Drew Beringer's Blog Entry

Very well-written. I only really got into them with Common Existence, and then No Devolution just blew me away. Very high up on my top 10 list this year, probably top 3.

Well said.

This was a great read. Top notch work Drew.

Thank you Drew, This is pinpointing exactly how I'm feeling at the moment.. Thursday has got me through so much of my High School, College and early adult years. I fell in love with them in 2006 when a friend borrowed me Full Collapse and A City By The Light. I'm glad to know someone else is mourning this loss as I am, but is still thankful for what Geoff, Tom, Steve, Tim, Tucker and Andrew left us. Sitting at 23 watching my brother (just turned 16, around the age I found Thursday..) listening to shit like LMFAO and Wiz Khalifa kinda disappoints me. But at least I had Thursday and the meaningful music they left to guide me along.

Love is Love.
~Derrick

They're a band that still means a lot to me, even as my taste flourished during college. This band, along with Radiohead, have gotten me through some really hard times in early adulthood.

Well written Drew. I am your age, and have had a remarkably similar experience. I met Geoff in 2009, and was able to thank him for writing Tomorrow I'll Be You, a song that got me through the toughest time in my life. I think the best way to describe the emotion for me, is in their own words, "When it reaches the end of the line, I see myself reflected in broken glass."

Bittersweet for sure.

Perfect.

This is my exact story - particularly the first two paragraphs.

Tonight, I celebrated, not mourned. <3

wow. this is me exactly. even the part about the tbs record....

definitely agree with everything said above, but A City...came out in 06, not 05.

Hate to be that guy, but Thursday released

great obituary, Drew.

That was a great read, i fell in love with Thursday in 2007 (at the same time as Thrice) and A City By The Light Divided means a LOT to me. Running From The Rain is an all time favorite.

I was thirteen in 2003 when my father hung himself in the garage of the house that I grew up in. A month later, Thursday's War All The Time was released, and someone at school recommended that I listen to it in my time of need. Needless to say, I wouldn't have made it to high school if it wasn't for that album...

I remember the night that I met Geoff- it was in a smoke-filled room at the House of Blues- he hadn't planned on coming out after the show but Patrick (the merch guy) called him and asked him to come meet me and he did. I recounted the story, and with sincerity and respect in his eyes, he hugged me and told me how glad he was to have helped me. I knew that he had heard these stories a million times, I knew that he had offered an ear and a hug to so many thousands of people over the years but what I didn't expect was to have an interaction with a complete stranger that felt so... genuine.


I think they understand what they do for us. I think they know how they, as artists, had a direct impact on how a whole generation of kids formed a huge part of their personalities. I think it's important that we give them at least a part of that back, and this article does a great job of that. Good job, Drew.

Good read and I definitely agree. So glad I got to see them with taking back sunday this summer.