#it's sadly jamming out to Samurai Heart hours now

[symeraid-s]

A few days ago I found out that Ike left Spyair and as a Gintama/Anime fan, this shocked me. He left because of his health, so I just hope he gets better.

Now, this was in March and it's August already, so how did I not know about this? Well, I didn't really believe this could happen. And there were no news on their YouTube channel. There were a few articles on Crunchyroll, but I don't use Crunchyroll so it went right past me.

But why now? The answer is simple: A few days ago the group uploaded a video to their YouTube channel, explaining that they were looking for new vocalists to "restart Spyair".

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I don't know how to feel about this. One one hand, it's nice to see that they won't give up on making music. One the other (stronger) hand: What the F*ck?

I believe that Ike had one of the most recognizable voices in J-Rock and half of their songs probably wouldn't hit as hard as they do, if there was anyone else singing them (Thinking specifically about all their Gintama songs.) So them kinda throwing him to the side and looking for a new vocalist feels like a betrayal to me. Especially looking at what the new vocalist has to compete with.

It also feels really weird, because they were in a band together for 12 years and after all that time just looking for a new vocalist irks me. Like, there had to be some form of relationship between the members. They seemed to get along great. I mean, why else would they be in a group together for over 10 years?

Anyways, TLDR: If they really get a new vocalist to also sing the old songs, it'll just feel like a cover band. No one can do it like Ike. Instead of "restarting" Spyair, they should just form a new band or at least change the name.