We Lost The Sea | A tribute to Chris Torpy @welostthesea | Uploaded 11 years ago | Updated 2 minutes ago
In early March 2013, our brother, singer and best friend, Chris Torpy, took his own life. We cannot adequately express the loss, and the hurt we felt. And in no way ever presume to understand what his family are going through right now.
Chris was the soul of the band from the very begin, he was a true artist, an amazing lyricist and the best vocalist I have ever seen. He was genuine and loved his friends, he was a better friend to any of us than we deserved, and he was always the first to reach out to people who were hurting. He struggled with his demons for a long time, he used music as a way to exorcise them, sometimes we could really hear the pain and fury in his voice at practise or at a show. He always lived life to the fullest and pushed the boundaries of his own existence. These words feel cheap, and don't in anyway do his remarkable, although short, life justice. He will be missed by many, but never forgotten. We Lost The Sea are blessed to have his talent and his voice recorded for us to always remember him as he was, for who he was.
If anyone is struggling with life, or everything just seems too much. Please reach out to someone. Contact Beyond Blue, talk to a friend, talk to a parent, TALK TO US. Please don't think that you are alone.
We'd like to thank everyone for the support and love we have received already. It means a lot to us. If anyone has anything the would like us to pass on to his family, please email us at welostthesea@gmail.com.
This is a message from his family:
To our wonderful family and friends. To Chris' extended family of friends and his band of brothers that are WLTS. To friends in the music community and to all of you that have known and loved Chris and have reached out to us from all over the world with your messages of love and support.......Thank you.
We cannot begin to put into words how crushed we are at the loss of our beautiful son and brother and really do not know where to begin to go on. Your thoughtful messages and acts of kindness are giving us the strength to put one foot in front of the other and at the moment this is all we can hope to do.
Matt Harvey of WLTS has made a beautiful montage in memory of Chris which was viewed at the service. We would like to share these memories with those of you that we're unable to see this at the ceremony.
With love and appreciation,
Rick and Maree Torpy and Family
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Please have respect when leaving comments, this isn't the video for negative opinions or invalid arguments. We have left the comments open for people to share their feelings and support for friends and family.
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http://welosthtesea.bandcamp.com
http://facebook.com/welostthesea
In early March 2013, our brother, singer and best friend, Chris Torpy, took his own life. We cannot adequately express the loss, and the hurt we felt. And in no way ever presume to understand what his family are going through right now.
Chris was the soul of the band from the very begin, he was a true artist, an amazing lyricist and the best vocalist I have ever seen. He was genuine and loved his friends, he was a better friend to any of us than we deserved, and he was always the first to reach out to people who were hurting. He struggled with his demons for a long time, he used music as a way to exorcise them, sometimes we could really hear the pain and fury in his voice at practise or at a show. He always lived life to the fullest and pushed the boundaries of his own existence. These words feel cheap, and don't in anyway do his remarkable, although short, life justice. He will be missed by many, but never forgotten. We Lost The Sea are blessed to have his talent and his voice recorded for us to always remember him as he was, for who he was.
If anyone is struggling with life, or everything just seems too much. Please reach out to someone. Contact Beyond Blue, talk to a friend, talk to a parent, TALK TO US. Please don't think that you are alone.
We'd like to thank everyone for the support and love we have received already. It means a lot to us. If anyone has anything the would like us to pass on to his family, please email us at welostthesea@gmail.com.
This is a message from his family:
To our wonderful family and friends. To Chris' extended family of friends and his band of brothers that are WLTS. To friends in the music community and to all of you that have known and loved Chris and have reached out to us from all over the world with your messages of love and support.......Thank you.
We cannot begin to put into words how crushed we are at the loss of our beautiful son and brother and really do not know where to begin to go on. Your thoughtful messages and acts of kindness are giving us the strength to put one foot in front of the other and at the moment this is all we can hope to do.
Matt Harvey of WLTS has made a beautiful montage in memory of Chris which was viewed at the service. We would like to share these memories with those of you that we're unable to see this at the ceremony.
With love and appreciation,
Rick and Maree Torpy and Family
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Please have respect when leaving comments, this isn't the video for negative opinions or invalid arguments. We have left the comments open for people to share their feelings and support for friends and family.
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http://welosthtesea.bandcamp.com
http://facebook.com/welostthesea
