GLUECIFER Guitarist: 'We Will Play Our Last Shows With Our Hearts On Our Sleeves'

Guitarist Captain Poon of Norwegian rock 'n' rollers GLUECIFER has issued the following statement regarding the band's decision to call it a day:

"It's such a weird feeling. We are truly not the band, or the kind of people with our heads stuck up our asses. Reading all the nice words from all you people out there really means a lot to us.

"I know many of you guys have lost your favourite band, and I have to admit, so have I. But unfortunately, there were nothing anyone could do about Biff's [Malibu, vocals] and Raldo's [Useless, guitar] decision [to quit the band]. You can't pretend that you wanna be in a rock band 24/7, it's gotta be for real, and no one can blame them for the loss of that certain feeling.

"We had a great thing going though, and no one can ever take that away from us.

"In the beginning, sitting in the back of a shitty van, we had that 'us against the world' kinda thing going. Later on, as the band grew bigger, I feel that we managed to keep that spirit alive, but we were lucky enough to share it with a lot of other people. We all know there's so much musical crap out there, and what we consider high-quality music, is nowhere to be taken for granted. I guess a lot of you guys share my opinion.

"Being a fan of rock 'n' roll gives you some sort of, not just musical, but also social identity. I sure know that, as a huge fan of a lot great rock bands myself. Wearing the t-shirt, hat, a patch or whatever, is a statement towards the people around you, you tell them where you belong. I'm always proud whenever I see someone wearing the GLUECIFER logo, it makes me feel we’ve done something right.

"The only thing that kept GLUECIFER alive through all these years, except for writing and playing the music we love, was you guys. Rock 'n' roll is all about entertainment, and if no one cares about your act, you will lose the guts at some point. We were privileged, we made our fair share of fans, devoted people who were showing up everywhere we came. Therefore, just to make sure you all know, our break-up has nothing to do with a lack of devotion from you guys. In the end it's all about the show, and you guys made sure we had a great time, whenever we hit the stage.

"On behalf of the band, our props go out to every single one of you.

"These days we're trying to figure out what places we wanna pay a last visit. Some places are obvious, others will be based on demand.

"Even though there are different opinions about the decision being made, I'm happy we're still good friends, so we go out there together, and play our last shows with our hearts on our sleeves."