Jesus Piece have seemingly broken up after 10 years as a band. However, it appears that the acclaimed Philadelphia hardcore act’s singer, Aaron Heard, plans to continue performing as Je$us Piece with other musicians.
In a post on the band’s official Instagram account, drummer Luis Aponte and guitarists David Updike and John Distefano posted the following message:
“Jesus Piece has been dead for some time. A member quit abruptly for personal reasons and we felt wrong continuing without him. Anything you see associated with this name or similar, playing our music and using our art, is not related to anything we worked for over the last 10 years. We are proud of everything we did and it changed our lives forever. To try and continue that without us or in spite of us, is a mockery of what we’ve done and tried to do.
Thank you all for everything!
– Lu, John, Dave”
The message came after Heard shared a poster on his Instagram Story for the upcoming One Big Party festival in Phoenix, with an act named “Je$us Piece” listed on the lineup. Across the top of the poster, he wrote, “That’s me and the homies.”
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In the band’s Instagram Story, the other members wrote, “We never accepted this fest. Have no idea who Je$us Piece is.”
Jesus Piece combined hardcore, industrial, and metalcore into a unique sound heard on two full-length albums, 2018’s Only Self and 2023’s …So Unknown, as well as three EPs. …So Unknown landed at No. 7 on Heavy Consequence‘s list of the 30 Best Metal & Hard Rock Albums of 2023.
See the aforementioned social posts from Jesus Piece and Aaron Heard below.
