Metal Anarchy

It looks like Heavy Heavy Low Low have broken up. Guitarist/vocalist Danny Rankin initially commented on the split, accusing vocalist Robbie Smith of selling merch and taking the profits for himself. However, Smith has since disputed those claims.

Rankin initially the following:

“True ending of HeavyHeavyLowLow:

Rob (Singer) locked us out of the IG and used it to sell out merch on a personal Shopify to make $ to move to Florida.

I mentioned that it sucks to post shirts everyday with no intent for shows and he quit the band, blocked me for weeks, and still posted shirt for personal gain.

Its been a month and no one else in the band seems to give a shit that hes making us look thirsty as fuck / low key stealing from us / ghosting one of the other members.

Mans throwing away the band and a 20 year relationship for a couple hundred dollars (current msrp on moving to Florida)”

Smith then responded:

“None of us want to be in a band with Danny.

I okayed selling the shirts with the entire band. Even Danny. But after a couple weeks, Danny had deemed it “uncool”, “desperate”, and now “thirsty”. No one else in the band thought this and they never have. They supported me because we are and remain friends.

We’ve been dealing with Danny’s increasingly erratic and downright manic behavior since we reunited a few years ago. Always walking on egg shells around him, worried we’d upset his fragile ego and have to deal with the fallout involved w that. It wasn’t worth it. So we worked around it.. That was our mistake for letting that go on so long.

Danny claims the band has been locked out of IG. That isn’t true. One only needs to follow Danny’s personal account for a period of time to realize why we’ve never shared it with him. I talk to everyone in the band, sans Danny, often. No one is jilted.. except Danny.

What Danny is doing is panicking very publicly about not being a part of the only thing that makes him “cool”, this silly band. A band I quit last tour because of his bullying, his ungrateful attitude, and the unpleasantness of having to cater to an adult who acts like a toddler.

I did a lot for this band. A lot. To be accused of stealing by someone I once called a friend is heartbreaking, especially when I know that he knows what damage an accusation like that can cause. I have never stolen from this band. I gave this band everything the last few years. Time, energy, money, blood, sweat, tears. All Danny ever did was show up and take. And complain.

So, yeah, we’re done. No future here.

We wish him the best of luck and hope he gets the help he needs.”

UPDATE: Rankin has since fired back:

“SORRY ABOUT ALL THE DRAMA.

QUIP SUM UP:

IVE BEEN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BAND FOR LIKE A MONTH ABOUT ROBS EXCESSIVE PERSONAL SHIRT POST. EVREYONE ELSE ENABLES ROB TO RUN HIS LITTLE SHOW SO THEY KINDA JUST IGNORE AND LET ROB RUN US INTO THE GROUND.

I TRIED TO EXPRESS AND COMMUNCATE TO HIM AND THE OTHER BANDMATES ABOUT IT FOR WEEKS…

NO ONE CARED.

WAS TIRED OF ROB POSTING ON OUR BEHALF AND MAKING US LOOK DUMB ESPECIALLY WHEN HE QUIT AND BLOCKED ME. NOW MAKING ME PART OF THIS THIRSTY LOOKING BAND

AFTER WEEKS OF TRYING TO COMMUNICATE I POST ON MY STORY. IT GAINS TRACTION. ROB UNBLOCKS FOR JUST ENOUGH TIME TO TALK SHIT THEN BLOCK AGAIN GOES LIVE AND TALKS SHIT ABOUT ME FOR HOURS WHILE ALSO TRTING TO GAIN MORE MONEY AND POSTS HIS VENMO

WE (ROB) ARE EMBARRASSING AF”

He also added:

“BOYCOTT OUR BAND AND GET A REFUND ON A SHIRT IF YOU BOUGHT ONE RECENTLY.”