Lead Guitarist Of Avril Lavigne Is Leaving The Band

Evan Taubenfeld, Avril Lavigne's lead guitarist is leaving the band to pursue his own music career with his own band. Evan will be replaced by Devin Bronson who's most recent post was playing Rhythm Guitar for Kelly Osbourne's band. We had a chance to ask Evan a few questions on his upcoming project, read it below:

Ultimate-Guitar: What are the reasons behind your decision to leave? Yes, we know that the main reason is to make your own project (with your own music), but probably there are more of them? Probably relationships issue with the rest of the band members, or unsatisfaction with the direction the band is going?

Evan Taubenfeld: You've gotta be happy and you've gotta follow your dreams. With Avril, I wasn't doing what I loved. I wasn't fronting a band and singing my own music. I just couldn't do it anymore. The last three years were amazing and though I wasn't ever 100% happy I was learning and getting everything ready. The time had finally come to move on. I'd rather play my music for 10 people than play Avril's in front of 10,000 people. She's great and this decision has nothing to do with anyone personally, I get along with her and the band and consider them all family. I wish them all the best in the future.

Who is working with you on your new project?

I haven't really gotten anything together yet. I'm looking for band members now, infact it you want to audition you can e-mail Skylar Logan at [e-mail].

What style of music you will choose for your new band?

Its gonna be edgy rock with a young feel. The certain songs I write give it a commercial sound but I want to fucking rock end of story.

The name of your project?

You guys have any idea how hard band names are? damm. Over the next couple months my professional team and I are going to locate the right home for us label wise. During that time I'll be writing my ass off and looking for band members. Hopefully when we've found a label we like and get everything settled there I'll have the album songs finished and have a great band together. Then we just have to record it, put it out and take over the world! For more info visit evantaubenfeld.com over the next few weeks.

For those of you already in Evan remission, it looks like you'll have one last chance to see him play with Avril. Evanworld.net reports that he will be on stage for the World Music Awards on the September, 15th. As was mentioned before, Devin will also take to the stage at this event. This performance will definately be worth watching, so make sure you do not miss it!

In related news, Simple Plan has unfortunately backed out of opening most of the European Bonez dates, and for now will only be playing the dates in the UK. As a replacement, Bowling For Soup has been added to the bill. No word yet on who will be opening for the North American portions of the tour.

Comments

[TwR]

Hmm.. good for him, though I'm not sure how good he is.

[J Dub]

Haha that's funny.

He's actually a pretty good guitarist though.

[kirkhammett150]

hmm...he is not really good in playing guitar...but his acoustic is interesting....

[andrewbiles]

^ She never said they were a rock band.
I thought this was said in the interview that he wanted to leave?
He's quite a good guitarist from what I remember seeing on the tv, but his voice disturbs me.

[Rankles]

No Avril bashing/Avril is hot/Avril is ugly/Evan is gay posts.

[redwing_suck]

^yes'm.

spam deleted.

[gabaj]

yeah .. he is pretty good. In the MTV Metallica Icon thingy he and the lead guitarist from sum 41 where the only ones who managed a kirk hammet solo. Interesting enough they where the only ones playing PRS guitars. LOL. No seriously .. that guy is bloody good

[Sneft]

Did UG really interview him?

[hobo8917]

cool, good for him

[them_sell]

go him! yay! whoopied do da. now im gonna email him.

[griff1987]

another example of an unknown musician using the reputation of a famous artiste to progress their own career.
You've been used Avril!

[Lili2706]

griff1987... you probably know anything about him..

Evanworld.net will make its best with the help of the fans to support Evan & his new project.
Btw, Evan won't be on stage at the WMA..

[riffer_raffer]

good for him, i'd do the same thing if my band name was the lead singers name and i had no recognition.

[unknownalone]

griff, ur dumb, your post was just stupid. look dave navarro, played with rhcp and ja, but his solo career sure didnt lask long, i think he released one song that was a flop...so your theory is false

[Uome]

Why did Evan join Avril, if he didn't like what they were doing?

[Lili2706]

btw , i meant NOTHING (instead of anything) ... on my post sorry.

Just look at what Evan did during the past years, that s just a really good artist that totally deserves to be famous for himself &/or his own band and not through someone else.

[Robo_Hobo]

Is this a real interview?

[BrofUJu]

I always thought he was better than Avril, and deserved more. Good for him.

[thm_05]

I guess this means fresh start on the life of a new band that will over consume the industry with more crap....thank very much Evan...

[pick_24]

probably the best decision he's made so far

[VANILLAICERAWKS]

Somebody said why'd he join with Avril if he didn't like the music- well duh, she hired her band! Just like all these other teen pop stars pretending to play rock stars (Ashlee Simpson, Hilary Duff, FeFe Dobson, etc.). Its all about the $$$$...

[Rikifeld]

Evan...

You'd be better with Avril, you belong in her band
beside her.

[Rikifeld]

Evan and Avril were great as couple on the stage..
Now, the stage will look empty without him beside her,
and she lost awesome guitarist... with a lot of energy
in pleying her songs...

[marchoso]

Hammet15:
One question, WHO GIVES A F&%@ ABOUT AVRIL LAVIGNE?!?!

One answer, YOU GET A WARNING!?!

Congratulations.


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[im not mental]

great. he was the only talent in that band.

[Cammie33]

okay. half you people don't know what your talking about, so shut up. evan was not using avril to get famous. it was an opportunity to play guitar for an up-and-coming artist and HE TOOK IT. Now that he knows the ropes of the music industry, he decided it was time for him to do his own thing. And Evan is an awesome guitarist, one of the best I've ever seen. And his stage presence is huge. He will be sorely missed.

[redwing_suck]

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[MarshGTR182]

ahhhh sure... notice the title states Avril's lead guitarist, cause if it was his name we would have no clue who he'd be

[The Leader]

To the people who bought her cds, and you know who you are, I'm willing to bet you also have a Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, and/or New Found Glory in your cd stash. Nothing but pop, all of it. Games up, sorry mate. Trying to call it pop-punk is no good either. Even the most poppiest of pop has a minor riff or background guitar beat to it. Just because these "guitarists", avril included, as to avoid off topic, bring their instruments on stage makes them no different. There is no pop-punk. Just pop. Always has been, always will be. Stop trying to fuse it with punk as well. The real punks, die-hard fans of misfits, dead kennedys, motley crue, etc, would have beat the crap out of todays "punks" a long time ago.

[Gibsonguy64]

is this a real interview cuz if its not im gonna kill someone! lol j/k j/k

[METMAN]

this guy couldent play with his dink if he had one

[evantf*ckinrox]

my god, again with the dissing! Evan IS an amazing guitar player. If you've never heard of him, well now you have. If you dont like him, good for you. Some people have heard about him and like him. *hint hint, my name* just because he doesn't play your type of music doesn't mean he cant play, or he sucks. If he couldn't play he wouldn't have made it in the band.

[evantf*ckinrox]

and PUH-LEASE, dont start saying that Avril sucks or shit like that, people dont wanna hear it.

[waitingxforxyou]

i dont see how half of you people can call him less of a guitarist for playing for avril, or even dismissing his guitar playing abilities...have any of you seen him play live in spinfire or ditch ruxton (both former bands)? he is an amazing guitarist. and so what if he played for avril lavigne? it was an opportunity..and he took it. theres nothing wrong with taking opportunities. i know i damn well would if i was offered something like that.

[Captain Colon]

Just saw a video of him playing a real song...I never would've expected him to be that good.

[eastern_riffs]

i seriously think all the people without bands in here can go for the audition.

this may be your big break guys..

[Sturgeon]

Dude ppl !how about a real Guitarist on here not some fruit from Avril Lavinge's Band that would be no where with out her.And you think this guy is the best you ever heard.Jeez that truly is sad.You people think you know Guitar and Rock Music but you have No idea.

And lastly dont label that music even close to Punk and listen to some real Bands. Please for the sake of the Gods of Guitar,Rock and everything Great: be Rebellious not a bloodi Sell Out!

[staticrebelle]

I'm amazed that even after I posted at www.avrilbandaids.com about your plagiarism directly from three different updates I authored for my site, you still haven't even attempted to change this article... Ever heard of paraphrasing - or even better, citing your sources??? Excellent journalistic skills, really...

This is why people like you are stuck writing for shitty online news sites, and will never excel into the realm of real journalism... Congratulations on your pathetic lives...

[SoulGuitarist]

wow wtf went up his goddam ass and died?!?! holy shit!@ either way i'm glad he's going solo...i don't care if she becomes rich and famous at all....there music just sucks...he should do something himself..way to go!

[Lili2706]

first, there s nothing wrong in pop.. then as someone said, you have no idea who he is, how good he is.. you've never heard of spinfire or ditch ruxton.. & that's totally rock sound, really different from avril's music. so don't diss him just because he was with a famous singer, just wait before hearing his music.

[Rankles]

ieatmonkeys:
so what about icon, im thirteen and have been playing for a almost three years, and i can play that lead
So basically, if you judge him by that, im as good as him.
Big deal
But oh well, i havent heard him play so much, so i cant really say
[POSTED: 13 September 2004 - 18:14]|

Yet another naive teenager. Listen asshole, I can play Jimi Hendrix songs, that doesn't make me a guitar god. It's what you can write, not what you can play. Spam deleted.

staticrebelle:
I'm amazed that even after I posted at www.avrilbandaids.com about your plagiarism directly from three different updates I authored for my site, you still haven't even attempted to change this article... Ever heard of paraphrasing - or even better, citing your sources??? Excellent journalistic skills, really...

This is why people like you are stuck writing for shitty online news sites, and will never excel into the realm of real journalism... Congratulations on your pathetic lives...
[POSTED: 13 September 2004 - 23:45]|

Who the hell do you think you are?? Firstly, Zappp, the poster of these articles usually alwasys mentions the sources, unless the person who sent him the article didn't give them.

Secondly, way to embarrass yourself buddy. Zappp is the administrator of this site, probably the largest music community on the internet. He doesn't hope to make it in 'crappy internet journalism' at all, I think he's chosen the right career path to be honest. And coming from a bitter 'crappy music journalist' yourself, from a site noones heard of or cares about, that's quite a bold assumption.

Now piss off, if you have a complaint, take it up in a professional manner, not in a crappy, bitter, internet loser kind of way.

[Rockstar_450]

I just couldn't do it anymore

Can't say i blame u at all lol. Still he would have done it for the experience and fame. Who cares if his side project flops. He's doing what he wants, and thanks to Avril he will always have fans... she is useful for something after all :o hehehe :p

[Rankles]

staticrebelle on his site:
Evan Interviewed About Departure
Ultimate-Guitar.com did a quick interview with Evan regarding his departure from Avril's band which you can read here. He talks primarily about his plans for the future (or rather lack thereof). Thanks to Evanworld.net for the article. And also, I hate to get your hopes up, but now it looks like Evan will not be playing at the World Music Awards. (PS: To the bastards at Ultimate-Guitar.com who took my update and plagiarized it word for word without any citation, I'd like to say: you can go to hell wearing gasoline soaked shorts.)

# staticrebelle 3:10 PM

And according to this, you acknowledge that UG did the interview and gave them props for it. What the hell are you trying to pull?

[ilikpie]

rankles needz ta chill

[waitingxforxyou]

Dude ppl !how about a real Guitarist on here not some fruit from Avril Lavinge's Band that would be no where with out her.And you think this guy is the best you ever heard.Jeez that truly is sad.You people think you know Guitar and Rock Music but you have No idea.

And lastly dont label that music even close to Punk and listen to some real Bands. Please for the sake of the Gods of Guitar,Rock and everything Great: be Rebellious not a bloodi Sell Out!

i laugh at the 'rules' people put up for listening to 'real' music, being 'rebellious, and not a 'sell out.' evan is a 'real guitarist' last time i checked, he has blood, he breathes, he's alive. who are you to call him a fruit and imply he is not a real guitarist? as i mentioned before, and lilli, and several other people, until you have heard him play in his own bands, then dont make a decision. he is a 'real guitarist' and playing for avril did not make him any less of a musician, it was an opportunity. i think id rather be in evans position than sitting on ultimate guitar bitching about someone elses 'real' music taste and guitar abilites, when maybe i should be working on my own abilities and looking for my own opportunities.

[staticrebelle]

www.avrilbandaids.com

[staticrebelle]

My last comment seems not to have posted in full. It was supposed to read as follows:

www.avrilbandaids.com - read the last updates about the WMAs, Evan leaving the band, and about Bowling for Soup replacing Simple Plan... I wasn't refering to him plagiarizing the interview, but rather the updates on my site...

And seriously, buddy, way to embarras yourself by talking about something you really have no clue whatsoever about... Definately not posted in a "crappy, bitter, internet loser kind of way"...

[RATM_RHCP93]

this warning thing is so ***ing stupid, what are you gonna do? even if you manage to block them from posting or the sire all they have to is create a new account under the almost the same name. stupid ***ers.
so many assholes, so few bullets

[masterofpuppet]

ha FUCKING RIGHTS BITCH! i like your thinking RATM_RHCP93.

[Sturgeon]

I like laughing at people who they are smart.

waitingx.....ah what ever i cant even spell your name cause im disgusted at the filth you think is music. Sure it is a sound but it is as manufactured as britney spears and last time i checked musicians wrote their own music: not crap for their Record Company and Singer.

But buddy who would want to be in his position any good Band mates would laugh at him cause he was in Avril's Band (if you could even call it that).

But when i said Real Guitarist i meant someone who can Plays Good,Performs well, Writes HIS OWN music and has excellent skill at what he does. Sadly Whatever this guys name is does not.

But are we fogetting the point of Rock: Rebellion and Out of the Norm. What ever the Hell Avril or any of them is doing is not either of these things. But you all like yah its an opportunity to be rich and famous. Dude man i rather be Poor and Known by a Few People for writing my own music and being myself not being some fake on a Stage so i can make Money.

Now if you really wanted to be smart you wouldnt have said anything cause you just Contradicted your self.

RATM_RHCP93 you are so right! man

[waitingxforxyou]

and when did i ever say what type of music i liked? for all you know, we could like some of the same bands. would i still like filth then?
"plays good, performs well, writes his own music, and has excellent skill at what he does"--ummm, again, its obvious you never heard evan really get to play, or heard his own music, or even know anything about him. yes, he plays avrils music when he plays for her, but he has his own stuff, and i think its good. he does perform well, he has excellent skill, and he plays good.
and i dont see why rock has to be about rebellion and out of the norm? why cant it just be about the music?
oh, and i didnt contradict myself, because i do take my own advice on the things i post.

[Captain Colon]

And according to this, you acknowledge that UG did the interview and gave them props for it. What the hell are you trying to pull?

Game, set, and match!

[pryderi]

if he wants to be playin whwt he really like i think thats what he should do , so i support him . cause im in the stupid school band and im really considering to leave because of the music .
but in others terms i would play anything to be by avril' side

[cloudsquall17]

why r guitar players mean to each other, guitar isnt supposed to be a competition. let evan do what he wants, hes played for 8 years, i think he can play. quit bitchin and go play ur guitar if u really love ur instrument

[willio]

good for him some people are saying there is no way in hell he will go as far as he has with avril besides hes a shit guitarist

[waitingxforxyou]

he is by far not a shit guitarist.

[mrSLASH]

hmm... I don't tink he'll make anything without her.
He is not so good and popular guitarist.

[Lili2706]

do people need to be popular? no i don t think.. he just wants to play his OWN music.. he doesn t get a *** to be famous or not. that s not the point. get over it.
"But when i said Real Guitarist i meant someone who can Plays Good,Performs well, Writes HIS OWN music and has excellent skill at what he does. Sadly Whatever this guys name is does not" haha that's so damn wrong, yeah you've never heard of him and his own music. he writes his own stuff since couple years and he won t stop. and yeah as i said before, that's not because he was with a famous singer hating/disliking by some of you, that he is bad or not interesting to care of.. Just keep an eye on the future.

[waitingxforxyou]

right on lili...do you own that site?

[Lili2706]

yes waitingx

[Anti Gravity]

oh yeah and wasnt Evan in a band named Spinfire or something? or is that just a name of a website im getting confused with. oh well. is he going back to that band?

[Anti Gravity]

Haha... too bad hes leaving. I thought he was pretty hott! i have a question too... just out of curiosity... People say avril is a "punk" poser. Did she ever say she was punk? just wondering. dont kill me for asking

[Lili2706]

spinfire broke up in fall 2002 lol so he is not going back to the band but yeah he was in that band. lead singer+guitarist.

[Sturgeon]

lol jeez some of you ppl are on bad drugs...

So he writes his own stuff WHO DOESNT!!!! That doesnt mean it cant suck.

But note since to back this argument up i have heard some of his Solo stuff and to truly be honest I can write better. Its not very deep or anything.

And waitingxforxyou i can tell what kind of music u like from how Couragously u stand up for this guitarist and from ur bloodi Name on UG.

Also i said Rock really is about Rebellion man.Always will and always has been about fighting the Norm and breaking away from the adult world. I know Its also about the Music but What your talking about avrils band/guitarist isn't rock. ITS POP MUSIC AND EXTREMELY MANUFACTURED AND BAD SOUNDING!And dont try saying "Its has Guitar so it must be Rock" Man Pop music always has had Guitar in it and has always turned the Cool music(in this case Punk) to Sugared Up Mainsteamed Plastic Notes.

Now cloudsquall i never said Evan couldnt go into a Band or anything or should stop.I said for ppl to finally see the light on how fake his music is Just used my companies to make money.Now i just spoke my opinion and some ppl hav belittled it (or at least tried)so since that happened i like to fight back.

Now yes evan has played for 8 years but how long u played for in the end could mean nothing. For example my Brother has played guitar for 3 Years and isnt very good at all but he tries and i give him credit for that, but you can have ppl like my Bands Middle Guitarist that has played for less and play circles around him.

And lastly Anti Gravity Avril has been quoted saying she want to Punk Influences and Guitar when she wrote her 1st Record so the Record Label took what she said and made it Pop Music that has degraded Punk badly. Very Badly.

But hey maybe its just me.....but i doubt it

[waitingxforxyou]

your site it awesome, i go there all the time

[Lili2706]

to sturgeon "I can write better" .. provide us a mp3 of you.. I'd love to hear what you write!

thx waitingx

[waitingxforxyou]

i stand up for this guitarist because i liked his band when they were together, and i still like listening to their music. and i still would like to know what bands you like. again, why is rock about REBELLION?? why cant it be about music?? why cant i pick up a 'rock' cd and enjoy the music and NOT think about rebellion and whether its out of the norm? ah yes, lili is right, i would like to hear your stuff/read what you write since you are sooo good.

[furthernotice]

Hey Sturgeon, I'm glad to hear that you can write great and professional sounding music. So why are you in Ultimate-Guitar rather than the recording studio? You know why? Because you suck. You're not good enough and the problem with you is that you're too full of yourself.

Rock isn't necessarily REBELLION either. Besides, who the *** cares about our opinion? Rock is rock.

Oh yeah, so first, you state that he didn't write his own stuff... THEN YOU GOT OWNED because he DID WRITE HIS OWN STUFF. Then you claim... SO WHAT IF HE WRITES HIS OWN STUFF? SO WHAT BRO? SO WHAT? BY YOUR OWN DEFINITION... HE IS CONSIDERED A REAL GUITARIST.

I agree with waitingx, rock is about the MUSIC not the rebellion. Sturgeon, quit being a poser. You're not hardcore. You're not... you're not...

[Mick Mackler]

I think Evan's a solid guitarist. I don't blame him one bit for joining Avril's band. He got to go around the world several times and learn everything he needs to know about the music industry, and he got rich doing it! That's not a bad deal. I'd audition for his band.

[waitingxforxyou]

thank you, furthernotice.

[IgnoreThis]

He's a smart guy, he realised that he should leave av**ls 'band'. Shame it took him 3 years to realise that he should leave.

[raeon]

AVRIL LAVIGNE IS SO FUCKING HOT! (says my good friend Brady Gerhiem).

[Kizna]

He'll do a good work, i'm sure

[untilitsleeps24]

i dont know maybe he finally realized that avrils music is more pop than rock but good for him hopefully his band will be good.

[xoixtoyx]

first of all avril sucks. she has no talent what so ever..she cant even sing..its so flat its enough to give you a headache..and as for guitar skills..she has none..and as for well "rocking" she doesnt do much of that shes a pop singer thats all..and as for evan and his solo carrerr go right ***ing ahead im not listening to the shit though. i bet it will sound like that ryan cambrairo dude..or something close to it. and how can you be a good guitar player playing with avril? the hardly play anything. but they do have to cover up avril trying to play guitar. i mean obviously they dont need 3 guitar players and a bass player. hahaha okay im done..

[rocky17]

Evan is a great guitarst.Avril rulez.

[rocky17]

xoixtoyx you suck dude.

[xxSpongeCloudxx]

He's quite a good guitarist from what I remember seeing on the tv, but his voice disturbs me.

XD indeed....

[xxSpongeCloudxx]

xoixtoyx you suck dude.

hah, right, I agreee, xoixtoyxl dude, I'd like to hear YOU f|_|cking sing, youre probably tone deaf as hell....