Howard Jones Leaves Killswitch Engage Tour

terrybezer / News, Top Posts / 10/02/2010 12:14pm

The KSE frontman leaves due to “unforeseen circumstances”.

Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones has left the band’s current US headlining tour. The only reason being cited thus far is “unforeseen circumstances” and All That Remains vocalist Phil Labonte is replacing Howard on the current dates.

A full statement from the band reads:

“Killswitch Engage vocalist Howard Jones is leaving the band’s current headlining tour with The Devil Wears Prada and Dark Tranquility due to unforeseen circumstances. All That Remains vocalist Phil Labonte will be filling in for Jones for a few shows in the interim, until the KsE guys can determine what the plan will be for the remaining tour dates, which are currently scheduled to run through the end of March.”

We really, really hope there isn’t more to this story.

67 Comments


PUDDY LOUDON

shite band hope the band splits up

Puddy shut the fuck up!

If you don’t like a band suck it up.

This could be something really serious, hope its not and that Howard is back on the road soon.

KSE are awesome. I don’t think that Howard will have quit full time. Maybe he just has a family emergency of something similar. If the worst comes to the worst they can replace him, Jesse could come have, Phil from ATR could be a full time replacement. Plenty of people can replace him whether they can fill his boots and have such a good stage presence

Steve515

That sucks hopefully he is just giving his voice a rest Hope he returns better than ever

Destroying Dignity

as much as i dont want howard to leave the band permanently id love to hear labonte as their vocalist, lets hope some yanks stick some vids on youtube!

mikethegerman

@ Puddy. Although I dont like the band myself or their music theres no need for Infantile statements like that.

Next you will be saying Hetfield needs to start drinking again just coz you dont like any of their music post …and Justice for all.

Grumpy 24 yr old

They’ve gone downhill since “The End of Heartache”

Bring back Jesse Leach :-) !!!

It’s no secret he does not like touring, looks like he’s just had enough.

As much as i preferred Jesse Leach, and End of Hertache… i thought the last album wasn’t as good.

But a good band and love to see them soldier on :-)

Reading the comments on Metal hammer recently and its just full of posers on here. kse is a SHIT BAND, every true metalhead knows it. This is METAL HAMMER, not fucking kerrang. Fuck off whiny posers.

KSE Fan

Loved Alive or Just Breathing, Loved End Of Heartache, Was in different to As Daylight Dies and really didn’t like the last album. KSE by numbers.

And before anyone says anything, I’ve loved and followed the band for the last 8 years and own everything they’ve released but really wasn’t impressed with the last album; it seemed lifeless.

I hope everything is Ok with Howard – I know he’s not the original member but that fucking guitarist Adam Douchbag is a knob head and Howard was the best man in that band!

Well at least they made a wise choice with Phil for temp replacement, he can sing and scream with the best of them :D

Shit, I hope he doesnt leave, he’s an awesome frontman for them.

Bagstar

i’ve heard that he has hurt his back

The Teeth of Gods

maybe he has come to his senses and decided to finish up the blood has been shed album

it has been too long since spirals.

too damn long.

Moshtank

i hope he isnt gone for good! hes an awsome singer!!!

Slash181

Does no one see the part where it says ‘unforeseen circumstances’ generally said when a family member is ill or terminally ill…. or when hes fucked over his vocals. Blind fuckers

Grumpy 24 yr old

I quite like Adam D :-(

iRock

10/02/2010 1pmI hope everything is Ok with Howard – I know he’s not the original member but that fucking guitarist Adam Douchbag is a knob head and Howard was the best man in that band!

Grumpy 24 yr old

I quite like Adam D :-(

iRock

10/02/2010 1pmI hope everything is Ok with Howard – I know he’s not the original member but that fucking guitarist Adam Douchbag is a knob head and Howard was the best man in that band!

loveapie

If this brings an end to the dirty verse/clean chorus template and lyrics about love/relationships, getting the band to return to more varied song styles & better lyrics, then I hope there is more to this story

Killswitch Engage are a fucking killer band..
Hope Howard is ok..

Divided

“Well at least they made a wise choice with Phil for temp replacement, he can sing and scream with the best of them :D

Shame he can’t sing for shit live!

Michael

Phil wrote on his Twitter that he’ll be on the tour until ‘HoJo gets better’. I’m assuming some family problems or ill.

Alasdhair MhicMhaolain

Oh shit man. Howard fucking defined the sound of that band.

If they do get a permanent replacement, he will have to be bloody good.

After alive or just breathing it was always gona be hard for any vocalist to replace jesse after his stellar performance and to be honest i don’t think howard has really done anything great for the band….a change might freshen them and bring them out of the mundane sound they seem to have lately.

Dónal Doesnt Give A Fuck

who gives a shit…Ronnie james dio has cancer so fuck this little whiny bitch…quittin a tour coz he broke a nail r sum shit

atta boy puddy loudon;)

Hopefully he’s resting his voice. Saw some vids of them adt download last year and the singing wasnt too great. And im sure this tour aint doing his voice any favours

“Howard Jones totally ran off with a chick. I know this for fact. He is a low life, sexual predator. His whole world recently collapsed and fell in on him when all the women he’s taken advantage of found out about each other. Howard is a compulsive liar and sociopath.
Talented, yes. But not in all ways that are good. He is a hazard to society.”
This was one of the comments left on the Killswitch site. Obviously not a fan!!!

Felix Henderson

JESSE LEACH GET YOUR ASS BACK IN KSE!

new album was shocking

we need him!

That sucks. I hope he doesnt quit but theres a part of me that wishes he will and Jessie will come back.

ttothewhy

@Diablo: Don’t believe everything you read but yes, I think you are right that whoever is posting that (prob some jilted female) is obviously not a fan & has nothing better to do with their time.

Back problems people. Howard has BACK PROBLEMS. Nothing mental nothing family related.

JESSE IS NOT COMING BACK. MOVE ON

YES FELIX ! i hope they split and Jesse joins

COBHCJQ

dude that says Phil from ATR can’t singing live obviously has hearing difficulties.

KsE are lazy cunts anyway, they hardly ever tour, did one full UK tour in support of As Daylight Dies and now their apparently gonna take a 9-12 month break this year. WTF!!!!!!

COBHCJQ, they may not tour the UK so much, but they toured the world for As Daylight Dies for two years solid. Infact, I could name you some of the shows they played on that tour, in the UK.
Wolverhampton Civic Centre August 2006
Camden Underworld, August 2006.
Reading and Leeds Festivals August 06
UK Tour 2007
Download 2007
Brixton 2007

So while they did one full tour, they came to the UK a far few times. To call them lazy cunts is pretty unfair.

As far as the break is concerned, I heard they were going to do the US tour, and then just do the festivals in the summer. Tha could change.

Divided

Have you not seen the ATR DVD?! His clean singing is terrible! Has been every time I’ve seen them live too. He can scream well live but his singing needs some more work

Not to fussed about this really, KSE bore me

http://www.youtube.com/user/edseventh

Destroying Dignity

@divided every time ive seen All That Remains live phil’s singing has been great. you’ve either caught him on an off day or you’re tone deaf!

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Grumpy 24 yr old

Is it Adam D with back troubles?

@Diablo: Don’t believe everything you read but yes, I think you are right that whoever is posting that (prob some jilted female) is obviously not a fan & has nothing better to do with their time.

Back problems people. Howard has BACK PROBLEMS. Nothing mental nothing family related.

JESSE IS NOT COMING BACK. MOVE ON

Divided

He must’ve had a few off days then! I know for certain I’m not tone deaf. On album I love his vocals, he’s far better than Howard. I was just quite disappointed they released a DVD with such poor vocals and he didn’t live up to my expectations when I saw them. Maybe he’s improved since then, I don’t know…

maybe they’ll stop sucking now

Destroying Dignity

@divided just kidding chief. to be fair ive not seen ATR’s dvd but ive seen them live twice and phil’s vocals were sound as fuck. everyone has their off moments, every time ive seen chimaira mark hunter was immense but their first dvd he sounds like he’’s pushed to the limits vocally. anyway, drifting off slightly, lets hope whatever is troubling howard corects itself and we get back to a stable lineup of qualtiy bands, fuck the metalcore haters!

BRING JESSE LEACH BACK PLEASE!!!

Divided

Alive Or Just Breathing is one of my favourite albums ever sadly none of the others have lived up to that, each album seems to be rushed. In the way that there’s a hand full of good songs on them and the rest seem like fillers

Everyone knows the old singer is returning to replace Howard!

Destroying Dignity

i don’t have a problem with any KSE album, i don’t think any are outstanding classics, not even AOJB but i think they’ve written some quality songs across those albums. when roadrunner need to make some quick cash i think a KSE best of would actually be an excellent album. same with soulfly really

i remember in my youth green day were a great singles band but their albums had a lot of filler, so now i only own their greatest hits.

did i seriously just compare killswitch to green day? this hangover is warping my mind!!!

ttothey

@”Grumpy 24 yr old”:

Adam has had past back problems. Word is, it is now Howard with the bad back

mrmetal666

Great news get Jesse leach back instead of an opera singer

The Teeth of Gods

opera?

are you out of your mind.

you’re banned from the internet until you have died or done your homework.

Destroying Dignity

i had to laugh at ‘opera singer’ there’s an element of soul in howards clean vocals, obviously mrmetal666 has never actually heard opera music!

Saw KSE with Phil last night in Baltimore. They were great as usual but it was not the same without Howard on Vocs. Phil is great but Howard is amazing.

All you poncey bitches trash talking Howard and KSE in general can f**k off. The band is phenomenal, and while I admit that the last CD was their weakest one to date, it still kicks ass. Weak KSE is better than 95% of what other people consider good. Can;t wait for Howard to return.

mrmetal666

Teeth&Dignity I am dead and my mind died ages ago too but still cant escape how he warbles on get back to their roots and start screaming! p,s is it true he,s auditioning for pop star to opera star?…

hes left,cause he has a enough, of adam who is not funny,imagine being near tht prick every nite.

X14RAGE

He should of done a song with slash on his new album wouldn’t mind some metal from slash.

infored

@ ttothewhy

try about 20 jilted females, a handful of whom are left with a life long souvenir, plus one porn actress claiming to be pregnant.

i hope everythings okay with hojo… i just saw them live in cleveland at the house of blues and they still put on a great show

@ infored, ttothewhy, & Diablo, grumpy 24 yr old

The stories are true. He has a sexual addiction and is a sexual predator. I was one of the unfortunate victims involved. He has been doing this to women for at least 10 years and for me it was going on for over 6.5 years. I am glad that at least for a little while, he can not hurt anymore women.

L. Command

I been a fan off KsE for ages now, but I find with their new album which is really great has some what made them big headed and well they lost the touch that made me love them.

Still think they’re great though :)

ttothey

@infored: wth? what’s that all about?

ttothewhy

i don’t know what stories you’re referring to infored.

ttothewhy

sorry i meant to direct my last comment to ‘bs’

infored

bs

Yes I know. Hopefully you are OK.

Jennifer Llana

I just found out today, one day before my concert in Austin, that HoJo wasnt going to be there. I broke into fucking tears, because I bought the tickets three months ago and its the closest venue they have done for the past three years. I cannot believe he will not be there and I am not even going because of it. I sure hop that this isnt forever, because I dont know what I can to do deal with that. I am truly truly heartbroken.

jonestownmassacre

Howard Jones is a despicable human, hope he gets all that is coming to him and Allie Foster takes him to the cleaner.

Nameless

Diablo is correct. Howard sent many ladies(59 emails to be exact) a letter saying he was sorry for being a sex addict. Somehow TMZ starting email the ladies on this list and finally contacted allie foster who confirmed to all of the ladies that she was pregnant. This happened in Dec. There have been 59 of us who have been holding this secret for this long.

Oh noes, a “rock star” banged a bunch of sluts!! Who cares? Why dont you wait and see instead of listening to a d-list pornstar… LOL

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