Chiodos respond to allegations over "Thermacare" leak

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A Chiodos demo recorded with former frontman Craig Owens has started making rounds online. The song, "Thermacare," was recorded with John Feldmann last August before Owens parted ways with the band the following month. The song--which originally leaked along with two other demos in September-- has been posted several places, and you can hear it here.

In a Facebook post, Owens said, "Bummed that a writing demo of 'Thermacare' leaked online.'" Owens recorded the demo along with two solo songs and planned to record it with his new band. The vocalist exclusively revealed to Altpress that he still plans to include the song on the upcoming album from his new project--possibly under a different name because "Thermacare" was originally a temporary title. Owens told us that the song is actually rooted in the troubles stirring with Chiodos at the time. He said, "It's funny. [The song] kind of tells the future of me leaving [Chiodos] lyrically. I could just feel it coming to an end. I'm still blindsided by what happened. Something just wasn't right."


And respond from craig owens


The truth is, last summer during Warped Tour [with Chiodos], I spent a day working with John Feldmann, and together we recorded three songs--two solo('Boys! Raise Your Glasses' and 'Fuck You Head' and one Chiodos track ('Thermacare'. I sent them out to a few friends and had them posted in the most secret way possible to gauge fan reaction, and to see what everyone thought of it since, at this point, we hadn't released anything in around two years. The songs were taken down two days later. I received my feedback and thought that the whole thing was over.

Post-breakup we were contacted by someone representing Chiodos who asked my new management if they could use the song to promote the new Chiodos record coming up. We thought about it and decided that we were so sbaik on the track that we would like to use it instead of releasing it that way. Next, Chiodos manager John Daley called my manager, Jonathan Daniel, asking if they could use the track on [Chiodos'] new record. My manager responded via e-mail saying that I agree to allow Chiodos to use the music that they had written for 'Thermacare,' provided I am able to use the vocals/melodies that I wrote. Their manager John replied and agreed to the terms. So we had agreed to split the song down the middle with me taking the lyrics/melodies and re-writing the music, and [Chiodos] got to keep the music that they had written.

So, I figured the song was all good to go, and we could move on from this whole ordeal like I have been trying to do for almost a year now--break myself free from the cycles and move forward into a much more positive future with my new band/record.

Then today happens. The song leaks in a much bigger way and it appears that I am accused of leaking it either for publicity purposes or possibly out of spite as, stated before, Chiodos were planning to use this track on their new record. Why in the world would I do that? I have been fighting and working so hard to move past all of the terrible things that I have experienced over the last 10 months, and I'm still trying to stay positive by focusing on this new record with my new band. I just think that it's funny that this leaks right before [Chiodos] release a new record and then they blame me for doing it selfishly.