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From the unfortunate ashes of Lostprophets has risen No Devotion, a new band featuring five former members of the Welsh outfit. They've shared their debut single, 'Stay', which you can check out below.
As we all know, Welsh rockers Lostprophets imploded in a seriously horrifying fashion when frontman Ian Watkins was charged with a string of child sex offences, for which he was jailed for 35 years in 2013.
Now, former Lostprophets members Lee Gaze, Luke Johnson, Jamie Oliver, Mike Lewis and Stuart Richardson have enlisted US rocker Geoff Rickly to form new band No Devotion - and the group told Kerrang they didn't think they had a future after Watkins' crimes.
"We didn't know if we would ever make music again," revealed Stuart Richardson. "If people would look us in the face. Everything felt like it was over."
Listen to No Devotion's 'Stay' below:
The band reached out to Thursday vocalist Geoff Rickly, who admitted he had "never really listened to Lostprophets." "I had always liked these guys in passing: they're funny and self-aware," Rickly added. "I didn't think it was fair, what was happening to them. And, well, the music was too good to pass up."
"We didn’t know what else to do. We just wrote music," Richardson said. "I didn’t know if anyone would ever want to hear it, I didn’t know if anyone ever would hear it. I just needed to occupy my brain. We just needed this."
No Devotion have now announced a short US tour, taking place throughout July. For more information and tickets, visit Gigwise Tickets. 'Stay' will be released July 21.
No Devotion tour:
Cardiff CF10 – Tue July 22nd
Manchester Sound Control – Wed July 23rd
London O2 Academy Islington – Fri July 25th
Glasgow O2 ABC2 – Sat 26th
