Last night I had the incredible good fortune of seeing Closet Monster - home to two of Avril's band's departed members - in concert. The presence and passion these guys have on stage is unrivalled and as sad as it was to lose Jesse and London from the band, they are much better off performing their own material to their own crowd. After the show I chatted with Jesse a bit and he said Bandaids was the "best f***ing Avril site." Definately if these guys make a trip to your town, check out their show. Or at least visit their website
here for more info. Another departed member, Evan just opened his own MySpace account to keep in touch with everyone which you can visit
here. Also, Evan answered a bunch of fan questions from
ETaubenfeld.com and you can read the interview
here.