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r0m Pa l e \ iursday, September 27, 20 rough the re said to to extendi wo-term 1 —'iew set ■^■esday ni ■ hat if ? to stay ~»is term, hi THE BATTALION Page 3A up is Vo <Ao 'oadies are parting ways after 12 years, will perform a farewell tour in Texas By lYCIA SHRUM THE BATTALION o the idea ^ni said ini CBS on’t knov EZihe right 11 It has been five months to reallycMce the release of the the gorf sophomore album, <2“ thant 11 Below/ Stars Above, and i t-e -md i# er ^ y ears an<:, two albums Toadies will play five lore shows in Texas before tailing it quits. The Fort Worth band, formed 1989, faced change after change Tore their career took off. After e transitions, the bands final line was in tact. Todd Lewis (vocals id guitar), Lisa L/mbarger (bass), lark Vogeler (guitar) and Mark meek (drums) found a mix that deed. With the release of Rubberneck in igust 1994 the Toadies started to gain tional recognition. By the end of > ’w to do it. was avail ini said:T n way frott: feel thatl ny duties d." were Giuliani ch things ij nsion of term limit k a full ind of urM96 the album reached platinum status it would tM ven Y ears later ' f ^ e Toadies graced the \'overy hM us,c scene t/e// Below!Stars nuyor. ■ j^ e success 0 f ( h e j r sophomore album Legislafm’pj s [) 0r t 0 f Rubberneck. It took their first c-Ied fijibum more than a year to be noticed and urn term fefere was hope that it would be the same for ias been ■ iHell Below/Stars Above. Since July, rumors had been floating of the ladies break-up and on Aug. 22 Lewis called t Dallas Obsen-er to officially announce the id’s breakup. Lewis told the Observer that e break up was a result of Umbarger’s deci- on to leave the band, as well as overwhelming strations with the music industry. “She’s (Umbarger) given a lot of reasons, but I aven’tbeen able to make a whole lot of sense out f it,’’Lewis said. “She’s going through a lot of life Ganges. I don't know how long she’d been think- aboutit. You know, who knows? She’s decided lean locratic-ffi ly, led as been o nikerisnel she wants to have a real job and do boring, real-people . stuff.” Josh Cisnerof, who promotes Toadies con certs, said that the Toadies did not want to play without • Umbarger. He said that if it ■ ^ were not for the fans, the Toadies would not do any shows. The Toadies had can celled several shows around the nation, but wanted to have a small farewell tour in Texas, he said. “The Toadies are a very family- oriented band and they just couldn't see themselves playing too many shows without her (Umbarger),” Cisnerof said. Lewis told the Observer it did not take him long to decide that if U mbarger was not , going to continue playing with the Toadies, then the Toadies would not play without her. Lewis said that Umbarger and he had been together since the begin ning, and it would not seem right to continue with out her. 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He said there had been problems with the Toadies and the record label, Interscope Records, as well. “The label was doing the usual label thing: ‘If you don’t sell X number within X num ber of days, then you suck,’ ” Lewis told the Observer. As for the band members' plans after the farewell tour, everyone will be inde pendent According to Cisnerof, R e z n i c e k wants to contin ue with music. Cisnerof said Reznicek has already estab lished a band named Warsaw and already has a date to play at The Metro in Austin. According to The Observer, Vogeler wants to attend film school in Los Angeles and Lewis will continue with music. Cisnerof said Lewis is planning to take a long break before starting any projects. “Todd is wanting to take a break from every thing,” Cisnerof said. “He’s tired of the politics and lawyers in the industry. I think it will be a while before Todd comes out with anything.” As for Umbarger, Cisnerof said she may possibly move back to Australia, although that has not been confirmed. He said that during the long break between Rubberneck and Hell Below/Stars Above, Umbarger started concen trating more on her person al life. Umbarger wanted to get back to the things she had been involved in during the Toadies seven-year break, Cisnerof said. The kick-off tour began Sunday in Austin with opening bands such as Pushmonkey, The Reverend Horton Heat, Blue October and local favorite. Feeding 5,000. Feeding 5.000 band member Jeremy Rocha said there are many big bands that support the Toadies and it is sad that they are breaking up. “I think it’s really cool that the Toadies are sticking to their roots and playing in Texas,” Rocha said. 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