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\nBARONESS’ longtime guitar player, Pete Adams, has quit the band, stating a need to spend less time on the road and focus more on a “burgeoning non-music business and his home life” as his reason. Here is the official word:<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to say thanks to all of the Baroness fans far and wide and all of the support through the ups and downs along the way,\u201d says Pete. \u201cI feel beyond fortunate to have had the chance to travel great distances with Baroness and to meet so many of you. I honestly never thought I would be able to do what I have done with Baroness. Playing alongside my oldest friends, playing music that isn\u2019t simply readily accepted by the masses, and sharing the stage with some of the best musicians and bands from around the globe. That said, it\u2019s time for me to focus my energy closer to home and not on the road. However, this isn\u2019t the end of my musical career by any means as I plan to continue working with Valkyrie. Again, thank you to all along the way, and most importantly thank you greatly to the current, past and future members of Baroness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Band founder, singer and guitar player John Baizley commenting on Pete\u2019s departure: \u201cI need to take a moment, on behalf of myself and Baroness, to recognize and sincerely thank one of my oldest friends and bandmates, Pete Adams, as he moves on from Baroness to pursue a new phase in his life. I feel fortunate beyond words to have shared the stage with you for nearly 25 years, since we were barely teenagers. It would be impossible to articulate the value and impact of the personal history, friendship and musical bond we have enjoyed throughout our lives and within this band. Through Baroness, we\u2019ve seen that friendship grow further and often in unexpected ways; we\u2019ve taken part in so many adventures together that it\u2019s difficult to keep track of them all. It\u2019s never easy to part ways but it is important to highlight a couple of things: First, we offer unconditional support and respect for Pete\u2019s decision and we\u2019re excited to see where his path leads. Second, Baroness will forge ahead with an undiminished passion and as much creativity as ever. The narrative of this band has often felt as though it falls into distinct chapters, and while we\u2019re excited to move into the next, we are equally sad to see Pete go. When Pete and I were kids, as he\u2019s often said in interviews, we shared a dream of growing up and playing music together and seeing the far corners of the globe. And we did. Thank you Pete, for being a friend when I needed support, a brother when I needed family, and a bandmate when you and I had a hunger to see the world.\u201d BARONESS’ longtime guitar player, Pete Adams, has quit the band, stating a need to spend…<\/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-56580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56580","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=56580"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56584,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56580\/revisions\/56584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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