IN MEMORIAM OF ERIC CARR
FORMER BANDMATES, FRIENDS, AND FANS PAY TRIBUTE TO "THE FOX"
"HE WAS A GREAT HUMAN BEING WHO DIDN'T DESERVE THAT. THERE ARE PEOPLE WALKING THE EARTH WHO DO DRUGS, DRINK INSENSIBLY, AND DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT MAKE THEM CANDIDATES FOR AN EARLY DEATH AND SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT IN THAT POSITION FINDS HIMSELF DYING AT 41. IT WAS TRAGICALLY SAD." -PAUL STANLEY
"IN RETROSPECT, I CAN'T THINK OF A SINGLE THING HE EVER DID BAD TO ANYBODY. HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING BAD ABOUT OTHER BANDS. BESIDES BEING A HELLUVA DRUMMER, HE WAS JUST A GOOD GUY. HE NEVER GOT UP ON STAGE AND INSULTED THE FANS, THE BAND, OR HIMSELF BY BEING DRUNK OR ANY OF THAT STUFF. ERIC NEVER BETRAYED THE TRUST THAT THE BAND PUT IN HIM. HE RESPECTED HIMSELF ENOUGH TO BE STRAIGHT, SHOW UP ON TIME, DO HIS JOB. NO DRUNKEN BRAWLS, NO DRUGS. HE DIDN'T EVEN SMOKE. ERIC ALWAYS BELIEVED IN HIMSELF AND BEING THE BEST THAT HE COULD. HIS CHOPS WERE ALWAYS THE FINEST, PHYSICALLY HE WAS ALWAYS FIT. HE WAS THE BEST DRUMMER WE EVER HAD." -GENE SIMMONS
"MAKES ME QUESTION THE IDEA OF GOD AND RELIGION, THOU SHALT NOT THIS OR THAT. HOW ABOUT THOU SHALT NOT KILL A GUY WHO DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO ANYBODY AND WAS ALWAYS A GOOD GUY? WHAT'S THAT ABOUT? I QUESTION GOD. YOU'RE ONLY HERE FOR 70, 80 YEARS. I'M GONNA ROB HALF OF THEM, AND HE'S GONNA GO VIOLENTLY. NICE JOB, GOD." -GENE SIMMONS
"I THINK ABOUT HIM OFTEN. I THINK ABOUT THE POSITIVE THINGS. ERIC WAS THE KIND OF GUY WHO NEVER HAD ANYTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT ANYBODY. I MISS HIM DEARLY." -ACE FREHLEY
"THERE WAS A SIDE OF HIM THAT WAS UNHAPPY. IT WASN'T EASY TO GET HIM TO OPEN UP. I GUESS LAUGHTER WAS HIS WAY OF DEALING WITH PROBLEMS." -BRUCE KULICK
"CARR WAS A LOVELY GUY WHO WAS UNCOMFORTABLE SAYING SOMETHING THAT WAS NEGATIVE OR DISCREDITING TO SOMEBODY. HE WAS TOTALLY DEDICATED TO THE BAND AND THE FANS, MAYBE BEYOND WHAT WAS HEALTHY SOMETIMES. HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE DYNAMO AND A DRIVING FORCE IN THE BAND, MUCH MORE SO THAN HE WAS EVER GIVEN CREDIT FOR. ERIC WAS A VERY FUNNY, KIND PERSON WHO WAS VERY TOUGH ON HIMSELF. HE MADE LIFE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN IT HAD TO BE AND AT TIMES DIDN'T SOAK IN ALL THE PLEASURE OR REWARDS FOR REASON UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, BUT HE WAS A WONDERFUL GUY. HE PLAYED HIS HEART OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE IN THOSE YEARS WITHOUT HIM. HE WAS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME." -PAUL STANLEY
"I WAS STUNNED TO HEAR THAT ERIC CARR DIED. HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST DRUMMERS EVER. I KNOW I'LL MISS HIM, BUT AS DR. MCCOY SAID IN STAR TREK 2, "HE'S REALLY NOT DEAD- AS LONG AS WE REMEMBER HIM." I THINK THAT'S VERY TRUE. AS LONG AS WE KEEP ERIC IN OUR HEARTS AND MEMORIES, HE'LL LIVE FOREVER." -JENN
"I KNOW HE'S OUT THERE,
AND I SHOULDN'T CRY,
THE CONNECTION I FELT WILL NEVER DIE
IT'S HARD TO SEE HOW ALL MY FEARS
ARE SHED AWAY WITH DRIFTING TEARS
A DREAM OF HIM WAS ALL I HAD
MEMORIES ALONE WHICH MADE ME GLAD
THE MUSIC WILL LIVE FOREVER AND A DAY
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE I WANT TO SAY
U AND I KNOW HE WAS THE BEST
SO ERIC, IN SPIRIT, WILL NEVER REST."- JIM STRACHAN
"WHEN WE THINK OF ERIC CARR, WE REMEMBER ALL OF HIS MANY TRIUMPHS, FROM RISING TO THE TOP AS KISS' GREATEST DRUMMER TO HIS BATTLES WITH HIS HEALTH. HE HAS BEEN A ROLE MODEL FOR MUSICIANS AND MUSIC LOVERS ALIKE. HE HAS LEFT BEHIND A LEGACY THAT FEW CAN DREAM OF GRASPING AND EVEN FEWER WILL EVER ASPIRE TO. HE WAS ONE OF A KIND. I, PERSONALLY, AM REMINDED OF ALL THOSE TIMES I SAT IN AWE OF HIS DRUM SOLOS. I LITERALLY DESTROYED MY KISS ANIMALIZE LIVE UNCENSORED FROM CONTINUALLY REWINDING IT TO THAT FLARING DRUM WORK. AN ACT THAT IS HARD TO FOLLOW IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. AS FOR YOU, OUR BELOVED ERIC, YOU LEAVE ON YOUR JOURNEY TO EXPLORE LANDS UNKNOWN TO OUR EYES ON THE GREATEST OF POSSIBLE ADVENTURES. WE WILL MISS YOU DEARLY, BUT THE MUSIC THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT INTO OUR LIVES WILL LIVE ON FOREVER. THANK YOU FOR SO MUCH, BUD, YOU WERE THE BEST." -JOHN GELDREICH
"TODAY I LEARNED OF THE TRAGIC DEATH OF ERIC CARR. ERIC WAS SUCH A WONDERFULLY TALENTED DRUMMER. HE WAS AN INSPIRATION NOT ONLY TO OTHER MUSICIANS BUT ALSO TO HIS FANS. SOMEHOW I FELL LIKE HE, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, STEVE CLARK, AND JOHN BONHAM ARE JAMMING IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW. ERIC WAS ONE OF A KIND. HE WILL BE DEARLY MISSED. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, ERIC!"- NIKKI LEE
"FOR ERIC
THE MOONLIGHT DANCES
THROUGH THE WINDOW
SLEEP EVADES ME
THE DRUMMING INVADES MY SOUL,
LIKE A RAGING FIRE
THE ECHOES OF A SOUL PASSED ON
I CANNOT SHAKE THIS FEELING OF LOSS
TEARS FILL MY EYES
MY MIND WRESTLES WITH THE SORROW
OF YOUR MORTALITY
OR IS IT THE THOUGHT OF MINE?
MY HEART COMES TO REALIZATION
THAT NO ONE IS INDESTRUCTABLE
TOO BAD- I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU!
NOW YOU ARE LEGENDARY
OF COURSE IN SOME MINDS,
IT WAS NOT A MATTER OF QUESTION!
YOUR MUSIC, TALENT,
YOUR PRESENCE LIVES
IF ONLY IN MY MIND
I ONLY HAVE TO GO TO THE MUSIC BOX
AND YOU WILL BE THERE,
JUST LIKE ALWAYS
INVADING MY SOUL...
REMIND ME OF DAYS GONE BY
EVER HOPEFUL FOR DAYS TO COME"
-MICHELLE LEE HOLSTEIN
"I HAVE BEEN A KISS FAN FOR OVER 15 YEARS, AND ERIC CARR'S DEATH WAS QUITE A SHOCK TO SAY THE LEAST. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY KISS FANS AROUND THE WORLD. MAY HE REST IN PEACE." -A KISS FAN IN NEW YORK
ANYONE WISHING TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND STORIES ABOUT ERIC CARR, JUST E-MAIL THEM TO ME AND I WILL GLADLY POST THEM ON THIS SITE. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME IN THE E-MAIL
jasonr_1975@yahoo.com
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