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As I Lay Dying’s Tim Lambesis gives first interview since split with band members: “I don’t want pity”
As I Lay Dying‘s Tim Lambesis has given his first interview following the departure of his former bandmates.Last October, the band’s bassist Ryan Neff, guitarist Ken Susi and drummer Nick Pierce, all of whom joined the band in 2022, announced that they were quitting the band, citing “personal morals”.The following month, longtime guitarist Phil Sgrosso – who had joined the band back in 2003 – followed in the footsteps of his former bandmates and departed the band as well, leaving Lambesis as the sole remaining member.Speaking about the departures at the time, Sgrosso said that they were due to the band no longer offering “a healthy or safe environment for anyone involved – whether creatively, personally, or professionally. After witnessing some concerning patterns of behaviour, I’ve realised that I can no longer, in good conscience, enable further actions that could negatively affect anyone working within this space.”That same month, video footage of the frontman and his wife Dany in what appeared to be a tense argument surfaced on social media.