Haken Announce Departure of Both Guitarist Charlie Griffiths and Bassist Conner Green
The start of the new year has brought major changes to English prog metal outfit Haken, who took to social media earlier today to announce the departure of guitarist Charlie Griffiths and bassist Conner Green.
According to the statement posted by the band, it sounds like the split was an amicable one, as the band called both outgoing members “irreplaceable, as musicians and individuals.”
“It’s with heavy hearts that we announce the departure of Charlie Griffiths and Conner Green from Haken. We are tremendously grateful for the time we’ve spent together, creating music and touring the world, achieving things we thought weren’t possible. Both Charlie and Conner are irreplaceable, as musicians and individuals, and they have given so much to make this band what it is today. We cannot thank them enough, but we wish them all the best with any future endeavours. They will always be a part of the Haken family.
“New music coming this year.”
Griffiths had been with the band since 2008 and was featured in each of the band’s seven studio releases. As for Green, he’d been a member since 2014 after Tom MacLean exited the band back in 2013. He was featured on all of Haken’s major studio album releases since 2016.
With the band stating that they’ve got new music coming this year, I’d venture to guess they’ll have found replacements for Griffiths and Green pretty soon. Either way, good luck to those gents as they push forward on their careers.
