It was recently announced that following the oneman performances on September 17th and September 27th, METEOROID's guitarist, Yutori, will officially resign from the band. The band have issued an official statement and comments from each of the members regarding Yutori’s decision.
Statement:
Thank you for always supporting METEOROID.
This is a sudden announcement but following the oneman performance Domestic Alien at O-WEST on 9/17 at Tsutaya O-WEST and Machi and Yutori’s birthday performance, Time Flies Like an Arrow at Kichijoji SHUFFLE on 9/27, guitarist Yutori will be leaving METEOROID.
After discussing it many times between the 5 members, Yutori decided to withdraw because of a directional difference with the respect of the other members. While it is an abrupt announcement, we deeply apologize from our hearts to our fans who consistently supported us and to all of the staff to whom we caused much worry and trouble.
Furthermore, we will be discontinuing the GEMINI PROGRAM, which we implemented last year, following this announcement. While we only have two performances left as these 5 members, we will be very happy to have your support.
Please continue to support Yutori as an individual and METEOROID from here on out.
2014.09.08
From everyone in METEOROID.
Member Comments:
Yutori:
To all of the fans who have given us support, I am sorry for this sudden announcement. With this kind of news I feel very sorry. I made the decision without consulting anyone except the members. I’m sorry. I know I’ve caused an inconvenience to many people. If it was a decision that could be changed by talking to someone, I would not come to this conclusion from the beginning. After discussing it with the generous members until morning I received their understanding. If I said it very simply, it’s a “directional difference.” There was neither dissatisfaction nor anxiety with the other members. There is only fog in my life.
It is the same with all of the other members. It is sad that with wanting to do different things our paths will be divided but it is reality.The one thing that I can say is that without change, even in the future, I will always love METEOROID, the members, and everyone. Until September I was active as METEOROID’s Yutori so I think it will be difficult but please give me unchanged love from the path I have taken up until now.
That is my last request.
I often lie, but on my own stage, even up until now, I didn’t lie once. From now on, as soon as I am able to calm down I will put together my thoughts on my blog. I’ll be very happy if I am able to receive your understanding.
GENKI:
Even after my previous band broke up, without throwing away my dreams and yearning, I thought something would certainly change if I pour into my passion. Feverishly believing so I searched for new compositions and members. And the ones I happened across were these five people. It seemed as if Yutori certainly had the same dream and yearning that I had.
Those are no longer intersecting... Therefore we will part here.
Everyone, I’m truly sorry! After this, I will no longer be able to walk the same path with Yutori...
I’m sorry.
~GENKI
Machi:
Is this good to say; I still haven’t really put my thoughts together but enjoying being in a band together, enjoying music, that hasn’t changed.
Even if the path that Yutori takes is different from mine, I still love him.
ral:
It became a very sudden announcement and I’m really sorry that you’re being informed this way.
Talking again and again between the 5 members, we arrived at this conclusion so that we may have a better future together. Yutori also considered us and METEOROID. Even in that, this unbending person has a path he wishes to advance on.
I think he greatly considered, thought, and said it. So, we wanted to respect Yutori’s opinion.
I love Yutori very much, so I’m very lonely when I think whether or not we can once again be stupid together; the things that we did together up until now will certainly be mutually helpful to the future and are important treasures. We only have two remaining lives together as these 5 people but I want to have the best live, leaving behind regret. I want to send off Yutori with the best live.
And I want to go to firmly etch it into everyone’s eyes and hearts as well.
Tomoya:
I am sorry to everyone who has always given us support.
We discussed this over and over again between all of the members once we consulted with Yutori a little while ago. It’s something that Yutori decided so I think that as much as possible we wanted to respect his opinion and discussed it. He also thought of this band before anything else, and we tried to discuss it with mutual assent. We all have lives and things that we want to do. And our solution is to make the best of the things that we did together until now and together do better things.
So, we will take a different path from Yutori in the future but because it is a solution we thought of for our future and Yutori’s, we hope for your understanding now. There are only two remaining lives with Yutori as a part of METEOROID and this will be the last time that you can see us as these 5 members, so please come see with your own eyes.
Thank you for reading until the end.
~Tomoya
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