Gaz Coombes
Former Supergrass front-man Gaz Coombes informed his former band-mates of his intention to quit the group via e-mail, suggesting they “call it a day” and go their separate ways.
The Pumping On Your Stereo stars, consisting of the frontman, his keyboardist brother Rob Coombes, drummer Danny Goffey and bassist Mick Quinn, declared in April that they were splitting after 17 years together.
They embarked a farewell tour and bowed out for good in June after playing their final gig as Supergrass in Paris, France.
And Gaz Coombes, who has since launched a solo career, reveals he was the one who initiated the split, because he was no longer excited by the band's work.
He tells Bang Showbiz, "I just sat down one night and just wrote an email out to everyone, saying we should call it a day and I kind of want to put my effort into something that I'm going to get immediate reward from and excitement. I didn't feel like we were challenging each other in the right way, or things just weren't coming out the way they should."
The singer admits the rockers had already started to drift in different musical directions and he no longer wanted to deliver "mediocre" music to their fans.
He tells DigitalSpy.co.uk, "I think it was just that the connection wasn't there. For whatever reason we weren't on the same page, so why force something mediocre? It just doesn't make any sense. We were only holding ourselves back really. Individually I just felt that we were all capable of so much more."
The star is adamant has no plans to reunite Supergrass in the near future because he wants to leave their legacy intact.
He adds, "I really can't see it. It's not what I want to do. I can't imagine what's going to happen in five or 10 years, but I think it would only happen if we miss each other ... I feel really comfortable with the way things are. I want to leave Supergrass in the place where people remember it and I don't want to dilute it and f**k it up."
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