The Chariot vocalist Josh Scogin has spoken on the bands decision to call it a day.
“Nothing happened in the sense of… [Pauses.] I don’t know: I guess everyone wants to hear a really gnarly story, but sometimes you just feel like, “Man, this is the right time.” There’s never a convenient time—well, I guess there is a convenient time, but it’s a place that no artist wants to find themselves. There’s never a convenient time where it’s like, “Oh, there are no tour offers, no tours lined up [and] there’s nobody wanting another record,” you know what I mean? At the end of the day, it just felt like the right time.
We were on Warped Tour having a blast, and we got to discuss some things in the band. I hate the imagery of “rest in peace” and the imagery of dying, and I like the idea of maybe it’s more like crossing the finish line. It’s more like we’re hanging our hats up exactly when we want to before it’s too late and everyone’s like, “Oh man, they should have done that, like, four years ago.” I feel like the Chariot were never supposed to outstay our welcome.
We got to do Soundwave at the beginning of this year in Australia, and we got to doWarped Tour this year. Warped Tour has been something we’ve been trying [to do] for the entirety of our band, and we just felt like what a great time to step away. There’s a difference between standing on top of that mountain looking over and being like, “What a great time to cross that finish line.”
