Lordi fire drummer

2010-10-05 by Metalstyles | 42 Comments
Finnish heavy metal act Lordi take their mysterious monster image very seriously. So seriously in fact, that they decided to fire their drummer Kita (Sampsa Astala) when he announced he will be competing to represent Finland in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest with his side-project band, Stala & So, unmasked.

The statement by Lordi: "It is our unfortunate task to inform that drummer Kita is no longer a member of Lordi. Kita has made a decision to pursue his own career publicly as himself, without his alter ego Kita. This is in direct conflict with one of the cornerstones of Lordi's image. Therefore it is not possible for him to continue as a member of the band anymore.

Lordi will continue as always, masked and costumed, consisting of monster personas. Also, the upcoming tour will happen as planned. We thank Kita for the years he has been an important part of the band and our successes and wish him all the best in his future."

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viewerslikeyou
October 5th 2010
33 Comments


uhm

mansondanzels
October 5th 2010
98 Comments


Serious business.

StreetlightRock
October 5th 2010
4016 Comments


o no

LepreCon
October 5th 2010
5481 Comments


Oh well not much more than a fun straight up hard rock/ melodic metal band, any drummer half worth his skins could replace him

Photon
October 5th 2010
1308 Comments


oh lord

SCREAM!
October 5th 2010
15755 Comments


oh lordi*

Urinetrouble
October 5th 2010
5771 Comments


srs bznz





lordi suxkz

StrizzMatik
October 5th 2010
4156 Comments


Nordic countries really take their metal fucking SRSLY

Urinetrouble
October 5th 2010
5771 Comments


nordick cuntrees reely taek ther metuhl fuking SRSLEE

fr33convict
October 5th 2010
11723 Comments


lol

Urinetrouble
October 5th 2010
5771 Comments


what the singer of lordi really looks like
[IMG]http://images.contactmusic.com/newsimages/jack_black_1107245.jpg[/IMG]

Dogget
October 5th 2010
781 Comments


well I guess someone needs to take this band seriously

Nomos
October 5th 2010
1737 Comments


This is like if Slipknot were to fire Cory for not wearing a silly mask for Stone Sour.

Oh my. Scandinavichamps are so funny.

Spec
October 5th 2010
39400 Comments


Douchebags.

gingerfish
October 5th 2010
76 Comments


shit band. shit ethics. shit heads.

TheFantasticDangler
October 5th 2010
2059 Comments


theyre idiots

Jebull
October 5th 2010
1439 Comments


Lol, what a joke.

bloc
October 5th 2010
70025 Comments


A blessing in disguise

cvlts
October 5th 2010
9938 Comments


oh noz

Prolapse
October 5th 2010
4374 Comments


the only true black metal band is gone!

Yeahtoast
October 5th 2010
2041 Comments


LOL

MyDearWormwood
October 5th 2010
231 Comments


this band is a joke.

jcfiasco
October 5th 2010
465 Comments


best reason to fire a band member ever

qwe3
October 5th 2010
21836 Comments


laughed so hard

jingledeath
October 5th 2010
7100 Comments


lool

Scoot
October 5th 2010
22194 Comments


ohnoez he took off his mask



botb
October 5th 2010
17800 Comments


hahahahahahaha this is hilarious

TRMshadow
October 5th 2010
5119 Comments


won an autographed vinyl of theirs in a contest last Christmas... still have yet to listen... don't intend to...

ButcheredChildren
October 5th 2010
5590 Comments


hey this is actually a good idea for quite a few reasons

1) sticking to an alter-ego gimmick takes quite abit of self-discipline
2) not many bands have managed to successfully conceal their identities and pull of the ability to come of as legitamite monsters, many have failed (ex. The Berzerker, Slipknot, Mushroomhead, Gwar have all been un-masked at some point intime)
3) their dedication is staggeringly heroic in that it clearly wastes more effort to support it than just letting the members doing w/e it would have been easier to keep the drummer and let him desecrate their monsterous alter-personallities and looks that they've worked so hard to maintain, the amount of dedication along deserves koodos

ThePalestMexican
October 5th 2010
2816 Comments


Some people take the band's money and spent it on drugs
Some people get in fights with the band
Some people want to take the band in a completely different direction

This guy took off his mask

RyanDonahoe
October 5th 2010
142 Comments


Yeah I don't care how hard it is to conceal an identity like that, that's a straight up dick move. We're not 5 we know that they are people not monsters, but most importantly this band blows sooooo fucking hard.

ButcheredChildren
October 5th 2010
5590 Comments


wait the band isn't actually comprised on monsters? WTH? I feel mis-lead

theartofdoom
October 5th 2010
254 Comments


Lordi ain't fuckin' round

JesusV4
October 5th 2010
391 Comments


Saw Lordi on the mainstage of Ozzfest a few years ago, wondered who the hell they were. Then they sucked. Hadn't heard about them since. Now this. pfft

Unskathed123
October 5th 2010
368 Comments


Look at it this way:
What would happen if Batman took off his mask in public?
Exactly.

Bleekill
October 5th 2010
832 Comments


lol this band is shit, you have to be shit to rip off GWAR

drasticaction74
October 6th 2010
1943 Comments


lordi's image aint nuthin 2 fuck wit

Makemebad35
October 8th 2010
1050 Comments


Saddest news I've heard today.

OvrotLivesAgain
October 10th 2010
1497 Comments


Shit just got serious.

WOULD YOU LOVE A MONSTERMAN?
COULD YOU UNDERSTAND?
BEAUTY OF THE BEAST?
I WOULD DO IT ALL FOR YOU.
WOULD YOU DO IT ALL.
DO IT ALL FOR MEEEEE?????

Satellite
October 10th 2010
26539 Comments


Band isn't any more lulzy than the black metal half of this site circle jerks to.

Lordifani
October 15th 2010
6 Comments


There was actually a better reason for Kita's departure than just the principal that you absolutely must have a mask or else you're out of the band. Kita's band Stala & SO. has been going for quite a while but only now has it presented a problem. The band didn't want to fire Kita and waited a while before making the decision. But when Kita revealed his face, the Finnish media decided that if one member takes his mask off then it's okay to reveal all the other members. Kita made a choice to appear as himself but the other band members still want to remain unknown. So the only way to save the image that the band has tried to maintain for a decade was to fire Kita and let the media know that one member can't have rules applying to them that are separate from the rest of the band. He himself knew the risks so in a way he left, in a way he was kicked out. But there is no bad blood between the band and him. He's still friends with all of them and has even helped the new drummer by giving him tips.

BallsToTheWall
October 15th 2010
51216 Comments


Must have been listening to GWAR.



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