Some of you old-time readers will remember that this site, and its name, were the direct spawn of our crushing disappointment/pissed-off-edness over the voluntary departure of Mat Bruso from Bury Your Dead, his replacement by vocalist Myke Terry, and BYD’s ensuing transition from a heavy-ass, metal-infused hardcore band to generic metalcore with lots of clean singing. And if you’re not an old-time reader, you can catch up by going here.
Fast forward to December 22, 2010, when none other than Mat Bruso posted a very nice comment on our Contact page, which ended with these words: “Keep your standards high and your vocals low.” And that led to a further e-mail exchange in which Mat made it clear that we should keep our ears open, because he intended to continue singing and we would be hearing from him in the future.
Now fast-forward to a bit earlier today, and the official announcement that Myke Terry was exiting Bury Your Dead — and that Mat Bruso has rejoined the band to provide vocals on the new BYD album now being recorded. (more after the jump . . .)
That “official announcement” came via Myke Terry or his publicist, and so the story of his departure — so far — comes from his angle. In a nutshell, the press release (which you can read in its entirety here) explains that the band is negotiating a new contract with Mediaskare Records for the new album (and perhaps others), that the label was “unwilling to negotiate with Terry” but was instead negotiating with BYD co-founder and guitarist Brendan “Slim” MacDonald, which didn’t sit well with Terry, and that the label eventually decided to replace Terry with Bruso to finish the record.
In other words, it appears Terry is claiming that the label decided to eject him from BYD. From Terry’s press release: “I never thought someone who hadn’t sweat, bled, or cried with us would have the power to dictate the inner workings of our band. I’d like to thank everyone that bought a Bury Your Dead CD, came to a show, or played with us for making the past few years of my life so amazing and I look forward to my future as a solo artist. I’m sure everyone who has ever chanted ‘Bring Back Bruso’ is now stoked for his return.”
Uh, yeah, I believe “stoked” is the right word. As in, we’re fucking stoked to see this news. As in, we will be fucking stoked to get the new album when it arrives. As in, we’re fucking stoked over the possibility that BYD will now turn back in the direction of their roots.
We’re looking for more news about whether Mat’s reunion is for this album alone or will have longer-term implications. If we find out, we’ll post an update here. In the meantime, long live the return of Bury Your Fucking Dead!
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I AM STOKED, YES VERY MUCH SO
i also always loved Bruso having guest vocal parts like on Four Year Strong and The Ghost Inside haha
Absolutely, and he provided guest vocals on one of the new Catalepsy tracks, too. Those appearances gave me hope that at some point he could see his way clear to do a more regular gig again. That may not even happen with BYD, so I’m trying not to get my hopes up too much — but it’s difficult.
i wish he would quit teaching for 1 or 2 years to make a new record and tour with BYD, after that i think he could go back to being a teacher lol
I second that motion. Amazing how selfish we fans can be, isn’t it? 🙂
I’m glad you guys are excited. I bet I’m even more excited than you are though.
I can’t stop teaching, but I will be doing some shows soon. After all, live shows are what it’s all about. As soon as Bury Your Dead does the ‘official’ press-release, I’ll come back on here and we’ll chat about the ridiculous things I’m going to say on the record. Thanks for the support.
Looking Forward,
*Me XXX
Thanks so much for the comment. Awesome to hear that you’ll be doing some shows — hard-core BYD fans will be back in droves when that happens. We’ll be on the look-out for more news when it comes. All the best man.
I’m sure everyone who has ever chanted ‘Bring Back Bruso’ is now stoked for his return.”
Kind of a cool thing to say even though I’m sure it was maybe just a lil’ sarcastic. @ Mat XXX , life is an opportunity dude, so teach and do BYD… accomplish as much as fucking possible because life is truly an opportunity. Just as your music kills, your teaching may be just as important in the big picture, you never know. So do both, fuck it, do more! Way more inspirational than sarcasm from sedentary verbal assasins…
Hey Mat, has any of your students ever been a fan of Bury Your Dead and told you about it? haha
MAT. WHERE DO YOU TEACH. I MUST KNOW WHERE MY UNBORN SON CAN GET THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE.
THANK FUCKING CHRIST.
THE MINUTE MAT LEFT AND TERRY JOINED I DIDNT BOTHER TO LISTEN TO ANY OF BYD’S NEW SHIT. NO OFFENCE TO THE OTHER BAND MEMBERS BUT MAT WAS THE CORNER-STONE OF BYD AND PRETTY MUCH THE REASON I LISTEN TO BYD.
FUCK TERRY, THANK THE STARS BRUSO IS FUCKING BACK.
Thank the stars, indeed. Getting very stoked for the new album . . .
My band played with BYD tonight at the Glass House in Pomona and i just have to say BRUSO IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER!!!!! I was fucking blessed to share the stage with them, and after what I saw tonight i will pray every single day for the rest of my life that Bruso sticks with BYD he definitely brings a whole new/old life to the band. BYDFTW!!!!!!
P.S. wait till you here his stories about the kids he has taught “thats why you dont have any FUCKING friends Nick” hahahaha
That is sooo good to hear. BYD is playing Seattle this Thursday night. I’m on the other side of the country for my job now but, barring some further extension in what I’m doing, I should be back to Seattle by Thursday afternoon. Can’t wait!