{"id":1755,"date":"2018-10-27T19:55:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T19:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2018-10-27T20:52:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T20:52:54","slug":"todd-youth-r-i-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=1755","title":{"rendered":"Todd Youth R.I.P"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>RPM was saddened to hear the news rippling across social media this evening that our friend and awesome guitarist Todd Youth has passed away. Details are unannounced thus far but our condolences\u00a0and sadness go out to Todd’s family and friends. The Rock and Roll world has lost another good one and its light shines a little dimmer this evening.<\/p>\n

We first met Todd when he played the UK with Chelsea Smiles and he was such a lovely humble sweet guy and we\u00a0further met him when he was playing as part of Jesse\u00a0Malins St Marks Social.\u00a0 Todd was a cool guy who turned in some awesome rock n fuckin roll records when he played as Chelsea Smiles and we got\u00a0excited when he surfaced playing in Fireburn recently and we were happy to give column inches to their records.\u00a0 His current bandmate Ras Israel Joseph had this to say<\/p>\n

On the passing of my friend, and my Brother Todd Youth
\nThere are no words to express how sad I am at the passing of my brother Todd Youth. The music he made will forever be remembered, and I\u2019m so thankful that I was able to work with him and that we created Fireburn together. Todd and I were living separate lives doing hardcore and reggae music. We met each other in 1992 and then never spoke again until 2017. We created Fireburn within two weeks of knowing each other and finished writing two of my favorite hardcore records that I ever worked on: \u201cDon\u2019t stop the youth\u201d, and \u201cShine\u201d. Closed casket records signed the band and we were on our way. We had great shows and lots of people showed up to them. We toured with gbh from England, hung out with the guys from Negative Approach, and got our blessings about our music and our records from the Bad Brains. I know that Todd is now resting in peace and I know that Krishna is taking his soul to a better place. He was a devout Hari Krishna and The Devout human being. Todd wherever you are I hope that we will make music again one day. Life is a circle and I know I\u2019ll meet you again in that circle brother. We will meet again. Rest In Peace, Rest In Power, rest my brother. I am saddened that we cannot make music again together, but I am happy that you are finally going home to be with Krishna that Haile Selassie has finally giving you peace and comfort my brother. one day, I too will lay down and die. This body that I ware is temporary. I will probably be alone. They\u2019re probably be no one around me. However I know that I will join you and all of our other friends in that good place and we\u2019ll all see each other again. I\u2019m sorry you died Todd. I\u2019m sorry I can\u2019t see you again. I\u2019m sorry I wasn\u2019t there to help you. You are my friend and my brother and I love you. Rest in peace my brother. May your visit to our Heavenly Home be full of peace, and comfort, and closeness to Krishna. Haribo. Haile Selassie I. FIREBURN.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n