BoomBox has announced that they’ll be making a lineup change in 2017. Group co-founder Russ Randolph will leave the band after 13 years to pursue a solo DJ career. Zion Godchaux will continue making music under the BoomBox moniker with new member Heath Bennet. The band has explained that it’s an “amicable separation”, and that “you’ll still be hearing the songs that we’ve come to know and love at the shows.” Read the full statements below, announced on the band’s Facebook page this morning.
To all of our friends, family and supporters, BoomBox and Russ Randolph will be parting ways. The amicable separation is in no way a dissolution but rather the opening of a new chapter for BoomBox moving forward. Russ Randolph’s last show with BoomBox will be in Denver, Colorado at The Gothic Theatre on December 31st 2016.
Zion Godchaux will continue on with BoomBox and see to it that the sound will remain true to its roots while actively evolving into the future.
Russ Randolph will be pursuing a solo DJ project, as well as continuing with his studio work and production of other bands in Muscle Shoals, AL.
Joining BoomBox will be Heath Bennett. He and Zion have already been hard at work in the studio preparing new BoomBox tracks for release and the live show. Stay tuned for 2017 Winter Tour announcements and new music release dates in the following weeks and as always, peace, love and funkiness people!
Godchaux then took toe the band’s page to personally deliver a message to reassure worried fans that the band would continue:
Hi folks .. Zion here….
i just want you to to know that I’m not just the guitarist and singer for BoomBox. I have been behind every single track that we’ve done. Barring a remix or 2 , not only did I write the tracks, I was behind the bulk of the initial production . You’ll still be hearing the songs that we’ve come to know and love at the shows, along with many more in the not to distant future…I’m not wanting to make a big deal here, I just love you all and want you to know it’s gonna be ok….
ZR
You’ll still have a few chances to catch the band before their lineup changes up, as still have five shows left together. The band will hit The Barkley Ballroom in Frisco, CO for a two-night run, before bringing 2016 to a close with a three-night New Year’s Eve run at the Gothic Theatre. You can buy tickets to the 29th, 30th, and 31st at these links.