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Reading-spawned electro-rockers The Cooper Temple Clause have decided to break up after almost a decade together.
The band's guitarist Dan Fisher has written the following statement:
Dear Team Cooper
It is with a sad and heavy heart that I must announce that The Cooper Temple Clause have decided to split up. Last week I informed the rest of the boys that I would be leaving the band. As I hope you will all be able to understand, it was perhaps the most difficult decision I have ever had to make. When the only life you have ever known is that of your five best friends and the music you make, the thought of leaving that life is not one to be considered lightly and I assure you all that the decision was not an easy one to make. Nonetheless, it was something I felt I had to do. I can only apologise from the bottom of my heart for the disappointment this will undoubtedly cause many of you.
In the wake of this decision the rest of the boys agreed to call it a day and pursue other interests. Friendships are well and truly intact and the love very much remains within the camp. We would like to take this moment to thank all of you for your support over the years and the love and acceptance you have shown us. It has been an honour to be your servants, for that is what we have been. A band is nothing without its fans, without the people who come to the shows, buy the albums and make us feel that we're not alone in the world, that there are other people out there who see the world as we do in all its wonder and absurdity. People can say what they like about The Cooper Temple Clause, but the unswerving loyalty and dedication of you guys, the ones who really matter, can never be called into question. From the very beginning you have shone brighter than we could have ever hoped, from the street teams to the forum administrators, from those of you who saw us in the Bull and Gate to those who made the earth shake at Fuji Rock on the other side of the world; we thank you all, each and every one of you. When we stood as children in front of our mirrors brandishing tennis rackets and singing into upturned golf clubs, never did we imagine the fantastic adventure we would embark upon thanks to you, the greatest fans in the world. We can only hope that we touched your hearts as much as you have ours.
Take heart and carry on, dear Team. Never be afraid to be yourselves, to be individuals, to fly in the face of common sense and listen to your hearts, to do it your own way. We made a bunch of albums. We played a bunch of shows. We met a bunch of people who changed our lives forever.
We love you all. Thank you so much.
Yours, in absence of a cheesy line from one of our own songs to end this post,
Dan
The Cooper Temple Clause
Xxx
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The Cooper Temple Clause
Terrible shame
One of the greatest bands to ever walk the Earth. They were superb.
It sucks
but they quit at the right time,
They were just about to fuck things up, i could sense it.
At least my surname can have respect now.
They were ok.
^^
(2) their latest album was, well, a bit shite really...
*were* superb.
everything after their first album was just rehashed shit.
About to?
Did you hear the recent album?!
^ Joke (ish)
It was alright, actually. Not great though.
inevitable
i wanted this album to be amazing, but it was just ok, and with Didz leaving, their crown as NME's poster boys long gone and everything else, its all been coming for a while.
Still, I was at high school when I started loving the Coopers, so I feel a little bit old.
are they going to fulfill their tour commitments?
i may well go see them at the Wedge if they are..
Deadful Pity...
Hugely underappreciated, brilliant band. They'll be missed around here.
i remember
this music snob who came onto their message board in about 2001 (i was about 17, just) telling all the fans "you are idiots. this band will mean nothing to you in a year". I had a huge go at him at the time and thought he was a stupid man.
However, he was right. They were a very good live band, and their gig at The Garage I went to, sometime in 2000/2001 is still up there with the most impressive I've ever witnessed, but their recorded output past the EPs and debut album was pretty shoddy, and even the good stuff has dated badly.
Oh well.
YAY
one less shit band to clog up the world.
He well wrote that letter in Word/Outlook
It's gone and capitalised his kisses like the know-it-all bastard it is
Kick Up The Fires........
>>>>>>>>>> See This Through And Leave.
New album was very hit and miss though.
Ah well, least I saw their last ever gig. What a way to go out too, it was immense.
I WIN DIVER
Ha!
I posted this entire freaking article on the social this morning.
Ha Diver, I beat you to it!
I AM THE GREATEST
Oh Fucking Hell
Why?! I spoke to their tour manager after the CSS gig and he told me they were confirmed for Reading...
I blame Dirty Fucking Pretty Things.
pretty rich
coming from a member of fucking junkplanet.
Fuck You
Brainlove.
One of the best bands of the past ten years.
Two Great Albums, Phenomenal Live and they never got the credit or fame they deserved
Fuck You
Didz Hammond you Cunt.
If i see you around Reading i'm gonna kick the living shit out of you.
Not that you'll be in Reading, you'll be hanging in Shoreditch with all those other cunts from London. That Barrat, what a fucking cunt
Don't fear Hammond, i've moved to London and i will hunt you down, Shoreditch here i come.
oh well eh
Used to be good live, first album was ace - it all went rapidly downhill from there. They had some nice ideas though.
I can't believe the title didn't go,
"The Coopers call it quits... Just like that".
A wasted opportunity.
Gutted
Totally, totally gutted. Used to absolutely love the Coopers, and i thought the last album was pretty good actually. They'll be missed.
This is an absolute crying shame
The Coopers should have been one of the country's biggest bands. One of the few bands out there who dare to try something different.
I despair when the ikes of The View can gather massive fanbases, and rack up huge sales, when an absolute treasure like TCTC go unnoticed by the masses.
A bad day for British music :(
And I really liked the last album as well
All their albums are ace.
cunt it
what is it with people quitting, first les incompetents then patrick wolf, now the coopers. nevermind but they could of gone out with bang and not a 6/10 album, at least there first two were 10 for me.
That statement
is a bit sickening. They never changed my life and just remain a band I kind-of liked.
we literally
couldn't give away coopers stuff at a bring and buy. that is because they were fucking rubbish
pretty rich
coming from a member of fucking <b>eard/no beard possE.
This is awful
One of my favourite bands ever. Maybe slightly disappointed to go out on a lesser album BUT that doesn't take away the two amazing ones that preceded it and their awesome live show.
Kieran Mahon is also one of the nicest people in music.
I could sense a horrible album next time out though, so I guess it's good.
Also, when I was speaking to Kieran in December or January (whenever Chelsea Barca was this season) he told me that this album was their attempt to actually make some money out of music. He'd just moved back in with his family, I think. It wasn't a commercial success, so sadly I think it was inevitable. These people, great musicians that they are, still need to make a living.
RIP
That statement is, at times,
quite touching
um
... actually, I did Keithy Baby
that kick up
the fire album was pretty decent
I fail to see
where they say they changed anyone's lives, you ignorant cunt.
Awwwwwww
I quite liked the 1st album, I lost touch with them after that.
What a crying shame!
Absolutely on top form last month in Newcastle.
If they don't carry on in their own little ways the world will be a much poorer place.
easy..
I dont believe I was quoting from their statement.
Retard.
That's a good...
...summary.
Even though the last album was disappointing (All I See Is You, Once More With Feeling were great though) they were always a better live band, even the new songs. The gig at Shepherds Bush earlier this month was absolutely superb.
inevitable
I knew it was all over when I saw a pic with them wearing eyeliner and silk elbow gloves
:(
Were a great, great band. Very sad indeed. Saw them back in 2002 when i was only 16, and again in october, two of the best gigs ive been to.
first heard them on mtv2, the double a-side film maker/been training dogs, blew me away. First album is easily the best, but ilike the other two too.
I was never a fan of the Clause,
something to do with their music...
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