Sacred Reich parts ways with Jason Rainey

This sucks! His rhythm playing was a big part of their sound. All they are saying is that he has health issues. Now two founding members are gone...

I wonder if Phil is difficult to work with. They seemed to be doing fine when they just toured festivals in Europe. The announcement was obviously very under the radar.



http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/sacred-reich-parts-ways-with-guitarist-jason-rainey-announces-replacement/

Weren't these cats getting a new album ready?

Disappointing, but I suspect it was health-related as was said.

I think most all their music is written by Phil anyway.

corplhicks wrote:

Weren't these cats getting a new album ready?

They still are. The album is titled Awakening. They recruited some kid that had helped record the demos.

Troublezone wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Weren't these cats getting a new album ready?

They still are. The album is titled Awakening. They recruited some kid that had helped record the demos.

He's actually the son of the guy who was going to be SR's new drummer before McClain came back. He's like 22 and didn't play on any of their demos, but his dad did (on drums).

Temple of Blood wrote:

Troublezone wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Weren't these cats getting a new album ready?

They still are. The album is titled Awakening. They recruited some kid that had helped record the demos.

He's actually the son of the guy who was going to be SR's new drummer before McClain came back.  He's like 22 and didn't play on any of their demos, but his dad did (on drums).

The statement said Joey And his dad “helped” record the demos. I’m assuming that means he played on them. I doubt the kid is a studio engineer.


SACRED REICH said in a statement: "Joey and his dad Tim [drums] helped us record the demos for the new songs. So when we needed a new guitar player, Joey was the obvious choice and was able to jump right in and crush his parts on the new record. He is 22 years old and grew up listening to SACRED REICH (his parents raised him up right).

New tune...

Man that track is not good at all

Gilbert wrote:

Man that track is not good at all

Sounded like Sacred Reich to me. They've always been politically minded with a sense of humor in their music. I dunno. I liked it.

It sounds like they went for more of a punk sound on this song.

Gilbert wrote:

Man that track is not good at all

I didn't care for it either.

Meh. That tune's ok I suppose. Not good but not terrible either.

Troublezone wrote:

It sounds like they went for more of a punk sound on this song.

Yea, no doubt. I sorta wish it went a little longer. It's under 2 minutes.

I hope they have a few new songs that sound more like The American Way. I would also settle on the Independent style.

Jason Rainey

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-sacred-reich-guitarist-jason-rainey-dies-of-apparent-heart-attack/

I think we need to start a new thread just for all the RIP’s...

Troublezone wrote:

Jason Rainey

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-sacred-reich-guitarist-jason-rainey-dies-of-apparent-heart-attack/

Holy crap! RIP

R.I.P. Jason Rainey.

Troublezone wrote:

Jason Rainey

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-sacred-reich-guitarist-jason-rainey-dies-of-apparent-heart-attack/

Sad to hear.

Jason was a very underrated rhythm guitarist. I remember reading a quote from his former bandmate Wiley that said he was a master at “barre chord acrobatics”. I think he was in the same league as Eric Peterson from Testament. A very solid player!

Again... it’s a shame that he passed and never really got his due credit and appreciation for his playing.

This is really sad. I was hoping he was back in the band, when I saw this headline.

R.I.P. Mr. Rainey.

Sad news