This week a friend of mine, Stacy Shrag, passed away. I met him in 2002 at a Pig Destroyer show at 924 Gilman, where he was selling demos of his band BLUEPRINT FOR DISASTER. Just after that show, I found out he posted on the same messageboard as I did, and we didn’t exactly get along. We argued over various dumb things. However, in 2004 I went to Medford, where he lived, and saw his band open for Mastodon at a record store. He showed me and my two friends a great time, and we all got drunk as hell and laughed a ton. I hung out with him a few more times, in Portland at a Converge/Mastodon show, and in Oakland when he toured with Akimbo. I’m glad I got to know him as a person, and not just as an internet screen-name. I still can’t believe he’s gone.
So today I’m posting that demo I bought off him nearly ten years ago. Download it, play it loud, and have a drink/smoke for a fallen brother-in-grind. You will be missed, Stacy.
- Dan HASHTHRASH
Thanks for putting this up for all of us that knew and loved Stacy. He will be missed by hundreds and our eyes are still swollen from this loss of such a great soul.
Cheers to you and our brother! RIP my bro, Stacy Schrag!
-Eric B.
Thank you for this tribute. I’m glad you got to know my son, he was a special guy and will be very missed. Love, Stacy’s Mom, Peggy