Voici, (En VO), la nouvelle qui est tombé aprés la sortie du dernier album: The Final Chapter !!!

"Hi, everyone, 
Well, what a couple of big bombshells we have
for you today! Hope you're comfy, this is quite long and there's a lot
of things to say! There are some big changes afoot in the Dungeon camp, some
exciting, some shocking to those of you who have seen us live – it's
unlikely anyone would have seen this coming going by the great
chemistry the band has had of late, but if you look deeper into it then
it will all make sense.
Essentially, it's come to this: Stu and Glenn are leaving Dungeon.

I'll let the guys explain it first and then I'll give you the rest of the big news.



FROM STU:
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Hey guys,

Well, I am letting everyone know I am leaving Dungeon.

The last 4 years have been great with some killer experiences, but
I am at a stage where I am not finding what I want from Dungeon
anymore.
I phoned LT the other day and let him know, we talked for a while
and then both agreed it's time for me to move on. I have been sitting
with this feeling since the return from the OS trip and have many
reasons why I am leaving.
I am not one to carry on with long-winded letters but suffice to
say that I am looking for other things that I can't see happening in
Dungeon in the future. Feel free to draw your own conclusions on this
or ask me personally and I'll be happy to tell you. It's not all doom
and gloom.
Firstly, thanks to everyone who has ever enjoyed Dungeon's live
show or CDs – It's the only reason I have ever done this. The past guys
I have worked with, I throw a thanks to you as well.
I'll be looking for another band so you will see me around and I
have something pretty exciting coming up in a few months, so this isn't
the retirement speech, just time to move on.
I really hope I'll be welcome to visit the forum and stay in
contact with everyone in the future. I am proud of my time here and
feel I have contributed in a positive way to Dungeon.
Please enjoy the final show.

Take care and I hope to see everyone soon.

- STU

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FROM GLENN:
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Hi guys,

After much deliberation I have come to the decision to leave
Dungeon. This was not an easy decision to make as I love being in
Dungeon and it has been a real honour for me to work with three guys of
such a high calibre.
I would like to thank LT, Stu and Tim for giving me the opportunity
of working with them and also for their friendship, I could not have
asked for a better bunch of guys to work with :-)
A big thank you to all the fans who have supported me since joining
Dungeon - you guys make it all worth it! I hope I have given you as
much pleasure as I got from you being on stage.
Peace and Metal Forever,

- GLENN

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There you go, hey?

It's sad to see those guys go and unlike most press releases where it's
all "the split was amicable, etc." and you know it's a standard PR
smoke-screen, there truly is no hard feelings here, as I'm sure
everyone has seen at the last few gigs since the split was decided. We
had an absolute blast on stage and we all remain the best of friends. What Stu said is right; if something is not feeling right
and you perpetuate it, then it will only lead to tension and bad
feelings in the end. We all agreed to be totally up-front about our
feelings towards the band and if it was time to go, then it's time to
go, and do it before it affects your friendship like has happened with
some past members. In the last year, Dungeon has gone from strength to strength
and achieved so many things that I have only ever dreamed about. But
with this success comes so much added pressure. What a lot of people don't realise is that Dungeon is
essentially self-managed. Apart from playing, recording, performing and
things like that, we're also handling all of the gig bookings, tours,
press, promotion, label liaison, etc. and even doing our own recording,
production, DVDs, etc. And with all of this work, there is really no
money coming in to cover this. For just myself personally, this is a full-time job and I
draw my income directly from Dungeon related activities – and I can
barely survive on this. For the other guys, apart from what they do in
Dungeon, they also have very busy lives. So to fit in everything that
has to be done in the band as well as our actual jobs which is putting
on a world class show and albums, and then trying to find time for
yourself and your family... well, it's incredibly difficult and taxing
on everyone. With no money coming in to justify it, you begin to wonder
if it's all worth it. Unless it's something you truly believe in with
all your heart, then it eventually becomes a job that you don't enjoy
doing. For me, this has been part of my life for 16 years, almost
to the day. It's something I still believe in 100%, but now I also
realise there's time for a change.
Here's the last big bombshell: Dungeon's show on December 11 at the Gaelic Club, Sydney, will be our last.

I'd like to explain why...

Dungeon has changed so much over the years. There's been an in-joke
about the revolving door for musicians and there's many and varied
reasons for that (and depending on who you ask, I'm sure you'll get a
different story). The name "Dungeon" has been kept from the start for 2
reasons: firstly, for legacy's sake – it's a name that everyone knew
and we were building on its reputation, and secondly, with every
line-up change there's always been some kind of thread to keep it
attached to the previous line-up. EG: When Dale left and Stu joined,
there was still Dakk and Stevo which were part of the band for years.
When Dakk and Stevo left, it was still myself and Stu from the previous
lineup. Now, there's me and Tim left, basically. While Tim isn't
going anywhere in a hurry, he hasn't yet written anything with us, or
performed on an album. Is this still Dungeon? It could be argued either
way.
I gave this a lot of thought and decided that it wasn't.

So what's the plan for the future?

This is the exciting part and the bit where everyone who may have been
saddened by this news can at least see there is a positive side to it
all.
First of all, there will be another Dungeon album.
This will be our last and, if possible, I intend on bundling that with
a final DVD which will contain all of our clips, interviews with past
members, the complete history from go to woe. Both of these things are
already well underway. There's no release date for them as yet but rest
assured, if you're fan of the band they will not disappoint. (In fact,
we had a poll on our forum about what people wanted to hear on the next
Dungeon album and almost all of the things suggested will be
incorporated on the next album). Before then, the LORD album, "A Personal Journey" will be
re-released as a special edition with a new mix and a bonus track. For
those of you who don't know, LORD was a solo side project of mine which
released the "A Personal Journey" album originally in 2003, containing
songs similar to Dungeon but different or personal enough to not be
included on a Dungeon album. That will be the last of the solo LORD albums and from that
point onwards, LORD will become a band situation which will feature
(obviously) myself, Tim Yatras (Dungeon's current drummer) and several
other talented musicians who will be announced shortly. We will be
playing all of the favourite Dungeon songs and some of the original
solo album songs live. All of the LORD albums after that point will be
along the lines of where Dungeon was heading anyway, perhaps with a
slightly different take on things. As usual, the writing will happen
naturally and involve every member of the new band, so whatever we come
up with is what it is. It may take some getting used to not seeing certain faces on
stage but as Dungeon proved again and again, if the personnel is right
and the chemistry is happening, then the line-up - to a point - is
secondary; it still sounds like Dungeon and will feel like a Dungeon
show. I would say that if you enjoyed what Dungeon does in spite of all
of the line-up changes, you would enjoy LORD very much. This also ends our association with Metal Warriors. I'd like
to take this opportunity to thank Steve Ravic and all of the team for
their incredible hard work. Steve was integral in getting Dungeon out
there to the rest of the world, and he and the team have my total
respect. Dungeon / LORD will be dealing directly with our distributor
Modern Invasion for all upcoming releases in Australia (as we did with
the "Resurrection" re-release and the re-released "A Personal Journey"
album).
That's basically about it!
Guys, don't look at
this like it's the end, it's really just another change in line-up and
a change in name when you break it all down, however it's something
which I feel is necessary now, and I'd like to respect the good name of
Dungeon as much as I can by not making into something it's not anymore.
We'd like to give the band a great send-off at final show.
You'll see by the stage show that everything we all mentioned in the
press release here is true – we're all still great friends and we do
genuinely enjoy playing this music together on stage but it's just time
to move on for everyone. So please, come to the show to say goodbye to
Stu and Glenn and wish them well with their upcoming projects. I know
for sure you haven't seen the last of them! I have no doubt that the haters and the keyboard warriors
will be out in force after reading this press release. Whatever is
said, you can take it from me that the only true story is what myself,
Stu and Glenn have said, and everything else is either speculation or
just outright lies. Folks, thank you. Thank you for your support over the last
16 years of Dungeon. That has been the main driving force behind what
I've been doing for so long and kept me wanting to keep it moving, even
when things looked grim (and there has been more than a few times where
that was the case!). I'm both honoured and humbled by the things you've
written about us, the loyalty, the respect and also your honesty when
we've done things which have sucked too! HAHA! I hope you'll enjoy where things are going from here and
support LORD in the way you've supported Dungeon, as well as supporting
Stu and Glenn's projects.
For now, I'll just say a final thank you and we'll see you at the last Dungeon show.

Cheers and welcome to a new beginning! "

- Lord Tim

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