Its a big transition for a band to go from a four piece to a five piece on the road and for a band then to go back to a four piece. Could be after Jim decided to leave, Sonic knew they had tours coming up and had grown comfortable with the 5 piece line up they decided to stay with it. (Could be they retained MI for x amount of shows/maybe its looser than that)
Mark and Jim play/played different roles as the # 5 but its stil interesting in the history of the band I think.
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