Today's poster is from what would be the last time I saw local hardcore band Compromise, the show was at Stars on Whyte Ave. in Edmonton. It was only weeks later when Compromise were on tour through the States that they were involved in an accident that killed two of the members of the band. It was June 13th 2002 while en route to Savannah,Georgia that their van was clipped by a drunk driver sending them into the ditch killing guitarists Jordan Wodehouse and Daniel Langlois and injuring the others. This was a very sad day in the Edmonton and hardcore music scene. I will never forget waking up to go to work and seeing this on the morning news. I instantly broke down crying, having known some of the members of the band. I got to know lead singer Jesse Zaraska through a job we worked together doing picture framing. Jesse would later go onto putting on a festival in tribute to Jordan and Daniel called Yesterday Was Everything. Jesse would also later go onto fronting the hardcore band Misery Signals, he is no longer in the band, but on their first album (Of Malice And The Magnum Heart) Misery Signals wrote a song called "The Year Summer Ended In June" I have included the video on this post and hope you will have a watch and listen. It is a very touching song. RIP Jordan and Daniel, you will never be forgotten.
The Year Summer Ended In June
This time It was our summer It was something No one could take from us
Sometimes that night seems so close Like I could hold it You said alright we'll be fine But how could we have known Do you remember Roll down the window and let in night air I always thought we'd be together You said, You said that we'd never gone this way before
I must not let you die Your memory survives I Hope that tonight things are fine As I lay awake The light cuts the southern sky And that glass stings my lungs These scars they will They will always remind me of you and how your always with me
Your with me Your with me You are with me, always with me
Nothing, Won't you stay and be with me Tonight, tonight
Don't you know I tried to find those pictures with no light I lost them as I lost you I lost them as I lost you Waiting, waiting to see and be with you again With you again Wishing the best for you my lost friends, my lost friends To hear you laugh one last time I hope you know I tried to find those pictures Jordo, Of us That night in Detroit with The Preshure Point And I, I feel the need to fly and hide inside And I, I feel the need to hide inside your loving arms
i got to see that last compromise show with you. i have never been a big hardcore fan but have to admit that show was special. it's sad those young men had to have thier lives cut so short. i feel lucky to have seen them play that night in may.
i got to see that last compromise show with you. i have never been a big hardcore fan but have to admit that show was special. it's sad those young men had to have thier lives cut so short. i feel lucky to have seen them play that night in may.
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