NewsJanuary 11, 2012 6:58 PM ET22,550 views

Born of Osiris fires guitarist

Born Of Osiris have announced that they've parted ways with guitarist Jason Richardson and are currently seeking a replacement. The group has issued the following statement:
"To all of our fans and followers, we have decided to part ways with guitarist Jason Richardson. This was something that just needed to happen. We will be a more creative, energized, and focused unit as a result. The past year was the band's most successful and we owe it all to our amazing fans. We promise everyone that 2012 will see us take further steps to bringing every aspect of our band to a new level. We couldn't possibly be more excited for what the future holds. "Also, since the finishing touches were put on The Discovery we've already been in the process of writing our next album. The past month and next two we will be home writing and finalizing the record that will be released this summer/fall. "Big news coming soon regarding our summer touring schedule, we can't wait to see all of you again soon with some new music to play for you! "We will TEMPORARILY be accepting video submissions for the spot at BOOlessons@yahoo.com."
As you may have noticed, Richardson has been playing with Chelsea Grin as-of-late. Not long after their original statement, Born of Osiris also had the following to say:
"No reason to tear Jason down for this. He Joined Chelsea Grin after he found out about us moving on without him. WE still love Jason and the rest of the dudes in CG, and wish them the best of luck. The five of us have been and written all three albums thus far, so if you like the direction we took on The Discovery - then you should only be more excited for what we're about to create next."
UPDATE: Richardson has now issued his own statement, making it clear that he was fired from the band:
"Just to clarify to everyone I did NOT quit Born of Osiris, I would have never been able to bring myself to do such a thing no matter how much tension was between us. All of those dudes were essentially my family, I lived in the same house as them for over 2 years. This was by no means at all my decision(not that I was involved in the decision in any way shape or form lol). I have been fired from the band because I, "don't agree with the way they want to live their lives" and "it felt like their dad was in the band." So instead of confronting me about my eeeendless bitching about their excessive drinking and assorted drug abuse they decided that calling me at 130 in the morning 4 days before christmas while I'm home visiting family to tell me that all of my belongings from the new BOO house were in my trailer on the way to me in VA was the professional way to handle it. So i can say with pride that I will NEVER play another note on stage with the group of cowards that is Born of Osiris. I don't give a fuck what they think of me for putting their personal stuff out there, I want everyone to see them for who they really are. Im just happy the truth finally came out and now I know what truly matters to them and it is NOT putting out albums like The Discovery. On another note I will continuing the rest of my musical endeavors with Chelsea Grin, as we are already really great friends and with the recent loss of their guitar player we were able to make the best out of two very shitty situations. I will be involved with the writing process of their next release which is supposed to be dropped before warped tour this summer. You guys heard how much a higher place sucked and what came after it, so get ready for some of the sickest CG you've ever heard!"

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anonymous 1/11/2012 4:04:06 PM

sagea!

anonymous 1/11/2012 4:04:33 PM

Dorky!

anonymous 1/11/2012 4:12:57 PM

Overrated band. And LOL at "parting ways with Jason Richardson", he left you nerds to go make more money chugging the E string for Chelsea Grin

big_metal_al 1/11/2012 4:28:51 PM

pick up frederick thorendahl.

anonymous 1/11/2012 4:45:51 PM

make MORE money playing in Chelsea Grin? moron

Chicken_gang_bang 1/11/2012 4:49:37 PM

Oh.

Colossus 1/11/2012 5:12:30 PM

Yeah, anon is not a moron. He'll make more money in Chelsea Grin for sure.

anonymous 1/11/2012 5:45:33 PM

BOO said that he only joined CG because they parted ways with him. At least CG has the potential to be more technical now.

LoydChristmas 1/11/2012 5:46:23 PM

Neither band is making any more than just enough to scrape by i promise.

anonymous 1/11/2012 5:48:08 PM

Was that guy referring to BOO as an overrated band? Pshh, there aren't many "deathcore" bands that could do better.

keFka 1/11/2012 5:55:09 PM

He will keep shooting 3s for the Orlando Magic.

anonymous 1/11/2012 6:15:10 PM

Who doesn't care? This guy

anonymous 1/11/2012 6:31:19 PM

"He will keep shooting 3s for the Orlando Magic."

Colossus 1/11/2012 6:35:50 PM

BOO does drugs!? SHOCKER.

anonymous 1/11/2012 6:38:46 PM

hunter moore should post his nudes.

anonymous 1/11/2012 6:40:52 PM

"He will keep shooting 3s for the Orlando Magic."

anonymous 1/11/2012 6:51:37 PM

BOO: "No reason to tear Jason down for this." Richardson: "I can say with pride that I will NEVER play another note on stage with the group of cowards that is Born of Osiris" LOL

anonymous 1/11/2012 6:53:19 PM

Why the fck would you leave for Chelsea Grin??? What a gay fcking band....

withoutashield 1/11/2012 6:55:36 PM

lol @ all of this. Chelsea Grin will see how spiteful he can be and try to make it as temporary as possible. They're awful too, so hopefully they all work together to never play music again.

anonymous 1/11/2012 7:21:45 PM

From Born of Osiris to Chelsea Grin... What a fcking downgrade.

anonymous 1/11/2012 7:38:38 PM

Metal hipsters who play Skyrim, live in their parents bastufft, and try to get dates on ChristianMingle.com are not stoked

anonymous 1/11/2012 7:43:02 PM

are you gays serious? BOO hasn't been decent since their EP, CG is a huge upgrade at least to get over the boring-ass bullshit BOO has been putting out for the last five years.

anonymous 1/11/2012 8:05:37 PM

I see he took the Mike Kaabe route with the whole explanation thing...

anonymous 1/11/2012 8:06:13 PM

A rocknroll band doing drugs. Who the fck cares. All parties eat dick.

anonymous 1/11/2012 8:32:14 PM

"You guys heard how much a higher place sucked and what came after it" i thought it was a good album. wonder who really wrote the discovery if both parties are saying they did it...

anonymous 1/11/2012 8:35:26 PM

Its just drama. Both BOO and CG are both generic genre bands in the metal sub genres. who cares really. Jason just did not fit in with BOO. that is why he got fired. shit happens. get over it. all we can really do is sit back and watch the outcomes.

anonymous 1/11/2012 8:38:46 PM

Kevin White admits he is gay and joins this band!

anonymous 1/11/2012 8:43:00 PM

whoever thinks born of osiris is generic is fcking stupid. they are one of the more original bands in the metal genre. it will be interesting to see who born of osiris finds as a replacement though. I have no doubt they will still continue to make good music without jason.

sgt_grumbles 1/11/2012 8:44:41 PM

I like that it's "fire" and not "kick out", like he was told to pack up his belongings from his office cubicle.

anonymous 1/11/2012 9:44:47 PM

jion the whiney pssy club you whiney pssy

HBDad 1/11/2012 9:48:09 PM

I hate to break it to dude but A Higher Place was WAAAAAY better than the Discovery! However, I agree this was a dickish move on the bands part!

anonymous 1/11/2012 9:56:23 PM

The New Reign was OK..everything after = indigested watery shit

anonymous 1/11/2012 9:57:22 PM

So How bout them lakers.... Oh this isn't the NBA message board sorry to waste your time WhaT the fck is a BOO

anonymous 1/11/2012 10:01:27 PM

Everything after The New Reign was boring. I don't understand the love The Discovery gets. Awesome live band though I must say/

slut 1/11/2012 10:23:15 PM

The "sickest CG I've heard"? I'd be stoked for silence actually.

HarkAnInfant 1/11/2012 10:33:38 PM

cool story bro.

anonymous 1/11/2012 10:33:54 PM

Dude is fcking bummed about his new band for reals

anonymous 1/11/2012 11:20:01 PM

wow...i love Born of Osiris's music..it's fueled by weed and mushrooms which is how music should be made. They are immature about PRETENDING to be the 'adults' of the situation, and their now ex-guitar player is apparently an emo little snot who doesn't know how to have some fun and would rather go learn to do the chuggy chug on an 8 string instead of letting lose and enjoy BEING IN A PROG METAL BAND. like being in chelsea grin would be any more 'drug free' ..gimme a break straight edge bitch

anonymous 1/11/2012 11:46:35 PM

I love both these bands, and will remain a neutral party. Although Chelsea Grin is definitely one of my favorites, and I'm not ashamed to admit that, they're fcking heavy as fcking hell.

Dearsonis 1/11/2012 11:49:46 PM

^^^that was my comment before I created my account.

anonymous 1/12/2012 12:19:28 AM

It's official, Dearsonis is a gay.

ineedsalt 1/12/2012 12:24:15 AM

i am baffled by the number of people that think bands make money. to make your little bit of money your dad charges for rent is pushing it. you play about 200 shows a year, average about 100/200 people...be happy with your year end GROSS of 10K. hope the bad catering and pssy is worth it

anonymous 1/12/2012 12:27:07 AM

this GUY is WAY PISSED!

pregnantNUN 1/12/2012 5:01:31 AM

He is an awesome guitar player and I think he will def make CG a more technical band, so you cry babies can stop bitching about a band with three guitars that just chugs along in life. I always wondered what band will get positive recognition on this website?

LoydChristmas 1/12/2012 5:31:49 AM

lol at how many of these anonyms are probably in the band(s).

therearetoomanybands 1/12/2012 5:40:01 AM

"it felt like their dad was in the band" "it felt like their dad was in the band" "it felt like their dad was in the band" "it felt like their dad was in the band" "it felt like their dad was in the band"

zakkcervini 1/12/2012 6:33:35 AM

Pretty excited about this not gonna lie

anonymous 1/12/2012 6:45:19 AM

well i know all of the guys in boo, and i know jason, and jason has really been out of the band for a longggg time. they didnt include him in anything and everyone kind of hated him. jason was rarely around everytime ive chilled with boo. so this isnt shocking to me at all

duckduckfootloose 1/12/2012 7:31:31 AM

This Jason fellow seems like fine young gentlemen. Shame about all the drama. More tea?

anonymous 1/12/2012 7:37:08 AM

Born of Osiris' new guitarist.... Their dad

anonymous 1/12/2012 7:39:12 AM

Jason = best guitarist with worst breath in metal sub-genres.

anonymous 1/12/2012 8:01:53 AM

Anyone who says "it felt like having dad in the band" is a whiney pssy bitch who needs to man the fck up. Maybe they'll die of heroin and we can start a new thread.

LoydChristmas 1/12/2012 8:05:33 AM

"i know all the guys in the band and chill with them on the reg. they pretty much tell me everything theyre doing while we're chilling. since we chill together a lot i can tell you which of the band members are nice and which ones are total douchelords. i've even chilled at their practices. theyre mostly pretty chill." ^male groupies = never not funny.

Jon 1/12/2012 8:32:23 AM

Next thread™

xmusicislifex 1/12/2012 8:47:13 AM

this is what happens when you tour right out of high school....you never grow up and you end up pulling this school yard nonsense....dislike these bands, but if i DID like them, i would sure hate them now

anonymous 1/12/2012 8:58:54 AM

Impending Doom is stoked

anonymous 1/12/2012 9:45:14 AM

terrible bands all together. who cares. rule number one... don't be a queer.

Jon 1/12/2012 9:56:30 AM

^^^ just broke rule number one

anonymous 1/12/2012 10:10:20 AM

both bands suck uncircumcised dong, its all metalcore, just evolved. Props to kicking out the band dad, though.

anonymous 1/12/2012 10:30:15 AM

"He will keep shooting 3s for the Orlando Magic." hahaha YES everytime i hear his name in music this is all i see.

anonymous 1/12/2012 10:47:34 AM

Boo owed Cory Brandon too much money and Jason Richardson didn't want any of that debt on his shoulders obviously

Snoopy 1/12/2012 11:55:02 AM

Firing a guitarist implies once being in a band that made any money and/or fans throughout its existence. Misleading gay

anonymous 1/12/2012 12:04:05 PM

summarized version: the dude just can't hang

gorillatriscuits 1/12/2012 1:26:13 PM

I want fried chicken in my girlfriends arse so i can fck the chicken with my girlfriend. I just sharted out mothbalzz and yogurt. fck you nerdarios.

poo_butt_goblin 1/12/2012 2:58:43 PM

aw did da wittle kiddies getsd into a wittle fightsido wit one anotha?

anonymous 1/12/2012 3:05:39 PM

Born of Osiris stole shit multiple times in the Louisville KY area and are shook little bitches. Too much credit is given to this band on how "technical" they are. Lets not forget how they got popular "chug chug chug fckIN BOW DOWN" chug squeal chug squeal......... please OD soon.

anonymous 1/12/2012 3:24:15 PM

http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=dD2Pl-tp04k gotta leave this sick crib

anonymous 1/13/2012 4:05:04 AM

wow, they are rich, I can't believe this generic band lives in a mcmansion this decked out. boo inscribed chair covers? wall inscriptions? actually jason's room is one of two rooms that looks like someone lives there, the others live in some sort of mac cult fairytale

anonymous 1/13/2012 6:54:24 AM

fck jason. hes a bitch anyways. he blocked all the members of boo on facebook so they couldnt see what he said. if that isnt being a pssy bitch, i dont know what is

justlookaround 1/13/2012 7:39:27 AM

These comments are hilarious. I don't give a fck about either of these bands. But I do love a good thread.

anonymous 1/13/2012 8:00:15 AM

As stupid as this all is...Jason fcking shreds on guitar.

anonymous 1/13/2012 2:19:01 PM

Most people posting here want a shot at being the next guitarist.

anonymous 1/13/2012 2:21:02 PM

Get your you tube auditions in order, keep posting instrument cover videos, and most importantly - keep your blindfolds on.

anonymous 1/14/2012 12:30:03 AM

BOO - hilarious acronym, and probably extremely appropriate right now for said guitarist. BOOOOOOOO

anonymous 1/14/2012 10:42:40 AM

The faceless are stoked

anonymous 1/15/2012 9:17:11 AM

oh man dusty balls is rolling in his ukrainian grave. fuuuck boo. ffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuccc cccck cg. go listen to the HAARP machine, rings of saturn, and the tons of bands out there who not only are heavy as balls, not only are technical as fck, but actually DON'T SUCK.

anonymous 1/16/2012 1:25:01 AM

Jason moved from All Shall Perish---> Boo---> CG (who you will probably get fired from for the same shit as BOO) ---->What next Design the Skyline? Way to go kid. Sure making smart moves.

anonymous 1/16/2012 12:21:46 PM

I saw this coming, Jason is a gay and no way a band like that would put up with such a pssy

anonymous 1/17/2012 7:01:13 AM

its funny since the ONLY song jason wrote on the discovery was behold. lee wrote two of the other songs and cameron wrote the rest. if you think jason leaving the band will change the sound, youre wrong

anonymous 1/21/2012 8:50:14 AM

funny how people are talking about jason and BOO like you know them stfu no1 knows the FULL story.

anonymous 1/21/2012 8:16:36 PM

Now i have a reason to listen to CG.

anonymous 4/11/2012 10:57:14 AM

Pretty sure the excessive monsters jason consumed were more harmful the marijuana and other psychedelics the band consumed, fck you Jason. Even though you were great.

anonymous 8/2/2012 12:50:23 AM

Born of Osiris is the greatest most talented band in the world. With or without Jason and all of their albums are great! Js.

anonymous 2/5/2013 7:04:42 AM

Lol i love how you guys say Chelsea Grin is a downgrade from Born of Osiris. Bullshit its a step up! Chelsea Grin is way more brutal than BOO.




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