Death metal outfit Suffocation have fired back at their former drummer Eric Morotti in response to his recently claims regarding them amid his exit from the band last week. Morotti went scorched earth upon announcing his departure from the band this past Friday, April 10th. In his statement, Morotti offered:
“There comes a point in your life where you pick YOU! You must choose to change, evolve, or be stuck in the same routines forever. Today. On my. Birthday. I have chosen to step away from @suffocationofficial to prolong my health, myself. My integrity. I will not work with toxic. Abusive drug addicts. Let alone allow them to boss me around. I’ve been belittled and stepped all over for too long.
That being said. I’ve been having an absolute BLAST with @sanguisugaboggband and have been shown what it’s like to be part of real FAMILY. no egos, no power trips. Just bros that love music and being together. Catch me on tour with them still on the @lambofgod tour around the USA!! I love you all, thank you very much to all my fans for supporting me over the years, keep your eyes open for what’s next!!”
Suffocation for their part said in a statement made publicly today, April 13th:
“To address Eric Morotti’s false claims made in his social media posts on April 10th and to the news outlets who picked it up, Suffocation would like to take a moment to set the record straight.
Last week, the decision was made by Suffocation to part ways with Eric Morotti due to his conflicting schedule with Sanguisugabogg, which affected Suffocation‘s schedule for the year. Eric was notified of his termination on April 8 by email, which is released with this statement. It is unfortunate that Eric decided to falsify claims and take this to a negative place forcing us to make this statement.
Regardless, we wish him nothing but the best of luck on his future endeavors.”
In an accompanying slide, the band included an April 08th email addressed to Morotti from Suffocation‘s lead guitarist Terrance Hobbs with which they used to inform him of his termination:
“After a lot of communication with the band and all involved .,,,Eric,suffocation has made the decision to let you go from the band due to scheduling differences and touring obligations…it’s unfortunate as we had a good run last decade!!! So with that being said ,best of luck to you and your music career as well as your up and coming gigs !!!!! If you want you can have wes perhaps come and grab your gear here as i’d like to make space here in the garage before we start our next tours and gigs..”
As Suffocation announced on April 10th, John Longstreth of Origin has since been recruited to fill-in on drums for the immediate future.
