Black Crowes split
 

Black Crowes' Rich Robinson: 'The Band Has Broken Up'
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By Erin Strecker | January 15, 2015 5:53 PM EST

Rich Robinson announced Thursday (Jan. 15) that, after 24 years, the Black Crowes are breaking up.

"It is with great disappointment and regret that after having the privilege of writing and performing the music of The Black Crowes over the last 24 years, I find myself in the position of saying that the band has broken up," the guitarist said in a statement. "I hold my time with the Black Crowes with the utmost respect and sincerest appreciation. It is a huge swath of my life's body of work. I couldn't be more proud of what we accomplished and deeply moved by the relationships people created and maintained with my music. That alone is the greatest honor of being a musician.

"I love my brother and respect his talent but his present demand that I must give up my equal share of the band and that our drummer for 28 years and original partner, Steve Gorman, relinquish 100% of his share, reducing him to a salaried employee, is not something I could agree to," Robinson continued, referencing his brother, Crowes frontman and co-founder Chris Robinson. "There are so many people who have helped and supported us along the way. I want to give a heartfelt thank you to all of our fans, our friends behind the scenes, and to everyone who was a part of The Black Crowes."

According to Jambase, the band's last performance was in San Fransisco in December 2013. Chris Robinson is currently busy with his new band, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood.

While promoting the Brotherhood, Chris has been discussing the Black Crowes in recent interviews, saying, "I don't do frivolous things with music. The Black Crowes, to be honest, became a very tedious scenario. I...I know the Black Crowes are not going to turn around and be something that I think is super amazing again and fun and vibrant with the energy I'm looking for."

The Black Crowes previously split up in 2002 and went on hiatus in 2010, only to return both times.

I'm having a hard time handling this news.

I see what you did there.

They will Remedy this situation soon enough.

did anybody mention the word addiction when they heard this?

they should really just put their differences aside and remedy the situation.

good riddance :)

that'd be too much of a thorn in their pride

He should talk to Criss Angel about some Vegas shows.

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Isn't this about the third time they've broken up?

This was probably twice as hard as the first time they said goodbye.

Time will tell

I thought they already had split....guess i am living in the past.

Speaking of the Crowes and living in the past....this is still one of the best live albums in my collection.....

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They are the American Oasis.

On a side note; who the hell knew they were still together? Or cared.

Oh the stories I could tell.

These brothers hate each other with so much passion that it literally brings me to tears of uncontrollable laughter.

Please, God, just one.

Guess no one's soul is singing about this news.

Not a big fan of much rock music, but the Crowes are def one of my faves in that genre. Sad, but not unexpected.

Let's hear some stories.

They were still together?

Ya, don't hold out on us. What you got?

A buddy of mine and his band were nominated into the Georgia music hall of fame the same night as the Black Crowes. He had to agree (and sign) that he wouldn't look them in the eyes and a bunch of other weird shit. Everyone else was cool as hell that night, these guys are loons.

Who makes other bands sign a waiver that they won't look you in the eye at a hall of fame induction ceremony?

i think i remember one song they had in the 90's because it was on MTV alot. outside of that, i dont remember any of their shit.

I third this!! Dish us some stuff!!

The motion passes. Mr. McCloud, please resume your testimony.




Hell, it's not like one of the Robinsons is gonna read it and get madderer at the other.

I'm on my iPad the next few days because of the holiday weekend. I'll share a story or two next week, once I'm on a computer.

You guys may not find them as entertaining as I do but they're both pretty nuts.

These guys always came off as complete douchebags.

Nah, look forward to it. The Robinson brothers are batshit crazy from what little I've heard about them. Hell, wasn't that part of the reason Kate Hudson ended up leaving Chris?

Seems they had a similar brotherly relationship to the Gallagher bros from Oasis.

Great band ... sad news .... seen them numerous times in concert and Chris Robinson knew how to put on a show.

Ya, that is bizarre.