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medicatedtotheoneilove wrote:I guess it's just cool to get some sort of feedback on that, cause I rarely get replies in usenet for posting anything.

metsuki wrote:I hadn't seen this posted yet. Its David's obituary from the Philly Inquirer. Sorry if it was posted yet and I just missed it.

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/inquirer/ ... 960531.htm

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Posted on Fri, Oct. 21, 2005

David F. Reilly, 34, rock musician

By Gayle Ronan Sims

Inquirer Staff Writer

David F. Reilly, 34, of Northern Liberties, cofounder of the rock band God Lives Underwater, died of a bleeding ulcer Sunday at Temple University Hospital.

Mr. Reilly battled substance abuse for years.

"David lived the hard rock-and-roll lifestyle, and it took its toll on his health," said his producer, Walter Bass. "When he recently took pain medication for an abscessed tooth, it was too much for his liver."

His father, Francis, said: "He struggled with his ongoing addiction problem. He was in and out of rehab hospitals."

He had been clean for six months, his father said.

Mr. Reilly started playing the piano at 5 and eventually taught himself to play drums and guitar and to sing, his father said. "He never wanted formal lessons."

The thin young man with tousled blond curls was consumed with making music during his years at Lansdale Catholic High School.

"He was not a good student... . He spent his time playing with several neighborhood bands," his father said.

After high school, Mr. Reilly moved to Los Angeles and cofounded God Lives Underwater with partner Jeff Turzo in 1994. The song "No More Love," from their debut album, Empty, on the American Recordings label, was used in the 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic, starring Keanu Reeves. Another of the band's songs, a cover of the David Bowie hit "Fame," was used in the 2001 film 15 Minutes.

The four-piece band toured nationally and internationally with some success, his producer said. In 1995, The Inquirer called the band "an unholy marriage of punk/metal and industrial/techno, plus Beatlesque melodies under the din... . This flavor of chaotic and weirdly beautiful icing is new."

The band broke up in 2000, and Mr. Reilly moved back to the Philadelphia area, settling in Ambler with his fiancee, Monica Young. Later that year, Young was struck and killed by a SEPTA train while running across the tracks in Roslyn.

"After Monica's death, David's music became very dark and brooding," his father said.

He eventually moved to Northern Liberties, signed with the Philadelphia label Rough Nations, and began performing as a solo artist.

Mr. Reilly was close to finishing a full-length album, David Reilly, at the time of his death, his producer said.

Mr. Reilly is also survived by his mother, Linda Bechtel; a sister, Gretchen Runner; and his grandmother Helen Bechtel.

Friends may visit at 9 a.m. today at Ciavarelli Funeral Homes, 951 E. Butler Pike, Ambler. A Funeral Mass will be said at 11 in St. Anthony of Padua Church, 259 Forest Ave., Ambler. Burial will follow in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham.