Joey Castillo leaves Wildabouts mid tour

[StoneTempleBrett]

http://www.alternativenation.net/queens-of-the-stone-ages-joey-castillo-leaves-scott-weiland-the-wildabouts/

[Rik]

His name is Mike Avenaim and he has toured with Scott last year. He also plays on almost half the songs on Blaster.

[wiltteri]

I recently listened a gig from 2014 tour and noticed how "weak" drumming is compared to Joey, "Castillo Kick" was missing.

[StoneTempleBrett]

His name is Mike Avenaim and he has toured with Scott last year. He also plays on almost half the songs on Blaster.

Thanks, editing that in now.

[Drew06]

Joey has been talking about touring with BLAST and EODM this summer on his IG page since February.

[Sklashboombash]

I suppose the writing was on the wall given the small shows (and probably small money).
Too bad too. He's a kickass drummer and would have been cool to hear them go in the studio together.

I guess the fact that the drumming position has been a revolving door lately and there was never a call placed to Victor Indrizzo, it's safe to assume that he and Scott are not in contact anymore? I thought he brought a lot to the table.

[Strat]

I wouldn't interpret this as Joey 'leaving' the band. He has a crazy tour schedule with EODM


http://eaglesofdeathmetal.com/tour


They'll probably use the next few weeks to rehearse and rest up, they're going to play almost every night.


Everyone involved including Scott had to know about this tour, so Joeys departure shouldn't be treated as unexpected

[Pingfah]

I saw EODM at a 500 capacity venue a few years back with Joey on drums, it was an absolutely brilliant show.

[Slither]

Too good to last, was only a matter of time.

[Chris Pepper]

I've heard the new guy has some chops........

[CagedTiger]

Well that didn't last long :-/
The following 2 comments made me laugh though!!

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Joe Makeup
9 hours ago
Joey got tired of waiting for his $500 megaphone to show up in the mail. The final straw was when he put the Blaster LP on his turntable, dropped the needle, and two hours later Scott finally started singing.
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-- J --
10 hours ago
Was 190-200% effort too much for him? Clearly that must be it.

[Sklashboombash]

From Facebook:

"Just to clear up the confusion - Joey has NOT left the band. He is recording for a week with BL'AST and will meet back up with us on the 27th. I've known about this for months, hence lining up our friend Mike Avaneim to fill in. Looking forward to rocking out again for our fans tomorrow night at Southport Hall in Jefferson, LA...!

- Scott

[Drew06]

Sheesh talk about making a big deal out of nothing. Joey has posted all over social media for months he was doing stuff with BLAST and EODM this summer. And to not even know Mike played on almost half of Blaster? Some lazy ass reporting.

[The Legacy]

Altnation at it's finest

[Lazy Divey]

LOL alternativegrungenation jumped the gun again.  Remember when they swore up and down it was in fact Scott in jail for meth?

Stay classy Brett.