![]() ![]() The quartet started Mumford & Sons in 2007. Marshall was a founding member of the group alongside Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane. RELATED: Mumford & Sons Cover Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Hurt’ In Cleveland “I will continue my work with Hong Kong Link Up and I look forward to new creative projects as well as speaking and writing on a variety of issues, challenging as they may be.” “I have no doubt that their stars will shine long into the future,” he continued. “I leave with love in my heart and I wish those three boys nothing but the best.” I hope in distancing myself from them I am able to speak my mind without them suffering the consequences,” Marshall wrote in a long post on Medium. ![]() “The only way forward for me is to leave the band. RELATED: Marcus Mumford Reminisces Got Caught Yawning At The Royal Wedding He previously took a hiatus from the group in March because of the backlash. Marshall, 33, quit the band following a controversial post praising right-wing journalist Any Ngo’s Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy. Mumford & Sons will be a trio for the time being following the seemingly permanent departure of banjo player Winston Marshall. "Primarily I’m interested in his psychological stuff, which I find very interesting."įounded in London, England, in 2007, Mumford & Sons released their newest album, Delta, in 2018.Winston Marshall, Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane of Mumford and Sons - Photo: CP Images "I don’t think that having a photograph with someone means you agree with everything they say," Marshall said at the time. Marshall and his Mumford & Sons bandmates previously came under fire in 2018, after inviting to the recording studio Jordan Peterson, a clinical psychologist, University of Toronto professor and YouTube personality who has been accused of misogyny, Islamophobia and transphobia. "I could remain and continue to self-censor but it will erode my sense of integrity. My love, loyalty and accountability to them cannot permit that," Marshall writes. ![]() "For me to speak about what I’ve learnt to be such a controversial issue will inevitably bring my bandmates more trouble. Winston Marshall, the banjoist and guitarist of Mumford & Sons, has quit the Grammy-winning British band months after provoking a fan and public backlash following his support for a book by right. He says he's doing so to spare his now-ex-bandmates any further trouble. Marshall uses his Medium post to further explain his political views, reminisce about some of his memories with Mumford & Sons and offer more of the reasoning behind his decision to leave the band. In an Instagram post regarding Marshall's departure, the remaining three members of Mumford & Sons support his decision: "We wish you all the best for the future, Win, and we love you man," they write. Nonetheless, Marshall says the rest of Mumford & Sons - Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane - did not kick him out of their quartet. Unintentionally, I had pulled them into a divisive and totemic issue." "The distress brought to them and their families that weekend I regret very much," Marshall adds. His bandmates, too, received hateful messages because of his comments, because, Marshall reasons, "espite being four individuals we were, in the eyes of the public, a unity." To call me 'fascist' was ludicrous beyond belief."Īfter he issued an apology for his words back in March, Marshall says he was called out by another group for apologizing. Marshall went on to explain that he believes there is a singular point of view that is promoted in the music industry, specifically naming topics like diversity, Brexit, the Israeli-Palestinian. My family knows the evils of fascism painfully well. My Grandma, unlike her cousins, aunts and uncles, survived . Thirteen members of my family were murdered in the concentration camps of the Holocaust. "Nothing could be further from the truth. "I failed to foresee that my commenting on a book critical of the Far-Left could be interpreted as approval of the equally abhorrent Far-Right," the artist continues.
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