r/alexcameron • u/yourwhippingboy • Jul 28 '26
New interview. He talks about Roy 36 minutes in.
https://youtu.be/JNZBlnK3kek15
u/whaddyaknowmaginot Jul 28 '26
Sad to see Roy is no longer in the band...hope he's doing well and I'm enjoying the new album and think it's his best work since Forced Witness but some sax would have really taken it to the next level
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u/LukeFCartwright Jul 29 '26
Someone told me it was about Roy’s politics, being aired too publicly.
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u/diggyschitz Aug 01 '26
What are Roy’s politics?
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u/Emotional-Test-3413 Aug 02 '26
Anti-genocide/modern colonialism
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u/David_6754 Aug 02 '26
Not sure there's a huge pro-genocide / pro-modern colonialism bloc, and I don't think Alex would be upset at taking a stance against that.
I follow Roy on Instagram... he's posted a lot of very far-left, politically confused content, although he seems to have cut down on it quite a bit. One of the highlights was a picture at a protest in Australia, with a Transgender-Soviet flag in front of him.
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u/habibtiigoth Aug 03 '26
That's also enough for someone to be denied a US working visa which also might be a reason it's not being spoke about publically
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u/Called_CPS_on_EthanK 22d ago
Roy did post on his instagram something like “now you see why certain artists are too afraid to say these things openly” after Macklemore got booted from Ed Sheeran’s tour. It would really suck if that’s why he & Alex fell out but it seems likely
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u/Broad-Marionberry755 Jul 28 '26
Anyone got a TLDR for someone who can't listen rn?
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u/EricLandy29 Jul 28 '26
Friends since 6 years old, loves him, desire to do their own thing musically and work with new artists. Nothing juicy or dramatic mentioned.
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u/yourwhippingboy Jul 28 '26
Alex basically says Roy can speak for himself, same as he [Alex] can only speak for himself.
He mainly says that they’re both really proud of what they’ve created together but Roy wants to do his own music and focus on his own thing.
He says he loves him, praises his talent and profoundness, doesn’t allude to a falling out but also doesn’t explicitly state if they’re still buds or not.
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u/Quarterwit_85 Jul 28 '26
If they were buds I think they’d share album and track releases of each other’s work on their IG stories.
Good interview though mate, thanks for posting!
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u/HughBScott Jul 29 '26
Couple of the replies have left out the fact that Alex says that he believes that he should constantly learn new things in music and work with new people, which alludes to Roy being booted rather than leaving all that amicably.
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u/Responsible_Cod8200 Aug 12 '26
This is really sad news. Roy was my favorite part when I saw them live in 2022
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u/crazyhedgehogs Jul 28 '26
Seems like he’s sugarcoating it quite a bit and avoiding a direct answer, which is his prerogative. I don’t think Roy stepped away to pursue playing tiny shows and working construction.