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We all know that all good things must come to an end so let's not beat around the bush any longer, DEAD STOP is breaking up. Leaving behind a legacy of truly inspiring and consciously independent hardcore, insanely energetic and intense live shows and three raging, extremely well received releases, Belgium's finest are calling it a day. Their last show will take place on Saturday, May 20th at the equally legendary Lintfabriek in Kontich , Belgium . What better place could there be to write the final chapter of DEAD STOP's book than the very same venue that held their first show, their record release shows and many other insane DEAD STOP shows? It's a full circle type of thing. Here's the band's official statement as to why they are breaking up:
"Though the decision to break up was a hard one to take, we feel like there is no better time to do it than now. We have accomplished everything we wanted to achieve with this band and then some. Rather than fizzling out like a candle we would like to go out with a bang, now that we are still fully enjoying what we do and before petty bullshit ruins what we have built throughout the last 4 years. We feel that with "Live For Nothing" we have written the best record we were capable of and have said everything we wanted to say with DEAD STOP. We've been all over Europe , from England to Greece and from Norway to Spain . We've toured the US twice. We got the chance to play our beloved Lintfabriek countless times and got to share the stage with a lot of the bands we greatly respect. We are grateful for all the support we've gotten and all the craziness and hardcore enthusiasts that followed us nearly anywhere we went but it is time for something new. New challenges and new bands.
We started this band to pay tribute to the early 80's hardcore pioneers we all loved and most kids seemed to have forgotten about. At the same time we were sick of seeing lame bands playing watered down hardcore to bored crowds. With a lot of hard work we managed to gain monumentum rather quickly and soon played shows of which we could only have dreamed of playing before, plus we think we managed to open a lot of people's eyes to the truly important and often overlooked early 80's hardcore bands that inspired us and brought us together in the first place. We are proud of everything we have achieved and how we achieved it.
Thank you all for your support and we hope to see you all on the 20th of May and/or at the other shows we'll be playing before we say goodbye. | |
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