After four year, Controlling the Famous has called it quits. Below is a statement from their myspace blog.

Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen of the world.

As you can all probably tell by now, the end to supposed CTF hiatus never actually happened. We never made it back together. It was a tough long thought out decision, but was definitely for the best. We apologize for all our backpeddling about the status of the band. Truth be told, everyone was happy with what we accomplished in our time as a band together. Thanks to everyone who believed in us and gave us support. You made the bad times good and the good times great.

Keep updated as Mike (drums) is playing in some new projects.
http://www.myspace.com/mlsdrums

Max is writing solo tunes for Curse of the Zeros and posting them to:
www.myspace.com/mboonehellmann

Thanks for the time and support.
CTF

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Controlling The Famous have gone on an “indefinite hiatus.” The band posted this message on their MySpace blog:

Hello Everyone, Max from Controlling the Famous here.

As most of you know, we decided that we’d be taking an “indefinite hiatus.” I just wanted to update everyone and let them know what’s going on. Like with any band, its a tough job to be on the road, touring non-stop, constantly away from family and friends, have no money (flat broke), and live out of a van. It can really wear a person down and leave you questioning why you decided to start playing music in the first place.

Anyways, we were supposed to leave next Tuesday for a tour to CMJ in New York City. Everyone in the band agreed to going and making the best of the situation even though some of the past few tours had been really rough. However, some words were said about the tour about a week ago, and it became clear that some band members were ready to move onto the next stage in their life. It is sad and unfortunate, but its a decision each individual member had to make themself. Its a cliche situation, but again, everyone is still friends and everyone will continue on their own paths. We truly loved playing songs together while it lasted. You will all be updated on their new endeavours whether its music related or not.

I will leave you with this…

I will personally be keeping the spirit of Controlling the Famous alive, by finding new people to play music with. The band name may change, but the music will keep going. I am in no way done playing music and hopefully all of you guys who bought “Automatic City” will stand by until everything starts up again.

Thanks so much, and I will see you all again soon. Thanks for everything.

Max