sethdavid Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Super bummed to hear about this, never listened to these bands before last night but they put on an awesome show. From Foxing's facebook: Our hearts are truly broken. Last night while we were sleeping our trailer stolen. Literally all of our gear, a lot of Lithuania's gear, most of our clothes, personal items, and all of our merchandise was taken from us. We've contacted the police and filed a report; but as most bands who have been in our position can attest to, chances of recovery are low. We've known so many bands who have gone through this ordeal; at this point in history it truly feels like it's not a matter of if but rather when. Still, there is a difference between witnessing it and living it, and we are definitely 'living it' right now. I gotta tell you, it's just as soul crushing as one might imagine. There are a myriad of emotions running through our collective right now; just writing this is a bit overwhelming. I am grateful this isn't a message in regards to a car accident or a personal injury, we are all together and trying to remain positive, but like I said at the beginning: this is truly heart breaking.This may be self-aggrandizing but I look at musicians, and artists a whole, as social servants. It is function and duty of the artist to bring something to other's lives; in a very small way offer ourselves and our work to the world and hopefully bring people together. Perhaps this is trite, but simply put, the arts saved my life. I know I can speak for everyone in the band when I say that our lives have been forever changed by witnessing and playing music in a live setting. Further more, from meeting and talking to strangers around the country, I believe that we are not alone. Our joy comes from playing our songs for friends and strangers alike, and in so, our instruments were an extension of ourselves; whoever took our things last night took our ability to perform; they took away a part of all of us. We are devastated. -We are putting all of our shirt designs up on our store; if you've ever felt like you want a Foxing shirt, snagging one now would directly help us stay above water: http://foxing.merchnow.com/ -Also, this is really hard for me to write because we've always prided ourselves on our self-sufficiency, but we are hurting right now--if you feel like making a donation, you can send something via PayPal: [email protected] - If Venmo is more your thing, ours is: https://venmo.com/foxing-theband If you've read this far down: thank you for your time. We will update you as soon as we can.Today is a sad day; let's hold onto to love. You can also donate to Lithuania via PayPal: [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Family Friendly Rap God Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Damn why is this happening so much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maneatingcow Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Damn why is this happening so much? ...because apparently it'd pretty damn easy. There has to be some kind of cheap GPS thing bands could throw into their gear somewhere to try and help track down the people doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvv Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 why do some people have to be such scum to do shit like this sethdavid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeine Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Polly some turds who can't even play gonna pawn the instruments for easy money. Getting people in the area to scope out pawn shops might lead to something turning up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwhitmuzik Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 this is the saddest thing ever. sethdavid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shenanigans Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I've had some band friends investing in these lately. http://www.wayfair.com/Swann-Driveway-Alert-Alarm-SWHOM-DRIVEA-GL-L6493-K~VFV1050.html?refid=TP49-VFV1050 Not exactly sure what settings you can play with, but basically it'll alert you if someone gets too close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maneatingcow Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I've had some band friends investing in these lately. http://www.wayfair.com/Swann-Driveway-Alert-Alarm-SWHOM-DRIVEA-GL-L6493-K~VFV1050.html?refid=TP49-VFV1050 Not exactly sure what settings you can play with, but basically it'll alert you if someone gets too close Thats a good idea. I would imagine if someone breaking into a van starts hearing any kind of an alarm they'd hightail it out of there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shenanigans Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Thats a good idea. I would imagine if someone breaking into a van starts hearing any kind of an alarm they'd hightail it out of there. Thats one way to look at it. The bands I've seen with it actually had the receiver with them at the merch booth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethdavid Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Thats one way to look at it. The bands I've seen with it actually had the receiver with them at the merch booth. Not a bad idea. In this case it was their entire trailer that got stolen while they were sleeping so it was probably sometime between 2-4 in the morning. Where they were parked was a relatively good area of Austin too, so I'd have to imagine someone followed them after the show and stole their trailer later on. It's just super shitty things like this happen. On the bright side I'm glad to see people have been supportive and they've already been able to raise enough to cover half the cost of what was stolen (which was a tad over $20,000 worth of stuff). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumbo72203 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 The people who did this should be killed. No mercy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniegwilliams Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 The situation definitely sucks; however, after all the times this has happened over the last five years, how do bands still not consider having insurance a priority when touring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchino Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 The situation definitely sucks; however, after all the times this has happened over the last five years, how do bands still not consider having insurance a priority when touring? exactly. Specially when they say stuff like this "We've known so many bands who have gone through this ordeal; at this point in history it truly feels like it's not a matter of if but rather when." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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