A legendary Texas-based rock band is saying goodbye to one of their founding members, but the band will keeping rocking on.

In 1994, Chris Burney helped found the band Bowling For Soup in Wichita Falls, Texas. He and high school classmate Jaret Reddick were forming multiple bands in the North Texas area. Their friends Lance Morrill and Erik Chandler were doing the same. Eventually the four came together to form a band called Rubberneck, that would eventually change their name to Bowling for Soup.

The band Bowling For Soup has sold over 7 million albums in their career. Their breakout album "Drunk Enough to Dance" contained the Gold certified single "Girl All the Bad Guys Want". The follow up album, "A Hangover You Don't Deserve", which contained their smash hit "1985", that went Double Platinum in sales.

Bowling For Soup has been one of the most entertaining, and successful bands in the history of North Texas.

This week, one of those founding members announced his retirement from the band.

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Guitarist Chris Burney, and the band, announced that he will no longer be a part of the band. But not that he's quitting, or being kicked out. Rather that he's retiring from the group...and they will not be replacing him.

The band posted on their social media this week:

"It is with a heavy heart we announce that Chris Burney has made the decision to retire from his stage-right post in the band he co-founded in 1994.

Some recent medical developments, 30 years of rocking balls, and touring non-stop have made it difficult to continue. We are bummed to not have Chris by our sides, but absolutely support his decision.

The future of Bowling For Soup remains bright.

The three of us will carry on, with Chris' blessing, and continue to build the legacy of this band we all love so much. We will not be replacing Chris or touring with a touring guitarist. You cannot replace a legend. We were brothers when we started this journey…and brothers we remain.

See you at the shows and in your ears."

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The band will continue on as a 3-piece group, which they will start doing almost right away. The group has a tour heading to the United Kingdom starting in February. It will be the international leg of their "A Hangover You Don't Deserve" 20th Anniversary Tour.

Bowling For Soup released their last album in 2022. It was titled "Pop Drunk Snot Bread", and will be the final studio album that will feature Burney as a full-time member of the band.

 

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