Nach beinahe siebenjähriger Bandzugehörigkeit verlässt Bassist Rob Van Der Loo die niederländischen Prog-Metaller SUN CAGED – Rob zieht es eher in andere musikalische Richtungen. Die Band befindet sich nun auf der Suche nach einem neuen Mitmusiker.
Das offizielle Statement von Rob:
I´ve been a member of Sun Caged for almost seven years which is quite a while.
Playing in Sun Caged convinced me that I wanted to be a full-time professional musician.
But seven years is quite a long time and in this period a lot of things like personal interests and musical taste can change . As a musician I need to be challenged and through the last 18 months I started to realise that Sun Caged wasn´t longer the challenge for which I was looking.
When I´m a member of a band I need to support the music for 200% and not for 100% or less.
Making decisions like this can be very hard but I took a lot of time to think about it and I´m sure that this is the right choice for as well me as the band. The fact that I´m leaving the band doesn´t mean that it´s the end of my musical career. In fact I think it will give me much more new fresh ideas and possibilities to work on. And there´s always a big chance that we will work together again in the near future.
I would like to thank all the (ex-)Sun Caged members for the awesome years we´ve played together and for their friendship. Of course I´d also like to thank all the Sun Caged fans all over the world for their great support: you guys rule! And last but not least I wish the band good luck with the upcoming line-up and the new album.
All the best,
Rob