Recientemente tuvimos de gira por España a la banda de Seattle The Cute Lepers junto a los ingleses Buzzcocks, y hoy nos toca dar una mala noticia relacionada con la banda. El pasado sábado día 28 de marzo Travis Criscola, guitarrista de The Cute Lepers, fue hallado muerto en la ciudad de Cincinnati. Al parecer falleció mientras dormía y fue encontrado ya muerto a primera hora de la mañana. Travis tenía 24 años de edad, y llevaba en la banda seis meses. Según un post que Steve E. Nix publicó ayer domingo en el blog de MySpace de la banda, Travis había consumido alcohol y pastillas, combinación que resultó fatal provocando que ya no despertara. Según continúa el vocalista en la misma nota, Criscola no era consumidor habitual de drogas, sino que se trató simplemente de un accidente. Descanse en paz.
Podéis leer la nota original en el blog de MySpace de The Cute Lepers.
Early the morning of March 28, in Cincinnati our friend and band-mate Travis Criscola passed away in his sleep. He was 24. Travis was guitarist in the Cute Lepers for the last six months and was the perfect addition to the band as it’s developed. He was our friend. His company was always a pleasure. I don’t think I ever heard him say a negative word about any one. He was smart, polite and considerate, always interested in learning more about music and playing guitar… he really loved music. He was passionate about music in a way that only other like minded musicians recognize and relate with. When Travis joined the band he would not think twice about jumping on the bus from Olympia and making the two hour ride to Seattle for a spur of the moment rehearsal, and then riding the bus two more hours to get back home. In fact Travis was doing this three times a week up until we left for europe to start our tour. His character and his commitment made him the very best we could hope for in a band-mate and a friend. We’re gonna really miss him. We feel that it’s appropriate and absolutely not in bad taste to disclose the cause of death of our friend. Travis combined alcohol and pills, then went to sleep and never woke up. It was an accident. Travis was not any kind of a habitual drug user. I’m a man who has left drugs and alcohol alone for over a decade and I just wont work with people who are mixed up with narcotics. It is rare to find a rock n’ roll musician in his early twenties who doesn’t get caught up in hitting the bars and going to parties on tour, and Trav was just one of those ones who made a really bad decision. He naively took some type of pills on top of the beer he was drinking and that’s it. I believe that it would be a disservice for us to leave out this information. People would wind up hearing distorted versions of the truth anyways. Also our hope is that other young musicians, or anyone it may apply to who reads this will learn from our tragedy and perhaps wise up a bit. We’re currently traveling across the country back home to Seattle with heavy hearts. Trav’s family and his beautiful longtime girlfriend are in our prayers. –Steve
