Five Finger Death Punch verder zonder gitarist Jason Hook

Terwijl Decade Of Destruction Volume 2 uitgerold wordt en de video van Living A Dream van het album F9 online is gezet, heeft Five Finger Death Punch bevestigd dat gitarist Jason Hook in februari 2020 de band heeft verlaten tijdens de tour. 
“I have had the pleasure of meeting so many of you in person. Thank you for the endless stories of how our music has touched your heart in some way! But the best part of being on tour the last 12 years, by far, has been playing my guitar and seeing the joy on your faces every night. I will miss that more than anything. As far the reason I’m leaving… well, there really isn’t just one. I’ve been in bands my entire life and I feel like I’ve done all the good that I can here. It’s time to pass the baton and move on to new challenges” zegt Jason zelf over zijn vertrek.
Jason heeft het stokje overgedragen aan de nieuwe leadgitarist Andy James.
“Jason is an incredible guitar player so we had to find someone on the absolute top of their game. Someone like Andy James who was already a well-known virtuoso and had the chops to step into Jason’s shoes. Andy completed our European Tour with us back in February so he was already tried by fire. We instantly clicked both musically and personally so he was the obvious choice. We even have the same birthday… Some things are just meant to be” volgens gitarist Zoltan Bathory.
“I just congratulated Jason on his recent wedding, and I hope he finds peace and happiness. As for us, I’m really excited to keep working with Andy and I just can’t wait for this Covid madness to be over so we can go back out on the road” zeg Ivan Moody.