Stealing Axion Parts Ways With Josh DeShazo

Guitarist / vocalist Josh DeShazo of Stealing Axion has issued the following announcement about parting ways with the band:

"It is with a heavy heart that I have decided that I must step down from being a part of Stealing Axion. Life is getting busy and I must devote my attention in order to stay on track.

"I have never been a part of something so inspiring musically or emotionally and I'm really lucky to have had the best bandmates standing beside me the entire time. The musicianship that Dan and Phil surrounded me with has completely changed my life over the course of this band. I owe a lot of my progress musically and personally to the hard work that was required of me to be in a project as complex as Stealing Axion.

"I'm not giving up on music at all and please keep an eye out for my name in the future, but as for Stealing Axion and I, the time has come for me to try new things.

"Dan, Phil and I grew up together as friends, which is what made this band work so well between us. I fully expect to work on music with the guys in the future just because it is such a strong part of our friendship. I expect that everything coming out of these guys will be on par or better than anything we've done in the past because pushing ourselves as musicians is what Stealing Axion is all about.

"I'll always have that in me and I'll always have our stories. Thank you so much Dan and Phil. Thank you so much fans and friends."