Keith Buckley addresses Every Time I Die break-up: “It’s heartbreaking”

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Every Time I Die’s break up at a solo show in London.The band underwent a messy split in January, following a public spat between frontman Buckley and the band’s other four members.During the show on Monday (February 7), Buckley addressed the split saying “it is not the end of anything: I can’t even say what the state of the band is right now.”He continued (via Metal Hammer): “I don’t know what the future holds, but I know that, right now, this is exactly where I fucking want to be, and I’m very thankful to be here.”“I think that it’s an objective fact that Every Time I Die existed for longer than most bands, so there was something in that formula that was alchemic, that was completely singular to us.

And I think it was the rivalry… I think it was just those two forces constantly battling which kept pushing the band along. And once I got sober, and I realised that that was a very antiquated way to power shit…[I thought] we don’t need to push the band forward with negativity, we can talk about things now.”On stepping away from the band he said: “I really felt that was a good thing for everyone, because I knew that there was friction between Jordan and I.

There were a lot of things that happened during the pandemic that still haven’t come out between he and I that led to this, there were multiple attempts at communication, therapy and everything.