RIP - Brian "the brain" Redman

After arriving home from a great weekend on the Oregon coast with my wife, I got some of the worst possible news I could hear. Last night, Brian Redman died in a car crash in Tacoma. Brian was one of the first people that I met when I started regularly driving up to shows in Seattle with my friend Conrad. At the time, he was playing bass in a band called Left With Nothing. In 1999, and the reunion shows, he played bass for Trial. There was also a two year period where he was playing bass for 3 Inches of Blood a few years back. He was truly an amazing person that had the ability to make you laugh in the most absurd ways possible, but could then turn around and have a deep, meaningful conversation with you all in the stretch of an hour. Throughout the last couple of hours that I've been home, so many memories of Brian from the last 12+ years have been on rotation in my head. While there doesn't seem to be a legitimate news story online, there a small write up here. I know that he met many, many people over the years, and that he always left a lasting impression with them all. The Northwest, and the world as a whole, has lost an incredibly great person, and my gut still feels torn apart from this news. RIP Brian. I will miss you greatly.