PAIN OF SALVATION Part Ways With Bassist
February 22, 2006Sweden's PAIN OF SALVATION have parted ways with bassist Kristoffer Gildenlöw (younger brother of PAIN OF SALVATION frontman Daniel Gildenlöw). The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows:
"We are sad to announce that Kristoffer is of now no longer a member of PAIN OF SALVATION. After having been the band's bass player since 1994, he has now kindly been asked by the other members to leave the band. The separation derives from growing difficulties to function together as a band since Kristoffer moved to Holland a few years back.
"We are a band who loves to play music together, and who values being a real band rather than a project that functions on distance. Being a tight unit welded together musically and personally is an important part of the band's soul; and constantly being decimated while composing, rehearsing, and even recording, simply proved impossible in the long run.
"Kristoffer has grown to become a tremendous bass player during the years with PAIN OF SALVATION and it is with sadness that we now see him go, but since this logistic situation will not change within the coming years, we unfortunately see no other choice."
PAIN OF SALVATION's most recent studio album, "BE", came out in 2004.
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