Flying Luttenbachers call it quits + last releases

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This probably wont shake the world like the split of other bands... 

Composer and multi-instrumentalist for the band FLYING LUTTENBACHERS, THE ,Weasel Walter, left a little note telling fans that the band will no longer be active due to the "lack of  support and recognition" the band got through their 15+ years of being active:

"over the last two or three years it
was starting to seem like i was keeping this mess going just to "prove
something" - to myself, to my friends, to my enemies, etc. i guess what
i was trying to prove is that nothing could stop the band. that's not a
very good reason to have a band, honestly. the serious lack of support
and recognition for the flying luttenbachers had drained me almost
completely by late 2006. i was a nervous wreck and momentum was at an
absolute zero. around november of this year, i realized there really
was nothing to "prove" by keeping it going, i felt free and decided to
end it on an artistic high note, the new album "incarceration by
abstraction". this is the best decision for me.  
i don't regret anything the band has done, but it's simply time to move
on. i'm not done making music yet - not by a long shot. how and why i
make music has to be looked at in a different light. there's got to be
a way to do this without killing myself for it. i continue to play in
xbxrx, recently joined burmese and will focus on my improvised music
options next year, including writing more material for large ensembles. 
if people think they're going to "miss" the flying luttenbachers, my
suggestion is that they listen a little closer to the music the band
has already made. i assure you that there's plenty left to chew on
inside of those recordings. perhaps if i feel like a wider audience is
ready for it, we'll reappear, but until then we've done all we can do.
any more would be quixotic and futile."

I was pretty skeptical about this, but further research confirmed it:

As
of November 2007, The Flying Luttenbachers have officially ceased
operation. The band will reappear when the human race is finally
prepared for armageddon. Don't say we didn't warn you.
http://nowave.pair.com/luttenbachers/new_contents.html

SUPPORT LIVING ARTISTS - DON'T TAKE GREAT MUSIC FOR GRANTED
http://www.myspace.com/theflyingluttenbachers

it’s official: the flying luttenbachers RIP (1991-2007)

i
just spent about an hour writing an explanation, but acidentally
deleted it. you know, what? it doesn't even matter. cheers to you.

 christopher todd walter 
http://www.myspace.com/theflyingluttenbachers

After nearly 16 years of releasing and touring music so confrontational that it makes Stravinksy’s The Rite of Spring
sound like a love theme, The Flying Luttenbachers have officially
decided to call it quits. Featuring a rotating cast of musicians — such
as Ken Vandermark, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Hal Russell, etc., and ending
with Mike Green, Ed Rodriguez, and Rob Pumpelly — the only man present
for the entire Luttenbachers ride was Weasel Walter, a
composer/producer who was described by Glenn Branca in a Pitchfork
interview as "one of the greatest rock composers who ever lived, and
he’s struggling and living like a poverty-stricken hermit."
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/The-Flying-Luttenbachers-Disband

Now for the good news: 
A DVD of the band is coming with  Mick Barr  in the line-up. You can watch the trailer here:

Live Cataclysm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGPpDhR7Hic

Edited by chamberry - December 27 2007 at 20:06