Guitarist Erik Kluiber recently parted ways with WHITE WIZZARD. SleazeRoxx.com caught up with Kluiber to discuss what went down. An excerpt is available below.

Sleaze Roxx: You're no longer in the band White Wizzard, was the split amicable?

Erik Kluiber: "No... but after this interview I'm over it. I'm serious."

Sleaze Roxx: What's your side of the story?

Erik Kluiber: "In my opinion, the band was a scam. I was told this was a professional 'serious' outfit. It was like the most unorganized slow paced band I'd ever been a part of. We didn't do shit! I was told there was going to be heavy touring. Not only did that not happen, but Leon was a no show at the UK debut cause of some medical excuse that changed 3 or 4 times. On the one North American tour we did, the guy wanted us to drop him off at the airport so he could fly home every day. It was pathetic. Our manager Steve booked some more U.S. dates to get from L.A. to New York and back, but Leon vetoed them because he felt they didn't pay enough. The guy couldn't fucking tour. We had to move all his gear for him at every show for Christ sake. All we heard every day is, 'I'm the boss, I'm the boss.' We were like, 'We know already, can you shut up and play your bass?' He's a fucking diva.

Anything money wise in that band was totally shady. To this day Leon still owes ex-manager Steve Seabury his 10 percent from the KORPIKLAANI tour. Leon's the only one on the contract with Earache Records. Who in the hell sets up a 'band' where if anything happens, they're the only one that gets paid? A fucking shyster, that's who. At the same time, all the 'band members' split the band expenses. So figuratively, the racket basically seemed like luring some musicians with the record contract, make them pay for the expenses of being in a band, write and record just like every other band, don't tour cause that's too much real work and then take the money and run."

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