David Reilly 1971-2005

cgallagher · Post by **cgallagher** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:05 pm

Over one year ago, my band was recording at Metropolitan Studios with Walt Bass. He told me that Dave Reilly had taken a liking to the band and the music and wanted to help in the recording. We obviously said yes! For weeks and weeks, night after night Dave would come into the studio just to help and he did. It was not for money. It was not to further promote his own music or himself. It was to truly help us with his amazing ear and creativity. As the singer in the band, he inspired me vocally to go into places that i would have never thought were possible. But he gently pushed this cynic into trying unreachable harmonies that in the end came out beautifully! Exactly as he heard in his ever thoughtful head.
We became friends and mutual admirers. For this I am grateful.
I want to thank him one last time for his time, patience, genius, the angels singing in his head, hearing things that I still do not, passion and last but not least, giving a ####! Christopher

jayglu · Post by **jayglu** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:25 pm

i found GLU where i lived in Buffalo NY ,saw them few times, in late 90's...i feel sad, i then moved to Florida and took GLU with me and spread them around...found life in the socall.....listened to it all the time and then upoffthefloor, was just comming here to see what GLU was up to...maybe solo stuff...and now this...im very sad...Dave Reilly has shaped my life because of his music.... and i listen to GLU at work all the time still so he will live on...im thankful for what he created and will enjoy it and always long for more.....thanx dave ...be at peace.....even though never heard it on radio that was perfect because it was mine and almost like a special secret, never got played out or old.....people would say who is that and i would feel good bout that.....

Fiveliter302 · Post by **Fiveliter302** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:11 pm

This is the worst news I have heard in a long time.

I am really sad about this. I was just talking to a friend on Sunday about GLU and David Reilly. So strange.

GLU and David Reilly have definitely made a huge impact on me from the time I first heard of them from my friends until probably the day I die.

MEet-CEes · Post by **MEet-CEes** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:57 pm

i finally broke down and 'cried'.
walking home from a 13 hour day of work.
hearing "cant come down" on my mp3 player.
im glad i met him , and hung out a few times.
he signed all my cd's even slamscape, and gave me "up off the floor"
i did somethings for him also, like fix his computer.
i didnt take any pictures with him, didnt want to come off like a asshole.
but i did shot some pictures of the area he was living in.
like some sort of wierd art.
he was a cool guy, we had a falling out, a misunderstanding...
he wanted to use my computer and audio skills.
he wanted to hire me for computers or something.
this was in the summertime, he got kinda freaked out i was biking downtown
and i called him up. we still hung out. but i guess i got to close for him for a guy. he got stalker-phobic on me. he had that experience before.
so i stopped contacting him.

i wish we became better friends then what we ever were, and i hoped to work with him on a intellectual level. i knew about computers things he didnt now. of course there are things he coulda taught me too.
he felt as if i was in the relationship for something more then a friendship.
sorry david you were very wrong. now i am forever at arms length like many others. so i guess if i got real close to him months before his death i would hurt much more, and he was saving me from the pain.
somehow i believe in this alittle.

David Reilly, i admire you and always will !!

songwriting, guitar, synth, music, audio genious.

*tear*

96acr · Post by **96acr** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:04 pm

When David was about three he could listen to a song and then play it on any instrument ever made. By five he was composing his own music. With all of that genius, I'm sure he never could have imagined how many lives he touched and saved, literally.
Between the wonderful and amazing person that he was and the heart wrenched lyrics that he felt daily, he was taken too soon. Gretchen, the four of us had so much fun growing up. Being with you and David stands out as one of my greatest childhood memories. I was two days older than David and I took advantage of that by acting like the boss. By the way, I’m sorry for that.
Rachel, I am very sorry. You will find him again some day. I am sure of it. If I can ever do anything, please just let me know. If you haven't figured it out, you have become part of an absolutely huge family that will care for you as much as we did David.

David, I love you.
Kristine

daveg · Post by **daveg** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:46 pm

When i was 18 back in 1995, i remember being at a KMFDM show at Roseland in NYC when a random guy approached me a stuffed a cassette tape into my hand. I looked down at a demo tape in a dark blue jacket with a logo of a mantis on the front. God Lives Underwater huh?...ok i'll give it a listen on the way home from the show...why not? well....3 songs..."All Wrong", "Nothing"," and "Fool"....and thats all it took. My friend and i who were composing techno music at the time decided that we NEEDED to start a band.....and have it SOUND LIKE THIS! We tried and tried and our band did pretty good in the local NYC circuit but nowhere near the magnitute of the ever infamous GLU.

It sickens me that David is no longer with us...at least in human form. I sometimes find a part of myself hoping that is all a big joke and that maybe he and Rachael decided to go off and move somewhere far away from any exposure......maybe david got sick of the music industry and finally realized that he wanted a different life than that....a more private life. Well, even it that WAS the case, i would have to hunt him down and kill him for not writing music anymore :) .....but obviously i would totally have to honor that.
I dont know...its just really hard.....but i can only imagine what it must be like for people like Dave Sherman, Rachael, Kristine, and the rest of his immediate family. Laugh if you want to....but i stopped at a church today during my lunch break and said a prayer for God to take care of him.

Regardless, we all need to hang in there....David would not want us to fall apart.

Thanks for the chance to speak.

Sincerely,

-Dave Grega

http://www.myspace.com/davegregamusic

Smell the Vapors · Post by **Smell the Vapors** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:41 am

I think you're right Dave G, David R. said it himself, there's a reason he was here, and it was for us. Now it's our turn to hold up our side of it, there's a reason were still here, and it's all for him. Here we go now.

silvercrank · Post by **silvercrank** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:46 am

i think we were all meant to be here,[ in this place, at this time]...and i think its our obligation, to him, to spread his music, and to make sure his memory lives on.

its all for him now

Smell the Vapors · Post by **Smell the Vapors** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:00 am

Yes, it is up to us, to continue the Reilly Revolution.

96acr · Post by **96acr** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:44 am

Silvercrank: I think we were all meant to be here,[ in this place, at this time]...and i think its our obligation, to him, to spread his music, and to make sure his memory lives on.

its all for him now

Silvercrank, you said exactly what I have been thinking. David was here for all of us. He could never imagine just how many lives he helped. Now it's our turn.

Kristine

silvercrank · Post by **silvercrank** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:26 am

today i almost got into a car crash. a car was speeding down 495 northand 2 monutes later smashed into 3 other cars... 2 were totalled...
i mean if that does nt prove that fate exists i dont knwo what does.

christ its been 5 hours and im still shaking.

ohh crap i cant take much more crazy weird fatte/sprirtual message stuff...

oh man but if its your time its your time and you are where you are for a reason...*phew*\

oh guys
http://www.creativearmada.com/dr/
i dont knwo if you read the main page of enjoyglu.com but that is the new site for the online memorial of david. it was made by jeff of creative armada.

bovine · Post by **bovine** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:46 pm

I just found out about his passing tonight. What a loss. Like many of you, when I came to the site, I thought it was some kind of sick joke. I'm at a loss for words. He was doing so good too with getting clean and everything. Just makes you appreciate what you have. Of course, my thoughts go out to his family...but of course, nothing I can say could do much to lessen your grief. He meant so much to so many people. I never had the pleasure of meeting him personally, but I've heard from fans who have and everything I've heard about him as a person has been nothing but positive. I'm still in shock. I was really looking forward to the Philly show in November and the new CD next year...it all seems to trivial now. I know that he's in a better place now. I'm sure he had some good times, but so many bad things happened to him in his short life. That's all behind him now, though. Well, like I said before, his family is in my thoughts.

I'm playing "Inside" right now in rememberance. I'd like to be blasting it, but it's midnight and I live in an apartment. I'm sure that album as well as the older GLU CDs will be in heavier rotation than usual for the next few days/weeks.

:::troy:::

Beautiful Nightmare · Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:12 am

Shocked.

If anyone ever wonders... "Did David Reilly really have so much to say in his songs? Did he really change people's lifes, just by his music?"

Well... YES.
He did. His songs kept haunting me. Kept pushing me forward, kept me struggling, kept me from falling. I used him to save me from myself. Now i'm still here, and my saviour is gone.

My saviour, and his grand behavior.

Amsterdam, 22 October 2005

sentientprogram · Post by **sentientprogram** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:54 pm

I could never give enough thanks to David, for everything. My prayers are with everyone that has been touched by this man's life.

asamorris · Post by **asamorris** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 10:01 pm

david, all i can say, is i hope you feel better. we miss you.

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David Reilly 1971-2005

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