Why Atom bombed

An alert reaches us from the Offspring:

Message from Dexter

Dear Offspring Fans - Atom and I wanted to drop you guys a little note, since we know people have been talking about why Atom has left the drummer seat for The Offspring.

We're fairly certain that nobody we've come across has been talking about it, but do go on:

The simple truth is that Atom had been working on a few of his own projects during our down time, including Angels & Airwaves but other things too. We think that‘s great. Unfortunately, in order for him to see those things through he isn‘t left with enough time to devote to future Offspring stuff. It was a tough choice, but we understand.

By the way, we've also had this from the captain of the Lusitania:
Dear shipping fans, I just thought I should drop you guys a note about why the rats have left the ship. The truth is that the rats have been working on side projects, and yelled something about not being able tyo hang around to see what's going down here any more. Good luck, rats. Now... does anyone know where the buckets are?