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t has been almost five years since the sons, whilst Todd was charged with vehic- and then Todd… you know what happened
release of their last studio album, ular homicide by intoxication, which led to to…” he trails off. “Todd was a little differ-
I‘Time Of My Life’. Despite the title, the his dismissal. ent, but we started the process of replacing
band - which at the time included Brad It could have easily been the end for 3 him soon after as well. You know, we just
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Harrell (bass), Chris Henderson (guitar) and that the thought of calling it a day never The replacements came in the form of
Greg Upchurch (drums) - were having any- even crossed their minds. “We never even Chet Roberts, who was formerly Chris’ gui-
thing but the time of their lives. Success had that conversation,” Chris states. “It tar tech, and bassist Justin Biltonen, both
and touring life had taken a toll on the child- wasn’t like, ‘Oh my god, we lost somebody of whom have helped to revitalise the band.
hood friends, to the point where they were and we’ve got to quit.’ It was like, ‘We’ve “New life has been injected into the band,”
riding on separate buses. Then, within the lost somebody. Alright, now who’s going to Chris says. “I feel personally that since we
space of twelve months the band lost two replace them?’ We started the process of re- did our greatest hits record, which was a
of its members – Matt left due to health rea- placing Matt the day he said he was leaving couple of years ago, we drew a line in the

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