David Reilly 1971-2005

it.all.makes.sense.now · Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:18 pm

i used to post on here but for some reason my #### doesn't work anymore.

either way, this is some very sad news. i was always hoping for a return to old glu form, but unfortunately it will never happen now. i remember in 95 when i first heard empty.... it brings so MANY happy memories of my youth to mind. the guy had some of the worst luck, but persisted. he was so close. im sure his last work WILL be released (in one way or another). i wish i had the opportunity to speak with him and let him know that his music meant very much to me. i'll admit, i was somewhat put off by his latter work, but just his strength to continue through the adversity he met inspired me. i apologize for the spottiness of my post but i really don't know what to say. i always felt that IT would happen again, and now that it won't.... a chapter of my life has now come to a close.
heres to a great man. a great musician. an inspiration.
my heart is broken.

it.all.makes.sense.now · Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:31 pm

i just wanted to post the lyrics to 23. best song ever.......
love.

I'm breathing the air
The air I always breathe
I don't have a lot
I want someone to share it with me
I really only want a few things
They've all been taken away
What does the next life bring
I just want to feel O.K.
I'm searching forever
For someone or something
I want to be high
And I want someone to love me
I've spent 23 years now
Trying to get by
Other people make it day to day
I still wonder why
I really only had a few thing
They've all turned to tears
One tried to kill me
The other kept me here
I'm still here

maybe now david finally feels OK.....

silvercrank · Post by **silvercrank** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:27 pm

i jsut went on myspace.com

i saw blogblorris post and i thought it was bull...

i came to this site and i saw this
holy f*#&&*#% crap i wass gonna bring a bunch of my friends to his shows...his music is so underrated

i just have to call brian oh my god david if you are out there i wasnt you to know that you made huge impact on our lives and we will all miss you so much...

he was working so hard on his album

at least he has material out there...oh man
this has to be one of the saddest days of my life, and geez i cant really believe this, this just seems so wrong....for everything he's worked for and for all he has done i just really really dont get whyt his would happen. god is a d$%&head and im just so sad so so so sad i really dont know what to say right now...

siX · Post by **siX** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:34 pm

i've been listening to that song on repeat for most of the day... it's a great song. and i agree best song ever.... it makes me so sad.

it.all.makes.sense.now wrote:i just wanted to post the lyrics to 23. best song ever.......
love.

I'm breathing the air
The air I always breathe
I don't have a lot
I want someone to share it with me
I really only want a few things
They've all been taken away
What does the next life bring
I just want to feel O.K.
I'm searching forever
For someone or something
I want to be high
And I want someone to love me
I've spent 23 years now
Trying to get by
Other people make it day to day
I still wonder why
I really only had a few thing
They've all turned to tears
One tried to kill me
The other kept me here
I'm still here

maybe now david finally feels OK.....

blogbourri · Post by **blogbourri** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:54 pm

Well it's one thing I wouldn't joke about unfortunately

. I don't blame you though, I spent two and a half hours trying to find the punchline myself. Still kinda looking for it . . . Such odd circumstances, such odd timing, such a shame.

Does anyone know if he was in much pain? From what I've gathered his teeth had been bugging him for some time, and he was having a hard time sleeping the night it happened. I hope he wasn't in pain, although it's over now either way . . .

silvercrank · Post by **silvercrank** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:14 am

yes davids manager explaiuned on his blog that david has an undiagnosed tooth infection that bled while david was sleeping, the blood went into his lungs and he went into a coma. they brought him to the hospital but his immune system was too weak. i just hope he is in a better place...

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... 3435097078

also the rooster posted 3 blogs pertaining to david on corporatepunishment.com

i think his fiancee rachael said it best in her blog post:
"david showed me that it is possible to live a "vivid, colorful, cartoon, goofy, sober world" and i will never lose sight of that. as i put one foot in front of the other and get thru each day the best that i can i know that i am forever changed."

Smell the Vapors · Post by **Smell the Vapors** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:12 am

I couldn't even type here earlier. I was in shock. I really couldn't believe this had happened. after I had posted here I went to his myspace page, and browsed through all the responses received. And it's amazing. so I decided to write something in my Myspace blog, something I've never used or planned on using. But I felt the need to say something.

http://blog.myspace.com/existencerased

http://myspace.com/existencerased

I'm positive that Dave is in a better place, and I'm sure he remembered to pack this...

http://www.purevolume.com/godlivesunder ... tos/290096

We Love You David Reilly. My condolenscences go out to the family. Take Care, David meant alot to us here at this board Once I found this place, it become my internet home, I show up everyday hoping for more news on Davids up and coming projects or new tour dates. we will sadly no longer receive these updates, but we will have the great music he put out, as well as the friendships that have blossomed because of the collective interest in GLU and David Reilly. He brought us all together. ...and will always have a place in our hearts...As well as our cd players. Once again, take care, and god bless.
Josh.

Superhero · Post by **Superhero** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:50 am

I first met Dave last year at Metropolitan Recording while working tracks with my band, Superhero. Dave was nice enough to hang out for a few weeks and lend his ear, thoughts, and keyboard tracks. As time went on, I had the priviledge of attending many of his recording sessions for the new solo album... it's AMAZING stuff!!! Like everyone, I'm looking forward to hearing the final versions of these songs. It was only Monday that we met to discuss playing November dates in Philly, NYC, and Boston. Sadly, the chance to share the live performances of Dave's new creative efforts will never be. But aside from being a super talented musician, Dave was intelligent, funny and simply a good dude. I feel lucky to have shared a few laughs with him before his time here ended and will always consider him a friend. God Bless to his family, friends and fans everywhere...

garrisonx · Post by **garrisonx** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:34 pm

I spent two and a half hours trying to find the punchline myself. Still kinda looking for it . . . Such odd circumstances, such odd timing, such a shame.

i haven't been on this site in such a long time... the circumstances that bring me back are excrutiating...

i had the privelege of collaborating with david. it was intimidating, inspiring, and will never be matched... he taught me so much, not only musically, but personally and for that i am forever grateful.

the world has lost itself a genius.

one thing that i always admired was his relationship with all of you... his most adoring fans. thank god for all of you. i remember it always being a priority to correspond with everyone and he always knew at least some little fact about all of you... he loved you all so much and you kept him going.

i am devastated by the news... i've lost such an important influence (as we all have)... but it is such a comfort to know that he was loved so much by so many. i feel so blessed to have been able to collaborate with him as a musician, know him as a person, and be introduced into such a devout and devoted community such as this.

i hope you all are faring well... keep the songs on high.

-britt garrison

i've also been writing a lot on my livejournal... i've been lucky enough to reconnect with some GLU fans through there, such as blogbourri who has been a great help. please by all means stop by. http://www.livejournal.com/users/lulla_puella[/url]

Jeff Scheel · Post by **Jeff Scheel** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:20 pm

To all of those who were lucky enough to ever meet Dave, you know how much of a loss this is to everyone. My Condolences to his family and close friends. I must say that I was lucky enough to have met him and played shows with him. His influences on modern music are unsung and I will certainly never forget him.

Jeff Scheel
Gravity Kills
STAR13

armada_sound_system · Post by **armada_sound_system** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:57 pm

I recently had the opportunity to interview a really talented and passionate young man by the name of David Reilly. David had worked for years in music and at one time had "rock star" status while touring around with his band God Lives Underwater in the 1990's.
I first saw GLU play back in 1995 with my (still) best friend Matt Olsen. We actually went to see a band that was called KMFDM at the time (they have since had an odd and somewhat schizophrenic acronym issue)... They were headlining, GLU was up right before them.. after some annoying band called "Korn"...

Needless to say , GLU stole the show hands down. I remember the raw technical sounds emanating from the massive stacks surrounding the stage combined with the deepest and cleanest bass my young 21yr old ass had ever felt and then there was David.
David's passionate cries filled the room and his powerful lyrical embrace made it feel as though the words were coming from my own chest and not his. My best friend and I had a new band to obsess about, and we would do so (much to the annoyance of others that knew us or had to work with us) for years to come.

I remember we'd walk into work and just randomly tell people... "God Lives Underwater"...or "enjoy GLU"
We'd get things like "ohhh you two are nuts.." from the elder people in the office, weird looks from others, and still others would ask us... "what are you on?".
This passion was not ours, as I look back, it was David's. David spoke through us and his words penetrated our existence to the very point where we couldn't help be evangelists of this angsty muse.

Almost like we didn't have a choice. ####, I don't know if I have a choice now...
Of course we were silly 21/23 yr olds at the time and our favorite thing to do was get really stoned and listen to GLU, go to a strip club and get some hot chick to dance to a GLU song, Go to our friend's houses and play GLU for them..
I mean there were other activities in which we partook as well, as long as it involved getting stoned and listening to GLU.
We were at the pinnacle of some kind of social enlightenment. We just felt so much more "cool" than everyone else ... and David did that for us.
Over the years, David's music made more and more sense to me.
As I went through my own growing, trials, and tribulations, I payed much more attention to David's lyrics and became so empathetic to him, like family, like a brother.
He was there for me so many #### times when I wanted to end it all, his message,
"turn it into art, there's a way around leaving".. this was what made the most sense to me. David's lyrics were so easy to relate to for me that I could touch them, I could reach out my hands and let them fall into my grasp, and then I could bring them to my chest and pull them inside and keep them safe. I could feel how much we were both hurting and I felt very close to him. This secret friendship with Dave reminded me that as an artist, i have a duty and that duty is to express and promote art as if it were the most important thing I could do for myself and humanity.
David reminded me, that I've always been, always will be an artist.. and there's nothing more sacred or worth pursuing, even if you are almost dead.
David's music continued to be such a huge part of my life that I can honestly say, David was family. I continued to listen to GLU and anything else I could get my hands on for the past ten years.

It was only a couple months ago that I decided to take my podcasts to another level, say "#### it , I'm going to start interviewing people, famous, infamous.. whatever, no one can stop me, and I'm going for it"...
David was the first one on the list. With such a new direction and positive vibe in his life, I really wanted to show him how proud we all are of him.. how much we love him..
and how much we really want to hear what he has to say. I set out, as Dave Sherman told me comfortingly last night on the phone, "to talk to one of my idols".
Dave Sherman was right there to help guide me along and help facilitate the interview.
As anyone would be, I was quite nervous upon speaking to him for the very first time.
I knew he was relatively down to earth but I'd heard how moody he was from several people that met him over the years and that was slightly intimidating for me. I mean,
you don't want to annoy or piss off your idols...
So, the phone rings one afternoon and it's this voice I'd never heard.
"Jeff Cavanaugh ? David Reilly..." the voice uttered casually and confidently..
"I'm really excited about the interview, what do we need to do to get started?"
I replied, "Wow, David, it's great to hear your voice man...", and I meant that so sincerely. It really was good, just to hear his voice. It felt like a best friend had been lost at sea for years and had finally made it to shore and was now just laying there sipping a maitai with a smirk on his face... as if to say "I told you so you ####, I'm a #### musician and I'm back!"
David's voice, that philly accent I never really expected from him, his sincerity, his clarity of mind, soul, purpose, and art... they were all there...
His ducks in a row,
his #### in a kit.
That #### was THERE, he had it GOING ON.
He was happy, he was strong... He was after all , in love.
We talked, we joked...
I told him about my first experience with GLU, and how important it had been through my coming of age... My early twenties.. and how I never would have made it without GLU.

He knew I wasn't kissing his ass, he knew I was real, He was thankful, humble even.
It touched him that someone loved him through his art like that, and that reverberated between us in the form of a deep understanding for each other.
It was very clear during our first conversation that we would be great friends, and this stupid interview was just a stepping stone.

We talked briefly about the interview but mostly about life. About music. About art. About things we both had in common...
David was so resolute about how he wasn't human, and he expressed to me that he'd just started to 'feel' again. He described to me how surreal it was, to be a walking and breathing organism like the rest of us, but to feel like humanity was out of reach.
He'd sunk so far under so many times, he was so proud to be feeling again.
He was so proud of his beautiful new love, his new career direction, and all of the beautiful people he had around him as a support network.
I instantly felt I was a part of that network. I instantly felt like this man that had been there for me so many times with his song, actually may benefit from my interaction with him, and I was honored.
David told me explicitly his plans for his new album, the visual concepts he was going for, and how he'd wanted to fly to California to shoot a "pre budget" video with me as DP/editor for his new solo release. What a great use for my new HD camera this was to be. This was incredible, ever since seeing the first GLU video back in the day, I'd wanted to work with Reilly on visuals for his art. Being a visual artist and getting to help someone that inspires you like that with the visual aspects of their production is incredible. We spoke at length about his plans for the album and I had even sent him an email , the day he passed (before I found out) giving some ideas about a website to promote his album. This was going to be so incredible.
After we recorded David sent along some songs for me to cut into the interview along with one that he said was a gift. He'd created some instrumental piece for some thing on MTV that never got used and he wanted me to have it for my demo reel or any self-promoting work that I may need a killer track for. I can't tell you how good that felt, that this guy was giving me something.. as if he hadn't already. Again, a true honor.
David IS a beautiful soul and it was a very meaningful, affirming, and inspiring friend for the few short weeks we spoke.

Yesterday evening as I sat at my computer finishing up some design work, I got an instant message from a GLU fan that I met on the enjoyglu.com forum. The message was really cold and really upsetting.. It simply said " DAVID IS DEAD " in bold typeface with some font that looks like the one on the US dollar bill...
I replied "Don't even #### with me like that #### or I'll fly out there to philly and show you what it's like to be #### dead"
He said "I'm not joking" and pasted links to Dave Sherman's myspace where the tragic news unfolded before my eyes. I started shaking as I read out loud to my girlfriend what had hapened and then I slowly lost my ability to talk and the words ran together like raindrops collecting on a window bead by bead and meeting to their fate as one still mass on the cold hard ground.

As I finished reading my best friend showed up, the one I discovered GLU with ten years ago. He was there when it began, and he walked in as it all came to a very sad closing.
"Why" of course is the first word one can think of when such things occur.
Why did David have to leave? No one will ever know why the Universe takes the life of the people we love so suddenly or abruptly and for no good reason. This fact doesn't make it any easier on us when it happens. But of course, we all know that death is imminent, and we all must enjoy ourselves and each other as much as we can while we are still here. Luckily for David and all of us that love him, we can enjoy him long after he has gone. RIP David. We're going to release that album in spite of you not being here, and we're all going to be so happy when you take the grammy for My Til 2morrow.
I hope you get some kind of cable or satellite on your home planet so you can watch it all go down.

Your Newest Friend For Eternity, Jeff

FireAngelaw · Post by **FireAngelaw** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:09 pm

I loved being able to check up on the progress of 'How Humans R(x)' and just plainly how David was doing day-to-day. I'd sit at my computer and go to the bookmarks that I'd visit regularly, thinking "I wonder how David's doing and what he's up to today, maybe there will be a new song too?"

The blogs and the music were so open and emotional, I couldn’t help but feel 'connected' even if I've never met or truly talked to David. I wanted him to do well. I wanted his CD do well. I had my friends listen to each new song get them 'hooked' and it was easy to do, I was so passionate in sharing the music - because David was so passionate about his music.

David Reilly's music will forever be apart of my life.

-With The Love Of An Admiring Fan,
Lindsey

Vertigo · Post by **Vertigo** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:21 am

I wish I could say "David Reilly's music changed my life!" or "I kissed my first girl to GLU...then she dumped me"...but neither is true. I loved David. He was my cheerleader, as much as I was his. It's funny, we would talk about the drugs we did in our earlier years, talked about how we felt, about #### support groups, about hitting rock bottom, about death, about life, about love, about the retarded direction of music, about greed, about humanity...about ourselves. He always knew that I had more in myself to give, and I saw the same in him. I gave him a lot of ####, and I expected great things. He was capable of great things. He showed us great things. I only wish he could show us more. I wish I could get one last "dinner and bowling" inside joke in. It's funny, he seemed to IM me more than I did him. When I tried to IM him, I got nothing back in return...and now I know why. It's a little unnerving. It's a little surreal. I am tired of my friends dying. I am tired of drugs taking them away from me. But I am lucky with David, it's all sunshine and smiles with the short time we had together. I will always have fond memories of being your friend. See you when I get there.

silvercrank · Post by **silvercrank** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:53 am

he wasnt human... he was an angel.

jimi haha · Post by **jimi haha** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:20 am

well the news just got to me and it makes me sad. we always had fun gigging with you guys back in the day. david was priceless. i remember hanging out at jeffs and you guys playing me the first m&m burned cd you had and us laughing our asses off. good memories of a great man and a great band. when i do some djing i spin the stuff and people always come up and ask about it. just letting you know that god lives on the east coast as well.

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