The band has decided to part ways with Levan, who officially will no longer be singing for Ronin as of Tuesday, June 19, 2007. This will come as a surprise to most, but not all of you. As our fans, we feel that you require an explanation amidst all the half-cocked rumors and allegations that seem to be going around on forums and the like. Many of you are musicians yourselves, and understand that the effort of being in a band requires the cooperation of all of its members, a level of mutual understanding, respect and trust must exist in order for it to function for an extended period of time. On a side note, daily interactions with people require likewise if one wishes not to become a miscreant. This is the groundwork which lets a band grow over time, and the music it produces reflects these changes. In our case, we have arrived at a point where the musical and personal common ground no longer existed between us and Levan as he felt he wishes to make music not all of usagreed upon. More importantly he wanted to make music that was individually his alone. This is a wish we respect as we understood sometimes the path you have to take is divergent from that of others. At the same time we had to reconcile ourselves to the fact that the band itself was too personally important an endeavor for any of us to pursue while making a solo album simultaneously. After a many discussions and much deliberation we decided it would best to let Levan be free to do his own thing.
The final show with our old line up will be on the 23rd of June, 1500-1800hr at Orchard Cineleisure.
As for the four of us, we fully intend to continue making music. Currently no new candidates for lead singers have been considered but we have not ruled out any possibilities just yet. It is a period of big change for us, and we ask for your patience as well as continued love and support which has brought us so much in the past. Rest assured however that if there are any concrete developments, you will be the first to know and you will hear it from us, here, before anywhere else.
Keep on rockin',
The Ronin Team: Sean, Bang, Simon, Derryn.. =p
Below was taken frm STOMP website:-
It was not revealed what immediate plans Levan had for his musical career after the split, though he had mentioned to the media that he might be spending his time "helping to promote other younger bands', as well as 'to make new kinds of music'. He is currently with Lime magazine as a writer.
Levan will play together with Ronin for the last time this Saturday (23 June) at 5pm, Orchard Cineleisure.. =p