Therapy? confirmed this week that drummer Graham Hopkins is heading off to pastures new.

"Sad but true…Graham has left the rock 'n' roll killing machine Therapy?" reads an official communique. "The split was entirely amicable and Andy, Michael and Martin wish Graham every success in his future endeavours. Therapy? themselves plan to bring you all a bigger, better musical experience in 2002."

Contacted by Hot Press, a band spokesman added: "There are a couple of different things that Graham wants to do, details of which will emerge shortly, I'm sure. As for the band, they're having a meeting today to discuss a replacement. Whoever's brought in, rest assured that Therapy? will be sticking to their musical guns and plotting the follow-up to Shameless."