Muzzins

Hey all,

Muzzins is done. We're cooked, we're through. It's over.

This band was formed organically 6 years ago at a very vulnerable time for me, and,

while it was an incredible crucible of safety, magic, joy, creative expression, spiritual healing and personal transformation for me for the majority of our journey,

it was also unconsciously founded on what Dr. bell hooks calls Imperialist White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy,

which harms women by demanding a disproportionate amount of invisible/emotional/domestic/affective/administrative labor from them (more so if they are q***r, disabled, BIPOC and/or single parents),

and harms men by cutting them off from the full spectrum of their emotions, empathy, and humanity

(which is exactly why this country and our world is the burning trash heap it is today).

Our default conditioning made it so that we could not have truly honest conversations about hard things, nor repair rifts in our relationship because we lacked the necessary skills, capacity & support at the time. I've had a ton of therapy and community support for myself, and even staged an intervention for part of us, but without skillful outside intervention for us as a whole, the collapse was inevitable. As Audre Lorde says, “The Master's tools will never dismantle the Master's house.” What got us here wasn't gonna get us out.

I respect that my ex-bandmates may have their own stories to tell, but I won't silence myself for anyone else's comfort anymore. I fxkking HATE the patriarchy because it has taken men who I thought of as brothers and turned them into strangers.

I don't know what's next, but I'm going to make space to grieve, breathe, rest, reflect, unlearn, and heal. I've been writing some of the most honest songs of my life over the last few months as an outlet -- music is how I speak my truth and strengthen my faith -- and I might share some of that new solo work along with my own awakening process over on my personal IG account ( .punkmonk ) if I'm moved to do so.

Thanks for being part of the Muzziverse. We had some great times together. Life is so fragile and short.

In solidarity,
R-Muzz 💖