Drummer Mike Justian is out of The Red Chord… again. I guess in all fairness, it was never really clear if this founding member was re-joining the band on a permanent basis, or if he was just filling-in after Brad Fickeisen split with the group last year. Then again, Justian’s been back in TRC for over a year, which seems like a long-ass time to just be filling-in. And even as a massive fan of the band, it’s certainly funnier to think of Red Chord skinsmen in Spinal Tap terms, spontaneously combusting at random intervals.

But fuck do I know? A statement from the band certainly makes the split sound amicable:

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I think I’ve mentioned like a bajillion times already that my favorite song on my favorite album of 2009, The Red Chord’s Fed Through the Teeth Machine, is “Hour of Rats.” And because sometimes life is a bitch, I haven’t gotten to see the band since that album was released, and, consequently, have yet to see a live performance of the song. But those hep cats at Metal Injection got some live footage of the band during a recent stop on the MetalSucks sponsored Burgers & Bowling Tour, and so now at least I can live vicariously through a camera.

This is also the first live footage we’ve seen of the band since original drummer Mike Justian returned to the fold. Needless to say, it sounds like he’s doing a pretty good job.

You can watch more footage from this show at Metal Injection.

And there are still three dates left on the Burgers & Bowling tour! Get ‘em after the jump! If you have a chance to go see these guys live, you definitely need to!

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For reasons I do not currently know, drummer Brad Fickeisen is out of The Red Chord. That’s a bummer, ’cause the dude is a good drummer, and played on Clients, Prey for Eyes, and Fed Through the Teeth Machine.

The good news is that Mike Justian, the band’s original drummer who played on Fused Together in Revolving Doors, has re-joined the band, at least for now. And anyone associated with Fused is okay in my book.

None of this will effect the band’s upcoming MetalSucks-sponsored Burgers & Bowling Tour, which will start kicking ass and taking names this Thursday. So get out to one of those shows if you can and help welcome Mr. Justian back to the band!

-AR