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THE DIVINE HERESY SOAP OPERA CONTINUES

 Thursday, May 1st, 2008 at 11:28am by

It’s been a rough, rough week for the fellas of Divine Heresy. First, as Axl reported on Tuesday, there was an altercation over the weekend at the band’s show in Poughkeepsie, NY the night before New England Metalfest, in which a shoving match ensued on-stage between vocalist Tommy “Vext” Cummings and guitarist Dino Cazares. Iann Robinson of None Louder reported:

“From what was being spread around the monitors were out and vocalist Tommy Vext couldn’t hear himself. After eight songs and fearing his voice might blow Vext requested the band cut the set short. Ex-Fear Factory member Dino Cazares shoved Vext and a physical altercation ensued. As far as we know the band is no more but that could change.”

The band subsequently canceled their appearance at Metalfest. Yesterday Cazares issued a statement through Headbanger’s Blog about the fight:

“He gave us 10 different reasons why we should stop — ‘My microphone doesn’t work, I got diarrhea, the monitors are f–ked up’ — whatever he could think of… And we decided that’s not fair to the fans. We wanted to give them a full show. We felt that he wanted to end the show early to go hang out at the New England Metal Fest, which we were supposed to be performing at the next day.”

Cazares also announced Cummings’ dismissal from the band and that the band was holding auditions for a new singer. The most recent twist is a video response from Tommy himself through Metal Injection. In the 8:45 minute exposition, Cummings explains the situation with the monitors, the altercation, and had this nugget to say:

“I’ve been suffering the indignities of Dino’s massive ego for as long as I’ve worked with him, and unfortunately everything I’ve heard about him had eventually come to fruition, and he is exactly as he’s been portrayed as by his ex-band members. And this happening now is the same reason why he’s not in Fear Factory anymore. It was a stepping stone in my life and I’m moving on.”

Soap opera time! It’s funny how years ago this would have all taken place through the press over a series of weeks or months, but now it happens in a matter of days with the wonders of the Interwebs. He goes on to say “It was the Dino Cazares show” and that he verbally and physically pushed members of the band around.

Watch Tommy’s full video response after the jump.

-VN

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  • http://www.myspace.com/evilsammy Sammy

    I would have to say Lead Guitarist Syndrome is every bit as bad as Lead Singer Syndrome, something I’ve already seen too many times over the years. Looks like Dino is the stain in this mess.

  • Dr. John Zoidberg

    I dunno why, but everytime I read about Dino and his exploits, I get hungry for a burrito.

  • NeverStopThis

    Tommy Vext and Tim Yeung are two reasons I became such a huge fan of Divine Heresy. I think that Tommy Vext is a great vocalist, and I love his style. It sucks that Dino had to fuck that up for Divine Heresy. Yeah, they may get a new singer, but if all of what Tommy says is true, I dont see Divine Heresy continuing on very much longer…But I hope that Tommy can form a new band.

  • http://www.thegauntlet.com/interviews/3834/Divine-Heresy.html Gillian

    Tommy told the Gauntlet thatDino made fun of Tommy’s wifes miscarriage. Dino is such an ass
    http://www.thegauntlet.com/interviews/3834/Divine-Heresy.html

  • jaime

    I think the best part is ultimately no one really cares except tommy vext who will fade into obscurity….

  • http://www.myspace.com/productofsociety1 rohit

    i want to hear what the other guys in the band have to say.

  • http://www.dotom.com bigfarkingrockstar

    I just want to say that if Tommy Vext is your “role model,” kill yourself.

  • chris

    What’s with the hating? Divine Heresy is a great band. I think this is sad news and i hope they find a good replacement and continue making music.

  • NuMallCore Pwns YoMama

    The more I hear about Dino, the more he reminds me of Cartman on South Park. Spoiled fat ass loud mouth who thinks he’s boss and makes fun of everyone. And I don’t mean that as a compliment.

    I think Tommy and Burton should get together for a few drinks. I’d love to hear those stories.

  • http://www.consequenceofsound.net Jay

    <<I dunno why, but everytime I read about Dino and his exploits, I get hungry for a burrito.<<

    Hahaha, good call Zoidberg!

  • Byron. W

    Bottom line: Dino’s a complete prick, good luck to Tommy.. sounds like he got out of a pretty fucked up situation..

  • http://www.myspace.com/deadspout deadspout

    I do think it’s saddening what happened to Tommy. More so I think it’s saddening that he felt the need to use a media source to voice his departure. Its good PR, but bad taste. Everyone knows Dino’s a little cry baby bitch. No one wants to work with him, why do you think he got guys who were willing to sacrifice all to allow him to shine? He even admitted in the laundry list, Tim was willing to put up with it because he wants to make it….
    Even though Tommy is going to have new projects with other established musicians, he pretty much did a desperate rant in which other musicians are going to dred working with him. Maybe, maybe not…point is he should have let Dino eat his own rotting fat.

  • Jason

    I think Tommy is a great vocalist. Best of luck to him.

  • Joe

    Maybe it’s just me, but Divine Heresy was good because of Tommy and Tim. I think any good guitarists could play dino’s shit on bleed the fifth. Dino might have been revolutionary back in 95′, but today, he’s just a guitar player in my opinion. Although, I wasnt listening to death metal in 95′, considering I was 8 at the time.

  • Barry

    Hilariously, the saga continues. Divine Heresy has removed the vocal tracks from their tracks streaming on their myspace page. So, I guess they want people to think they are an instrumental band.

  • Huzzar

    Tommy Vext will not fade into obscurity, he has real talent and is an awesome frontman (yes, i’ve seen them live). Dino is just a fat boy who waddles around on stage, he’ll prob die soon due to heart failure.

    Anywho, you only need to look at Dino’s track record with ‘other’ band members *cough* fear factory *cough* to realise that it’s more probable that he was the problem and aggressor here, not Vext

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  • oldschoolmetalhead

    I know Tommy Vext from local shows back in the day in the NY/NJ areas, played a few shows with his old band. he’s a real douche bag. big-time lead-singer-syndrome sufferer. i dont know Dino, but it sounds to me like clash of the ego’s.

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