Bowling for Soup’s Founding Guitarist Chris Burney Departs Band

Bowling for Soup guitarist Chris Burney has introduced his departure from the pop-punk band he co-founded greater than 30 years in the past.

Information of Burney’s departure used to be printed on Bowling for Soup’s social media accounts on Wednesday (Jan. 22), with the gang noting they wouldn’t be recruiting a alternative to fill Burney’s sneakers, however as a substitute proceeding as a three-piece.

“It’s with a heavy center we announce that Chris Burney has made the verdict to retire from his stage-right put up within the band he co-founded in 1994,” the gang wrote in a observation shared on social media. “Some fresh clinical traits, 30 years of rocking balls and traveling continuous have made it tricky to proceed. We’re bummed not to have Chris through our aspects, however completely improve his determination.

“The way forward for Bowling For Soup stays brilliant,” they added. “The 3 folks will lift on, with Chris’ blessing, and proceed to construct the legacy of this band all of us love such a lot. We will be able to now not be changing Chris or traveling with a traveling guitarist. You can’t change a legend. We had been brothers after we began this adventure… and brothers we stay.”

Bowling for Soup had been based in Wichita Falls, TX in 1994 through Burney, lead vocalist and guitarist Jaret Reddick, drummer Lance Morrill, and bassist Erik Chandler. Morrill would go out the gang in 1994 (regardless that would later go back for infrequent excursions) and Chandler would later go away in 2018.

The band started freeing information in 1994, however wouldn’t obtain business popularity till 2002’s Under the influence of alcohol Sufficient to Dance, which featured “Lady All of the Unhealthy Guys Need” and gave the band their first look at the Billboard Scorching 100, achieving No. 64.

Alternatively, their greatest luck would arrive in 2004 after they launched A Hangover You Don’t Deserve. The document peaked at No. 37 at the Billboard 200, strengthened through the recognition of “1985” – a canopy of SR-71‘s unique which have been launched best two months previous. The observe would later top at No. 23 at the Scorching 10, and chart within the best ten of each the Grownup Pop Airplay and Pop Airplay charts.

Bowling for Soup closing launched an album by means of 2022’s Pop Under the influence of alcohol Snot Bread, and spent the latter part of 2024 traveling in improve of A Hangover You Don’t Deserve’s twentieth anniversary. The gang will deliver that excursion to the U.K. in February, albeit as a trio.