Addicted to Punk News:From First To Last

From First To Last have announced a number of significant changes within their band. First off, frontman Sonny Moore has decided to leave the group to pursue a solo career. The band made the following remarks regarding his split on their MySpace blog earlier today: "We were in the studio writing for the new record getting ready to fly to Los Angeles to meet up with Sonny to record the record when we got the news about him leaving. We know that Sonny's departure is going to be a huge deal to a lot of our fans, and we are sorry that these things continue to happen to us (and you). We all tried to make compromises, but sometimes artists just have to do things for themselves." Guitarist Matt Good will now sing for the band full-time, as well. Also, the band have been let go from Capitol Records and have signed with Suretone, a sub-label of Geffen, also home to Weezer, New Found Glory and others. The band's explanation is below: "To make matters worse, Capitol Records was on the verge of being bought out by another label and bands were being dropped. Money was put on hold from the label and with FFTL already in debt due to the Atreyu tour and studio costs..... Well, we were pretty much crippled. We had a decision to make that night at the studio that I will never forget... This was the most epic, movie-worthy event of my life. We just said, "Screw this. Let's just do it ourselves. The whole thing -- just us four." The good news is Sonny leaving meant that the band had to make changes, and these changes couldn't have been more positive. And so, that is exactly what we have been doing over the last couple of months -- self-producing the new From First to Last album, without a record label or Sonny. To get the ball rolling, I quickly called my friend Lee Dyess who owns the EarthSound studio in Valdosta, GA where we recorded "dear diary" and "aesthetic" (we also helped him build it), and arranged for the studio time which cost us the rest of our money and favors from Lee. We also teamed up with our close friend Jordan Schur who is not only managing us now, but signed our band to his label Suretone (through Interscope)." Last fall, the band were forced to leave their tour with Atreyu; the band originally signed to Capitol last April. Their third studio album is still expected to come out later this year. http://addictedtopunk.com/news.php?item.162.2