Lagwagon’ s Jesse Buglione has left the band, deciding it was time to grow up and swap his wallet chain for an Apple Mac and deadlines. In a statement he left on the band’s message board Buglione explained that his priorities in life had changed.
I’m no longer in Lagwagon. And the fact that I have a son has a lot to do with it – I was gone for most of the time that he was two years old (he’s 3 1/2 now) and missed a lot while we were on tour. It’s no fun only getting to spend 10 minutes a day with him via Skype during his formative years. And, sorry to say, my son is much more important to me than Lagwagon. There are actually a number of other reasons that motivated my decision to finally leave, none of which I feel comfortable going into right now. Money isn’t really among those, considering I’m making much less now working 50+ hours a week than I ever did with Lagwagon.
Overall, what it comes down to is that it’s hard continuing with something if your heart’s not in it. And for me, in a weird way, there’s something a little more gratifying about doing my current job (art director for a magazine). Even though it’s a magazine I wouldn’t personally read and our monthly deadline is more stressful than Lagwagon ever was, doing new layouts every day has become a little more gratifying than playing Mr. Coffee for the 2000th time.
Tone Deaf are nodding our collective heads and we hear you on those layouts and deadlines, Jesse.
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