Et merde, faut que ce soit un groupe intéressant musicalement et idéologiquement qui soit sur sa fin…
Why? A note from Robert Fish
Aside from the practical side of being in a band with members spread throughout different continents I have found myself struggling to find my place within 108 due to the personal evolution I have gone through. I still find myself, at my core, aligned to the spirit of 108 but I am no longer comfortable with what 108 represents to most people and how that aligns to who I am. Over the years I have tried my best to disregard that aspect of being in 108 but I am tired of answering the questions about it and, more importantly, wrestling with how I address it personally without misrepresenting the rest of the band. We are a band with meaning but not a band defined by a meaning. What does that mean exactly?
Throw out what you think 108’s purpose is/was because there was no specific purpose other than to explore who we are and how we relate to the world around us. That was it; plain and simple. In the beginning we all held a common interest in Gaudiya Vaisnavism (i.e. Hare Krsna) but even then it wasn’t about being a Hare Krishna rather it was about the personal journey to navigate through all we experience as individuals in a world we can barely understand. People never got that which is understandable as sometimes I think it became blurry to us. When we got back together in 2006 we wanted to focus on who we are today and start redefining how people understood 108. In my eyes it never really happened and it has been a constant source of frustration for me. Here is what I know:
While I adore the lila of Radha and Krishna and find their love for one another to be very inspirational the fact is I am not a Hare Krishna. I do not believe in God and even the question itself seems unimportant, and at times ridiculous, to me. At one point in my life I needed a sense of something greater to keep myself together and the concept of karma gave me a sense of sanity and hope I needed to stay alive. I have have lost interest in even the questions what to speak of the multitude of answers offered by others. I don’t claimed to have « truth » at my beckon call and to be perfectly honest it has never interested me. I am what I am and who I am and will embrace that which brings me hope and happiness and leave the rest for others to wrestle with and debate over. 108 will always be tied to Hare Krishna and I just don’t have the energy to swim against that current anymore.
108 has been a critical part of my life and helped me navigate many personal traumas and crises. Triv and Vic are two of the most honest, sincere and heartfelt people I have ever had the honor of knowing and creating music with. They are two of my best friends and I hope to always have them as a part of my life. We wrote some songs that will always be at the core of my being and for that I am grateful. Many other people played a role in what 108 was and all that we created and to those people I will always be grateful. It is just time. In my heart I hope that in the near future we have the opportunity to play those songs again, at least one last time, and honor what the band and the songs have meant to us. Only time will tell if that happens. If it does great, if not I will have many amazing memories.
Thank you for caring.
With love…
Direct Expression. Bypass mind. Bypass intellect. Self to Sound. Against the dead trend. The robot me. The modern social entity stripped of color and vibrancy. Not philosophy. Not religion. True self expressed in sound.
fait chier.
La meilleure des raisons de stoper n’importe quoi : Essayer de faire quelque chose, et etre mal compris.
Nab
Mars 23, 2010, 1:56
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et le nouvel album? et le US tour?
xJUx
Mars 23, 2010, 5:16
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l’album est sorti ou est sur le point de sortir sur deathwish, mais le tour est à l’eau, je pense, comme l’européen.
« we will play again at least once. we will also make music again, though the name might not be « 108 » shalom »
ils auraient pas du se reformer déjà…108 en 2006 ça n’a plus de sens.
et warmzine destroyer en 2010 celà a du sens?
ahah
Même si c’était « une blague » de la part de WMZ destroyer, A New Beat From A Dead Heart ainsi que leur tournée euro valaient largement une reformation. Et puis ça paraissait sincère.
+1
Le nouvel album est tout aussi prometteur, les titres en live défonçaient.
plus que jamais à mon avis…hare krsna !
Quand je lis ça, je suis comme une petite fille rêve du grand amour.
Bon, ils ont fait une mise à jour aujourd’hui. Ils disent qu’ils splittent pas, que Rasaraja s’est barré, qu’ils vont continuer à jouer mais dans une autre direction/ nouvel objectif… ils vont faire des concerts pour promouvoir le nouveau disque 18.61.
Pas plus de précision, sur qui sera le chanteur, où ils joueront etc.
xJUx
Mars 30, 2010, 12:13
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Branleur:
Bon, ils ont fait une mise à jour aujourd’hui. Ils disent qu’ils splittent pas, que Rasaraja s’est barré, qu’ils vont continuer à jouer mais dans une autre direction/ nouvel objectif… ils vont faire des concerts pour promouvoir le nouveau disque 18.61.
Pas plus de précision, sur qui sera le chanteur, où ils joueront etc.
putain bon courage à celui qui va devoir remplacer rob fish!
MDNGTR
Mars 30, 2010, 12:16
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A part zack de la rocha, je ne vois pas qui pourrait le remplacer ^^
N’empêche si ca arrive je crois que je deviendrais dingue.
xJUx
Mars 30, 2010, 12:24
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A part zack de la rocha, je ne vois pas qui pourrait le remplacer ^^
N’empêche si ca arrive je crois que je deviendrais dingue.
je pense que tu rêves un peu aha
Nab
Avril 8, 2010, 2:26
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hop, voilà une interview de Rob Fish qui date de 2007 qui est vraiment mortelle!#1 , zine de Montreal qui est SOLD OUT.http://www.mediafire.com/?5thz2hkzqoz
Danke sehr! Vais lire ça, c’est cool.
