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Originally Posted by atsonicpark
Uh, wow, remember when they had a thousand members? This looks like a broken social scene group picture or something, haha. Why did all those people quit?
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In 2006, near the end of the fall tour, four members – playing guitar, bass, drums, and trumpet – left the band for personal reasons.
This is a quote from Wikipedia, but I remember reading something that Toby said about how the departure of several band members made him realise that he was perhaps being kind of a "control freak". But yeah, he seems to be quite a nice guy, judging from the way he addressed the crowd when I saw Kayo Dot live.
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Originally Posted by atsonicpark
Wow, didn't realize Coyote was about Yuko Sueta, Toby's ex-girlfriend, who was dying of cancer when they made the album -- and has recently passed away.
That gives the whole album a completely different meaning for me, and is extremely creepy to boot...
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I tell you, man, since I read that on a Rock-A-Rolla article about Coyote, I get shivers right from the album's first two verses -
Help me / I'm disappearing. Knowing the background that led to those words really gives a whole new meaning to it.