Gratitude break up

Atlantic Records band Gratitude have broken up. The group, led by former Far/New End Original/onelinedrawing frontman Jonah Matranga, released their self-titled debut earlier this year, and were one of AP's 100 Bands You Need To Know In 2005. Matranga posted the following statement on the band's MySpace page:


"Gratitude

January 15th, 2003 – November 23rd, 2005



We played our final show on November 23rd, 2005. It was at the Ascot Room in Minneapolis, MN, Jer&Dave's hometown. It was a really fun time, a perfect ending. We ended happy and able to look each other in the eyes. In the much-too-short life of this band, we had some incredible times, put in a lot of good, hard work, and learned a lot about what we want and what we don't want in this life of trying to make a living making music.

To anyone that ever listened at home or came to a show or helped us out in any way, thank you so much. We will continue to visit here and leave information about what we are all up to musically and otherwise. There are links to contact any of us personally, and we'd love that too.

Again, thank you, from all of us.


Gratitude"


Recently, former Texas Is The Reason/New End Original guitarist Norman Brannon (formerly Arenas) joined Gratitude, although there is no word on any members' future projects as of right now.

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