Shins Sack Drummer For Being Crap

08/12/2009
. (MusicRadar) Former Shins drummer Jesse Sandoval revealed the real reason for his departure from the band earlier in 2009. Sandoval now tells The Portland Mercury: "I was fired".

He didn't punch bandmates or anything. Sandoval was fired because he wasn't able to play the drum parts for the band's new songs.

He admits: "I have a slower learning curve than polished musicians. There were some drumbeats that [Mercer] tried to do, that he asked me to do, and I just couldn't do them. - more on this story

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