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<p>Band mates, friends and fellow musicians have paid tribute to drummer <a title="Drummer Jerry Fuchs Dies After Falling Out Of Elevator" href="../../../blog_posts/-drummer_jerry_fuchs_dies_after_falling_down_elevator_shaft" target="_self">Jerry Fuchs who tragically died earlier this week</a> after falling out of an elevator. </p>
<p>Among those paying tribute was Alex Frankel from LCD Soundsystem. He wrote at <a title="HolyGhost" href="http://holyghostnyc.blogspot.com/2009/11/thank-you-jerry.html" target="_blank">Holyghostnyc.blogspot.com</a> - </p>
<p>"Thank You Jerry<br />So there is no confusion:</p>
<p>Last night Jerry Fuchs, our friend and our drum hero, passed away. Jerry accidentally fell from a freight elevator in Williamsburg Brooklyn and was not able to survive the intense trauma caused by the fall. Nick and I entered the building about the time the fall occurred. We found him in the elevator shaft. We held him and talked to him and went with him to Bellevue Hospital. Heartbreakingly, the doctors were unable to resuscitate him. He was pronounced dead at 3:33 am.</p>
<p>My last text message exchange with Jerry went like this:</p>
<p>Me: Gerard, will you be coming alone tonight or do you need a +1?<br />Jerry: I will b coming with my friend J tonight. Let me know if that's a problem. Seriously.<br />Me: Not a problem!<br />Jerry: Dude, I know ur list is tight. Let me know if you can't swing it and i will just buy a ticket at the door.<br />Me: Its fine! We got it<br />Jerry: Thanks dawg.<br />minutes later....<br />Jerry: Thank u, thank u, thank u.</p>
<p>This exchange was typical of Jerry: Always apologizing unnecessarily, endlessly thanking me for no apparent reason, relentlessly polite in a world in which manners have largely been replaced by irony and sarcasm. Of course you wouldn't assume any of this from watching him play drums.... He was terrifying. A machine. A beast. Uncivilized. Rude. A savant. When he got MIDI IN and MIDI OUT tattooed on his forearms I wasn't surprised in the least. In fact, I remember thinking, "Oh, so there they are!" - - as if Jerry had finally revealed the secret to his precision and syncopation.</p>
<p>Jerry was the star of every band he played with and will be painfully missed by those bands and a vast network of friends, family, and of course, musicians and music lovers, worldwide. My deepest sympathies go out to his family in Georgia.</p>
<p>Jerry: Thank you, thank you, thank you...</p>
<p>Always,<br />Alex"</p>
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<p>Jerry Fuchs band mates from Maserati wrote on their <a title="Maserati Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/MASERATI_BAND/status/5541138029" target="_blank">Twitter page</a> -</p>
<p>"with overwhelming sadness, bids farewell to our drummer and dear friend Jerry Fuchs. Love you, bro."</p>
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<p>The Juan MacLean, another band that featured Fuchs on drums also paid respect to the drummer from their <a title="The Juan Maclean" href="http://www.thejuanmaclean.com/blog/juan-maclean-drummer-jerry-fuchs-has-tragically-died" target="_blank">website</a> - </p>
<p>"Jerry was one of my best and most loyal friends. He was hands-down the best drummer I have ever played with or seen for that matter. Jerry was with me from the start of The Juan MacLean, and we had countless adventures together all over the world. He was utterly sincere and fiercely loyal. During a particularly difficult time, while backstage in a club in Chicago, Jerry told me "Juan, I will follow you to the end of the earth and I will always be there for you." That was Jerry, the greatest drummer in the world, the greatest friend you could ever have."</p>
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