March 26, 2001
Suede keyboardist Neil Codling has quite the band on the eve of sessions for their new record, Britain's New Musical Express reports.

Codling has fought a long battle with chronic fatigue syndrome. His replacement, former Strangelove member Alex Lee, previously replaced Codling when he dropped out of a Suede tour of Europe for the same reason.

Codling last performed with band in October in Iceland, and was in good health. Since then, however, he has suffered a relapse, and he has decided to make a clean break with the group.

"Neil is suffering from exhaustion and he has been feeling worse recently," a band representative told NME. "He is going to rest until he feels better".

Meanwhile, Lee has already co-written several songs with the band and played on demos with the group. Two of those Lee co-writes were premiered at the shows in Iceland, NME said.