Good Gossip: The Bled’s bassist royally screws rest of the band.

So The Bled‘s bassist, Brad Murray has recently quit the band, and Shane Sheffer is filling in for the remainder of their tour but folks, it just wouldn’t be news if the story ended there. In a MySpace blog entitled Gobble Gobble, guitarist Jeremy Talley* lets the world in on exactly what happened with Brad, and his feelings towards the departure. It’s a shame what Brad did, and only he will truly understand the motivations behind why he did what he did. Am i being vague enough? Check out the whole blog here.

*I am assuming that jrt = Jeremy Talley, but I could be grossly mistaken.*

I’ve been putting off writing this until I was a little less emotionally heated. Before the rumor mill circulates, Brad Murray quit The Bled. Obviously this lifestyle is not for everyone and we have dealt with our share of Line-up changes. He is not at fault for not wanting to stay in a touring band. However, he chose to keep this information from us when we had days off and couldve prepared for it. He waited until 16 hrs before our co-headlining tour to tell us. Brad listed several reasons for leaving, most of which we came to find out were total fabrications and some were laughably ridiculous. When I talked to him he told me he felt terrible and agreed to play the first show and teach our fill-in some songs and that we were welcome to use his equipment for the tour. We woke the next morning and went to put our suitcases in the trailer to find that he had waited for us to fall asleep to unload the trailer and take all of his bass gear. Which was not an easy task to do by himself in the a.m. hours. He put a lot of effort into fucking over his friends not to mention lying with a straight face. Normally I wouldn’t air this dirty laundry out on a public forum but I would hate for him to try and worm his way into another band someday without people knowing what an untrustworthy person he truly is. The plus side to this bullshit is that our good friend Shane Sheffer stepped up to the plate and dropped everything to come on tour with us. He busted his ass and learned 6 songs on the way to the first show. And has learned more since then. We wouldn’t be on this tour right now without him. We would also like to thank our new friends In Fear and Faith for agreeing to headline the first few shows as Shane learns enough of our songs for a headlining set. And of course loaning us their bass gear for the time being. We appologize to the fans that Brad let down and to his friends that were looking forward to seeing him on this tour. The Bled is still alive and well and we look forward to seeing you on this here Rise Records tour. -jrt The Bled Ps. If you read this far, you love drama. <3