The drummer, who also plays with Marseille, says: "I have decided to leave Tigertailz as it was a bloody mess and being dragged through the mud, and enough was enough for me. My days of answering to tyrants and given ultimatums had to end � so it has."

He further cites court paperwork that shocked him because he'd never been told how many copies the band's 1990 album Bezerk sold. He says his full story will appear in his "soon to be published" book.