Get The Shot hat sich nach 16 Jahren von ihrem Sänger Jean-Philippe „JP“ Lagacé getrennt. Lagacé war seit der Gründung der Band im Jahr 2009 prägend für ihren Sound und ihre Texte.
In einem offiziellen Statement erklärten die verbliebenen Bandmitglieder, dass sie und Lagacé einvernehmlich beschlossen hätten, getrennte Wege zu gehen. Als Grund nannten sie die wachsenden Herausforderungen durch Lagacés Verpflichtungen als Hochschullehrer, die es der Band erschwerten, flexibel zu touren. Gitarrist Olivier Roy wird künftig auch den Gesang übernehmen. Alle geplanten Tourdaten für 2025 bleiben bestehen.
Lagacé äußerte sich in einem eigenen, ausführlichen Statement zu seinem Ausstieg. Er erklärte, die Band habe ihm bereits im April 2024 mitgeteilt, ihn durch einen anderen Sänger ersetzen zu wollen, um flexibler touren zu können. Obwohl er die Entscheidung akzeptierte, zeigte er sich enttäuscht darüber, dass sein Ausstieg nicht zeitnah kommuniziert wurde und er nicht die Möglichkeit erhielt, sich bei den Fans zu verabschieden.
Beide Statements findet ihr jeweils am Ende des Beitrags.
Get The Shot wurde 2009 in Québec gegründet und hat sich seitdem mit ihrer Mischung aus Hardcore und Thrash Metal einen Namen gemacht. Die Band veröffentlichte bisher vier Alben, zuletzt „Merciless Destruction“ im Jahr 2022. Zusammen mit Lagacé war Get The Shot noch im Frühjahr auf großer Europa-Tour – sicherlich zum Bedauern vieler die letzte Tour mit ihm am Mic.
Get The Shot-Statement zum Ausstieg von „JP“
Friends and Supporters,
After 16 solid years of collaboration, GET THE SHOT and Jean-Philippe Lagacé have mutually decided to part ways.
Even though we successfully built this band working around JP’s teaching commitments for years, it became increasing y difficult for the rest of the band to be content with restricting touring to the same specific moments each year. As GTS keeps evolving, more opportunities present themselves and it simply demands more flexibility from us all.
Saying goodbye brings its share of emotions, but we stand by this decision and think it’s what’s best for the band.
We are extremely proud of the music we’ve created with JP and how far GTS has come. We can’t thank him enough for his creative input, dedication and passion throughout the years. The four of us wish him nothing but the best.
That being said, we’re excited to announce that our guitarist, Olivier Roy, will be taking up vocal duties.
All 2025 touring plans remain unchanged. See you in the pit!
GET THE SHOT
Oli, Dan, Tom and Pat
Das Statement von Jean-Philippe „JP“ Lagacé
DEPARTURE FROM GET THE SHOT
After 16 years of legendary moments with all of you my friends across the globe, it’s with a heavy heart that I must announce that I am no longer the vocalist and songwriter of GTS.
Here are the facts.
Last April, I was informed by the band that they decided to replace me permanently with another singer in order to tour more and have more flexibility in their touring schedule. As some of you know, I’ve been a college teacher for 14 years now so I can’t tour more than I already do.
Even if I never intended to quit, I totally understood and respected the band’s position. I was at peace with this. All I asked for was to announce my departure asap during the spring because I believed the fans needed to know the situation and I also wanted to say goodbye properly to the public during the last 4 shows we had left this summer.
Unfortunately, the band refused my request stating that it might be prejudicial to the business and might compromise upcoming tour opportunities. I was asked to announce it later at the end of August (just before my final show in Quebec City) so that the transition could be done without hurting the band’s continuity.
I told the band I wasn’t comfortable with this.
After being the singer and songwriter of GTS fob 16 years, it felt like a strange way to end our collaboration. I had the impression of being silenced and found this disrespectful not only to me but to the public who has supported us for so long. But it was made clear to me that my departure couldn’t be mentioned publicly for the moment. If I wanted to do the summer shows and post a goodbye letter on the band’s socials in the fall, this was a non-negotiable condition for the band.
Following that, I heard nothing from GTS until recently, when the band announced a tour in Europe without mentioning my absence as the vocalist. I was disappointed by the situation, as I had not been informed of the announcement beforehand.
Keeping my departure from the public under these circumstances, even for business reasons, felt questionable for me and went against my values.
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