Talena Atfield

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Talena A. L. Atfield (born January 14, 1983) is a Canadian bass guitar player, best known as a former member of Kittie. Regarding her departure, the band stated "We are so sad and disappointed that Talena chose to leave the band. We wish she would have stayed with us, but we view it as an opportunity for a new beginning and promise our fans a more mature and ferocious band with the addition of Arroyo on bass."

There are many rumors about why Talena left the band, as with former Kittie member Fallon Bowman, but this is what was quoted by Talena on her official message board:

"I would like to clear something up, the money wasn't an issue for me and that was not the reason for my departure, they replaced me before I even left. They gave me an ultimatum, to sign something I was unable to sign because it did not benefit me in the least and did not give me control over myself, they said to sign it or leave because they had already found someone new to play bass. And that right there was enough for me to decide on, if they could replace me that quickly without even talking to me then they obviously didn't want me there anyways. They can state whatever reasons they want for me leaving. They don't even know why because they never even called me to talk to me about it, they had Jeff call me to tell me the news, and I am sure it makes them look better if I am a "money grubbing whore" or so they have been saying." -TALENA ATFIELD

According to Morgan and Mercedes Lander, they had called Talena's house to set up band practice for the up coming tour and her father told them that she did not want to be in the band any more. According to the two sisters, they had no intentions of kicking her out of the band and were very surprised that Talena had to get her dad to tell them she was quitting the band.

Talena was forced to return a BC Rich Custom Widow 5-stringed bass when she had left Kittie, but has shown a liking for the ESP-LTD bass line series which she later sold on e-Bay to a fan.

It was also alleged in 2005 that Talena didn't play many of her bass lines on Oracle, that her tracks were sloppy and Morgan later fixed them at the request of producer Garth Richardson.

Talena is currently a member of Amphibious Assault along with Fallon Bowman. Together they both have left the world of hard rock in favor of the industrial sound.

Talena will also judge on America's Hot Musician, a reality talent competition for instrumental musicians alongside Duke Ellington Orchestra alum Gregory Charles Royal and National Symphony Orchestra violinist Marissa Regni, on the Oxygen Network in July, 2007.

[edit] Trivia

• Talena is named after a princess from John Norman's "Chronicles of Gor" book series that her father read.
• She currently lives in London, Ontario.
• She has a younger brother named Griffin.
• She has many piercings and tattoos.
• She uses mainly five stringed ESP bass guitars.