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Charlotte Hatherley has inferred that she was sacked from Ash because the rest of the band wanted to become a three piece once more.

At the time of her departure last year Hatherley said that it had been a mutual decision for her to leave the band.

However, in a interview with the Independent she said: "In the end it was the boys' choice. They wanted to go back to being a three-piece. They knew I wasn't happy in the band any more so they assumed that I'd be fine with the decision.

"I did find it was a bit weird. I left the conversation thinking: 'What just happened there? Did I leave or was I fired?' But it was all very nice and there were no hard feelings."

She also revealed that she was unhappy with the bands 2004 album ‘Meltdown’.

"The boys were really in love with American music and with America,” she said. “After years of touring the States they were listening to a lot of Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana, stuff I've never really been into.

"I found recording 'Meltdown' really difficult. Basically I couldn’t relate to it. Things were getting a bit stale and I think we all needed something to change."

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