Lead Hands, formerly Decoder, have officially called it quits.
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Decoder have changed their band name to Lead Hands following a couple lineup adjustments last month that led to a lawsuit over the trademark.
In February the band parted ways with vocalist Spencer Pearson and bassist Bryce Sipes. The group has since added guitarist Vinny Capitani and bassist Liam Thomas to lineup.
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Decoder Part Ways with Vocalist & Bassist
Decoder and vocalist Spencer Pearson and bassist Bryce Sipes have parted ways.
The band initially released a statement saying they fired Pearson due to issues with drug and alcohol abuse.
The group stated, “We recently decided to part ways with our vocalist, Spencer Pearson, due to recurring issues with drugs and alcohol that reinforced a lack of effort and poor performance on his behalf. It wasn’t easy, but it was necessary. After many long talks to try and get him to clean up his act on and off stage it began to get too out of hand. As a band friendship is first and foremost, but you can only be a friend to someone with those problems for so long until you become apart of the problem by allowing it to continue.”
Dance Gavin Dance, A Lot Like Birds, and Decoder will team up for tour this winter, predominantly on the West Coast and throughout the Southwest. Dates follow:
A Lot Like Birds, Just Like Vinyl, and Decoder will team up for a U.S. run in January/February. Dates confirmed thus far include: