Gene Kasidit

Apparently, the flamboyant Thai Gene Kasidit has left Futon. I've worked with Futon when I was working in the nightlife industry years ago. I loved their electro-rock sound which was pretty cool to me. Their manager was a dickhead but that's another story.

To me, Futon has always gotten more attention for the wrong reason. Okay, so you might have absorbed Suede's ex-drummer Simon Gilbert into the band. While he is a decent drummer, he was nowhere as exciting as the rest of his previous bandmates. Hence, Futon's real crowd-puller and appeal, to me, has always been Gene. Without him, Futon sounds pretty crap these days, flogging the same dead thrashy-glam-slutty-electro-punk horse for the past few years. Check out the rehearsals of their stuff here.

His voice is amazingly rich and full of drama. It's fuckin' over-the-top. I love it. He explains why he left Futon in this interview. He's uploaded a few demos on his MySpace page which sounds pretty decent.