This is all true. And if it took Ryan that much to get out of the contract, it couldn't have been a surprise that Brendon and Spencer stayed and kept the name.

Yeah, Ryan and Jon didn't know about that shows but all that means is that the breakup happened way before it came out, so again, they broke up before the shows were arranged.

*sigh* can we just go back in time when the breakup didn't happen? :(