Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes explains Jordan Fish’s exit from the band: “We got to the point where we weren’t happy as a unit”
nme.comBring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes has told NME that Jordan Fish’s exit from the band came as they had “got to the point where we weren’t happy as a unit anymore”.The news of keyboardist, producer and percussionist Fish’s departure from the Sheffield band broke in December last year.He had joined in 2012 and was instrumental in shaping the band’s songwriting approach and modern sound by adding more electronic elements – particularly on 2013’s landmark record ‘Sempiternal’.
He was also part of the band for 2015’s ‘That’s The Spirit‘, 2019’s ‘amo’ and 2020’s ‘Post Human: Survival Horror’. He left ahead of the band completing work on recent album and ‘Post Human’ sequel, ‘Nex Gen‘.At the time, Fish said, “I’m really grateful for my 11 years with the band, and extremely proud of all that we have achieved together,” while the band added, “we want to thank him for the musical journey he took with us and wish him luck with everything in the future.”Now, in a new interview with NME, Sykes has opened up about the split.
Reflecting on the fact that Fish had joined at a time when Sykes had recently come out of rehab, Sykes described him as “my right-hand man” and “a massive part of this band”.“I know that a lot of the time we were spoken about as a duo,” he continued.
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