Pop Punk Band Gimble Call It A Day

Nov. 29, 2010 - PRLog -- Singer/bassist Lee Switzer posted the following on the band's blog on Friday 26th Nov 2010:

Hey people, peoples, Gimblettes, peeps, bros, mofo’s, dudes and earth children!

Now, I don’t want anyone to cry (much) but I’m afraid that after nearly 10 years of rocking your world it’s time for Gimble to say goodbye.

Yes, that’s right; it’s fallen to me to announce a sad, sad day in music history. Maybe they’ll call it Gimble Friday, or G-Day and it’ll be a national holiday where everyone goes out late night streaking and tells “your mum” jokes to everyone they meet. Or maybe no one will care, but I think the first option is much more likely.  

First off, there has been absolutely no falling out or disagreements of any kind, and Alex, Hadyn and Sam remain three of my best friends, Gimble has just unfortunately run its course. As anyone who knows us will have noticed, we’ve been on a lazy hiatus for the last year, not splitting up but not actually doing anything at the same time. Basically we want to put an end to the ambiguity, be proud of what we’ve achieved and get the opportunity to thank everyone for supporting us over the years.

Personally I wanted to fake a huge public break up that ended with me and Hadyn in a cage match and Sam releasing an autobiography detailing years of sexual abuse, but for some reason the others weren’t up for it. I’m a little relieved in a way, as Hadyn has the biceps of a Greek Adonis, but then he also has the hair of a middle aged Jamaican woman., so it’s swings and roundabouts, or sex-swings and reach-arounds.  

Anyway, I know I speak for all of the guys when I say a sincere thank you and give big sloppy kisses all round to everyone who played a part in our Gimbletastic lives, from the people that came out time and time again to see us, to the promoters that for some reason kept putting us back on, and of course to all the awesome bands that we have had the opportunity to play with. You’ve all been great and made the whole experience absolutely incredible for us.

When we first started out practicing in Hadyn’s rumpus room and playing to no one in little gigs around Reading, we couldn’t have dreamed that nearly ten years later we’d, well… still be playing to no one in little gigs around Reading. In all fairness though we’ve played some incredible gigs in between, most of which would seem like nothing to most people but for us the likes of the Camberley Town and Agincourt gigs, the brilliant Vent gigs in Kingston and my personal favourites from the good old days at the Kings Tavern and the Boxing Club in Reading were some of the best nights of our lives.

We’ve grown up together doing this, and it has meant the world to us. There’s still a lot of unhealthy man-love going on between us, and that will never change, we just think that the band has seen its best days now. After doing this for so long, we all want to do different things, and we’ve all got completely different lives, ideas and even in some ways different tastes in music. Of course, we’re not saying NEVER for Gimble, it’s just not working out for us right now so we’re going to call it a day before we cheapen our fine legacy.

So there you have it, there is no fat lady to sing but I’m a fat guy that sounds quite a lot like a lady, so that will have to do. Obviously as I keep saying I want to thank all of our families and friends, other bands, promoters, groupies, sexual health clinics, the Sainsburys salad bar, Subway, anyone who owns a copy of our EP or album, anyone who bought the Mega Deal (that was SWEET!), people who have helped promote us,  everyone who pity-laughed at our jokes, Alex’s Brazilian wax technician, our various band-wags, the Sulli-Van (RIP), and many, many, many, too many more!  I’d love to name everyone that we want to thank but we’ve met so many awesome people that I’d never be able to do it. Plus I’m terrible with names, so it would be like: I’d like to thank, um, that guy with the, um, face and the little, um thing that does stuff. Nobody wants that!

Thanks for watching, listening, heckling and coming back to do it again and again. I’m sure we’ll all be bringing our undeniable musical genius back doing other things, so keep an eye and/or ear out. Oh and if anyone wants a copy of our album I still have some knocking around, not our EP though that baby sold right out!

Thanks again, love you all

Lee (Gimble ambassador to the internet)