North Korea (The Dillinger Escape Plan, etc.) are down a guitarist as Brian Byrne has decided to bow out. He released the following statement regarding his departure:
“After a lot of careful consideration, I’ve decided to bow out of North Korea and pursue other interests, musical and otherwise. This was a tough decision to come to as Mike, Bill, and Ryan are three of the most talented musicians anyone could hope to play with, but we’re simply on different pages as far as our musical directions go.
Thank you for your support and dedication to our band these past two years and please continue to support North Korea as they’ll be releasing a fucking bad ass album on Triple Crown Records at some point in the near future.
If you’d like to stay in touch I have a twitter (/brianbyrneinc), tumblr (thehandthatwieldsit.tumblr.com), and I’ll answer whatever facebook messages that get thrown at me.
– Brian Byrne“
