Written by Andrew Reneau
Lead singer for COIN Chase Lawrence announced Jan. 28 his decision to disband the rock band on their Instagram account. The band performed at Harding in the fall of 2021 for what was then Campus Activities Board (CAB).
The post is preceded by COIN’s announcement in Nov. 2024 that their drummer Ryan Winnen stepped down to focus on personal matters.
Lawrence cited allegations of misconduct against both Winnen and guitarist Joe Memmel as being the reason for his decision to disband.
“Creating a space for love and joy through music has always been my mission,” Lawrence said in his Jan 28. Instagram post. “Discovering that this space has been compromised by the actions of others is truly heartbreaking. Unfortunately, these developments mean that COIN can no longer continue as a band.”
Long-time COIN fan and senior Kayla Boggs, who crashed her car while traveling to a COIN concert, said she re-read their post after she saw it.
“I read the post that they were disbanding, and I looked at the comments to see what was happening, because it did not specify why,” Boggs said.
Senior Chloe Schliffka said she was sad when she heard COIN broke up.
“I’m a little shocked,” Schliffka said. “They came to Harding a few years ago, so it was cool that we at least got to see them before they did break up. They were popular and the school liked it when they came.”
Joshua McCain said he will binge Coin’s music now that they have disbanded, and how he relates to their music.
“I am more of a romantic, so I tend to empathize with songs talking about relationships or other things of the like,” McCain said.
