McDonald Leaves PGroove

Smooth move

Hmm... wow! There must be some crazy shtuff going on in PG world. I hope they get back on their feet.

if only they were good

Not sure what a keyboardless PGroove would even sound like, he's that much of their sound. Tough move, but the road ain't no place for a family man I would imagine.

Thanks for everything, Matt!

Best of luck to Matt, he's a great keyboardist and a great guy--very big of him in my opinon to make this decision for the other important things in like. On that note, I hope they get a KICKASS keyboardist to take his place and bring this band to an even higher level (like Umph)-- they have enough talent and hype to really attract the attention of some amazing potential keyboardiss.

Whats up with all these smaller bands having member changes in the last couple years anyway?

Yeah, I just caught them in Denver the other day and I really noticed how big of a sound the keys were in their music.

Yeah akeay, I agree, he's a huge component of their sound. I could see them sounding a lot more like a straight up rock n roll band with brock butler tearin' it up without his fluid, sometimes ambient, sometimes light funky keyboard playin. P Groove's great, too bad for fans this guy's got a family to take care cuz he's a sick keyboardist. good for him though.

They've been in the same circuit for years. probably sick of the plateau they're on and is ready to move on to something better.

family obligations....i smell kid or wife? need a new keyboardist....i'm available? hehe. Matty McD did know how to tickle the keys the right way though....

they should get the guy from RAQ. he's completely fucking insane! he could blow it way up for them... great band though. sad to see Matt go...

Matt did make a huge contribution to the band, and I wish him the best of luck and happiness in his future endeavors, but...this shouldnt be seen as a downfall, I'm sure the other guys can figure out how to progress their sound and grow to the next level.

Matt was the man. I can't imagine a Teakwood, Two Shores, etc. without him. It'll be interesting to see how the trio sounds

Page McConnell should play Rothbury and hook up with Pgroove

^^^ that would be the salami on my sandwich.

I completely agree with earlier posts. pgroove-keyboards is just not a comfortable thought. Ill keep an open ear though and see what they come up with.

they should get elton john.elton john on teakwood could be sick as hell...... but for real they should try to get dude from pnuma trio to sit in at all good.

amberland is going to be amazing. i need me some pgroove

Wow, more PGroove love than hate in these comments, which I am surprised to see. I've seen PGroove more than a few times, and the first few times were awesome. Then, I started to see that they were going nowhere. I caught a few extremely lackluster shows and was pretty disillusioned until I caught 'em at Echo Project. They laid down a sick set there and my faith returned. Then I saw them again...... Matt was apparently in the hospital with complications from diabetes, and they absolutely sucked. They sucked bad. Brock was being an arrogant douche and the bass seemed very contrived and tired. The drums were very tight and on point, but it just didn't work. They played some acoustic stuff that was, to put it VERY nicely, BORING! Then some guy who I'd never heard of played some keys for them, and it wasn't too bad considering the circumstances, but his volume (which was turned down to 1) couldn't really exceed the volume of Brock Butler's bitching/ whining/ arrogance/ douchery/ downright unprofessionalism (not to mention the other band members). Probably the most boring show I have ever been to, which is saying a lot, I was dragged to some bullshit Christian rock concert when I was 10, and that was easily the worst show I'd seen until this garbage. Save your money and go see bands that put on rock shows. Jimbobwe, perhaps? If you've never heard them, check them out. Eons better than PGroove trio or whatever. Congrats to Matt on seeing the light and finally moving on. Hope that family thing goes well for him. I really understand why haters call them PSnooze now. I'm certain that you will still like them if you are an ignorant racist frat "brother," but other than that stay away. Sorry to those of you who pre-ordered your tickets to upcoming shows.

Sorry, that was damn long. Whoever spouts shit about Stoops joining them is a fool. I'd rather asphyxiate in a pool of my own blood while watching RAQ lay it down than see a PG-Trio show again. God. Tyrannosaurus Stoops is the shit, and will be, never joining the ranks of the PGroove fucks that enjoy referring to themselves in the third person (which they do all the time). As for the fuck who wants the Pnuma Trio pianist... you, sir, are a complete tool. If Pnuma breaks up for PSnooze (a situation that is utterly unfeasible) personally make it a point to subtly destroy the lives of those who remain loyal to these arrogant fucks.

End of Rant (you sons of bitches)

Additionally, PGroove would never stoop to the level of adding Page. I am fairly certain he played in some small bar band called Fish or Phish or Fishermens or Dish. I don't know, it was some band that played a bunch of small shows somewhere in Vermont or some shit... PGroove is obviously too great of a musical masterpiece to include some wook like Page McConnell.

kidding.

Bring in Bernie and Page for Rothbury. That would sound smooth.

woow. there is some commenting here. I had to go to FIVE shows before they played anything worth staying for.. It was dec 2006 I think..

anyway.. they cannot live with out keys.. they would be even worse ..

and RAQ is STOOPS. or STOOPS IS RAQ,, and NO he ain't leaving them.

and.. anyway.. Brock seems kinda arrogant. He plays the same notes over and over. they have three albums in TEN YEARS. I get tired of the same songs. they need MORE. anyway.. I have seen them play well, but just that once. SAM try not to act so ugly man.. jesus...

Wow..I'm sure this was a difficult decision that wasn't made lightly, this will leave quite a void but life is all about priorities. I'm really grateful I got to see them a few times this year on the west coast and there is now even more appeal to anyone considering Amberland. These guys are some of the nicest people you could ever meet. Those of you haters and potty mouths posting here might wanna step back for a moment and think about what it takes to get up on stage, time and time again and play in front of people like you, I can only imagine the kind of energy you might excude.

Matt, you are the main reason I love this band, you will be missed!!

thanks for playing..

new replacement possibility: STEVE MOLITZZZ

:: He Got Fired ::

LOL !!!

Chill glassworks ... as funny as it sounds ... you may be correct.

We will have to see who the replacement is, if anyone.

Seeing a trio ... may be a VG P-Groove show.

They have to have an announced special guest to fill Asheville.

Rothbury = 3 diff. keyboardist

All Good = just trio + better lights

Josh

sorry to see him go but I have always thought he was there weakest link. they have kind of been in a stand still as of late and they need to go in a new direction, hopefully this will help. Long live pgroove!

P-groove is the shiz-nittlebam. Brock to me is the most solid and down to earth member

PGROOVE BLOWS...who cares, now they will be worse than ever and the all the little crunchies will eat it up

They've been awesome every time I've seen them. Good luck to Matt.

Reading some of the comments on here makes me want to go put my head through a wall. And stop with this "We want Phish" stuff. It's stupid.

sorry about that... I now have a terrible hangover.

Steve Molitz has been sluttin' it up... Grab him

pGROOVE FUKCIN BLOWS!!!! Ive seen them three times and all i hear is recycled stupid hippy phish songs their keyboardist is the only good one in the band so now they are really fuckedddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

What are they going to do for All Good? PAGE?!

yea i think Pg would be fuckin amazing if they somehow hooked up w/ the keyboardist from RAQ. eh i just like PG better than RAQ but ive seen RAQ's keyboardist and he is freakin amaazing.

KYLE

Matt, you will be missed! Thank you for all you have done, all the amazing shows, all the great memories. Hopefully there will come a time when it is fit for you to return.

That all being said, I am excited for the new chapter of my favorite band. I am ready for Amberland, to put an epic close on the very beginning of my story as a Perpetual Groove fan. Now its time to see what these guys do next.

I heard particle was looking for a few new members.

how about Dave Brogan from ALO? Although he plays the drums for ALO, his weapon of choice is the keyboards.

Steve Molitz is the obvious choice, though.

first off, brock and the boys are anything but arrogant douches. He is probably the most humble d00d I've met so that cute little rant was totally off base sam. I agree with everyone else though: matt was a vital component of their sound. hopefully they regroup and pick up someone else on the keys because it'd be a shame to see these guys hang it up. Rothbury what what

these guys are so hit or miss i would think some kind of shakeup might motivate them to do something different. ive seen em five times and have only comeaway really impressed once. maybe this will lead to something exciting, but i'm not gonna hold my breath. i will give em another shot when they figure their shit our though. THAT BEING SAID, they're gonna be at the inaugural Vortex Festival in Asheville, that's the Civic Center date. Check it ooooooout.

If only these guys weren't like... the worst band ever. GO SEE GOOD MUSIC PEOPLE.

i hate it, but what can ya do? i'll see u guys at amberland! :)

shit, back to pushing hamburgers

Not a huge PGroove fan, but their cover of 'Bulls on Parade' is pretty tight, I'll give 'em that

Whoever mentioned Stoops from RAQ. That guy is flippin redonkulous. He like karvested the souls of the audience like the grim reaper and throws it through a voodoo-nightmare vortex through his fingers and onto his keyboard. Along with John Medeski, Jojo from Panic, Kyle Hollingsworth, maybe Page McConnel, he's one of the best live keyboardists I've ever seen. I think his style might be generally too explosive and crazy over-the-top heavy-hitting hyper-psychedelic phunk nastiness for p-groove. Not that I don't really dig p-groove but they're more mellow doobie music and Todd Stoops is like an super-electrified freak of nature. (Those we're all metaphors, he's probably a pretty chill guy).

JOJO!!!

page murders jojo, its not even close.... pgroove is just terrible though... iv tried to like them but they are just boring. They should add them to all good to top off the lameness of that festi! All you people say Steve should join them or whatever are retarded and its hard to believe u are even serious about that.... why would somebody that tours with PHIL and his own band stoop down to pgroove who can only come close to drawing a crowd in a few southern states that are mostly comprised of douche bags??????

this news made me sad. sad sad sad. i just hope the guys can pull together. when i first started listening to pgroove i was overwhelmed by brock's emotion and intensity. i definitely feel as though the passion has lessened a bit. i still love them, always will. prevail pgroove, prevail.

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