Lee Gaze, lead guitarist & backing vocalist for the defunct Lostprophets, has been indulging in some nostalgia as of late together with his new mission. The small print for that group are largely being stored underneath wraps for the time being, nonetheless, a possible singer for it has been situated. Moreover, fellow Lostprophets veteran, bassist/vocalist Stuart Richardson, has been concerned as properly, having been confirmed to be overseeing a number of the mixing to date.
Each Gaze and Richardson went on to type No Devotion alongside Thursday vocalist Geoff Rickly and extra again in 2014. Nonetheless, that outfit has been routinely hamstrung by scheduling, amongst different challenges. Regardless of the seemingly persistent setbacks, No Devotion stays a going concern going ahead with this new mission set to exist alongside it.
Requested earlier this month if this new endeavor would sound a bit “rockier/heavier” than No Devotion, Gaze implied it’s extra in a vein akin to his output with Lostprophets. Some posts he made associated to that may be discovered beneath:
It has tracks as heavy as Experience and as poppy as Final Summer time. An eclectic combine
— Lee Gaze (@shinjukutheif1) October 18, 2025
Mixing some tracks to ship to a possible singer. Stu can be concerned. Hoping to launch this in 2026.
— Lee Gaze (@shinjukutheif1) October 23, 2025
After all, addressing the elephant within the room, Gaze prior to now has publicly condemned his late Lostprophets bandmate, Ian Watkins, who was murdered in jail earlier this month. Watkins had been serving out a 29 yr sentence with a license of six years in HMP Wakefield for child-related sexual offences. Gaze has largely remained quiet publicly on the passing of Watkins. As seen within the above timestamps, work on this mission additionally commenced previous to Watkins‘ October eleventh homicide.
The revelation of Watkins actions upon his arrest introduced Lostprophets to an abrupt finish, with Gaze publicly talking out in opposition to Watkins‘ actions again in 2014. At the moment, a number of former members of Lostprophets talked to the press about Watkins and his erratic habits forward of the fees.
Regardless of a number of drug intervention makes an attempt and spiraling historical past of drug abuse that resulted in violent altercations with Watkins backstage, the rift between the band and Watkins worsened. All former members of the band acknowledged they’d no prior data of his heinous actions. As Gaze put it in 2014:
“There was completely nothing that led us to suspect what he’d completed. I feel he created such a smokescreen. I hate to depend on clichés, however once you see the profile of a paedophile, he couldn’t be any farther from it. He was all the time surrounded by all these girls, so it simply appeared not possible.”
Lostprophets had achieved a substantial degree of success previous to Watkins‘ crimes, touchdown a gold album in the US, and quite a few platinum, gold and silver certifications in the US. This previous July, Gaze publicly lamented what might have been with the band, stating on X:
“It’s been 13 years since my band led to essentially the most unimaginable circumstances and it’s nonetheless painful to consider. Issues might’ve been so completely different. I don’t speak about it a lot however I put every little thing into that band and it ought to’ve lasted a lifetime. I by no means actually wronged anybody my entire life so it appeared like the final word punishment.”
