Jay Reatard Is Looking For A New Band

Jay Reatard announced yesterday via Twitter that his solo backing band had quit. Bassist Stephen Pope and drummer Billy Hayes confirmed to Pitchfork that they did quit the band. In his post he wrote:

Band quit ! Fuck them ! They are boring rich kids who can't play for [shit] anyways .. Say hello to your ugly and boring wifes opps I mean lifes guys suck it

Then in another post late yesterday again on Twitter asked is anybody wanted to join his band:

So who wants to see just how terrible it is to play in my band . I mean its so so hard I promise its the worst :) Jayreatard@gmail.com

So far none of Jay's upcoming tour dates have been cancelled due to the split.

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