It's bad news for Good fans (Tuesday, February 19, 2002) http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicArtistsG/good_matthew.html By KIERAN GRANT -- Toronto Sun Looks as if it's bad news for fans of the Matthew Good Band. Universal Music Canada confirms that the Vancouver rockers have packed it in, after months of strife between frontman Matt Good and his bandmates. As reported on www.canoe.ca late last week, Good will continue to make records for Universal. A spokesperson for the label said yesterday that it's too early to tell whether that will be as a solo act or with a new band. Those following Good's career lately won't be surprised by the band's demise. The MGB breakup saga began last August, when guitarist Dave Genn walked out as the band were finishing work on their current album, The Audio Of Being. Things were patched up and Genn rejoined before the album's October release, only to split for good in November. In an interview last September, Good told The Sun that making The Audio Of Being "broke the band up. At the time I went to lengths to deny it," he said. "For, like, four days, there was no band at all." It appears now with the recent departure of drummer Ian Browne, the denial is over -- Good even posted news of a looming split on his Web site two weeks ago. It's rumoured that the singer will continue working with bassist Rich Priske. While there was talk of a forthcoming Good solo album amid last fall's upheaval, he may adopt a new band name for future work. As early as 1996, Good confessed in a Sun interview that he wasn't comfortable with the Matthew Good Band name and hoped it could ultimately be shortened to "MGB." Following the success of albums Underdogs and Beautiful Midnight, Good's cantankerous outbursts about the Canadian music industry led to numerous mud-slinging matches with other bands, and gave him a reputation for being volatile both on and off stage.