Wolfmother Disband

Australian award winning rock band Wolfmother has broken up, citing long-standing personal and musical differences. Bass/keyboard player Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett have resigned from the band, effective immediately, leaving just singer/guitarist Andrew Stockdale.

According to a statement on the band's website, Stockdale plans to find other musicians before making a new Wolfmother album.

"Wolfmother toured the world virtually non-stop through 2006 and early 2007 on the back of their acclaimed self titled debut album," the statement said.

"Longstanding frictions within the group then led them to take an extended break during the second half of 2007 to consider their future."

The final straw came at the weekend where Wolfmother headlined last Sunday at the Splendour In The Grass Festival in Byron Bay. "Following that show Chris Ross decided to announce that he was leaving the band due to irreconcilable personal and musical differences," the statement said.

"Myles Heskett has also decided to leave the band rather than continuing as part of a changed lineup. The pair has been working together on songs for some time and they plan to focus their energies on that new project in the future."

Stockdale, Heskett and Ross will make no public statements.

"They simply ask all Wolfmother fans to please understand that in spite of their best efforts over a long period of time, they just could not find a harmonious way to work together and that has led to the decisions announced today," the statement said.

Thanks for the info to BrisbaneTimes.

Comments

[djjiles]

damn...they were ok.

[djjiles]

first/second.

[electric7]

damn that sucks. i wasnt a big fan, but their music was pretty good for driving and shit. and plus i just used them as an example i had in an argument. thank god the dude i was arguing doesn't go on here.

[whatamidoinhere]

So basically they just got sick of their singer?

[thecheat3224]

That sucks, they were pretty cool.

[Xeus]

these guys had a few damn good songs...hopefully we'll get two good bands now

[syds-sanity]

thats a shame they were a great band

[parkerguitars24]

Hell, I really liked these guys.

[Brattarocks]

nuts... so will the 2nd album have them in it or will it have all new recordings?

[Flying Couch]

They did not disband. He's still making another Wolfmother album.

It doesn't matter anyway - Wolfmother is Stockdale's band. Always was.

[cam_sampbell]

Well that kinda sucks

[l)ragonForce]

whatamidoinhere wrote:

So basically they just got sick of their singer?

yeh i would have to agree with that

[Sound Mind]

damn

[F8iscruel]

no its not fair they were visionary in redifining the new age of psychdelic metal/rock. no i cant believe this, and i thought they meshed so wel together

[zartists.net]

good they got rid of the singer, with a better frontman they could do really well.

[KingCheesehead]

There's a good side- maybe they'll go off and make a band that isn't derivative of most 70's bands like Led Zeppelin, yet still paling in comparison?

[fede01_8]

wolfmother is the most unoriginal band ever. they steal from black sabath, deep purple and led zep, but their song are so good and catchy. i love their debut album

[fede01_8]

^ sorry for my bad english

[true_bacon22]

"And the world shall cry: Meh."

[Skater901]

fede01_8 wrote:

wolfmother is the most unoriginal band ever. they steal from black sabath, deep purple and led zep, but their song are so good and catchy. i love their debut album

Well I once heard it said that good musicians borrow, great musicians steal.

Too bad about this. I didn't listen to Wolfmother much, but they're a good band and it was good to have a band harking back to classic rock.

[-tempest-]

they had that one song that pissed me off lol but they were alright, i really wouldn't have guessed they would break up though

[evilbeavil]

zartists.net wrote:

good they got rid of the singer, with a better frontman they could do really well.

dude.. you do realise the singer/guitarist IS the band, he writes almost all of their stuff

[whitestrat279]

well thats suprising. i really liked their first album.

[thbeekk]

they were always a guitar hero band to me anyways

[Matt_1213]

whatamidoinhere wrote:

So basically they just got sick of their singer?

zartists.net wrote:

good they got rid of the singer, with a better frontman they could do really well.

Bit of a shame the singer IS the band mate. He wrote all their material, plus all the guitar parts. The keyboardist and the drummer were just along for the ride. Should be pretty easy to replace them in all honesty.

[lead_zeppelin]

WTF that sucks. I tought Wolfmother could revive 70s hardrock and make it popular again.

[S.L.A.S.H.]

Shame they broke up but the only real reason they were famous was because they have a few good songs! They aren't original

[classicrocker10]

they didn't disband. its just andrew stockdale taking over the band now. really need to change the headline. wolfmother is still an act but it's no longer the original power trio.

[Skater901]

S.L.A.S.H. wrote:

Shame they broke up but the only real reason they were famous was because they have a few good songs! They aren't original

Yeah they're just trying to bring classic rock back. Nothing wrong with that in my books.

[mikko_9119]

eh... didn't care for them as much as i did when i heard on Guitar Hero...

yeah, sad...

[Erik_Aero]

S.L.A.S.H. wrote:

Shame they broke up but the only real reason they were famous was because they have a few good songs! They aren't original

After a first album, aren't most bands famous because they have a few good songs?

anyways, Wolfmother will probably be the same after stockdale gets some new talent.

[USCENDONE BENE]

Pretty sucky to be honest

[LifesSweetDrug]

One of the few new bands that were actually good

This kind of real sucks. The hope of getting rock back instead of emo is lost

[F8iscruel]

no they were amazing, i cant beleive this, i dont think you cna recreate the magic that you could hear on that album so sad

[cow7]

too bad, but still it won't be hard to get a new bassist or drummer

[asfastasdark]

Didn't like them too much, but it's always sad when a pretty popular band breaks up.

[Dragon Master]

LifesSweetDrug wrote:

One of the few new bands that were actually good

This kind of real sucks. The hope of getting rock back instead of emo is lost

No, it's not. There's hope. People want rock and roll and rock and roll is what they're getting. What stinks is that Wolfmother isn't coming back, because they toured too much and didn't focus on writing albums. Now, they're done. Wolfmother has a chance of coming back, but Andrew Stockdale is the one who decides that. I mean, they were supposed to come back with a second album. I guess they spent too much time touring.

[dhoyft]

The pictures for these headlines are always pretty deceiving.

Thats too bad though. Wolfmother was pretty good.

[j-boy199]

Damn

[guitaringsailor]

too bad they were a good band..

[Dragon Master]

This is the worst news I've heard all day.

[thec0dy]

lol stupidity...when you're at the level wolfmother was money should be the only motivation they need to stay together

[Rokkelbok]

This just sucks ass

[azzacoad]

ME CRY

[Gargantuan]

I posted this a couple days ago.

[djjiles]

That article back in late 2007 mention that they had 10 songs already done??? where is the album god dammit!

[Shredx]

sucks abit tbh, wasnt a big fan but they were ok and put on a good live set. Hope the remaining guy finds some awesome new people to make them better ^^

[mobious128]

sonofabitch.: ( I hope they come back; or at least the new guys don't suck.

[BetrayingChinO]

They may not have been the most orginal band, but i'd rather see them stay together over other bands like panic! at the disco and etc. Plus, there was some amazing energy in that band. Hopefully the "new" wolfmother can keep it going.

[Rocker_94]

This is sad, sad news in the world of Rock and Roll. Wolfmother was a very good band with a very bright future.

[aquelse]

Flying Couch wrote:

They did not disband. He's still making another Wolfmother album.

It doesn't matter anyway - Wolfmother is Stockdale's band. Always was.

you're absolutely right, but it just won't be the same without chris ross dude!
man, i loved wolfmother...

[Billy Picken]

Suck is life. Hopefully they move on to better things.

[guitaringnathan]

didnt listen too em much, but theyre better than fob or crap

[jimRH7]

It's a shame - wolfmother were one of the few new real rock bands in a sea of indy pish whose sound had character and also had decent songs. Their album is amazing and I thought they were the best band I saw at doonload last year. Plus hardly any bands have keys players.

I hope the 2nd generation is as good as the 1st !

[Jehuty]

Really sucks to hear this: but the truth is that they didn't play very tight.

Andrew really needs to learn to control his voice and get better at guitar. If you ask me - Chris Ross was the best part of the band. He had a LOT of great basslines.

[farglesnuff]

sooooo disapointing. i just saw them 2 weeks ago at pemberton festival and they were awesome! if i can remember correctly (pretty effed up the whole time) i believe they played a couple songs ive never heard. i guess you could kinda sense that this was coming seeing that they havnt released an album since their first one...

[Reaper of Light]

NOOOOO! NOT WOLFMOTHER!!!!

[Dragon Master]

Jehuty wrote:

Really sucks to hear this: but the truth is that they didn't play very tight.

Andrew really needs to learn to control his voice and get better at guitar. If you ask me - Chris Ross was the best part of the band. He had a LOT of great basslines.

Yeah, I mean, Andrew wasn't exactly Jimmy Page.

[Tin_man]

Oh, I know how to fix this problem!

Spread the news about a band called Led Zeppelin. Once everyone listens to them, Wolfmother won't be missed. They weren't bringing back classic rock. Shinedown's Us and Them was the best nod at classic rock we'll probably see for a while. Classic Rock got that way by AGING, though, folks. You can't bring that back, it doesn't make sense. Something has to BECOME classic, it can't just BE classic...

[Shecter78787]

NOO i really liked them and never got too see them live.... god damnit this like me being 2 when Nirvana was still around nooooo

[CJRocker]

Honestly, not a shock. They made an alright first record, but from the start always felt like they were a one hit wonder. Oh well, still Airbourne (who imo had a much more solid debut from start to finish).

[Dragon Master]

djjiles wrote:

That article back in late 2007 mention that they had 10 songs already done??? where is the album god dammit!

They should get the album released. It may be like a posthumous album, sort of like Jimi Hendrix's First Rays of the Rising Sun. However, the album should be released. I mean, as far as it goes, Wolfmother can't really release a greatest hits album, unless they intend to reissue their debut with their performance of "Communication Breakdown" and "Pleased to Meet You." There are a few videos of their new songs, online. Look up "Monolith."

Still, this is going to remain a rock and roll classic album. It really will. It reminds us how rock and roll is still alive. I mean, indie rock is rock and roll, but we need guitar heroes. We need the archetype of a rock and roll band. Indie rock doesn't completely fulfill that. Jack White is the best we have, right now. This is going to go down in history as the band that time forgot. Maybe, the album will be like Chinese Democracy.

[Dragon Master]

CJRocker wrote:

Honestly, not a shock. They made an alright first record, but from the start always felt like they were a one hit wonder. Oh well, still Airbourne (who imo had a much more solid debut from start to finish).

True, but Wolfmother also has its place in rock history.

[Im a Rattlehead]

YES!!!!

[Raoul_Duke_92]

Well, I think there's potential for the new Wolfmother to be better than the first. Jimmy Page was put in a similar position with the Yardbirds. He came back with Led Zeppelin, so there's a chance the new Wolfmother could be good.

Then again, Stockdale is also in a similar position as Axl Rose was. And we all know how amazing the new GNR is...

[sebbsmith]

Even if Andrew carries on, it won't be the same without Chris' sweet keyboard.

[100%guitarmad]

Shouldn't it be



Australian award winning rock band Wolfmother HAVE broken up?

[Nirvana_17]

='( I heart Wolfmother,

[ferretface]

That's a shame. Watching a guy switch from playing bass to keyboard live is awesome

[Oddsbodkins]

^ Nah, I always get confused about that, but the article is right (I think :S)

[CrabShrapnel]

Dragon Master wrote:

Jehuty wrote:

Really sucks to hear this: but the truth is that they didn't play very tight.

Andrew really needs to learn to control his voice and get better at guitar. If you ask me - Chris Ross was the best part of the band. He had a LOT of great basslines.
Yeah, I mean, Andrew wasn't exactly Jimmy Page.

When you're a sloppier player live than Jimmy Page, you know you have to break out the metronome and work on technique for a few months, something Andrew did not do.

I saw these guys about 2 years ago and it was the sloppiest set I have ever seen. They were so messed up. Andrew took a solid 5 minutes to tune his guitar after 3 songs. Live. In front of everyone. Didn't mute his guitar. Chris also knocked over his keyboard in a drunken stupor, but I'll let that slide.

[2003LP]

That's dumb as hell. Wolfmother is/was a good band.

[JRowe3388]

I bet Mike Patton is laughing his ass off.

[The Eyes of OZ]

I have to say, that while I enjoyed most of the music and arrangements. I HATED their lyrics, some the worst I'd heard in a while. The only songs I heard were the ones radio played. They never caught my interest enough to buy the album. Someone mentioned Airborne further up there. PLEASE! That is THE WORST AC/DC rip off band I have EVER heard.

[customisbetter]

Well that sucks. Although I think we may get some interesting sounds out of the two new bands.

[The Eyes of OZ]

JRowe3388 :
I bet Mike Patton is laughing his ass off.

LOL, I was going to mention that but I thought it might be too obscure for most people. GOOD ONE.

[customisbetter]

Dragon Master wrote:

djjiles wrote:

That article back in late 2007 mention that they had 10 songs already done??? where is the album god dammit!

They should get the album released. It may be like a posthumous album, sort of like Jimi Hendrix's First Rays of the Rising Sun. However, the album should be released. I mean, as far as it goes, Wolfmother can't really release a greatest hits album, unless they intend to reissue their debut with their performance of "Communication Breakdown" and "Pleased to Meet You." There are a few videos of their new songs, online. Look up "Monolith."

Still, this is going to remain a rock and roll classic album. It really will. It reminds us how rock and roll is still alive. I mean, indie rock is rock and roll, but we need guitar heroes. We need the archetype of a rock and roll band. Indie rock doesn't completely fulfill that. Jack White is the best we have, right now. This is going to go down in history as the band that time forgot. Maybe, the album will be like Chinese Democracy.

damn, i agree with everything said here.

[hardrocker64]

They only put out 1 cd. It was pretty good but I dont think I miss them.

[InTheFlesh!]

bye wolfmother

[Phill-Rock]

Man, I got their debut the day it was released in Europe...

But, meh, Andrew seems to be the soul of this band's sound.

[RAGman22ReborN]

this is wat happens when the vocalist tends to go a bit off-key live. i kno cuz iv seen em live n he does go a bit off n they prolly got sick of that crap

[Genghis_khan]

Matt_1213 wrote:

whatamidoinhere wrote:

So basically they just got sick of their singer?


zartists.net wrote:

good they got rid of the singer, with a better frontman they could do really well.


Bit of a shame the singer IS the band mate. He wrote all their material, plus all the guitar parts. The keyboardist and the drummer were just along for the ride. Should be pretty easy to replace them in all honesty.

...and we call that a band?

[life_247]

Matt_1213 wrote:

whatamidoinhere wrote:

So basically they just got sick of their singer?


zartists.net wrote:

good they got rid of the singer, with a better frontman they could do really well.


Bit of a shame the singer IS the band mate. He wrote all their material, plus all the guitar parts. The keyboardist and the drummer were just along for the ride. Should be pretty easy to replace them in all honesty.

You obviously aint seen them live. Those boys pound it out, they will sorely be missed.

[Flying Afros]

Raoul_Duke_92 wrote:

Well, I think there's potential for the new Wolfmother to be better than the first. Jimmy Page was put in a similar position with the Yardbirds. He came back with Led Zeppelin, so there's a chance the new Wolfmother could be good.

Then again, Stockdale is also in a similar position as Axl Rose was. And we all know how amazing the new GNR is...

Hahaha, all too true.

[lanzaa]

damn that must really suck for the fans. it always sucks to see a band disband

[Moozze]

Well, to me this doesnt look like the end of Wolfmother. I'm still looking forward to their new album.

[[x]Huffy[x]]

Dragon Master wrote:

LifesSweetDrug wrote:

One of the few new bands that were actually good

This kind of real sucks. The hope of getting rock back instead of emo is lost
No, it's not. There's hope. People want rock and roll and rock and roll is what they're getting. What stinks is that Wolfmother isn't coming back, because they toured too much and didn't focus on writing albums. Now, they're done. Wolfmother has a chance of coming back, but Andrew Stockdale is the one who decides that. I mean, they were supposed to come back with a second album. I guess they spent too much time touring.

Stockdale is still working on the new album. This hasn't hindered that. Wolfmother doesn't need a "chance of coming back". The new record is still being made. He just needs to replace two average musicians. Not difficult.

[Retrobution]

we already have enough led zeppelin tribute bands anyway

[mrheaphy]

at least we still have queens of the stone age to make good new songs

[Gibson_SG_uzr55]

they're broken up now, but Stockdale plans on reforming with new members, so I'm not overly disappointed.

[TheCondors]

awww these guys were my first concert. they were the soundtrack of my life for the summer of 2006

[MoshPitRock]

NOOOOO!

[zekk]

I was hoping they really had disbanded, not just had two members left. False title is false. Boo. I don't like them, either.

[Sonny_sam]

they were a great band and yes they borrowed a lot from older bands but in this day and age it's impossible to be completely original. There are still a few good bands out there trying to bring back classic rock though; the answer, black crows etc...

[wonderflap]

Damn. Oh well, Airbourne and The Answer are pretty Classic Rock, and some fo their stuff (well, The Answer anyway) is pretty original. And some new members might create a new, better sound.

[_bacon_]

Doesn't matter. The bassist and drummer for Wolfmother could basically have been session musicians. It's all Stockdale, so this won't make a differene.

[Pingis_Or_Death]

djjiles wrote:

first/second.

<
Congratulations! Here's your medal for the most useless post on UG! How do you feel?
On topic: Wolfmother were okay but not one of my favourites...they had a couple of good songs though.

[patrickdenneyto]

Fuck
um they were definatley one of the best new bands out there

[Savage Animal]

lol good i'm glad these guys are gone, they're an awful excuse of a band and i can't believe people thought they were bringing classic rock back...look to the black crowes and the jam band scene for real rock in this day and age

[Casta44]

NOOOOO
shit, thats very bad news.

[Savage Animal]

and by real, i mean in the vein of the classics like hendrix, zeppelin, sabbath, etc.

[zeroyon]

See ya.

Didn't care for them much at all.

That damn "Woman" song was nothing original at all, and it got played out on KROQ til I wanted to shoot the radio.

[David_Bowie=GOD]

UG needs to stop making all these articles with misleading titles.

The band isnt done, he said hes still going to make another album.

[kranoscorp]

I am going to miss them. They brought back a style of music that is pretty hard to find nowadays, and they were actually pretty good. The real tragedy was that it was a band like wolfmother that disbands, not Fall out boy.

[bronsonhelm]

look to the...jam band scene for real rock in this day and age

HAHAHA!! Oh shlt, you weren't trying to be funny. What a ridiculous statement.

This does suck hard, they could rock it out. Fvck the whiney haters, they were better than most. End of

[DP_SF_DTX_RATM]

KICKASS!! =D
Finally!

[gallagher2006]

Bugger. I actually liked them.

[Frage66]

evilbeavil wrote:

zartists.net wrote:

good they got rid of the singer, with a better frontman they could do really well.

dude.. you do realise the singer/guitarist IS the band, he writes almost all of their stuff

Good one !

[wshnationals]

good thing. shitty ac/dc ripoff band

[SpockTheRock]

Wow. This sucks. Then again they still got the singer/songwriter/guitarist, who pretty much IS the band...

[oakn]

Damn I'm feeling really sad right now

IMO Wolfmother has released the best rock album ever. They showed the world that you can make real rock music today.

But this isn't the end of Wolfmother. I'm 99% sure that Andrew will find new bandmates and carry on making masterpieces.

And keep supporting them wolfbrothers and wolfsisters!

[dobby240]

aww no way man they were freekin awesome..

[thycrusader]

I had a feeling they were going to be a one it wonder..

Its a shame really, they were pretty good.

[Tag43]

Wolfmother is tight, ah, I just hope the new guys he gets are just as good.

[Pretty_Much]

true_bacon22 wrote:

"And the world shall cry: Meh."

haha +1

[Deflection]

Mike Patton grabs a bottle of his finest champagne as we speak.

[Magero]

true_bacon22 wrote:

"And the world shall cry: Meh."

+1
"Unoriginal band still exists" would have been a better title. Best of luck to the other two guys though.

[jambajews]

booooo

[synth002]

What a couple of idiots!!! they had made and got the best job in the world, then they just go and throw it away. VERY FOOLISH, Its more than likely that you'll never hear of those other two again now. Idiots

[Raider76]

Oh boo hoo.... they were nothing special, they were just a Led Zeppelin wannabe band

[sowhat360]

Flying Couch wrote:

They did not disband. He's still making another Wolfmother album.

It doesn't matter anyway - Wolfmother is Stockdale's band. Always was.

thats probably why they broke up.

as far as the band goes....the songs i heard were ok but i don't see why they were bragged about so much. people said they were like zeppelin but i didnt hear any amazing leads. maybe someone can suggest some songs?

[Cafas]

Good. We need less bands rehashing, more bands writing original music. If you guys want to live in the past, that's fine by me, but there's a reason why the rehash bands don't endure for that long. Besides, there are TONS of better bands who play the same kind of style, but don't flat out suck. Witchcraft, to name one.

[Savage Animal]

bronsonhelm wrote:

look to the...jam band scene for real rock in this day and age
HAHAHA!! Oh shlt, you weren't trying to be funny. What a ridiculous statement.

This does suck hard, they could rock it out. Fvck the whiney haters, they were better than most. End of

you fail. i don't see how wolfmother > gov't mule, phil lesh and friends, phish, widespread panic, tea leaf green, moe., allman brothers, and derek trucks band. they know their roots and how to EXPAND on them, woflmother just copies.

[Savage Animal]

wolfmother*

[Quicksand15]

There's a good side- maybe they'll go off and make a band that isn't derivative of most 70's bands like Led Zeppelin, yet still paling in comparison?

amen to that.

[Dragon Master]

Flying Afros wrote:

Raoul_Duke_92 wrote:

Well, I think there's potential for the new Wolfmother to be better than the first. Jimmy Page was put in a similar position with the Yardbirds. He came back with Led Zeppelin, so there's a chance the new Wolfmother could be good.

Then again, Stockdale is also in a similar position as Axl Rose was. And we all know how amazing the new GNR is...
Hahaha, all too true.

We may have a chance of seeing a great album, with GNR, but Wolfmother died too soon. It's in the same place as the Sex Pistols and Mother Love Bone were- highly influential, but nothing that lasted past one album. Only one of the bands had a talented incarnation, afterwards, and Mother Love Bone became Pearl Jam. There you go.
As for the Pistols, Public Image LTD is nothing to draw upon. The fact is that Wolfmother was perfect, even though not all the songs were perfect. Their creative energy was focused on the right areas, but they didn't necessarily take time to let the songs soak in. Also, they could have used a few guitar solos, here and there. Look at the plain fact. Chris and Myles are more instrumentally talented than Andrew, but Andrew is a great vocalist. If you want to see the next Wolfmother, check out the Parlor Mob, Black Mountain, and other bands like that. Otherwise, you're on your own.

Also, Wolfmother's new incarnation would require extremely talented musicians. The new Wolfmother album has to be perfect, this time. It has to show that the old Wolfmother isn't coming back. Andrew was the creative force of Wolfmother, so, good point.

[pitbull510]

*building slow clap*

[Quicksand15]

Deflection wrote:

Mike Patton grabs a bottle of his finest champagne as we speak.

hell yeah

[Deacon Blues]

wow....maybe the first one album wonder

[Agony098]

MoshPitRock wrote:

NOOOOO!

My reaction exactly...except i started punching things

[Agony098]

And sorry for the double post but **** all of you people hating on Wolfmother. Just die please, you're a waste of space.

[Cafas]

LOL. Not only do you have shit taste, you're also a little girl apparently. Suck it up and get over yourself.

[radioplay]

Deacon Blues wrote:

wow....maybe the first one album wonder

wrong,Sex Pistols were (im not counting the shitty live album they released in the 90s)

on a different note,damn.I love Wolfmother, i thought they were a great band.

[Bassist87]

That sucks!!! I mean they weren't my favorite band but they were still cool. I hope the bassist and drummer make another band. I also hope that Andrew Stockdale will continue on too and continue on with wolfmother and find good musicians to replace the bassist and drummer.

[goldmember1217]

That's a shame, they were pretty good.

[G0dzilla]

Aw man, that sucks. They were a pretty good band Not my fav but w/e

Are they still gona release there new album though?

[murdoc66]

good.

[David_Bowie=GOD]

ferretface wrote:

That's a shame. Watching a guy switch from playing bass to keyboard live is awesome

I'd rather just go to a rush concert and see Geddy Lee do that. He does it way better too.

[Agony098]

Cafas wrote:

LOL. Not only do you have shit taste, you're also a little girl apparently. Suck it up and get over yourself.

Lol, who are you to say I have shit taste? Because you don't Wolfmother, it means everyone that likes Wolfmother has shit taste? I don't think I'm the one that needs to get over himself.

[brentondig]

I was looking forward to their new album! Big deal that the other guys left anyway. Not like you'll ever hear, "Legendary Drummer Myles Heskett forms new super-group" or anything. Besides Stockdale, the other members are replaceable.

[BlackSheep69]

wasnt my fav band or anything but they still kicked ass

[Cafas]

Well, for one, you're bemoaning the loss of a very trite, very unoriginal band. But hey, that's cool, I wouldn't have been a dick just for that. But then you had to go two steps forward and be a complete ******* about the people trolling.

You want to feel bad about another dime a dozen band trying to capitalize/bastardize an established format without at least trying anything new, more power to you. Just don't make asinine comments about the people who disagree with you needing to die.

[Axe Murderer]

LOL at those that say Wolfmother "sucks" and was nothing but a "guitar hero band". Eh, whatever. Stockdale was the driving force in the group, so Im sure he'll have something tastey soon enough.

[crazy8rgood]

After only one cd? wow, the only song i ever heard by them was Woman.... and that song was pretty good..

[Axe Murderer]

^ Wut??!
check out their album. The whole damn thing was good except for appletree....

[Abbinc]

ummm, Dragon Master, Jack White is one of the worst musicians alive

[i_am_metalhead]

fede01_8 wrote:

wolfmother is the most unoriginal band ever. they steal from black sabath, deep purple and led zep, but their song are so good and catchy. i love their debut album

Yea too bad Jimmy Page stole pretty much all of the material for Zeppelin's first album!

Wolfmother is a great band and I think that finding members that actually want to work with him will only help Stockdale in the long run!

[i_am_metalhead]

Sorry for the double post but...

Abbinc wrote:

ummm, Dragon Master, Jack White is one of the worst musicians alive

Go die... NOW!

Jack White is a musical genius! I would like to hear you write something that is even a millionth as good and creative as the material he writes!

[Cafas]

Since when is being better than someone a prerequisite for judging them? I don't have to be a better cook than someone to say their food tastes like shit.

[Mgllpz09]

thank god they broke up. i hated them. i hope the singer doesnt find other musicians.

[Cloud147]

whatamidoinhere wrote:

So basically they just got sick of their singer?

I don't like his voice, it's annoying. The music was ok.

[Sham-Rock]

NOOOOO!!!!!

[shadow__666]

Dragon Master wrote:

Flying Afros wrote:

Raoul_Duke_92 wrote:

Well, I think there's potential for the new Wolfmother to be better than the first. Jimmy Page was put in a similar position with the Yardbirds. He came back with Led Zeppelin, so there's a chance the new Wolfmother could be good.

Then again, Stockdale is also in a similar position as Axl Rose was. And we all know how amazing the new GNR is...
Hahaha, all too true.

We may have a chance of seeing a great album, with GNR, but Wolfmother died too soon. It's in the same place as the Sex Pistols and Mother Love Bone were- highly influential, but nothing that lasted past one album. Only one of the bands had a talented incarnation, afterwards, and Mother Love Bone became Pearl Jam. There you go.
As for the Pistols, Public Image LTD is nothing to draw upon.

I don't think you can compare Wolfmother to Sex Pistols or Mother Love Bone, because they haven't had the immediate impact on the world music scene that Sex Pistols did, and it's not possible to say if they can have the impact on later music that Mother Love Bone had. Maybe in five years you can say that.
Also, I love PiL.

[horandago]

yay

[Andrew3110]

I might of liked this band more if they actually had tried to improve today's music, as opposed to trying to bring yesterday's back. We need vision, not nostalgia. Either way. Always sucks when a decent band goes away.

[theotherguy7145]

Shecter78787 wrote:

NOO i really liked them and never got too see them live.... god damnit this like me being 2 when Nirvana was still around nooooo

I know! damnit. Wolfmother would've been good to see live!
At least now hopefully they'll have more experience and get in a band with people they get along with better and come back and rock even more!

[goneshootin]

zartists.net:
good they got rid of the singer, with a better frontman they could do really well.

sounds like something another rock band from Australia did...


lol

[Cafas]

Except Bon Scott was way better than Brian Johnson.

[SERIALTRENDKILL]

Yea too bad Jimmy Page stole pretty much all of the material for Zeppelin's first album!

I haven't given wolfmother a chance yet, so i have no true opinion here. i will soon though. also, led zeppelin didnt steal anything. jimmy page was in the yardbirds with clapton and beck and they co wrote a ton of stuff together. it just so happened that they all used pieces of what they wrote in the yardbirds, later on. it turned out none of it sounded the same anyways, so that issue became irrelevant.

[Athetosis]

Well, that would explain why there was no second album for so long.

[Les Paul Ell]

I've been thinking for ages that they were gonna break up and now it's happened it's not really a surprise. I liked them though and I hope Andrew carries on and gets some new guys and the other 2 actually do something this time.

[Cafas]

Um, Led Zeppelin stole plenty. It's pretty common knowledge. They've been sued by Willie Dixon, and Dixon won out.

[henkka_potku]

so there is a God out there...

[Charlie4]

this is only speculation but it's propably the singer that's not a nice guy

[Domine6377]

man i really wish this didnt happen. they were a really good band and i see their influences from other bands but i dont see them copying in any way. ive never listened to their songs and said "my god is sabbath revived!" i mean their singers voice obviously sets them apart. and most will say is a whiney screech but honestly he has a really good voice. its just like with bob dylan his voice blows but he took it and made it beautiful, i see the same type of situation with andrew stockdale. i hope he keeps WM together and continues to make albums.

[melle-cobain]

nooooo that sucks wolfmother was one of my favorate bands i hope the real wolfmother sound will not leave when there is coming new band members

[jefffelker40]

the worst thing about this happening is now what he have to look forward to in the future no matter if the future wolfmother is good or not, is countless whiny little bitches crying that "wolfmother just isn't the same since so and so left" this will go on forever regardless of what happens.

[Domine6377]

SERIALTRENDKILL wrote:

Yea too bad Jimmy Page stole pretty much all of the material for Zeppelin's first album!

I haven't given wolfmother a chance yet, so i have no true opinion here. i will soon though. also, led zeppelin didnt steal anything. jimmy page was in the yardbirds with clapton and beck and they co wrote a ton of stuff together. it just so happened that they all used pieces of what they wrote in the yardbirds, later on. it turned out none of it sounded the same anyways, so that issue became irrelevant.

no led did steal alot of music from other blues musicians. they put their own spin on it and added lyrics here and there but their first 2 albums were mostly redone versions of blues songs they liked. Dazed and confused...not written by led zeppelin they took howlin wolfs killin floor and used it for lemon song. jimi hendrix used killin floor to open at monteray i think he did a way better job lol. (no offense to zep i love zep with all my heart)

[pinkhaze29]

JRowe3388 wrote:

I bet Mike Patton is laughing his ass off.

My thoughts exactly ^.^

I never liked Wolfmother... something about them....

[Guitarplaya27]

Its what happens after you tour 3 years straight for only one ****ing album

[2Old2Cold]

Who gives a damn.

[Savage Animal]

SERIALTRENDKILL wrote:

Yea too bad Jimmy Page stole pretty much all of the material for Zeppelin's first album!

I haven't given wolfmother a chance yet, so i have no true opinion here. i will soon though. also, led zeppelin didnt steal anything. jimmy page was in the yardbirds with clapton and beck and they co wrote a ton of stuff together. it just so happened that they all used pieces of what they wrote in the yardbirds, later on. it turned out none of it sounded the same anyways, so that issue became irrelevant.

black mountainside is a song by bert jansch that jimmy page decided to play but gave NO credit to jansch. also stairway to heavens main progression is taken from a song by Spirit. if you look into it its pretty obvious jimmy page is a douche

[jimmy10]

Damn!

[Raoul_Duke_92]

SERIALTRENDKILL wrote:

also, led zeppelin didnt steal anything. jimmy page was in the yardbirds with clapton and beck and they co wrote a ton of stuff together.

No, they didn't. Clapton quit the Yardbirds in 65. Beck was his replacement, so they never co-wrote any Yardbirds material. Page came in on bass in 66 and shortly switched to guitar. So I guess you could say Beck and Page co-wrote some Yardbirds material but Clapton never co-wrote any Yardbirds stuff with either of them.

PS - Zeppelin stole a bunch of stuff. Listen to "The Lemon Song" and compare its lyrics to "Killing Floor."

[stussy<>punk]

Thats kinda sad

[guitarlad89]

Awesome!!!!! this made my day cuz this wannabe Zeppelin/ AC/DC group was overrated and sucked balls. Now maybe an original band will come again.

[SERIALTRENDKILL]

ive heard this crap before. I saw the interview about it too. its not the same. and things that jimmy page "took" were usually just covers. ex. "baby please dont go" originally by big joe. Eventually, someone is going to come up with something that sounds like something else. Nobody can listen to every track ever made and make sure their recordings are completely unique. its impossible. Led Zep is ridiculous and i refuse to believe that the genius that is Jimmy Page went around stealing lesser known music when he never even had a formula to what he did in the first place. he freestyle'd "its been a long time" off of a little richard drum-line that Bonham was playing for fun. he never had a formula to his solos either. he only knew where he'd start, but never where it'd end up going. the man is pure genius, whether your stubborn about it or not.

[SERIALTRENDKILL]

Raol. Clapton and Page both go on record saying they were neighborhood kids who use to bounce ideas off each other all the time. whether they were "technically" in the yardbirds at the same time or not.

[Crashman77]

Too bad, they were one of a very few good new bands.

[SERIALTRENDKILL]

also. this is kind of ridiculous that we put the greatest band ever on trial for plagiarism which if anything, the few incidents were mere coincidence, when every single band in the last 15 years have just recycled each others shitty power chord driven riffs and generic pop lyrics. anyways, lets let this article get back to its original topic haha.

[ehyfatboy]

That do suck bigtime! Why can't people be friends? totally lame...

[zerodeck]

damn they were good, but the frontman was still most important for their sound with his distinctive guitar sound and robert plantlike vocals, hope he gets some good new bandmates

[Cafas]

Wow Serial, biased much? You state things as facts when they aren't, and then you ignore actual facts.

[Blackholesun00]

HAHAH wow....

they werent bad, but they were highly unoriginal.

[the1]

Nevermind.
As much as they weren't bad, they wer enever my taste, and I don't think they were doing anything new anyway. But tbh he seems the face of the band so I doubt much will change

[jumi1174]

Serious question, how were they unoriginal?

Is everyone basing this on one or so songs (Woman, for example)?

Maybe I'm completely overlooking something because I thought they were pretty damn good...

[grungeisdead312]

that's too bad
:|

[lespaul1216]

dude, wolfmother sucks! when i saw this headline i couldn't have been happier

[Raoul_Duke_92]

SERIALTRENDKILL wrote:

Raol. Clapton and Page both go on record saying they were neighborhood kids who use to bounce ideas off each other all the time. whether they were "technically" in the yardbirds at the same time or not.

I'm pretty sure you're refering to Page and Beck. I'd like to see this "record" Page and Clapton have gone on. I have plenty of evidence of Page and Beck playing together as kids, but none of Page and Clapton.

PS - It's Raoul, not Raol.

[Joeysnowboarder]

Noo this sucks wolfmother is sick one of the greatest bands ever they are awesome and should get back together

[PitLurker]

OH MAN OH GOD OH MAN OH GOD

[Punk-Rockin]

Damn... They were a pretty sick band.

checked, warned, and banned. Next time I see "Good, I'm glad they'r broken up", I will instantly ban you, no questions asked. Grow up, kids.

[oakn]

For all of you who says that WM is Zep wannabes or ac/dc ripoffs jada jada jada.

Do you have ears? Have you actually listend to the album? 'Cuz they don't sound lke them at all. zep and ac/dc have much more rock with a bit touch of blues, WM is more rock with a bit of punk and indie.

If you think that WM is are wannabes of ripoffs then allmost every band is it, 'cuz you can't invent a whole new genre for each band.

[Tordyboi]

Matt_1213 wrote:

whatamidoinhere wrote:

So basically they just got sick of their singer?

zartists.net wrote:

good they got rid of the singer, with a better frontman they could do really well.

Bit of a shame the singer IS the band mate. He wrote all their material, plus all the guitar parts. The keyboardist and the drummer were just along for the ride. Should be pretty easy to replace them in all honesty.

Its really arrogant to think that you can just replace everyone without the singer and guitarist, not having any impact on their sound. Since your on this site i assume that you play in a band. Everyone decides how things work. Not just the guitar player and singer.
I know that wolfmothers next album is going to be very different, soundwise.

[PoorStavi]

i never even liked wolfmother so i dont mind at all they were mediocre in my opinion

[withoutanyname]

Nooooo... that's all I wanna say... i just hope there'll be a second album, or whatever with the songs they played at the Andy Warhol show... they were great...

[False_God]

sucks

[samerika]

that sucks, i remeber i was yesterday singin woman with a friend

[Screamer92]

thank god! what a terrible band

[Godbe]

Hopefully 2 good bands will come out of this though. I get the feeling Stockdale was the driving force behind Wolfmother, so the new lineup should still sound the same(ish).

[Metallicaloveu]

Genuinely upset.

[Goldengitar]

Faack...

[Bassboi904]

Damn. Ross and Heskett were more talented at their instruments than Stockdale if you ask me. Heskett had some pretty sweet fills, and Ross did have some good basslines. Maybe it's because Stockdale had to sing at the same time, but whatever. Pleased to Meet You had an awesome solo, but that had to be at least three or four guitar parts dubbed together.

All three of them are talented though...so maybe two good bands will come out of this.

And to everyone saying they copied Zeppelin/Sabbath/ACDC: you can hear their influence in their music, but they didn't directly copy them. Listen to Love Train. It has one of the most creative intros I've heard in a rock song. That tropical sound they got was really cool.

[simmonsalmighty]

this is sad one of my fav bands broke up but on the good side stockdale is getting other musicans to contiune wolfmother and the new album
for all you people that is going all oh man they suck and they copied zeppelin and sabbath they didnt they that was there infuences they made there own sound that was simalar to it and if you say they suck and they are a terrible band then why do read it and comment on it

[f1sk]

damn never really listened to them but isn't this a little short lived

maybe they will go on to make something cooler
kind of like when at the drive in broke up and later became mars volta

[marcus00]

That sucks. Hopefully Andrew will continue in the same fashion. I wasn't too impressed when I heard these guys for the first time, but they stuck in my head enough that I bought the album and thoroughly enjoyed it.

I know they get a bad rap from a lot of people out there for ripping off other bands or whatever, but if I hear something I like, that's all that matters to me. Isn't that what music should be?

Also, I used to be a big Mike Patton fan, but after his elitist rant about these guys. I always thought he was a pretty cool guy, but I lost a lot of respect for him after that and can't really enjoy any of his work any more.

[Melodic_Rocker]

i wasn't a huge fan of this band but i have aquite a few of their songs and i enjoyed listening to them... this is disappointing theyre one of the few good bands of today

[Guitar93!]

worse things hav happend

[Schnitzel_Man]

JRowe3388 wrote:

I bet Mike Patton is laughing his ass off.

Haha, yes!

Bit of a shame, I didn't mind Wolfmother. Maybe a new lineup will still be ok though.

[PissInMyShoeses]

MAn thats sucks. Back before their album even came out in the states i was into them and they were my first concert.
And for everyone who says "they only famous cuz they have a couple good songs"
They only have one album. Most modern rock albums have maybe 1 or 2 but for me, that album was solid track for track except for Woman.

[royalrocker311]

Ouch, that's not good. :/
They had some cool stuff, and I did see them as possibly reviving the classic rock scene. But who knows what the future will bring.

[PissInMyShoeses]

Also, I'm glad i got all their sigs on a guitar before Myles and Chris left

[guitar_kid_alex]

ah crap i like that band

[dylanfromearth]

Right when I buy their tee shirt... BAM! I feel like crying.

[ChrisTheSkater2]

dude!!! best band ever...they wont be the same...

[BassFishin]

well that sucks. although it explains why they haven't put out a new song in 2 years.

[Kyle_Daoust]

thats a shame
they were pretty good

[Into_Eternity23]

yeah it suxx, they were ok!

[Fiberglass Gum]

Noo... NOOOO... OH NOOOOO!!

[megadethirish]

wshnationals wrote:

good thing. shitty ac/dc ripoff band

No my friend, that would be Airbourne!

[mvtan]

hmm.. that didn't last very long

[puppetmaster917]

I was just wondering when they were gonna release a new album. I really liked them.

[That-Funny-Guy]

one of my favorite bands.

this sux mykes and chris were one of the coolest rythym sections ever.

[GoWithTheFlow]

lead_zeppelin wrote:

WTF that sucks. I tought Wolfmother could revive 70s hardrock and make it popular again.

thats impossible! that woud be like reviving dinasours. Fool!

checked

[stumaster18]

What a shame. I was looking forward to a new album from them. Oh well.

[AeroRocker]

step one) find a new drummer
step two) find another guitarist
step three) start reign over modern rock world

[qotsa1998]

Im pretty sure that this isnt the end of Wolfmother forever, so, like other UG headlines, its a bit misleading. They are/were a great band, very cool songs, and the White Unicorn video is one of the best Popcore(Pray for Plaugues, Attack by 30stm, polyamorous by Breaking Benjamin)-style videos ive ever seen. But for now, it seems like well just have to wait for Stockdale to find some new musicians.

[Fiddelers elbow]

Fuck... I saw them live a month or two before they put out there album. The album was decent but there live shows were ****ing mind-blowing...

[jimmy8778]

everyone says that wolfmother is a rippoff of older bands like led zepplin, sabbath, acdc, you name it. but really, arent a lot of those bands just ripping from earlier music, and changing the beats and instrumentation around, wolfmother was being nostalgic in the sense that they were using the traditional instrumentation, and actually had original music, i have listened to their cd through and through, and have not thought, "I've heard that in an AC/DC song, or Led Zepplin had a rift that sounded exactly the same as that. When you compare modern rock to classic, you will notice some things are copied, its hard not to, but atleast wolfmother made it a point that their music itself was original, while still borrowing from classics, with a classic sound to it, they never denied that much.

[Iluvpowerchords]

I'll miss that lovely homeless guy's afro...

[recliner33]

This really surprised me. I was kind of excited for their new material, I remember them saying it was going to be more psychedelic or something like that. Sure their first album was just straight up hard rock, but I think over time their sound would have progressed more into other stuff. But I bet you any money, that in x number of years from now there will be a reunion containing all the original members. It always happens to big rock bands and people are still eager to see what this band has to offer. I know Andrew is going to move on with wolfmother, but it won't be the same even though it is his band. It would be like if Kurt Cobain was still alive and he continued on with nirvana but without krist and dave. I know they didn't contribute as much as Kurt but Krist was in the band since the beginning and it would be hard replacing Grohl. And I'm not saying the guys in wolfmother are the most talented guys out there, but they would still be hard to replace. Also, I honestly beleive that stockdale has nothing to do with this, I think it is just musical differences. They have many different influences, Andrew likes stuff like the animals and the drummer and bassist are more into stoner rock stuff like kyuss. I'm a big fan of stoner rock so I'll keep an eye on what projects these two work on next.

[guitargodderyck]

i do care at all. sure they wrote ok songs but cmon. the ****in sucked live

[SmashPumpkins16]

i am so shooken up over this im going to sit in my corner and just cry and write poetry about what could have been oh my god some of u guys need t calm down sure they were good but u guys r acting like its such a huge deal its really not

[MAXPAYNE4664]

I was surprised to see this on the front page of UG. Wolfmother breaks up after one album? Must have been all that touring with only one album of material. I'm a fan of the band and I thought their debut cd was great but it's not something that you want to listen to constantly. Hopefully Stockdale can reform Wolfmother ASAP.

[phishfan08]

[quote]F8iscruel wrote:

no its not fair they were visionary in redifining the new age of psychdelic metal/rock. no i cant believe this, and i thought they meshed so wel together[/quote

I agree. THIS IS MADNESS!!!!! I HAD HOPE IN THE FUTURE OF ROCK!
First Jet, then The Specimens, now Wolfmother!?

[guitargodderyck]

i dont care at all. sure they wrote ok songs but cmon. they ****in sucked live and srry 4 the double post.

[Guitarpsycho93]

really, the one thing i'm pissed about this is that i've never seen them live, and i heard they give one HELL of a show. but other than that, i think stockdale can replace Ross an Heskett. it was pretty cool havin a pianist/bassist, but they might be able to make something new. as for their drummer...well, honestly, i didnt see anything to special in him. definently no john bonham

[Guitarpsycho93]

hell, they might even be able to turn it into a black sabbath kind of thing, where they got new members and was actually better (not saying they were bad with ozzy)

[Trapper33]

Dragon Master wrote:

Jehuty wrote:

Really sucks to hear this: but the truth is that they didn't play very tight.

Andrew really needs to learn to control his voice and get better at guitar. If you ask me - Chris Ross was the best part of the band. He had a LOT of great basslines.

Yeah, I mean, Andrew wasn't exactly Jimmy Page.

ya and thats all wolfmother was a Led Zeppelin imitation band just not nearly as good

[psss]

ahhh they wernt talented at all. i can see how people liked them and all but they are the definition of mediocrety

[fretsonfire74]

I already does know this.

[metallik1013]

Hell, reunion tours are the order of the day. They'll be reuniting as the "Original lineup" before you can say, "Who gives a shit?"

[pootoob]

Become Velvet Revolver singer! Please!

[c-rob6422]

they're like the blink 182 of rock. Think about it. Power Trio: Check,
Drummer and bassist split from guitarist: Check, you get my drift.
Well, if we do get two bands out of this they'll have the album be heavily critiqued.

Peace

WOLFMOTHER FOR LIFE

[Cobalt Blue]

can't say I'm 100% surprised, in the one interview i read the guitarist came off as a cocky dick... this may have just been the one interview. Their album is pretty decent though.

[StoneColdCrazy]

It's good news, hopefully Andrew gets a new drummer and bassist, a keyboard player, and ANOTHER GUITARIST now, and makes a true band. They never had much more in them anyway i think. They were always gonna be limited in what they could do with the way the band was structured. Trios are tough, i mean, they were no Rush, were they ??

[A-440]

oh wow, what with UGs history of misleading headlines, i half-expected this to be "wolfmother 'disband' temporarily to take their respective families on summer vacations" kudos to UG for not being deceiving little f**ks for once!

[Baghead]

It's the same thing as what happened to Blink 182. I'm not comparing the two bands, I'm just saying it's a similar situation. It basically seems like Stockdale wanted Wolfmother to be his band and the other two didn't feel they were being given enough artistic license. He wanted it to be "Andrew Stockdale and Wolfmother". This way they all get what they want. Wolfmother is now Stockdale's band and the other's get to explore a bit of their own material. There's a potential for some pretty good results from both new groups. I'll be keeping an eye out.

[Agony098]

Cafas wrote:

Well, for one, you're bemoaning the loss of a very trite, very unoriginal band. But hey, that's cool, I wouldn't have been a dick just for that. But then you had to go two steps forward and be a complete ***** about the people trolling.

You want to feel bad about another dime a dozen band trying to capitalize/bastardize an established format without at least trying anything new, more power to you. Just don't make asinine comments about the people who disagree with you needing to die.

I really don't know why I still try with people...but here goes...

The point that I'm trying to make is that music is an art. The music itself, just the pure sound itself, is an art, no matter what type of music you listen to. And to me, music (again, just the pure sound itself) is one of the only things in the world that has no bullshit in it whatsoever. And it's egotistical people like you that bring bullshit into music, with your criticizing it and judging the people that listen to it. It's people like you that think of music as a business or an industry and not an art for the entire world to enjoy, whatever genre it may be.

And I'm sorry, I said that you're a waste of space and you should die to express myself sarcastically, that's just my sense of humor. I don't literally mean you should cease to live. I'm sorry if you couldn't pick up on that.

You'd be singing a very different tune if things like this were being said about one of your favorite bands. Oh wait, I forgot! You're a musical genious and only listen to amazing 'original' bands that no one would EVER make fun of...how dare I insult someone of your intelligence!

[RUSTDOGG666]

you know why this band disbanded? because no one had heard of them so they quit. lol.

[acarpenter37]

i think that they kinda sucked but thats my opinion. im sick of hearing 70,s rock ripoffs. wolfmother, jet, and airbourne are trying to sound like 70,s rock and they should leave it to the older bands

[Guitar_obsessio]

ahhh this blows

[masterohumans]

to rustdogg666 a lot of people have heard of them. anyways i liked them. Hopefully both new bands will be good. Yes i know wolfmother will be continued but will almost without a doubt change at least a little.

[bigz6006]

They stole from Led Zep? Good, cause Led Zep stole from just about everybody else.

[Wyldeman5693]

ANDREW...JOIN VELVET REVOLVER!!!!

[strat0blaster]

Wow. Never saw this coming. I mean - a band full of people ripping off a bunch of 70's rock bands that did it better than these guys did because it was ORIGINAL - broke up? Who woulda thought?

Besides - the whole song had about four lyrics - and three of them were "WOMAN" over and over again.

[MrDinkleberry]

YES!!!!! FINALLY!!!!

[slash_rocks2005]

ironic that someone says that Wolfmother are so unoriginal b/c they 'steal' from other bands such as Sabbath and Zep.....oh wait, what was 90% of Led Zep's stuff? STOLEN!!!!

if a band sounds good and isn't ripping off a riff and/or lyrics, let em be. just cuz their style is so close to what came out back then doesn't mean they're cheaters, they just know how to play good music. this is Jet all over again

[samm12]

they are my favorite band. gone. the new musicians better be good.

[Mr_Jones]

NOOOOO!!!!! *wakes up from dream* "wait what?" NOOOOO!1!!!!

[zeppelinpage4]

Shame, they had some cool songs but I never really cared much more than that. The whole classic rock thing was nice but it wasn't anything new...

[FloydFan89]

GOOD.

[Agony098]

strat0blaster wrote:

Wow. Never saw this coming. I mean - a band full of people ripping off a bunch of 70's rock bands that did it better than these guys did because it was ORIGINAL - broke up? Who woulda thought?

Besides - the whole song had about four lyrics - and three of them were "WOMAN" over and over again.

Wow, you really know what you're talking about, don't you!

...I love sarcasm

[psss]

now we just need the rouge traders to kill and devour eachother and australian music will be back on track...

god i make myself laugh XD

[Walter98]

i never saw them live !!!!

[dunebuge6969]

I was at their last gig at Splendour In The Grass and I really enjoyed it considering I wasn't really looking foward to seeing them.

[TheNoManBand]

I'm really sick of all this crap about "oh they just copied off the classic rock sound blah blah blah". I'm not supporting Wolfmother, in fact I found there music boring and repetitive, but in respect to genre, you won't see someone saying to a classical composer who is imitating the romantic style, oh they ripped off Rachmaninoff or Chopin, or in modal bebeop\post-bop type jazz oh there just a Coltrane or Davis rip off. Why is it that in rock you can't play in a certain style or genre without being called a rip off. Just because a certain sound was popular in a period of time doesn't mean it is obsolete 40 years later. If a composer writes a fugue in the style of Bach, its not stealing but style study, or maybe there elaborating on a different style from years back.

[mercedesisbenz]

these guys sucked anyway

[shadowsofbodom]

im so disappointed..... cuz woman was such a..... repetitively easy song to play.....

so basically, i couldnt care less..... it seems as tho u cannot put together a modern classic rock band (considering that is an oxy-moron in itself)

wouldnt have figured this would happen.....

[S.D.M.F.]

Used to be a fan, not anymore. Stockdales singing got really annoying. fast.

[broken_leg]

they must have listened to their own songs

[Ironpriest]

It doesn't matter anyway - Wolfmother is Stockdale's band. Always was.

To be honest it was the keyboards and rock moves from the bassist that got me into the band... im guessing they will just die out, leaving their first album as an almost legacy.

[guitarplayer292]

that's a shame, i never really liked them that much, but they're definitely one of the better bands out there today, and there aren't a whole lot

[SaintsofNowhere]

MY GOD! I LOVED THIS BAND!!!!! WHY WHY WHY????!!! JUST ONE ALBUM I CAN'T TAKE IT!!!!!

[Lauri]

They were okay, I loved their song Woman. But for some EXTREMELY strange reason, I used to get Woman by Wolfmother mixed up with Mother by Danzig...

[Josephandy]

Well, at least we can look at the bright side.
Out there, there is always a new undiscovered talent.
Stockdale just has to find it.

Yet Wolfmother will never be the same...

[hawaiian_robot]

Fucking [iyes[/i]!

[Indie23]

this guys were awesome...

[YetAnotherMuso]

Well that singer always seemed to me to be an egotistical d*ckhead, so I'm not really surprised

[guitardude2012]

ummm well this news sucks.... i'm taking it so litely because i'm high.... hahahahahah

[HendrixClaptonP]

Damn, they were my favoutrite modern band. And I NEVE SAW THEM LIVE! That really annoys me, they were deirivative but much better than other derivatives bands, and they were way better than a lot of that modern crap. Still,iwll be interested to see what ebcomes of stockdale, and the drumer/bass./organ duo project. Stockdale may have wiritten most of the materail but don;t think it would have been as good without Myles and Chris. We shall see i guess. With any luck he moght find a better singer lol.

[triggert]

F8iscruel wrote:

no its not fair they were visionary in redifining the new age of psychdelic metal/rock. no i cant believe this, and i thought they meshed so wel together

Visionary? There was nothing redefining about this band.

[psss]

Lauri wrote:

They were okay, I loved their song Woman. But for some EXTREMELY strange reason, I used to get Woman by Wolfmother mixed up with Mother by Danzig...

They were next to eachother on guitar hero

[ARC-1138]

Man...that just sucks noodles.

[GU1T4R-H3R0]

dammit, i liked them alot. Nobody else sounds like them

[stevepharrisjr]

Wow. That sucks. They were pretty cool.

[wolfy808]

Andrew will come back with a line-up. He was their primary songwriter, so I believe the crazy 70's psychadelia sound will remain \m/.

I believe they were due to get another guitarist as well?
So he will probably find another bassist and drummer and put together a 4 person band.

This sucks, considering my username was after Wolfmother. = |

[lorrythebassguy]

bugger :/

im availible if you need a bassist Andy :P

[Sendrith]

This is a great opportunity for some neat new music.

Think about it. If he gets new musicians that want to actively be a part of the writing process, which any half-wit knows is a good idea, then there will be additional influences, and thus a larger variety of sounds. Imagine having a jazz drummer, 80's keyboardist, and some crazy metalhead guitarist mixed with 70's psychedelic rock.
Or something like that, just different.

[namesroverrated]

damn..and they were one of the best newer bands...

[kiss08]

this is bad
cos they had like completed there 2nd album and it is not going 2 be released.
it would be good if wolfmother continue with new members and plat their old stuff and new stuff
they made one album and toured for like 6 years LOL

[14shadesofblue]

NOOOOO!!!!!

[RUSTDOGG666]

I never heard of this band

[Jimmimustaine]

This news just made my day

[gh0sthack]

...and nothing of value was lost.

[philfie]

great now all we have left in terms of classsic rock bands is jet... maybe stockdale can become their new frontman? well whatever happens i hope he doesn't develop sounds like faker or kisschassey. those bands aren't bad but they're just typical aussise pop rock indie bands. hope he sticks with the psychadelic no matter what

[Iliaz]

Fucked up to hear, but on the other hand a lot of really great Bands changed there musicians like underwear. Slash got to G'n'R as the second lead Guitarplayer and there ain't no one alive that ripps more than he does!! (yeah, yeah, its subject to ones musical taste, but for me Mr. Hudson embodies Rock)

Hope Stockdale gets some good men (or woman) together and just continues.

[The_Raven]

For the best...the drummer was nothing special and the keyboardist had nothing amazing up his sleeve

Hopefully he'll get some more compotent band mates that aren't just live backing tracks

[SlashNX]

Really?
Although yes it comes as no surprise that the guitarist wrote most of it all,
those drums and bass rocked!!!!
Wasnt too over the top, but had enough kick to give the songs their energy!
I just hope it doesnt go all tits up from here...


out of interest... whats going to happen with wolfmothers 2nd album? wasnt it pretty much finished?

[dupaman]

i fukin hated wolfmother they were shit as
im so glad they split

[M.B.MetalTabber]

so, is stockdale an arrogant player who's hard to work with like blackmore was/is then?

dupaman wrote:

i fukin hated wolfmother they were shit as
im so glad they split

they were alright, there was just a bit much slow stuff mixed in with the fast rocky stuff. and technical, they've reformed, not split. is says that stockdale's gonna get new people to carry the band on.

[brian_s]

I wonder how Mike Patton feels about this.

[akhimakhi93]

aww shit that really sucks

[ShadowsThatMove]

can't say i'm too gutted about it since i never really listened to them, but some of their songs were incredible, it's a shame to see a good band break up.

[str84ever]

brian_s wrote:

I wonder how Mike Patton feels about this.

He clearly won't give a shit and all the fan boys who go to that video and complain will have to stfu now.

[AndyVR92]

that sucks

[Blinder]

That's it?! They were together just 3 years and now they broke up?! SUUUUUCKs

[deadlyMETAL]

SERIALTRENDKILL wrote:

ive heard this crap before. I saw the interview about it too. its not the same. and things that jimmy page "took" were usually just covers. ex. "baby please dont go" originally by big joe. Eventually, someone is going to come up with something that sounds like something else. Nobody can listen to every track ever made and make sure their recordings are completely unique. its impossible. Led Zep is ridiculous and i refuse to believe that the genius that is Jimmy Page went around stealing lesser known music when he never even had a formula to what he did in the first place. he freestyle'd "its been a long time" off of a little richard drum-line that Bonham was playing for fun. he never had a formula to his solos either. he only knew where he'd start, but never where it'd end up going. the man is pure genius, whether your stubborn about it or not.

All guitarists can be accused of, and are always, taking licks, tricks, ideas, etc. from other musicians. It's not because they're a kleptomaniac or unoriginal, it's because the basic licks have already been shown to the world, and the ones that evolved from them became the new basic licks that players borrow and use today. For example, let's look at the pentatonic scale. You can bend the second scale note on the 3rd string a full step, hit the second scale note on the 2nd string, then let the 3rd string bend come back down and then do something cool out of that. That's a basic feature of the pentatonic scale, and use of it (and other licks) does NOT mean you are unoriginal, it just means you're learning from other musicians. Sure, there are as of yet undiscovered licks, but guitarists aren't unoriginal if they use licks from other bands, so long as it is really their solo.

(Shameless overuse of the same licks IS unoriginal theft, though.)

[deadlyMETAL]

SERIALTRENDKILL wrote:

ive heard this crap before. I saw the interview about it too. its not the same. and things that jimmy page "took" were usually just covers. ex. "baby please dont go" originally by big joe. Eventually, someone is going to come up with something that sounds like something else. Nobody can listen to every track ever made and make sure their recordings are completely unique. its impossible. Led Zep is ridiculous and i refuse to believe that the genius that is Jimmy Page went around stealing lesser known music when he never even had a formula to what he did in the first place. he freestyle'd "its been a long time" off of a little richard drum-line that Bonham was playing for fun. he never had a formula to his solos either. he only knew where he'd start, but never where it'd end up going. the man is pure genius, whether your stubborn about it or not.

All guitarists can be accused of, and are always, taking licks, tricks, ideas, etc. from other musicians. It's not because they're a kleptomaniac or unoriginal, it's because the basic licks have already been shown to the world, and the ones that evolved from them became the new basic licks that players borrow and use today. For example, let's look at the pentatonic scale. You can bend the second scale note on the 3rd string a full step, hit the second scale note on the 2nd string, then let the 3rd string bend come back down and then do something cool out of that. That's a basic feature of the pentatonic scale, and use of it (and other licks) does NOT mean you are unoriginal, it just means you're learning from other musicians. Sure, there are as of yet undiscovered licks, but guitarists aren't unoriginal if they use licks from other bands, so long as it is really their solo.

(Shameless overuse of the same licks IS unoriginal theft, though.)

Can't say much about Wolfmother, I heard two songs from them (one I don't even remember the name of), so I'll just see if they pop up anywhere notable in the future. :P