a memorial for Trevor StrandVocalist for Michigan death metal band THE MURDER OF THE BLACK DAHLIA, was held on Saturday, July 30, at St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit, Michigan. The private event was attended by Threadfriends, family and colleagues in the music industry, including brian slagel Y michael faley of THE MURDER OF THE BLACK DAHLIArecord label, sheet metal logsY BROKEN HOPE guitarist Jeremy Wagner.
Earlier today (Sunday July 30),human waste tweeted a photo of the memorial and included the following message: “Yesterday we said goodbye to our brother @TrevorTBDM. Thanks to everyone who came out and made this a special day and night. Special thanks to @ProstheticEJ and @karimnlsl for everything they did.” to configure this #riptrevorstrnad”.
ThreadThe death of was announced by his bandmates on social media on May 11. At the time, they wrote: “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Trevor Scott Strand. Beloved son, brother and pastor of the good times, he was loved by all who knew him. A walking encyclopedia of all things music. He was a hugger, a writer and truly one of the best artists in the world. His lyrics provided the world with stories, spells, horror and fantasy. It was his life to be your show.” The band also shared the phone number of the National Lifeline for Suicide Prevention.
THE MURDER OF THE BLACK DAHLIA guitarist Brandon Ellis he wrote in a separate post: “I can’t even begin to process this… In utter shock and disbelief. It has been my greatest honor to spend the last six and a half years in a band with this absolute icon and legend. To brother. A better friend. One of the funniest and most entertaining people on earth. The life of the party that is THE MURDER OF THE BLACK DAHLIA, as well as any given room it occupies. A lyrical mastermind. A champion of all heavy music culture. Also my greatest support. This man changed my life and believed in me more than myself. I can’t believe there won’t be more laughs, songs written together, or stages decimated with Trevor at the helm I hope he knew how much he was loved around the world.”
last November, Thread he shared on social media that he was having a hard time dealing with the passing of his mother, who had “passed away a few weeks” earlier “very abruptly”. “Even at 40, it’s still hard,” she wrote. “We were close. I feel like a lost little boy. I support so many of you who have dealt with this and made it out the other side.”
In an April 2021 interview with metal injection, Thread spoke about his battle with depression and alcohol dependence. At the time, he said, “At the rate I’m drinking while on tour, it’s just not sustainable to get older. Being over 40 and being able to do what I do well and not look like a jerk, I have to be better with myself. So that’s really the impetus [for quitting drinking]. That is the heart of this. It’s not that… I know I’m not funny [when I’m drinking].
“I did an eight-month period without alcohol, but at the time it was more to save a relationship – it wasn’t something I really wanted to do and was really invested in. I was bitter about having to do it after a while and a little resentful. with my partner. But this is my choice. I want to have the excitement that I had before drinking. When we started this band, I was this fucking weird and direct kid. And now it’s turned into something like… it’s a lubricant for me get on stage and be fun and be a little carefree and be the wild guy that [fans] they expect from us, that they’ve seen on our DVDs and shit, which is really just a compilation of the good old days. So if you expect a band to be furious all the time, they’re not, it’s just not sustainable. But it’s to the point where I have 10 more drinks a day to get on stage. And two weeks later, I’ve been hungover every day. I’m chasing that hangover with just more liquor, till the end of the tour [by which time] I have basically doubled my intake just to survive. And it’s not funny, it’s disgusting; sucks. Starts off as fun. The three of us who drink in the band say, ‘Yeah, bro. Time to drink. cast it is fun, but not sustainable. I’ve seen pictures of myself, videos of myself where I’m like, ‘Yeah, you look like shit. I don’t want to look like shit. From now on, it will only be harder to physically meet people’s standards.
“Even though it’s a death metal band, there are so many eyes on us and so much judgement, it’s crazy,” he continued. “We’re not a boy band. I’m not supposed to be fucking handsome. Who cares? But people tell you off. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been called fat on the internet. It’s crazy.” – Literally. You have to have a thick skin to do what I do. But it also wears you down over time, man. Doing all the social media myself and bearing the brunt of any anonymous abuse, builds up into some self-doubt, builds up into more anxiety, for me, as the band has gotten bigger and bigger and there are more eyes. and more pressure.
Trevor he went on to say that his 40th birthday was a turning point for him. He explained, “I wanted my 40s to be great. I want to look presentable; I want to be a better leader; I want to be more physically fit; I want to reach 40 screaming. I don’t want anyone to make fun of me.” I don’t want to be in WASP I want this band to keep moving forward at this tremendous speed, and I want to transition into being a major metalhead gracefully. Luckily, in metal you they can Being an older metalhead. It’s not like pop music where you just get dumped. Fortunately, this music has as much to do with the past as it does with the present and the future. People will always love classic metal records. And that’s something I enjoy about it. It is not this disposable music that you like for a week and throw away.
“I see this band lasting another 20 years. But being physically able to do it at this level and not overdoing it at all will also focus on health, longevity and sanity. [Laughs]”
He added: “Being alone with my thoughts all this time [during the pandemic] It’s been so dangerous for me.”
Thread he also revealed that he was about to undergo ketamine therapy as a way to treat his depression. “It’s intravenous,” she said. “They inject you with ketamine over the course of two weeks, three days a week for two weeks. And they put you in this euphoric state for a couple of hours. And finally you’ve done enough for your brain to create new pathways. , new synapses, and you stop doing this kind of cyclical, self-destructive thinking. I’ve been much better now, but there have been times when things got pretty dark for me in the last couple of years.
“You can go there as an emergency if you’re thinking about killing yourself really insanely, they can take you in an emergency. You’re basically fucking stoned and euphoric as shit, and they just give you all these cool chemicals, you release all these happy chemicals and stuff like this, and they keep doing that to you until you rewrite your way of thinking.
“This really put the nail in the coffin for the way I see the world, and it’s been very heavy,” she continued, referring to her life during the pandemic. “I feel like there’s no happy ending for any of us in the way we organize everything – the government and everything. I feel like it’s going to get darker and darker from now on. And that’s a lot for one person to think about all the time. It basically stole whatever little innocence I had left or whatever little blindness I had about how things are. It’s been heavy, man. This has been a fucking heavy thing for me… I’m under arrest for all of this right now and by my own feelings. It just brought my anxiety to a peak, basically. It’s to the point where I have to do something.”
Formed in 2000, THE MURDER OF THE BLACK DAHLIA – named for the actress’s infamous unsolved murder in 1947 elizabeth smart — had a number of shows scheduled for later this year, including an appearance at Daytona Beach, Florida’s welcome to rockville festival.
THE MURDER OF THE BLACK DAHLIAthe last album of “Verminous”it came out in 2020. It was described in a press release as the band’s “most dynamic, moving and emotional release to date”.
Goodbye Trevor 😢
published by michael faley in Saturday, July 30, 2022