{"id":649,"date":"2011-11-28T13:47:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T21:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/?p=649"},"modified":"2012-05-04T22:34:12","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T05:34:12","slug":"drowning-pool-to-part-ways-with-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2011\/11\/28\/drowning-pool-to-part-ways-with-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"DROWNING POOL To Part Ways With Singer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All-American anthemic rockers\u00a0<strong>Drowning Pool<\/strong>\u00a0announced today that they will be parting ways with their current singer, Ryan McCombs. The hard working Texas band, who has worked with 3 singers in their 10 year career, issued the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have always been a band who has gained success despite having multiple singers&#8230;maybe we suffer from reverse &#8216;lead singer&#8217;s disease,&#8221; said C.J. Pierce. &#8220;Changing things up has not always been easy, but the band has become re-energized time and time again.\u00a0\u00a0We are looking to find a new singer who will give both us and, and most importantly our fans, the new adrenaline shot they deserve.&#8221; He went on to say, &#8220;We do wish Ryan great success in his future endeavors.&#8221; McCombs, who had been part of the band since 2006, replaced singer Jason Jones, who joined Drowning Pool following the tragic passing of Dave Williams.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Drowning Pool turned the world into believers with their breakthrough single &#8220;Bodies&#8221; in 2001. Ten years, three singers and four albums later, they&#8217;re giving fans a new reason to believe. \u00a0&#8220;Feel Like I Do,&#8221; the lead single from their self-titled fourth studio release [Eleven Seven Music], became the band&#8217;s biggest radio hit to date, reaching No. 2 at Active Rock Radio, and remaining in the Top 5 for 12-weeks. \u00a0With 2009&#8217;s &#8220;37 Stitches&#8221; off of Full Circle reaching #4 at Active Rock and &#8220;Feel Like I Do,&#8221; the band had 2 consecutive Top 5 Active Rock smashes and cemented their place as one of the top hard rock acts today. The band&#8217;s sophomore album, Desensitized with second singer Jason Jones spawned a Top 10 hit with &#8220;Step Up.&#8221;\u00a0Recent successes have paved the way for unique opportunities such as presenting the Lane Evans Mental Health Care Reform to then-senator Barack Obama on Capitol Hill, performing for our troops all over the world and partnering with organizations like The Wounded Warrior Project and the G.I. Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Drowning Pool is currently looking to find a suitable replacement for McCombs.\u00a0\u00a0In the meantime, they have already begun writing their 5th studio album in their hometown of Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Drowning Pool is C.J. Pierce &#8211; guitar\/ vocals, Stevie Benton &#8211; bass\/vocals, and Mike Luce &#8211; drums\/vocals.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Drowning Pool, please visit:\u00a0<a shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\">www.drowningpool.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All-American anthemic rockers\u00a0Drowning Pool\u00a0announced today that they will be parting ways with their current singer, Ryan McCombs. The hard working Texas band, who has worked with 3 singers in their 10 year career, issued the following statement: &#8220;We have always been a band who has gained success despite having multiple singers&#8230;maybe we suffer from reverse &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2011\/11\/28\/drowning-pool-to-part-ways-with-singer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DROWNING POOL To Part Ways With Singer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions\/651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}