#sorry for hijacking the post to yell about my favorite emos btw

[lepakonpaska]

I WAS LITERALLY SCROLLING THIS LIKE "hm should i join in on the archie hate session" SJFJSKFKS I LOVE THAT U TAGGED ME!! always ready to gossip about this piece of shit!

right so, he's always been a spoiled and unbearable Rich Kid(tm) who basically got handed an album deal and a career because his dad is. very rich. that's partly why santa cruz skyrocketed to fame so fast but honestly it's mainly because they had some INCREDIBLE musicians. NOT talking about archie here <3 source on archie always being an ass is my dad who has not shut up about knowing johnny's mom because they work in the same place for the past DECADE. no really, the way i was introduced to the band was dad dropping their first album on my desk like "my coworkers son is in a band, you might like it". finland is a village.

he is, in fact, so much of a shit that it's literally impossible for anyone to work with him and i'd guess that the only reason the og members stayed so long is because they were childhood friends, but if you watch old interviews and other content it's pretty easy to see that they started being uncomfortable around him long before it all fell apart, which makes me feel so sad because they were all so hyped about the band at first :( im glad they're all doing pretty well now

the only replacement member i have any real info about is "the bassist he attempted to replace middy with" because that is. eemi lamberg from st aurora and kirkkovene which are some of my favorite bands. and also he's instagram mutuals with me for some reason. ero cruz is a stage name i try to forget because i don't like it!! anyway yea he was in santa cruz briefly, got sick of archie'a shit and formed st aurora and their FIRST SINGLE is a thinly veiled archie disstrack (it's called 'falling (just another way to fly)' and the lyrics are NOT SUBTLE AT ALL, honestly an iconic move if u ask me. also u guys should check them out, very emo and flamboyant) ANYWAY MY POINT IS, everyone in the finnish music industry HATES archie's guts

long story short, he's an asshole who's been spoiled rotten since he was a kid and fame is not good for him at all, i don't even wanna go to his relationships with women because it just makes me feel bad, he's treated so many people so badly

Reading about the downfall of Archie Cruz is…both sad and funny.

March 2018: His entire band breaks up with him.

June 2018: His side project kicks him out, too.

The first guitarist he attempts to replace Johnny with, quits after thirty six days.

The drummer he attempted to replace Taz with, quit Santa Cruz after less than six months.

….Eight months later, the second replacement guitarist left, too.

The bassist he attempted to replace Middy with, also quit.

…Now I’m just waiting for the second replacement drummer to quit, and for Archie to pull a Brendon Urie and declare that He Is A Band, By Himself.

(I feel like The Return Of The Kings is a Santa Cruz album in the same way that Viva Las Vengeance is a Panic! At The Disco album. -_-)

I still know very little about this dude. But. Goddamn. What is it about him, that has caused him to burn every single bridge he has ever had in his life??