Local Band News: Spidermums’ Drummer Facing Jail

I hadn’t even heard of Kansas City band Spidermums until a few days ago, but they get this week’s Band Purple Heart, having lost a drummer to legal issues a week before going on tour.

Last Wednesday, drummer Justin Piatt was caught driving without a license. Piatt was still on probation for a prior drunk driving charge, but apparently he’s had run-ins with the law before.

“Because this [driving without a license] is about his 10th offense [*], his lawyer said he’s probably going to get 6 months in jail and another couple years added to his probation,” explains Spidermums frontman Josh Thomas. “And he most definitely can’t leave the state to tour.”

[*wtf!!!]

Find out more about Spidermums’ plight and snag an MP3 after the jump.