Sacked Singer Shocker!! 2008-04-30 by hermitspancho | 21 Comments | Divine Heresy have canned Tommy Cummings after a live gig on April 26th went wrong.
In a nutshell, Tommy wanted to end the set early, the rest of the band said no, Tommy threw his toy's from the pram, pushed Dino over a step and sauntered off stage, persumably in a huff.
From Lambgoat,
Divine Heresy (Century Media Records) has fired vocalist Tommy Cummings, reports the Headbangers Ball Blog. According to the blog, "The move came after Cummings flew into a rage during a show on April 26th in Poughkeepsie, New York when the other players wouldn't let him end the set early."
Headbangers Ball Blog provided the following account, including quotes from Divine Heresy guitarist and founding member Dino Cazares:
"'He gave us 10 different reasons why we should stop — 'My microphone doesn't work, I got diarrhea, the monitors are f–ked up' — whatever he could think of. We decided that's not fair to the fans. We wanted to give them a full show.'
"In part, the other members of Divine Heresy decided to finish the gig because they didn't think Cummings was being honest about why he wanted to cut the set short. 'We felt that he wanted to end the show early to go hang out at the New England Metal Fest, which we were supposed to be performing at the next day,' Cazares said.
"But when Divine Heresy blasted into the next song, Cummings became unglued. He tried to pry the drumsticks from Tim Yeung’s hands, then he shoved Cazares, knocking him down. 'The venue has a weird step onstage, and I hit the step and fell after he pushed me,' Cazares said. 'He just caught me off balance. It was extremely unprofessional, and, in my head I just knew it was over with him.'
"The Poughkeepsie incident was the final straw in a relationship that had grown increasingly strained over time. From the start, Cummings' hardcore and hip-hop background clashed with the rest of the band’s brutal death metal orientation, and as the lead singer, he seemed to see himself as the leader of the group even though the band was formed by Cazares. 'He's a big, intimidating guy and he knows how to use that to his advantage,' the guitarist explained. 'We didn’t agree on a lot of things and we thought it was better that he left
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I've never heard of this band, but band drama always interests me. Strange story, but interesting as well.
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Terrible band to begin with.
Cummings' hardcore and hip-hop background clashed with the rest of the band’s brutal death metal orientation
Laughing very hard right now!
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Laughing very hard right now!
Exactly!
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haha I was at New England metalfest on the 26th. Glad he didn't come :lol:
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Awww, I liked these guys. I hope Dino can find a cooler guy to sing for them.
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LAWLed at this story. Nice headline btw, because it totally complies with the rules for headlines. 
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Tommy sounded too Metalcore for this band anyways. Hopefully they get more of a Death Metal singer to replace him.
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This is funny as hell.
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He had an impressive singing voice tho- but yeah he sounds like a class A douche bag.
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Tommy sounded too Metalcore for this band anyways.
Fucking hate when that happens.
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That sucksThis Message Edited On 05.15.08
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lol what a bitch
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Wow, one of the best band member stories I've read in a while.
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That was a truly hilarious read.
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If they find a vocalist who can scream better, I just might be interested in the band as a whole.
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Well Tommy has stated his side of the story, makes a lot more sense than this. Apparently Dino is just a classic asshole and power freak. I mean Tommy still did some stuff he shouldn't have for sure, but I can see where he's coming from here. Don't think it's his fault.
If anyone cares, the interview is here :http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/556/exclusive-tommy-vext-speaks-of-divine-heresy-falling-out
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Well Tommy has stated his side of the story, makes a lot more sense than this
Figured there might be, I remember there being, 'Dino's a power freak' stuff came out of the original Fear Factory break up
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sounds like tommy is less mental tbh, not fond of this band tbh.
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The title should read Sacked Singer ShockerThis Message Edited On 05.02.08
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Disregard my former comment, as I have listened to the other side of this story (Tommy's) and it makes a lot more sense.
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Tommy's side of the story actually makes alot more sense. It doesn't sound like he rehearsed his answer, so much as he just rehashed what had happened.
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