I'm writing this totally furious, but also sad!
After six years of existence and three as a live band, Motherpig is no more. Yesterday morning, Atlija called me and shocked me with absolute nonsense. As he explained to me, obviously high on something or drunk as fuck, he can't consider Motherpig to be serious band as long me and Alex live in Sarajevo and he is in Osijek/Županja. He set ultimatum for us - either we quit our day jobs and colleges to go on living in Croatia or he quits. Since our conversation ended up with me hanging up the phone in anger after I tried to explain stuff to him (stuff like we functioned really fine and that everything is able AFTER we finish college, hell, for this band I would even move from my hometown I love so much, that's how deep my love for this band goes!), and he kept on insulting me and Alex, I will take my time to answer him over Facebook and Myspace:
1. I'M NOT A FUCKING SQUATTER AND I WILL NOT BEG FOR FOOD AND JOB WHEN I HAVE NORMAL LIFE AND NORMAL JOB HERE IN BOSNIA. I'M NOT LIKE YOU AND I LIKE TO TAKE A FUCKING SHOWER! IF YOU THINK I'M NOT TRUE, I'M NOT. I HATE FUCKING ULTIMATUMS AND I HATE PERSONS WHO ARE PROPOSING THEM TO ME! IF YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE SERIOUS BY US MOVING FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER, WHY DON'T YOU COME LIVING IN BOSNIA?
2. YOU CAN KEEP THE FUCKING NAME OF THE BAND SINCE IT'S REGISTERED TO YOU SINCE I WAS DUMB FUCKING ENOUGH TO LET YOU REGISTER IT IN CROATIA SINCE BOSNIAN TRADEMARK AGENCIES ARE FUCKING EXPENSIVE AND SLOPPY. HELL, KEEP THE SONGS AND ALL THE OTHER BULLSHIT TOO. CHECK YOUR E-MAIL, I WILL EVEN SEND YOU PASSWORDS FOR MOTHERPIG'S E-MAIL AND MYSPACE WHEN I DELETE SOME OF MY PERSONAL STUFF AND CONTACTS I'VE COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS.
3. I WILL CONTINUE SELLING MERCHANDISE, AND TO ALL OF YOU, IF YOU SUPPORT WHAT MOTHERPIG STOOD FOR, BUY THE REST OF MERCHANDISE FROM ME AND IGNORE NEW MERCH! I KNOW I CANNOT PRINT ANYMORE SINCE NAME IS COPYRIGHTED BY ATLIJA, BUT I SUGGEST TO YOU ALL NOT TO BUY ANYTHING WITH MOTHERPIG NAME UNLESS IT'S FROM ME!
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WE WILL NOT PLAY IN OSIJEK ON APRIL 11TH WITH CONCRETE SOX!
TOUR 2010 HAS BEEN CANCELED!
ME AS FOUNDER OF MOTHERPIG AND ONLY ORIGINAL MEMBER WANT TO THANK ALEX, MY BRO FOR EVERYTHING HE DID AND FOR ALL THE GOOD TIMES, EX-MEMBERS OSA AND ZVONE, MY FRIEND SLAVEN, ALL THE LABELS THAT PUT UP OUR SHIT OUT, GIG ORGANIZERS AND BOSNIAN BANDS KRV, ORMUS, KONTRA, FLATLINE, SADO MAZO, HELLTIGERS, ODAR, OFSAJD, UNCLE SAM DECIDED, SPANISH FLYZ, EVADING DOWNFALL, MACHINES OF HATE, FESTIVAL OF MUTILATION, NEMA TEORIJE, TOTALNA RASPRODAJA, MALIGNANT TUMOUR, INEPSY AND ALL THE OTHERS WE FORGOT. WE LOVE YOU AND WILL NEVER FORGET EVERYTHING YOU DID FOR US!
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IF YOU'RE SHOCKED BY THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, WRITE TO ATLIJA AND TELL HIM WHAT KIND OF ASSHOLE HE IS. HIS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT IS NAMES ''ATLIJA HUN'' AND HIS PERSONAL E-MAIL IS
HAKALAIZNUTRICOSJEK@GMAIL.COM!
LIKE I KNEW THIS WILL HAPPEN, I FOUNDED ROCK'N'ROLL BAND FEW WEEKS AGO, IT'S CALLED SNAKE EATER AND YOU CAN SUPPORT ME BY ADDING SNAKE EATER ON MYSPACE. ALSO, SUPPORT DRUMMER ALEX AND HIS BAND EVADING DOWNFALL!
http://www.myspace.com/snakeeatersarajevo http://www.myspace.com/evadingdownfallYOU CAN ALSO CHECK OTHER BANDS I'M PART OF
http://www.myspace.com/marginalacmargarinhttp://www.myspace.com/rapanuipunk***************
ALEX AND ME (SHARAN) DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ANYMORE WITH MOTHERPIG NAME! DO NOT SUPPORT MOTHERPIG FROM NOW ON!
THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING!
SHARAN