Wasted Theory Announce Indefinite Hiatus; All Shows & Euro Tour Cancelled
Yo, I saw Wasted Theory like a month ago and they sure didn’t look like a band who were about to announce an ‘indefinite hiatus.’ In fact, they kicked plenty of ass. I haven’t always seen eye-to-eye with the ultra-dudely Delaware heavy rockers on pressing issues like flagrant use of cartoon boobs in artwork and writing songs called “Doomslut Rodeo” — by contrast, totally cool with “Bongronaut” (video posted here) — but what the hell, guys? What happened between June and July that you went from, “about to tour Europe for the first time” to “effectively not a band anymore?”
Because that’s right, Wasted Theory were heading abroad this Fall to tour with Plainride, and pushing to do it on their own, no less. Their 2018 album, Warlords of the New Electric (review here), burned each and every barn that had the misfortune to be in its path, and it just seemed like momentum was much more on their side than not. I mean, some breakups I get. Bands run their course, interest wanes, sometimes the fanbase doesn’t show up and people get discouraged. Hell, maybe someone gets a job, right? Could happen. But Wasted Theory were just talking about starting to write some new material, and here we are. I am genuinely surprised and genuinely curious.
Are they done for good? Maybe not. “Indefinite hiatus” is not “fuck you we’re never doing this again,” to be sure, but they’re certainly done for now. They always brought it on stage, and for as much as they engaged their audience, they were clearly no less driven by their own passion.
Their announcement was fairly short and went like this:
It is with a heavy heart that we must officially announce that Wasted Theory will be going on an indefinite hiatus. All upcoming performances will unfortunately be cancelled.
There is no bad blood between the members of the band and we truly appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding during this time. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has played an integral part in the band over the years, with special mention to our label Argonauta Records for their support and belief in us. We don’t exactly know what the future holds for Wasted Theory, I guess only time will tell.
Until we meet again…. stay high Wastoids!
-WT
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Awesome news! I played bass on there last two records. I was with them for 3 years and they treated me like shit the entire time. When I came over to jam the first time they were spitting and kicking their old bass players amp, I should have walked out right then. All they did was ask for money and I put in over $4,000 bucks. I was told on numerous occasions that “I joined them, they didn’t join me” and I had no say in anything they did. They treated me like shit, my son like shit when I brought him to practice and insulted my girlfriend. I regret everything I did with them. I’ve never even heard the last record and I had to buy the Ripple split and the last one and I paid for the recordings. This just made my day! Fuck them there total pices of shit.