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Pappy's Rest (2012)

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This is an old piece from 2012. I took it down in the initial aftermath of The Jon's departure simply from the backlash at the time.
At the time, we didn't know what the eventual outcome would be...Jon was growing apart from the band, and we had a lot of turbulence all through that last year at the zoo.

Now, I can admit this piece is totally reflecting the loss of my friend through the company.
David and I are and will always be these work obsessed introverts. Jon is a free spirit...and I believe he embraced that aspect of himself more and more through the years. People change. And we all did from 2008 - 2012.

Things wrapped up fairly smoothly behind the scenes despite it all, and we all happily went on to other things. The fandom's suffering from this made it much worse than anything between the actual members. And the fallout online from that sent me spiraling into a good year-long-depression. Which...in turn...eventually lead me to be more honest with myself and start my transition.

Life has a funny way of working out.
All this happened in about the span of a year or two years in the history of the SPG fandom. Where Tumblr blew up about us with photos and fan art and the fandom surged in size overnight.

You know, since then things have gotten a little less dramatic for SPG. Call it growing pains. I'm happy to have the current roster we do and to continue working towards telling stories through song. And even though nostalgia is a bitch, the reality is that we often galvanize the past. But just like remembering my time as a man, it's not all gilded and great. There's a reason things are the way they are now. And goodness...it's for the better.
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Touching. Do you guys still keep in touch with Jonathan or the other former members?