{"id":34939,"date":"2013-08-18T12:22:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T17:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=34939"},"modified":"2013-08-18T12:22:44","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T17:22:44","slug":"god-forbid-calls-it-quits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=34939","title":{"rendered":"GOD FORBID &#8211; Calls It Quits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i3.photobucket.com\/albums\/y55\/RSCODY\/godforbid1.jpg\" alt=\"TMD\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tmdsite435x751lk-2-1.gif\" alt=\"TMD\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nAfter nearly 17 years together, New Jersey metal band GOD FORBID is breaking up.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, guitarist Doc Coyle announced his departure from the band via a lengthy statement. His opening paragraph reads as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am sorry to say that I am indeed leaving God Forbid. I started playing with these guys since I was 16 years old. Now I&#8217;m 32. You do the math. To say this is difficult and a big move for me would be an understatement. It has been very emotional and very sad for me to actually follow through with this, but I feel in my heart and head that it is the right thing to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not long thereafter, lead vocalist Byron Davis issued the following:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s Friday and my boy is home doing well and yes it&#8217;s true, GF is down. We are a family for the most part some moveon while others keep it real like before the band began. I should feel sad but I dont right now because a new chapter has begun. I&#8217;ll be seeing you all around somewhere. Believe that. Uncle Corey J needs some drums I have a guitar too for him. Blabbering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, drummer Corey Pierce weighed in:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No more suspense&#8230; God Forbid is over. Sorry.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSoruce: Lambgoat<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/officialgodforbid\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/officialgodforbid<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly 17 years together, New Jersey metal band GOD FORBID is breaking up. For&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}