DJ Juicestache crackin us up on a long van haul.
Pushing in vain to free us from a snowdrift at 2am in the Canadian Rockies.
White Sands, NM sand sledding
Bloody Knuckles. Fender wins.
Courtney Love and child
Justin servin up nachos just like the old days on the clock back at the Warfield and Fillmore. Except this time, we’re onstage. First show at the Warfield, opening for Less than Jake. Fall Out Boy was support.
Naptime
pre-touring days-- some house party near UC Berkeley, CA
first Warped Tour
youngans
Yankees
We had some damn fun times. Best of luck. We love ya.
Shawn
Pushing in vain to free us from a snowdrift at 2am in the Canadian Rockies.
White Sands, NM sand sledding
Bloody Knuckles. Fender wins.
Courtney Love and child
Justin servin up nachos just like the old days on the clock back at the Warfield and Fillmore. Except this time, we’re onstage. First show at the Warfield, opening for Less than Jake. Fall Out Boy was support.
Naptime
pre-touring days-- some house party near UC Berkeley, CA
first Warped Tour
youngans
Yankees
We had some damn fun times. Best of luck. We love ya.
Shawn
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Oh, the pictures make me giggle.
Oh, Justin. Gotta love that guy.
Gosh,that hit a note of hilarity rarely heard these days :)
Oh my, what a card! But these pictures make me feel like I'm mourning his death. :/ Best of luck Justin. :]
=D
Oh Justin, he shall be missed...
Best of luck to him, and the remaining Matches.
Love the pictures, looks like some damn good times!
And, I've gotta say it...AA show in Brisbane!
At the Red Room please. It would be appropriate. Shawn singing to us from a Red Room. Its an epic venue, haha.
Yes?
Thanks.
xo
As sad as Justin's departure is, that shot from Yankees is very promising.
That made me sad in a good way.
Good luck to Justin.
Damn nostaglia; tis a dangerous thing to mess with. It makes accepting his departure so much harder. But OK, I'm nearly past the denial stage.
From "youngans" to "yankees"--you've come a long way! Of course, best of luck to Justin and the Matches in finding a new bassist. Now, to face the future tense (yes, I had to say it). Here's to more good times.
=)
Those pictures are great. They ease the pain, just a little bit.
That was the closet I've come to crying over this.
But not sad crying, happysad!
Best of luck Justin.
We'll all miss him so much. Can't imagine you guys. You'd better find a damn good replacement.
Bittersweet. :)
Is it weird that I was coming to share a story from this morning and there just so HAPPENED to be a new post and all this happened while I was listening to E. Von Dahl Killed The Locals (instead of actually cleaning my room, that is)? Small world.
But yes... I'm like, laughing at the pictures but crying (on the inside... cause I'm happy for him just sad to see him go) because he's leaving.
Oh well. Good luck to Justin!!!
And I Jade is my favorite person EVER for that "Future Tense" reference... It's my favorite on A Band In Hope. =^D
Now, for this story!
I was awake cause... I never sleep... and I was drinking some coffee (cause it's yummy) and my dad was like "Why don't you sleep and be normal and like... go outside and hang with friends and stuff?" and I said "1. I do sleep... just for like 2 hours. 2. I'm far from normal, if you haven't been able to tell. Not because I want to be a freak, I'm just your offspring. 3. I have no friends that have gas money and I have no friends that live in the neighborhood. Plus... this town is SO boring." And youuuuuuuu guessed it... my old man broke into song! =^D "Nanananananana When you're not scoring nanananananana" and he like sang a whole verse... I about died. =^D It was awesome. Then we started singing Keep On Lovin' You by REO Speedwagon... cause he likes to sing backups, I'm a lead person, and that song is killerrrrr with backups. =^D And we sound like shit but it is a cool story... cause my dad sang old school Matches... He's my hero. =^D
aww.
i am going to miss justin SO much. what a character...i wish him all the best!
bitter sweet, those are some great memories right there. :)
aw i'm hardcore gonna miss him
I loved all the pictures from the earlier years ... but it's so sad that Justin's gone. He will be deeply missed. Best of luck.
i miss him already
the pictures are quite amazing, i just don't want this to be the end of them.
you definitely can't deny the wonder of justin, though.
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[= bon chance justin!
Those are some gnarly pics, haha.
Much love to Justin.
):
awwhh..that was really cute.
good luck with everything Justin. You will be sorely missed.
this makes me hardcore sad.
i loved buying that guy stupid little toys that he probably threw away after the shows.
what am i gonna do now?
good luck finding a replacement.
Love to Justin.
And love to the rest of you.
I love those pictures!
I'm going to miss Justin.
Scrolling down through those pictures felt so bittersweet. I couldn't help but laugh out loud at some of them, and when I finally reached the bottom of the post and realized the picspam was over, I simulataneously came to terms with the fact that Justin being in this band is over, too. He will be missed in a big way.
This post really makes me feel like I'm mourning his death. Well, I guess we're sort of mourning his death as the matches' bassist.
It's amazing how scrolling through these pictures made me smile so big, but once I reached the end, it really made me realize that this next tour, there will be no Justin.
The new bassist better have one hell of a smile, and he better smile as much as his face muscles will allow.
We'll all miss you, Justin. Best of luck in everything you do.
<3
Wow this is really great. And really sad. Awesome guy.
I think I'm tearing up a little. ;_;
there were tears in my eyes for that. good job shawn and justin good luck friend.
i love the "youngans" pic.
whatever he does, i'm sure it will be awesome.
kinda almost wanted to cry. reminiscing about the old times...
awwwww..
It's going to be weird not seeing him on stage.
I wish him the best of luck in the future.
I will miss this boy so much at shows. Fuck. It will be so weird seeing someone else with you boys.
Thanks to him for all the kind words and giggles he caused.
He will be missed. Good luck, Justin.
i respect him for wanting to pursue new loves, for being courageous enough to try something else. it had to have been much more difficult than what we, as fans, could imagine.
will i see him October 4th?
Oh that was really sweet! He will be greatly missed.
Awww <3
:)
This makes me way to sad.
I love all these photos.
I will miss Justin
When you guys played knitting with Sherwood, Justin really made our night. He threw his pick in my eye, and then we found him later and he made sure he hadn't blinded me and tried to find a pick to give me as a souvenir. Then our matches merch got stolen and he replaced our t-shirt.
He's always been great to the fans, and that means a lot.
great pics god the matches aren't ever gunna be the same w/o justin best of luck to u man
this made me so sad.
I'm glad everyone's so supportive of him though.
much love.
I remember when I met him back in April, he told the cutest story about the shirt my roommate bought, about how Shawn had to photoshop it so it didn't look like Justin and Shawn were holding hands.
Here's to that memory. and to Justin. And to everything wonderful.
Miss and love.
This made me smile.
Thank you Shawn.
Miss you Justin.
I'm a little vaclempt....talk amongst yourselves.........Man, I'll miss him!
:)
is it weird/lame to think that this blog brought closure?
Wow.
Noooooooooo...I don't think I can accept this.
:(
UNDO!
I almost have recovered from this news... My family finds it funny that I was so upset by the news, now they use it against me. everytime I say something mean to my sister she looks around and says " hey uhh wheres Justin? oh wait he left the band..." it cuts like a knife... but ife goes on... have fun justin
Aww...and with me being about to move out I just miss everything right now. There's an overwhelming feeling of wanting everyone to be friends forever.
aw I love those pictures
what a goober ^_^
haha, my family dont care about bands I like. I have to talk to my dog about it.
awe.
What a nice way of saying goodbye to Justin. It looks like you guys had such amazing times. I wish him all the best of luck in his future career. We'll all miss you, buddy.
:D
I also am glad that I got to meet him back in March, otherwise I'd never of had the chance if I missed that show.
Good luck to Justin, and you guys with someone to fill large shoes. Also.. how many tries did the jumping shadow picture take? It's pretty awesome.
Damn. I really liked Justin. :(
There are many great bands.
But a band is only as great as what they do.
But in order for a band to become great,
they muct first be noticed.
And when noticed, they must know,
exactly what they came for.
It doesn't matter who they are noticed by.
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aw, man. justin.
those pictures were ridiculous, though. haha absolutely amazing.
Aww. This is kind of sad. Best of luck to Justin and I look forward to more new music from The Matches!
Soooo many fantastic pictures. All good times, I'm sure.
We're gonna miss Justin so much. The last picture makes me grin hopefully though.
Damn, Shawn. Now who am I going to make conversation with during sets? I might just have to bebestfriend your new bassist, whomever they may be
I’ve scrolled through these photos again and again.
And each time I smile.
And at the end it always hits me how much I’ll miss him being in the band.
But I do wish him the best of luck and all happiness. And perhaps it doesn’t count for much but just know that I think about you remaining band members a lot hoping you’re getting through this alright. Through it all my heart has gone out to you and it always will when the going gets though.
Shawn,
These pics made me laugh and cry. I miss you boys. The band won't be the same without Justin, but I know you guys will succeed in everything you do. Keep in touch :)
=] old school pictures
how wondrous <33
Love from all the fans to Justin and all that he will accomplish in the future.
Interest to the rest of the band as to who will replace the always smiling stage left position.
Cofusion to me as to who I will talk with during shows now that my bassist/conversationalist is gone.
I nearly have to cry D:
Trying to kill boredom at work before I do a zillion cold calls to set up appointments for people at the place where I work, so I clicked on over to this blog, which I haven't read in ages. This was a nice reflection and like others have mentioned, a good source of closure. Glad to see it's ending like it began...in a town by the bay named Oakland. I want to go, since I missed the last night of The KGB and Solemite, but I dunno if I can, which makes me sad.
-Strange in San Francisco
these pictures just make me sad. justin is going to be missed.
There will never be another bassist like him. I never thought I'd see the day when my beloved Justin would leave the band. Or even Matt or Jon or Shawn, for that matter.
But life goes on, with or without the original bassist of, in my opinion, THE best band to ever walk the Earth.
And now I sound like I'm consoling myself because he's dead. THIS day I can live with, but THAT day I won't be able to.
Best of luck, my dear Justin <3, I'll love you forever, and I'll look back fondly on that Warped Tour where we met. :]
What I want to know is...
Who is that guy WITHOUT glasses, and where is Matt Whalen????
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