In memory of Ryan Rhodes.
For those of you that haven't heard already, our guitar player and good friend Ryan Rhodes died Sunday night/Monday morning of the 28th of June at 12:34 a.m. Ryan had just switched to bass guitar. He felt more comfortable on bass, and anyone that knew Ryan knew that he could rock out on bass. Ryan was an alcoholic. Despite his addictions, everyone in the band loved Ryan unconditionally. Ryan knew that drinking was killing him, he had tried so many times to stop, but it was just too much for him to handle. He was finally starting to beat this. He hadn't been drinking much at all lately. Ryan was clinically insane, I guess. He took a lot of medication for his "mental illnesses". Personally, I think that he would do fine without medication, he was a very intelligent person. Like I said, he hadn't been drinking much at all lately, but Sunday night he went out and got drunk after taking his medication. He had been mixing alcohol and his medication for quite awhile, but I guess it just finally caught up with him, and now he's dead. Ryan was getting things straight in his life. He was in a band that he loved. And we all know that he wrote some awesome music. I don't know what we'll do without him. He was just getting ready to go back to College to get his Philosophy Degree. Ryan meant a lot to me, personally, and I know that he meant a lot to the rest of the guys in the band (Chris, Seth, Jon, and Joel). I learned so much about life, and so much about music through Ryan. Ryan completely changed the way I think about a lot of things, whether he knew it or not. Our friend Ryan Moyer had died about 2 or 3 weeks prior to Ryan Rhodes' death. I was talking to Ryan about it, and we were both really depressed about it, and I told Ryan to never die on me, and he said I had nothing to worry about. Well, Ryan, I'm not mad at you. I hope you know that. Ryan was a very fun person to be around. Come talk to anyone of us, and I'm sure we could tell you a few hilarious stories concering Ryan. I know that Ryan loved me, and I even got it out of him that he loves me a few times too, but I never got to tell him one last time. I love you, "dude".
Love, your friend, Jared
Lineup:
Drums: Joel Madigan
Guitar: Christopher Bennett
Guitar: Seth Nichols
Synthesizer and Effects: Jonathan Snider
Vocal Melodies: Jared Madigan
Filling in on Bass Guitar: Justin Blumentstock
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