I dunno about anyone else, but I feel that to be a legitimate excuse.
I'm personally a big fan of Icy Guy's work, and I feel a little disapointed that he has been cut from this project.
I am aware of that, but I don't feel that I can count on him to get something done, and because of his lackluster WIP that he really didn't do much of anything on, just brought me to my decesion faster. Once again, no offense to Icy Guy, cause I like his music.
EDIT oh yeah, antipode you are back on the project now, since your WIP was ok, but dude, the bass and stuff is just ear bleeding, and get GeoDude to record guitar for you instead of you using sucker, ehem, slayer.