Tadd Mencer

Artist. Author. Musician. Husband. Father. Christian. All around good guy.

Nostalgia

n. A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.

Over a year ago I was in a band called GreyHalo. Honestly, it was the best band I had ever been in with some of the most talented musicians I had ever met. I tried extremely hard to push the band. We had a lot of fans (to us) and some great shows.

But, I’m an idiot and ruined it. How, you ask? Well, the other gents continually wanted to change the style to a more pop based sound. And I, fearing going lighter, struggled and pushed for harder and insulted them (not directly mind you).

So, they all left. Chris and Jeremy went and started their own band (which is now, sadly, defunct) and Scott joined ‘The Emberlight’. Which is still going strong. I miss those guys and wish that GreyHalo was still running strong. I know that I probably was the weakest link as a musician - but I would like to believe that I contributed to their musical growth. Though I know I’d be fooling myself.

So, to the boys from GreyHalo … I salute you and miss you.

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(L-R) Chris, Tadd, Scott, Jeremy
GreyHalo: 2001-2005 RIP

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May 13th, 2008

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  1. tony (41 comments)

    i dont want to be mean, but why man, if they were good friends, you should at least try it out.
    instead of insulting them. because of a idea they had.

    and i am listing to some of the band songs and they do sound good.



  2. Tadd (54 comments)
    @tony: Why? Simple - fear. Fear of not being ‘energetic’ and rockin hard. I remember going to shows and the pop bands would be the “smoke break band” where everyone would leave when the pop bands played. I feared that happening again. It was stupid and I agree - I should have tried it out.

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