Comments on: Brian Childers, R.I.P.

By: Marlo deLara

Marlo deLara — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:25:39 +0000

I feel blessed to have known brian in a way that very few do. I met brian down when we were volunteering for hurricane katrina. he was known as being incredibly intimidating, passionate, and getting the job done no matter what. all for the victims of katrina. he was really there for the right reasons and was a great leader. i believe he created the first ever disaster recovery hazardous materials team.

On one occasion that Brian wasn’t working, he went and stopped a local house fire in New Orleans. then he went back to work.

seriously this guy was no joke about helping those in need.

he was one of my closest friends down there and i think we held on to each other for dear life listening to punk, meditating, and partying so we could get through to the next day.

the man was pure love. i miss him so much it hurts. so glad to see how many others loved him as well.

By: Michael Ferguson

Michael Ferguson — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:05:01 +0000

Went to Blue Ridge with Brian. I was a few years younger. Remember the Beef People. From what I remember Brian was a very nice guy. Sounds like he had a good run at it and spent his life doing what he love to do. RIP Brian. Michael Ferguson Blue Ridge class of 1986.

By: Scott Helland

Scott Helland — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:46:29 +0000

I met Brian a few times when he was singing in School of Violence in 1988, I was joining S.O.V. on Bass when he was just about ready to move on, so our time in the band together over lapped a bit I think….he always seemed like a really cool, easy going guy, …I think Michael Dean probably said it right “Brian was a tough motherfucker, and sweet as hell”. Maybe he’s workin’ on a band with Mark Evans (SOV drummer who passed) now… RIP

Scott Helland

By: Carter

Carter — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:06:34 +0000

I will miss you brother. I haven’t seen you since school but have many fond memories of hanging out with you and the boys and getting into trouble from time to time. I have this sad smile smile on my face as I type this, I wish I could have seen you again and met your wife.

I hope you are in pain free world right now!

Regards
Carter Latham

By: matthew

matthew — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:53:51 +0000

WOW, I’m shocked that he’s gone. He lived a full life. I thought he would live forever. My neighbor at Blue Ridge boarding school and the person who got me into punk music. He was always the same person. Always! no matter what…very cool. Never forget those dipping sessions we had during break from classes. He always had a dip of cope in his lip at school. Real cool cat! Im sorry i have not seen him in so long. It was my loss.RIP

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:38:06 +0000

I am surprised to see no one has mentioned Brian’s time as vocalist for NYC based band SCHOOL OF VIOLENCE. This is how I met him, and his presence on stage and off is one of the reasons they became my all time favorite band,and I their unofficial Fifth Member. For years after they disbanded in 1990, I’d wanted to get in touch with S.O.V.’s members to stage a comeback. Now half the band is gone. Those were some good years…

I have a CD with demos (and one crappy bootleg) of Brian singing for SCHOOL OF VIOLENCE. How can I get it to you?

By: Stink Fight Blog. Michael W. Dean's repository of the wretched and splendid

Stink Fight Blog. Michael W. Dean's repository of the wretched and splendid — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:35:59 +0000

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By: Greg Johnston

Greg Johnston — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:12:30 +0000

What can I say. Brian was my best friend and the reason I moved to NYC from Ohio (to Red hook no less). We played in bands in Ohio. He moved to NYC and I followed a year later. He got me a job, helped me find a band and was my best friend and my protector. I lived with him and Barbara in Red Hook and we saw it all. It was as crazy as Michael describes..and then some. We drank, ate, smoked, and had guns pulled on us and then woke up every morning and did it again. It was one of the best periods of my life. We had no money and it didn’t matter. We had friendships, music and adventures ahead.

There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t tell someone one of the stories from the time we lived there together. People still think I’m making it up…but it’s all true. And it’s all true that Brian was one of the best, most honest, people I’ve ever known. We’ll miss him, but I wont forget all the great times and laughter…boy did we laugh…even in the midst of getting guns pulled on us by undercover cops that thought we had just stolen a car and were going to ditch it in our neighborhood. As we sat in the car with our arms in the air, the gun toting cops looked at Brian’s drivers license and luckily it had our address 139 Dwight Street…they just looked at us shaking their heads with amazement and said “What the hell are you two doing, living down here?”. We just laughed and kept laughing through it all. I’ll miss him dearly.

Someone mentioned Kurt Shute…if anyone can send me his email I would much appreciate it..I’ve been trying to find him.

Jay, what’s up…not sure you remember…but I have pictures of the time you hung with us in NYC…smoking cigars with our shaved heads…good times.

By: willie nelson

willie nelson — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:18:50 +0000

Brian was a cool dude at our boarding school The Blue Ridge School in Charlottesville where the Beef People started I am sad to hear of his passing and will his old Blue Ridge buddies know.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:25:12 +0000

Hey, I googled…”brian childers athens” when i found out about his death and primarily found this great little memorial. i think i can fill out a little chunk on the time line for ya. i was the nanny to his niece fionna and nephew, elliot. his sister jeni and her husband, al employeed me. that is how i met brian. he gave me one of his first tatoos. he worked for art apocolypse while i knew him. the shop was conveniently next to a bar, the union. that is where he could be found. he was always upbeat, and a genuinely nice person. ..actually his family was the same. real good people.