Josh Thompson Breakup Inspires Snarling Party Single, 'Wanted Me Gone' — billboard.com

"Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest of us just show up and get to work." Painter Chuck Close's creative philosophy suggests Josh Thompson and the team around him must be a bunch of pros, because they were able to build a grinding, energetic single, "Wanted Me Gone," despite a series of no-shows. "It's the feel-good leaving song of 2014," Thompson says with a laugh.  It's a laugh based in real-world disappointment, because the inspiration for "Wanted Me Gone" was a lover who disappeared. Thompson had been in a three-year relationship that his girlfriend brought to an abrupt halt. After time had passed, she reappeared, interested in getting back together. He wanted none of it.

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