Frolic
An interview with Frolic frontman Christian Sly on the loss of former guitarist Matt Setzer. Early in the morning on March 31st, Frolic guitarist Matt Setzer passed away due to a tragic automobile accident. With help from many friends, the remaining members of the band put together a benefit concert at Club Clearview on Friday, April 23. All proceeds from the show went to the Setzer family to help pay for funeral costs. The lineup was as follows:

FFTN
Solace
Generic
Danas Fast
Monkeyshyne
Matthew JC
Christian Sly

With the death of Frolic's guitarist, we wanted to know the fate of the band, so to get a little insight we went to lead vocalist/guitarist/pianist Christian Sly, and here is what he had to say:

DM: How did the band react to the death of their guitarist? 
CS: Really just shock and disbelief......that lead us into doing whatever we could to help his family.

DM: How did his family? 
CS: They lost their only son..............as good as to be expected I guess.

DM: When and where will the funeral be and will it be open to the public for his fans to bid their farewells?
CS: We buried Matt at the Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Desoto TX on Friday, April 2nd.

DM: Will the band continue on? If so, who will replace Matt Setzer?
CS:  The band will definitely continue, but we aren't even looking just yet. Just still trying to deal with everything. 

DM: How will this effect the band's sound? 
CS: It will affect our sound just slightly in guitar personality.  Matt added a lot with his lead ability, but didn't contribute much to the song structure or lyrics.

DM: What plans did you have in the works and how will his death effect them?
CS: We had a lot of things happening for the band in the coming months out of state, but this is such a huge loss for us that we'll have to regroup and hope that the opportunities still remain when we regroup.

DM: You co-wrote the song "Slow Down" off of your album, Beaten: The Black and  Blue Album- what was the inspiration for the song? 
CS: I wrote it for a close friend that was being stalked by an ex-lover.

DM: Who organized this benefit? 
CS: Justin Foster the drummer for the band Danas Fast.

DM: Why did you choose the bands you chose?
CS: They're all good friends that we've accumulated over the years in the scene.

DM: How soon can we expect to see Frolic live again? 
CS: I hope that it takes us no longer than a couple of months to be ready again, but it may take a while to find someone that really connects with us the way Matt did so well.

DM: Is there anything particular that you would like to say? 
CS: I'd just like to thank everyone that has been so good to us over the last few weeks.  It's been extremely hard and everyone's help has definitely lessened the load.

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