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 has appeared on a MySpace supposedly (yet questionably) belonging to Miss Atfield herself:
"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 [1]
According to Morgan and Mercedes Lander, they had called Talena's house to set up band practice for the up coming tour. Allegedly, her father told them that she did not want to be in the band anymore. According to the two sisters, they had no intentions of kicking her out of the band and were very surprised that Talena had gotten her father to tell them she was quitting the band.
Other sources state that a replacement had been in the works long before Talena left, and that she had received a phone call from a band member stating that she had a limited amount of time to sign a contract offered to her to renew her status as a hired hand in the band, with no option to make changes to the existing contract, or she would be replaced.
Talena was forced to return a BC Rich Custom Widow 5-stringed bass when she had left Kittie. More recently, she has shown a liking for the ESP-LTD bass line series, one of which she later sold on eBay to a fan.
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 was also set to serve on a judging panel for "America's Hot Musician", a reality talent competition for instrumental musicians, alongside Duke Ellington Orchestra alumnus Gregory Charles Royal and National Symphony Orchestra violinist Marissa Regni. The show was to air on the Oxygen Network in July, 2007. Old grudges followed Talena even into this venture, as an attorney representing the current incarnation of Kittie served American Youth Symphony (producers of "America's Hot Musician" a cease-and-desist letter for their use of clips from the band's video "What I Always Wanted" in the opening theme for the show [2]. Talena served as a judge anyhow.
- ^ Talena_Atfield (2007). Under "about me", this is supposedly the "real" Talena, unverifiable. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
- ^ Blabbermouth (2007). KITTIE Attorney Serves 'America's Hot Musician' Cease-And-Desist Letter - May 21, 2007. roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
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