joined was the first time we ever felt like a complete band. He will be missed on the stage and on the road, and we wish him all the best.
RK

I know that there have been some rumors and speculation about my future in Relient K. I suppose I should clear that up. The time has, in fact, come for me to leave the band. This has been a very difficult decision, but I know that this is the right one. Relient K has been a huge part of my life and I’m sure that it is going to take a long time to get used to not being a part of the band any more. I’ve had a lot of good times, met a lot of great people, and been able to go a lot of places. it’s been a blessing and a pleasure to work with Matt, Matt, John, and Jon. Also, I want to thank everyone else who has been involved with the band, especially those who have been on the road with us. Our fans are amazing and I want to thank all of you for your support and enthusiasm.

I am moving on to new music projects, and I hope that I will still have all of your support. Come the first of the year I will be devoting most of my time to Gypsy Parade . Feel free to look us up and say hi. Until then I will playing with Relient K, so I’ve got a few more shows left in me. I suppose that this is my “farewell tour.” hopefully I, and the rest of Relient K, will see you at one of them.
Thanks to all of you.

-Dave Douglas

Grace Period Change Name To Your Sweet Uncertainty

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Grace Period (ex. The Early November) have changed their name to Your Sweet Uncertainty. You can read a message from Jeff below.

because of our legal situation, we need to change our band name. so since there can be no more grace period.. were going to go back our old side project name, your sweet uncertainty.

to be honest.. we like the name, its not greatest band name in the world but it is certainly better than the other awful names we were coming up with. i called out of work and spent literally a whole day with mike throwing back and forth ideas. it got to the point where every good name we thought of was taken. it began to get extremely depressing. at one point i was dead set on naming our band “who gives a shit”.

we called steve (whos on his honeymoon) and told him that we had nothing. he suggested renaming our band your sweet uncertainty. back in 2004.. me, steve, and mike started a side project called your sweet uncertainty. we played one show and that was about it. i feel like we have some unfinished buisness with it considering we used it and then left it to die. so were gonna give this one a shot.

for those whove been wondering.. we did think of renaming the band finding westerly. we actually came real close to doing so.. but we didnt. reason being.. that band has too much history, too many member changes, too many unrealeased recorded songs, and most of all.. too much baggage. for a band that wants a fresh start, that wouldnt be a smart decision. we dont want that.

so now that the hard part is done, were going to start switching everything over all through this upcoming week.

– myspace.com/graceperiod will soon be myspace.com/yoursweetuncertainty
– purevolume.com/graceperiod will soon be purevolume.com/yoursweetuncertainty

and so on, and so on. you get the point. everyone whos friends with grace period on myspace will be friends with your sweet uncertainty when we do the switch. so thats pretty cool..

we have alot more coming up until the release of the record. presale is also going to start soon! we hope you like the name. alot more coming soon!

thanks for your support guys

– jeff

Rock For A Good Cause

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For the second straight year, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence will partner with Virgin Records recording artist The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus during the month of October, to help support the NCADV’s efforts to fight Domestic Violence and its effects on America’s younger generation.

In continuing with their efforts against domestic violence, starting October 16 and running through November 25, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus will be running a contest in conjunction with their latest single “Your Guardian Angel”. Entrants can submit videos of their personal “guardian angels” via the band’s contest site and YouTube site with the winning entrant receiving a $1000 prize for themselves and a $1000 donation to be made to The Red Jumpsuit Guardian Angel Foundation in the “guardian angel’s” name.

Win A Chance To Hang With The Spill Canvas

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Would you like to hang out with The Spill Canvas? If you have tickets to see the band in one of the following cities head to our contest page to enter for a chance to win passes to an exclusive listening party for their new album No Really, I’m Fine. You’ll also get to hang out with the band on their tour bus after the show!

Here are the dates you can enter:

Saint Paul- Oct. 24
Chicago- Oct. 28
Philadelphia- Nov. 6
Atlanta- Nov. 13
Austin- Nov. 20
Dallas- Nov. 21
Detroit- Nov. 29