14,600 Nights of Space RocknRoll
Greg Hatmaker
I assume most still
subscribed have already seen this elsewhere, but for those who
haven't, this popped into my mailbox the other day.
14,600 Nights of Space RocknRoll
the first 40 years....
A
band is like a family and over 40 years it is only natural
that families will change and that members will come and go.
Therefore it is with great sadness that we must announce the
departure of Peter Koppes from our ranks to explore his own
musical path. Peter has made the hugest contribution to the
Church's sound and he will be sorely missed. However the
remaining members have decided to carry on with this immense
body of work which Peter, as well as Richard Ploog, Jay dee
Daugherty and of course Marty Willson-Piper, have been
invaluable in creating.
We wish Peter all the success with whatever he pursues from
now on.
The
good news is The Church are delighted to announce Jeffrey Cain
will be staying on as a permanent member with Ian Haug and Tim
Powles and we are very happy to welcome Melbournian guitar
slinger Ashley Naylor into the band.
We are already under way creating a brand new album which so
far is turning out to be a beautiful thing.
Steve
Kilbey
Coogee
01.02.2020
Andre McMillan
On Feb 2, 2020, at 12:16 PM, Greg Hatmaker <gregh...@b2b2c.ca> wrote:
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Scott
Yes Greg, very sad news indeed about Peter. I guess my reaction toward a new “Church” album is met with a bit of, for a better lack of a word, “trepidation”? I mean without both Marty and now Peter in the band is it really a “Church” album??? The good news is that at this point I consider Tim as much of a founding member as Richard was and in my mind the band would not still be around if it weren’t for Tim kind of holding things together in the mid to late 90’s. This was a time when Peter made his first departure from the band and I believe it was Tim who was the glue which held Marty and Steve together during the making of SA/SE. He pretty much was the producer in most of the bands output during this time and I believe he may have convinced Peter to reenter the fold. They made some truly great albums after his entrance into the band. Of course I will still support both the band and any solo/collaborative efforts from all members. It will truly be a different feeling with “The Band” however.
P.S. OH MY GAWD A SÉANCE EMAIL!”
Scott
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Andre McMillan
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Scott
Yes Dan, I certainly miss the days of Séance Emails. It was such a great community and I was able to make some nice connections with Church fans. I remember the days of Mark Piscotty (sp?), Vic Gagnon, the K&K girls, Chrispy (who I am a facebook friend with and only lives about 3 hours from me in good ole Rochester NY) and the man who started this whole thread Mr. Hatmaker himself. You still in the Montreal area Greg? The Facebook Church page just doesn’t have the same homey feel that the good old Séance Email group did.
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Scott
Yes Dan, I certainly miss the days of Séance Emails. It was such a great community and I was able to make some nice connections with Church fans. I remember the days of Mark Piscotty (sp?), Vic Gagnon, the K&K girls, Chrispy (who I am a facebook friend with and only lives about 3 hours from me in good ole Rochester NY) and the man who started this whole thread Mr. Hatmaker himself. You still in the Montreal area Greg? The Facebook Church page just doesn’t have the same homey feel that the good old Séance Email group did.
Scott
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Alan Cowsill
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Nick Peters
- The band is now officially a five piece for the first time.
- PK was the band's Lindsey Buckingham, in that it's taken an antipodean and an American to replace him.
- Ian Haug is now the longest standing guitarist in the band. He's also the longest standing Australian-born member of the band.
- It's been 7 years since Marty last played with The Church. Eleven years since he was on a Church album. Where did that time go?
- In the last 10 years the band have had more new members than new albums.
- The average age of the members is now about five year's younger, so at least in that sense the band has been rejuvenated.
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Daniel Watkins
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Chris Barrus
So over on Facebook, it seems that Steve is taking on everyone. From https://www.facebook.com/thechurchband/photos/a.10151876536906046/10156570000881046
"People questioning my integrity and my right to call my band the church should bear in mind that I wrote approx 90 per cent of all guitar parts on first 4 albums other than the actual solos. Seance is virtually a solo album as far as the writing of it. I have never been merely the bass player.”
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