really great to hear that!!!! step by step... ;-)

yeeeeeeeeeh,

it sound strange, " i walked today", you know we do it every day, we do so mutch, we have so mutch, and most are not happy.
you would give everything to go back, en just not go to work that day.
Everything i mean not everything cause you have a family, and friend were you would die for.
maybe we can learn something about this, that there is only a small line between life and dead.
and last time i only hear death so i'm happy that you recover like you want ( a bit) there is hope and you made it
we pray for you

:)

he did not answer your question if it is okay to walk while his verabrae are still broken...

;)

i know, that evasive weasel.

an inspiration even in every day life. keep it up.

What a relief to actually walk!

Baby Steps!

Even flat on his back, he's . . . Elusive.

Will you change the journey continues at this page? It gives me false hope and breaks my heart on a daily basis :(. You have plagued my years of no more BSF.

Its' sad to say that shit happens and most of the time to the wrong people. I can't even begin to imagine the pain he is going through but I know he'll pull out of this. Good luck and hope to here only good news.

It is good to know that you really indeed will walk again but be careful don't try too much too soon.

i have to be honest. i haven't visited your myspace page in a while, and when i read that josh almost died i was really upset.

i just wanted to let him know that i'm so glad that he's doing better every day and i'll be praying for him because i remember what a good guy he is.

when i saw you play at the downtown in farmingdale, NY a while back, after the show me and my sister and our friend elena saw josh and he was on somewhat of a break, but we were talking to him. he wasn't being an asshole in the least to us because we were bugging him after his set or anything. he gave us tour information and answered our questions and i just remembered how kind of a guy he was.

just wanted him to know that me and my sister are thinking of him and hoping he gets better soon.

god bless

To Josh:
That's amazing!

The progress you make is astonishing, I'm so happy to hear that you cope with such a dire physical injury so well.
But it fits perfectly, you're just going on, as you also always did with your band no matter how harsh the situation is. As nobody wanted to you play your songs on radio you went on, as you got really sucessful and known for the first time after the after the eulogy and switched to a major label, and as they tried to change you, so you get even more successful, you turned it down because you never wanted to be a sell out band even it would mean you never get rich how "big" rock bands do (otherwise maybe you wouldn't have to work as construction worker(?) and have to worry about such things as health ensurance).
The most important thing for bsf was always and had ever been playing their own music and bringing their message about sick political situations, things existing in the world which shouldn't be or simply what it makes out about being human.
You and your band are inspiring in so many ways, I'm glad that I've seen you live on several occasions here in Germany and that I'm gonna to see the rest of your bands again next week for a last time (which is exciting but also very very sad).
I'm wishing you the best wishes and that all things in your live are going to turn out as you want them to be, as I probably won't see you again, but we know by now that you keep going on your way no matter what obstacle live brings you.

bye...

You guys have communication issues

great!!!

wow, 5 hours left till i see you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!! i cant wait

I saw you 3days ago in wiesen.Your show was (again)great! it was over too soon but i gave all i had to give.Today i´m still hoarse.(guess i screamed my soul out of my body...)i love you guys and i will miss ya so much...

Hi, first time i post in here... and let me tell you that i was really sorry for the band breaking up and Josh being so hurted... and now its really good to be reading all this good things happening to him.

Well... yesterday was a really bad day to me... it was my birthday and i was 2 seconds away from death... but in that moment i thought of my mom... i could never do something like that to her... and also remembered what happened to Josh and it gave the strenght to be here writing this today...

Theres so many people that are in a worst situation than me, so i cant be so selfish to do it

So... just wanna say Thanks to Josh... and Thanks to Boysetsfire for all those amazing song that they did for us all.

Thanks from Chile...

Hi, first time i post in here... and let me tell you that i was really sorry for the band breaking up and Josh being so hurted... and now its really good to be reading all this good things happening to him.

Well... yesterday was a really bad day to me... it was my birthday and i was 2 seconds away from death... but in that moment i thought of my mom... i could never do something like that to her... and also remembered what happened to Josh and it gave the strenght to be here writing this today...

Theres so many people that are in a worst situation than me, so i cant be so selfish to do it

So... just wanna say Thanks to Josh... and Thanks to Boysetsfire for all those amazing song that they did for us all.

Thanks from Chile...

wow. this is nothing short of a miracle. josh fell, broke his neck and 5 vertibre, other injuries, and is walking within 2 weeks. this shows how much bsf mean to god! o wait, this must...bsf ARE god!!!!!!!!!!

That's weird. I thought about killing myself today as well.

what are you guys talking about killing yourself!?!

pictures of the show in nürnberg:

http://www.bumbanet.de/music/live/2006/deconstruction/boysetsfire/index.shtml

Vielleicht etwas unpassend, aba ick wüsst nich, wo ich`s sonst posten könnte: Suche GLEICHGESINNTE, die och mit dem Gedanken spielen/bereits planen zur allaletztn EU-Show in DUBLIN zu fliegen. Dann kann man gemeinsam Zeit totschlagen, weil ich mir definitiv kein Zimmer leisten kann. Aba hey: Dublin is imma noch günstiga, als nach Ami-Land zu fliegen (hätt ick ja vielleicht noch gemacht - is finanziell allerdings wirklich nich mehr machbar). Würd mich über ähnlich durchgeknallte Leute freun. Schickt einfach ne mail.

Wär ja ma clever ja die mail-adresse och mit anzugeben, wa? Naja, is schon spät/früh.
Also: marsolle@uni-potsdam.de

muahaha, the show yesterday in lucerne - CH was great guys!!

but one thing was funny. before the show i asked chad to play "twelve step hammer program" and he was like "yeah, maybe"...
then, during the show nathan announced that the next song was "twelve step hammer program" and i was so fuckin' lucky! however, the song you guys played wasn't "twelve step hammer program" it was "the force majeure" :-D

guys, dont you even know your own songs? :-D
and believe me, i'm not wrong ;-)

but it was so funny! thanks a lot, i laughed a lot and so did you, at least it seemed like you had fun too! ;-)
and you're so nice too! thanks for letting me take pics with you (especially rob and nathan)!!!!

you're just great and THANK YOU!

Great news and good luck for the rest of the healing process Josh!

Josh my Man, You have no Idea how much it means to me reading this and i know you work hard and it hurts but you do a hell of a job and you have to do whatever it takes to get back in shape. When ever you do you better drop by in Hamburg and we'll go have a drink or two! All the Best !

6 september my last show, 5 september my birthday 25 years old.
it's not gonna be my beste birthday, but the day after, this is for you josh.
I gonna scream like i never did before (i now that i'm nat a good singer, that's what i learnt from the show a week ago in holland).
But if people hit me, or kill me cause am that bad, it was for you.
thank you for all those years of fighting against a system that never gonna work, but were we learn so mutch about it.

6 september my last show, 5 september my birthday 25 years old.
it's not gonna be my beste birthday, but the day after, this is for you josh.
I gonna scream like i never did before (i now that i'm nat a good singer, that's what i learnt from the show a week ago in holland).
But if people hit me, or kill me cause am that bad, it was for you.
thank you for all those years of fighting against a system that never gonna work, but were we learn so mutch about it.

6 september my last show, 5 september my birthday 25 years old.
it's not gonna be my beste birthday, but the day after, this is for you josh.
I gonna scream like i never did before (i now that i'm nat a good singer, that's what i learnt from the show a week ago in holland).
But if people hit me, or kill me cause am that bad, it was for you.
thank you for all those years of fighting against a system that never gonna work, but were we learn so mutch about it.

Josh, it's great to hear that you walked !
get well soon, our love is with you !

That's awesome news!!
My best friend had surgery that cut through her lungs and took out some of her spine and now she's better than normal!!
Josh will be all good in no time at all.
Miss you boys, pity I live in Australia and you don't. Way to be a good brother Jas.
Big hugs Josh, you're a top bloke.
Ney xx

Very good news! Hope Josh will be completely recovered as soon as possible!

Yesterday the show in Milano was fucking awesome...you guys really rocked!
too bad josh wasn't there...
It was my first time i've seen you on concert,and after the amazing show i'm even more sad of the fact you're quitting than before...if possible...

Thanks to all of you guys,you meant so much to me...you made me sing,dance,scream and even cry..
like when you played "my life in the knife trade" yesterday...
BSF will be forever in my heart...
Hope you'll rejoin sometimes in the future to play again togheter...If that ever happens,i'll be there,be sure!!!

THANK YOU BSF!

it's wonderful.
i have already break a vertebrae 2 years ago and i can walk whitout any problem.
at the begins it was wery painful...
i wanna see you run.
bye Mel

gotta crawl before you walk and walk before you run... josh is quite amazing id have to say

gotta crawl before you walk and walk before you run... josh is quite amazing id have to say

I have been praying for you Josh. I have been in and out of the hospital for two years now. I hate them. But I hope that they are treating you real nice in there and that you get out real soon. God has blessed you with an awesome talent with your music and I thought you should know that. Glad to hear that youre walking!

Bethany

It´s really great to hear it! All the best , josh!

Thanks for the gig in Saarbrücken yesterday.
You gave me so much and you really mean a lot to me... Thanks for your music, your messages, your energy,... thanks for everything.
Wish you all the best for the future and hope to hear from you again... SOON!!! ;-)
Josh, you are still in our prayers... Recover soon!
Take care...
In hope, Sonja

Great to hear he's up and walking again, I really hope the recovery goes just as swiftly. He must be one hell of a guy to be going as strongly as it is.

Hat jemand Fotos vom Konzert im Sedel?

ja ich! schreib mir

hoppla.. jetzt sollte es gegangen sein.. also, schreib mir!

OK, so I travelled to the future and it turns out that you guys start playing again in 2007. Just thought you should get prepaired and all. Thanks. Later.

Matt...schreib mal deine Email-Addy ;).

Hum...don´t know what to say right now. I just returned from the BSF Show in Darmstadt and i´m....honestly....SPEECHLESS!! That was the first time i saw BSF live on stage, and unfortunately without josh (best wishes, you´ll do it! Life brings a lot of difficulties with it, but i´m sure you get through...sorry for that lame english but in german i´m sure i could figure the right words....blame me). So... the bottom line is...BSF is dead. And in my opinion one of the most influencing and directing Bands has disappeared from the scene. i´m still trying to figure out why you´d been refused a major deal (except that one in 2003 i think) but in my opinion...you carry so much energy, tension and REALITY within your songs that every record label should lick its fingers...can´t understand record label policy so if you don´t mind if i bring in a little FUCK EPIC/SONY in! So....i got a lot from your music and especially the gig in darmstadt....i play drums and bass myself...oh by the way...MATT is A MONSTER BEHIND HIS KIT!!! Maximum respect!! But gettin back to the message i got for myself...I´ll never stop doing and playing music, writing songs and deliver them to the world...if it likes it or not. Thats all for now...hope josh recovers soon, if one deserves it than its him....with humble regards for one of the best shows i´ve ever seen....Brian (An unimportant, little guy from germany...but really moved AND INSPIRED by BOYSETSFIRE!)....and your records will still be played on and on and on and on and on and on...and i think i´m not the only one who thinks lie that :-)

Hum...don´t know what to say right now. I just returned from the BSF Show in Darmstadt and i´m....honestly....SPEECHLESS!! That was the first time i saw BSF live on stage, and unfortunately without josh (best wishes, you´ll do it! Life brings a lot of difficulties with it, but i´m sure you get through...sorry for that lame english but in german i´m sure i could figure the right words....blame me). So... the bottom line is...BSF is dead. And in my opinion one of the most influencing and directing Bands has disappeared from the scene. i´m still trying to figure out why you´d been refused a major deal (except that one in 2003 i think) but in my opinion...you carry so much energy, tension and REALITY within your songs that every record label should lick its fingers...can´t understand record label policy so if you don´t mind if i bring in a little FUCK EPIC/SONY in! So....i got a lot from your music and especially the gig in darmstadt....i play drums and bass myself...oh by the way...MATT is A MONSTER BEHIND HIS KIT!!! Maximum respect!! But gettin back to the message i got for myself...I´ll never stop doing and playing music, writing songs and deliver them to the world...if it likes it or not. Thats all for now...hope josh recovers soon, if one deserves it than its him....with humble regards for one of the best shows i´ve ever seen....Brian (An unimportant, little guy from germany...but really moved AND INSPIRED by BOYSETSFIRE!)....and your records will still be played on and on and on and on and on and on...and i think i´m not the only one who thinks like that :-)

hope he gets better cause without him the band suffers ya know so d*mmit josh get better were all still prayin for u

ja verflucht.. habs schon zweimal probiert.. machs jetzt öffentlich, hoffentlich bekomm ich nicht zu viele mails ;-)
matthias_stadler@hotmail.com

Boys,the day you play the ''last'' concert is my birthday...I hope I get the cash together to come from Germany with my best friend.If not(but that is no possibility!)I'd like to thank you!You are....can't describe.Thank you!Yvonne

fucking awesome....keep fighting josh, we're all praying for you

Hey everyone, this is Sunshine, Josh's wife. I just wanted to thank everyone for their caring and generosity during this difficult time. Josh has always had a resilient spirit, but to know that so many people are thinking about and praying for him has truly helped him and our entire family. He has really made great progress in the last few weeks and has managed to stay the same funny, kind-hearted guy. For that I am truly grateful. I'm not sure I could stay so positive if faced with the same challenges! But he does. So please keep encouraging him and let him know that you're thinking about him.

We're all thinking about you alot Josh!
It's just a matter of time, patience, and perseverance before you are almost as good as new.

Keep your head up and your tears back. You'll get through this. It'll be a long recovery process, but in the timeline of life.... it will be so short.

Lots of love.

Iron hand (fist) in a velvet glove... Julius