G.W. Sok leaves The Ex
 

after 29 years G.W. Sok (The Ex' singer) leaves the band. Arnold de Boer (Zea) will replace him.


in dutch:

Na 29 jaar en 1371 optredens houdt zanger Jos Kley alias G.W. Sok van de Amsterdamse band The Ex er mee op. Op de site van de vermaarde punkband is een korte persverklaring gegeven. Hierin geeft Sok aan dat hij na een lange periode van twijfel en discussies tot de conclusie is gekomen niet meer het enthousiasme op weet te brengen voor een volledige inzet. Hij wil zich meer richten op schrijven en zijn grafisch ontwerp. Wel hoopt Sok betrokken te blijven bij The Ex. In welke vorm is nog niet duidelijk.

Sok heeft het besluit genomen in het jaar dat de band zijn dertig jarige jubileum viert. Voor de aankomende tournee hebben de overige bandleden Arnold de Boer van Zea gevraagd, ‘al jaren een van onze favoriete muzikanten.’ Tijdens de tour in het kader van de vijfentwintigste verjaardag van de band speelde De Boer al met The Ex en vorig jaar werden er enkele shows met hem gedaan in Ethiopië. De Boer zal samples, beats, gitaar en vocalen voor zijn rekening nemen. Het bericht sluit af met de woorden: ‘zonder twijfel zal dit een spannend nieuw hoofdstuk in de geschiedenis van The Ex worden.’

G.W. Sok was niet bereikbaar voor commentaar.

erm.
what does it say in a few english words?

from www.theex.nl

After 29 years G.W. Sok has decided to call it a day and not sing or tour with us anymore. After a long period of doubt and lengthy discussions he came to the conclusion that he had no longer enough enthusiasm for the complete Ex-undertaking. He wants to spend more time on writing and graphic design. He will continue to participate in Ex activities, one way or another.
This year (2009) is the 30th anniversary of the Ex. And after having played 1371 concerts all over the planet, the Ex, sometimes described as 'experimental trance-dance avant-afro-punk improv music', appears again with a completely new program for the coming tour in march.
And a new band member! For the coming tour in march (see ‘concerts’) we have invited Zea frontman Arnold de Boer to join us. One of our favourite musicians for many years now. We have worked together on The Ex 25-year Anniversary party 'The Convoy Tour'. Andy and Terrie also played with him last year may in Ethiopia and it worked a treat!
Arnold will play samples, beats, guitar, vocals and anything he can get his hands on. Terrie and Andy will continue to explore their baritone guitars which appeared in the last set and Katherina will find some more inventive rhythms and hopefully sing some more beautiful tunes. Without doubt it is going to be an exciting new chapter in the Ex's history!

so he's an ex Ex?

THAT'S RIGHT FOLKS! I STILL GOT IT!

you never had it...




har har <3

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I literally, 15 minutes ago, just listened to "In the Fishtank 6".

weird, I figuritively listened to it like a hundred years ago.

I wanted to make that joke first :-(

what can I say? I'm good. You might even go as far as to say that I'm EX-cellent.

this is TOTALLY AMAZING

Definitely.

i find your sense of humor EX-hausting, one could say EX-asparating, to be more EX-act.

chair: physical body/sympatic system/subconscious part
girl/bride: soul
girl's brother: spirit/higher self/guardian angel/etc.
doppelganger: doppelganger("unconscious" part. ie. the 'double' in the classic terms)
himself: conscious part(and will) of the self.
assistant, associate, etc: lower daemons, hidden sides or the personality, etc. which fight for the host's will.

I'm still wondering whether I will or won't go to see them live in March

am I the only one who really likes it? c`mon...

Fuck fuck fuck - I'm sure that the Ex will still kick ass with their new line-up, but still the end of an era in many ways...

EX-citing thread.

damn, i guess i should have seen their show last year. here's a shot from the '06 show:

Their albums are not EX-pensive.

Who am I you ask?
Greedr-EX of course.