Exodus have parted ways with their singer of the past nine years, Rob Dukes, reveals blabbermouth.net.
Guitarist Gary Holt has released the following statement: “As a band, we all had to make a very difficult choice to part ways with [singer] Rob Dukes. We have nothing but love and admiration for him and the deepest gratitude for the hard work he has put in and the great work on some killer records. But at this time, Tom [Hunting, drums], Lee [Altus, guitar], Jack [Gibson, bass] and myself thought a change was necessary and the unanimous choice going forward was to welcome back Steve Souza to the fold!”
Adds Souza: “I spent a great part of my life with Exodus. That blood flows through me, [and] even not being in the band for the past 10 years, you can’t erase that chemistry. I’m very excited!”
Dukes joined the band in January 2005 as the replacement for Steve “Zetro” Souza, who was fired from the group in September 2004. Rob has appeared on four studio albums — Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005), The Atrocity Exhibition… Exhibit A (2007), Let There Be Blood (2008, a re-recording of Exodus’ classic 1985 LP, Bonded By Blood) and “Exhibit B: The Human Condition (2010) — and has released two studio albums with his Generation Kill project, 2011’s Red White And Blood and 2013’s We’re All Gonna Die.
Exodus’ next live appearance is scheduled for July 11 at the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Balingen, Germany.
source: blabbermouth.net
9 Responses
Yes! There is a God! I (and many other Exodus fans) hated Rob’s vocals. I thought he was here to stay, but Zetro is finally back! While Paul Baloff (RIP) would be the ultimate replacement for Rob, Zetro is the next best thing. Thank God (or Satan) because I almost gave up on Exodus.
The Bonded By Blood album with Paul Baloff was and always will be a classic in the thrash genre and the Zetro fronted Exodus was incredible with classic albums like Pleasures of the Flesh and Fabulous Disaster. But it can’t be ignored that the band kicked ass with Rob also.
A step backward. And another reason Exodus has never maintained career momentum. They make 2 very good albums in 2005 and 2007, and then start re-recording old stuff. Holt’s been hanging around Kerry King too much.
Eddie, what’s your take on this?
Their last 3 studio CDs have been their best……a lot like when Bush left Anthrax…going back word!!!!