I'm surprised there wasn't a thread for this already. Chiodos have Fired or "Let Go" of Craig as their lead singer. In a statement below. And Craig posted this on his Twitter.
Even if you dislike his voice, you can't deny that he had a signature voice and WAS Chiodos. If they thought he sucked, well they were his friends as well. So Somewhere, SOMETHING wasn't right between the guys. I heard it was because Chiodos wanted a full touring schedule and Craig couldnt do that with his multiple side bands and whatnot.
I hope this means more solo craig or side projects. I mean, I do like Chiodos, but I really don't listen to them that much. I prefer a lot of their acoustic and softer songs, not because I don't like loud music, but because I like his voice in that style. I really liked Cinematic Sunrise, and I'd love to see that go somewhere. Theres also Isles which has still yet to come out and I'm still excited for. But really what I would like best is him to stick to softer music. I'm not exactly fond of his solo EP that came out this year aside from a song or 2, but I think he has more potential to stay relevant then Chiodos does without him... As someone already said, his voice WAS chiodos. It would be like trying to replace Chester from LP. Once you establish a singer with a unique voice, its hard to throw that away. Its like changing your genre completely. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDEHiw5blD8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwmfxFD95xk&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6YsWXFJAzI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_3nfZZmeX4&feature=channel_page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usZd_fDESuY&feature=channel_page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3n_WVwH_wU&feature=channel_page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4_36O80jzA&feature=channel_page This youtube channel also had him giving a statement but I forgot to grab the link and am too lazy to go back.