Metal Anarchy

During a recent appearance on the HardLore podcast, Circa Survive’s Anthony Green confirmed that the band are broken up. According to him, the group disbanded after he suffered a relapse back in 2022.

Green said the following when asked if Circa Survive’s current status can be described as a hiatus:

“Uh, no. I’d call it a breakup. I think hiatus was thrusted upon us. But it’s hard to talk about all that stuff because Circa wasn’t just a band for me. We were like a family. You know what I mean? And when that sh*t went down — talk about things I wish I would have done different, you know? When all that sh*t went down, it was such a heartbreaking thing. We, I, never imagined it going away the way it went, none of us did.

…We had a tour for ‘Blue Sky Noise‘. It was like our ten year anniversary tour. It was going to be our third ten year anniversary tour and it was postponed by the pandemic… And we postponed it, and postponed it, and I relapsed right before and had to go to treatment. And it was a really stressful time for the band. This is all their life doing this band. And all their life is having to deal with me sometimes being accountable, sometimes being not.

And I think it got to the point where it was so difficult, and I was so far gone, that I think for them the best thing was for me just to get help and to focus on that. And nobody really knew what to do. And darkness descended. And you know, I don’t like war stories. I’m not that kind of guy. Circa Survive is the best thing that ever happened to me, and I love it more than anything. And I always want to celebrate it, and I always will.

[It’s] a weird situation because what I want more than anything is for us all just to be friends with each other, no matter what. Like all that stuff that Circa means to other people too. I just… we’ve all kind of come together — not all of us — but since then I’ve been talking to everybody. Nick [Beard,] the bass player, came out to see me in California. And Colin [Frangicetto, guitarist/vocalist] and Brendan [Ekstrom, guitars] and I have spent time together. We’ve all been talking a little bit, and that just to me, that’s everything.

I don’t know if the band is ever going to do anything ever again, you know what I mean? And even if it did, it wouldn’t be the same. It just wouldn’t. I mean, people want… Sometimes it’s hard, ’cause you want to give people what they want. You want to do stuff like that. But it’s like not at… I’m a people pleaser. So, I always want to give people what they want. And part of me feels like I don’t even deserve to be here unless I’m doing what people want of me. You know what I mean? And so, it’s tough. But I don’t want to put anybody in a bad situation. I just want to honor what everybody needs in their life.

And just being able to be friends with those people and have them in my life in any way is like really special. And to be able to send them messages and be like, ‘remember that?’ Brendan and I saw each other at Ink & Dagger. We were in the pit at Ink & Dagger in Philly, and it feels good to be able to celebrate that again. And I love it. It should be celebrated, you know what I’m saying? I’m always down.”

[via The PRP]