Michael, The Lone Wolf

Guitarist Michael Ward left the Wallflowers last week apparently dissatisfied with his role in the band. Ward had originally wanted to leave before the beginning of the "Breach" tour, but stayed on after being persuaded by their manager, Andy Slater. Ward said: "For me, what music is all about is sitting down and creating songs from scratch. That's my life, and it's not really about adding guitar parts to someone else's music. That's not really satisfying for me. For a long time we were writing together, and then that stopped, and that made me pretty unhappy."