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PERIPHERY LOSE GUITARIST ALEX BOIS

 Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 at 4:30pm by

Why it was just three months ago that we interviewed Periphery guitarist Alex Bois (along with bassist Tom Murphy) when his band played NYC with Scale the Summit, and things seemed just dandy. But apparently that was not the case or events have taken a sudden turn: Bois and the band have parted ways, although it’s not clear which party (if not both) was responsible for the split. From Periphery’s MySpace page:

Hey Guys!

We have some sad news to share. Alex Bois and Periphery have decided to part ways. This is truly a sad day for Periphery, because Alex has been with us since the beginning, and he is like a brother to us. We’re going to do everything we can to make the most out of this unfortunate situation, and soldier on like we always have in the past when faced with setbacks.

In regards to all of our upcoming shows and tours, worry not! We will have special guest artists filling in for Alex, so our touring plans will not be changing whatsoever.

Throughout all of this, we really appreciate your support and understanding.

See you soon

- Periphery

Seems like one of those touchy situations where the privacy of the band is best respected, but what do we know, maybe they just decided it wasn’t working any more. Naturally we’ll fill you in if we hear anything else.

-VN

Thanks: ton0290 and Dan

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  • Strapping Young Lad

    that sucks… Alex is such a nice dude and a great guitar player… His muscles will surely be missed.

  • Spaceman(Thatswhattheysayiam)

    No! Right when Periphery had a solid line up and was on track to becoming a home name!

    • stu1

      Not quite.

  • Beowulf

    Sucks! I just finally started to listen to these guys and really dig them. :-( this sucks.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ben-Brown/587097145 Ben Brown

    If he got rid of that ridiculous fuckin’ moostash I bet he’d still in the band. Djent ain’t hipster just yet

    • Murf

      Pretty sure his mustache had jack shit to do with him not being in the band anymore..

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Makoto-Wakabayashi/1007321058 Makoto Wakabayashi

      he did you fucking dumbass, he did along time ago

      • ALEX

        YEAH, HE DID YOU FUCKING DUMBASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        HE DID “ALONG” TIME AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Tommy

    Sucks big time, Alex was a really nice dude.

  • huntermc

    Note to other bands: this is the classy way to separate with a band member. Wish him the best and keep any drama behind the scenes, don’t go the Portnoy/Dream Theater route. Although on second thought that does get more press, so forget what I said and give the public some butthurt drama!

    • bulb

      he touched our peepees while we slept, so we had sex with his children for revenge, after a while we saw his lawyers more than we saw him
      brb eating heroin

    • Strapping Young Lad

      I hope we get a Youtube reality show about who the new Periphery guitarist is gonna beee!!!

    • Slaughterhouse

      Technically it was all Portnoy as the band remained silent until the drummer auditions

      • peeps

        Actually it was blabbermouth stirring everything up. Most of the things were just said on Portnoy’s forums to his fans while blabbermouth took them elsewhere.

  • David

    This is all your fault you know. You guys should have placed him higher on your modern metal guitarists list. Poor dude had a hissy fit/identify crisis after reading your article, quit his band, and now wants to play bass in a reggae outfit.

    Killing the creativity, one surgical strike at a time.

  • holy shit

    I guess he wasn’t a true djent-leman

  • C

    Shit! Now they’re down to only SEVEN live guitarists.

    • PrEtTyLuSh05

      I LOL’d. BTW, this sucks. I wanted to see them all on this tour.

  • TVTiZtiK

    Wish their fucking singer would quit/get kicked out. His clean vocals sound like something out of a gay boy band, dude seriously ruins their music for me.

  • Rudiger

    i heard he djented himself on stage and had to be fired

  • MachinaeSupremacist

    Aww. I’ve yet to hear anyone else have a song named after them (Vildhjarta – Alex Bois) just because their name sounded that awesome.

  • Android

    He left to work on his new side project: Bois 2 Men.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Thomas-Young/1635504874 Thomas Young

      1000

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zach-Dolan/100000151486558 Zach Dolan

    Nice mustache, poopy band.

  • Richard Gill

    Like it matters, I listen to the bulb versions of those songs. Bulb wrote pretty much everyhing so he can find another rhythm guy. Spencer sotelo sucks at singing.

  • Android

    I had been wondering when the haters would chime in.

  • Poopenshaft

    OMG HOW WILL THEY SURVIVE WITH ONLY TWO GUITARISTS?!?!?!!?!

  • shaun

    I guess there’s not going to be any layers for a while.

  • Joe

    Could it be that he was just tired of working his ass off and getting paid in beer and bar food?

  • el duderino

    myspace? wow…

    Not sad at all btw.He was easily replaceable.

  • Some Guy from Canada

    For some reason, I thought this would happen. Dunno why, just got a strange vibe watching certain interviews over the last few months. All the best!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Reagan/520958920 Mike Reagan

    Guys, Periphery isn’t djent.

    They said so on their facebook.

  • Geetarz

    Honestly, who gives a shit. Having 3 guitarists is like having a baby fetus attached to your neck.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Amanda-Marisa/100001193947026 Amanda Marisa

    anyone wearing a maylene and the sons of disaster shirt proably has a bad taste in not only music,but everything else as well.

  • Tommy

    These are dark times for progressive music such as Periphery, it’d be wise to stay a 5 piece band. Having one less mouth to feed would definitely made things easier.

  • Douche baggins

    Get rid of the vocalist and maybe I’ll give a shit. Ugh the sound of nails on a chalkboard is more appealing.

  • Mart

    Nice mustache !!