Bands/Labels on the Tragedy in NYC

A few comments made by the guys in Weezer, The Bouncing Souls and Reel Big Fish following the disaster. There are also comments made by Fueled By Ramen and Epitaph. Click Read More to see them.

Fueled By Ramen:
Today, a handful of commercial airline jets were hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Many people lost their lives and many others were injured. Check your local media sources to find out how you can help the people in these cities. As of right now, blood supplies are low in both the New York and Washington areas. Call your local blood donation center to find out where you can go to help. We must do anything we possibly can to assist each other in this time of need.

Weezer:
Everyone feels terrible for the victims of this, and a sense of frustrating anger over an inability to do anything about it. It certainly felt proper to cancel the San Jose show and hopefully reschedule it for an upcoming date. Now the question has come, that assuming we have permission to do today's show in Oakland (and as of 4:00 AM PST as far as I understand it, we do), should we? Should we say, as they say, "the show must go on?"… it is impossible to know what is truly the "right" thing to do here. Tons of you have written in begging for the show to happen, others have suggested cancelling out of respect for the tragedy. It feels gut-wrenching to have to even think about what is supposed to be a musical celebration in such terms, but these are the terms we have to deal with. And as such, the guys have decided that (if they are allowed to), they want the show to go on. Why? I think Rivers summed it up best, when he said "I want to do something about all this, but the only thing I can do is play music."

Reel Big Fish:
Reel Big Fish, and all persons involved with the band would like to express the deepest concern, and sadness regarding today's tragedies in the United States.

Bouncing Souls:
Hello all…I want to offer my personal condolances to friends and family of people in the World Trade Towers. This is a most horrid tragedy and has us all scared im sure. Everyone is ok here and if there is any tour changes ill post them when they get to me. NYC's skyline, one of the most stunning, will never be the same. If you can help in anyway do it…I will be out for the next day or so making sure everyone i know in NYC is ok, i just wanted to keep everyone updated…thanks.

Epitaph:
A day of silence in recognition of the lives lost and the horrible tragedy we have all suffered this day.