i wish you all the best and hope you get well soon.
thank you for all the incredible, energetic and fantastic concerts in germany. i will miss them...
take care

love
sarah

You're a very strong man.
Some people could only aspire to be so.
Keep your head up, and keep trucking on.

hey, you gave us so much! that's the least we could do for you josh!
hope you're getting better!

greets from switzerland!

Dont know what to say...I´m just so glad that you´re alright again...Wish you the best!

Every day that you get stronger makes all of our prayers come true. We will always hope for the best for you. Keep at it Josh - we all want to see a video clip of you dancing someday!!!!

Hey man,
For all you've given us, this was the very least we could do for you.
A safe and speedy recovery, my friend.

Tommy

Hey Josh,
it was least we could do for you cause everything what you and boysetsfire did to us is a million times more worth than all our prayers. In fact I will never forget one of the shows and songs you gave me so keep on rocking and take care
Kolben

Josh, you don´t have to thank. It´s so great to hear, that you´re feeling better. Wish you all the best for your recovery and for your future.
Hope to see you at any time in my life on stage again...
Best wishes.
Love
Katja

josh, we love you. your music and your amazing personality has given so much to us all and i feel blessed that i have the oppurtunity to give to you though i hate the circumstances. you and your family are continously in my prayers, and the prayers of others, and we're so lucky because our prayers were answered. please keep us posted.

hey josh
thank you so much for writing!
still wish you all the best and don't forget that we love you too!
Isa

hey Josh,
i love to hear that you are going well, wish you all the best mate. you and your music - one of the greatest reasons for living ever for us kids in the middle of nowhere in perth australia. getting to see you twice this year in london was a dream come true. thank you for everything ... you mean a lot to me. if you are ever in perth you will always have a place to stay bro. keep fighting the good fight and you are forever in my thoughts.
dellis

Josh,

It is so wonderful to hear from you! Even though a difficult situation, I'm so happy that we(your fans) could give back something, in return for everything that bsf has given us throughout the years.

Thank You.

south philly....all italian..all eagles fans/love ya....
chris-

Good to finally hear from you Josh...Thank you for being so inspirational, just now that we love you and pray for you (as well as the rest of the boys) thanks fr being such an inspiration and thank you for some of the best memories I have. Take care.

Peace and love,
Em

Good to finally hear from you Josh...Thank you for being so inspirational, just now that we love you and pray for you (as well as the rest of the boys) thanks fr being such an inspiration and thank you for some of the best memories I have. Take care.

Peace and love,
Em

i'm glad you're back dude...god bless and here's to a speedy recovery!

It´s so good to hear that you´re doing better, that means so much to us. it makes it easier at the moment not to think about a time without bsf gigs and new stuff.

all the best to you josh and thanks for all the time you spent in austria to make us happy.

Josh,

It makes me so happy to hear from you again. I'm glad your home and I must say you are stronger then I. I don't know that I could have gone through all you have. I am happy for both you and your family though. Stay strong you have a lot of people out here thinking of you.

i wish you all the best wishes...

There were so many times that I turned to BSF when I need it, so we will be there for you when you need us. I have so many memories wrapped up in your music, I cant wait until you make more. Keep your chin up and fight fight fight.
See you on the road...

i heard what happened to josh last night and i had a road trip allready set up to university of maryland, which is not far. i am a very snobby music fan with extremely high standards and i can promise that always your music give me goose bumps, and on a number of occations your music has brought me to tears and helped me love myself when the dream goes astray, your message of home and remebering your heritage and being aware of those who care for you, that message was not taken lightly, YEARS have past and as you have grown up so have your fans. because of the warmth you all have put in my heart i live for today. love and thanks we are strangers and family.

Compared to the brilliant music you wrote, a support message is nothing i think. Get well soon Josh, we'll always be with you!

you guys have helped so many people get their lifes back on the road to recovery, in some way or another. I guess its now just our turn to help you out..
Stay strong Josh
Kat xx

hey josh,

i'm glad that you're better and i really hope that everything will go well. i know that you're a strong person and you also have a lot of support from family and friends and that's something which is very important. i want to thank you for the amazing time i had with you and the other guys touring around europe, enjoying your music and your concerts, your energy. i wish you all the best.

hugs'n'kisses to all of you from germany

kathy (meine kleine HOS)

Josh, you're an inspiration to me in a whole new way.

yah, like everyone else has said, you dont have to thank us for being there for you...
whenever i needed some inspiration bsf was always just as far away as the cd player. in my life, i had never met anyone who thought about things the way i did, until my brother introduced me to your music... it gave me a sense of belonging and inspiration. and friends came and went, but bsf was always there... you all would come out into the crowd and talk to whoever wanted to talk and what we said was just as important as what anyone said...one tour i told you guys i wanted you all to play vehicle next time around...you said "yah, we've been hearing a lot of people saying that"... next time you toured and came to new england you played vehicle... beautifully!!! there is not ONE other band who i would expect that from... there may have been more talented musicians, there may have been better song writers, but as a group, as an inspiration, i dont think anyone could ever reach what you guys have accomplished. and for that WE THANK YOU!!! and now you guys have retired, which is understandable, but don't for one FUCKING SECOND think that your fans have retired!!!!!!!!!!!! we will always have your music... we will always have your words, we will always have your inspiration, we will always have the memories, and we will always fight the good fight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okay......
so i just searched for after the eulogy on interpunk.com.... its not there.... they used to be a reputable site for underground music.... i've gone through atleast three copies of that cd since its release....AND I NOW COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU GUYS RETIRED.... how can a product which redefined music as we all know it and will forever be the album by which i compare every single cd i buy for the rest of my life, not even be available to purchase on a reputable "underground" punk music site....its okay... the new My Chemical Romance cd is the top seller there..... no offense to them, im sure they are good people.... but JOSH, you mean soooooooooooo much to us.... and BSF, you mean soooooooo much to us....it just doesnt make any sense how these gimmicky band-wagon-jumpers can get more recognition than BOY SETS FIRE!!!!
i hope you recover completely....i hope you come back as good as new...and i hope someone somewhere (you???) shows "america" what is real, what music should be, what we should hope to be

I make frequent drives through delaware to Maryland from new jersey, some day i must stop in and buy you guys a beer.

brandon krapf
US Army Guy (snuck on your tour bus-Germany, 2005)

Well wow dude this is just amazing how far you have come in so little time. I mean how many people live after falling 3 stories and landing on their back? Not to many if I had to guess and the chances of a miracle are slim there too. BSF means the world to me and I was heartbroken when I heard you had gotten hurt. I prayed every morning and night for you and your family. Well I guess all of our prayers came true, God would have to be pretty lame to leave this one unanwsered and I think I can get just about everyone here to agree with me on this. Just wishing you the best of luck and prayers on your journey to recovery. Keep up the good work bro and take it easy.
-Timmy-

It's so good to hear from you, Josh! Love and best wishes to you xx

i love josh!!

this band has let me know who i am inside. i think that part of this was Josh's tasty licks on guitar. im so glad that josh has been able to overcome his accident. im sure i speak for all bsf fans when i say that the band, even though they may be retiring, would be nowhere without Josh. you make bsf bsf. thank you so much
-Henry

just read through all the news... after not having been into anything for months, this came shocking (july news) and kinda relieving at the same time...

thank you for hours and hours of feeling your music! all the best to you and your family, im praying for your further recovery... actually DOES seem to work...

respect from Russia man! i am glad that you are feel better

Josh, i wish you the best recovery. You are in my thoughts everyday. Your band has done more for me than i could ever express, and i am truly thankful. I've got "the price you've paid is dying alone" tattooed on me and it is a constant reminder.

A donation is on the way...

Hope you get well soon.
thanks for all the great music you made and your concerts in germany

-André

I´m so happy that you´re feeling better.
But it is still so hard to know that BSF splitted up. You´ve made the best concerts I´ve ever been and the best music anyway. Thank you!
Love and best wishes.
You´re in my thoughts.
Katja

i want to thank you all for the great years and concerts i could spend with you. remembering the first one in the stattbahnhof in schweinfurt when i talked with nathan for 2 hours in german until the last time i saw you in milan about one and a half years ago on the deconstruction tour. i enjoyed the time with you in the bus, at rock am ring, in bologna... all over europe. i'm only realizing now that i might never see you again... it's hard, but i wish you all the best. you guys make the music i always carried around with me in my heart, searching for the band who was able to play it. and i found YOU!!! if you ever come to the old world, let us know, i bet half of our continent would come to see you.

LOVE to all of you, also to my BIG BAD HOS ROB (ex-bass)

KATHY - kleine HOS

Welcome back Josh. Keep taking care of yourself.

yay for josh. welcome home.

I'm so happy to read your words.
You guy rock and it's time to kick your injury right in the ass.
Best wishes.

Manq
Italian fan

Oh man i dont know what i say. The last years with you were great and i hope you remember me. I saw you on the CampusFest in Essen (Germany). I was the guy who wanted to take a picture of you :D and i was so nervous. Sorry for that bad english.

Hey Josh,
It´s great to hear / read something from you!
All the best for you and your family!
Your are always on our minds!
Carpe diem!!!

Greetings and best wishes from good old Germay!
Andi

I just heard the cover oh Holiday in Cambodia. I do have to say it is the most murdered and worst cover I have ever heard....

jim, there are probably about 1000 better places to put that comment then here.

hey,

i'm so glad that you are home.
you are a strong men,you know.
maybe you could do another farwell tour, so many people would say something to you, and you know bsf live without you is not that good, i mean it, the holland show, and the belguim show were not like the other belguim shows before.
you impact on the last cd is big, the screams are intens, so maybe.....

take care, i hope i see you again.

LOVE YOU JOSH!!
I am so, SO happy for you that you're feeling better.
I know so many people that were upset when they heard the knews you were hurt and i'm just overjoyed that you're home now.
I met you in Brisbane all those years ago and I was just touched by how real and just straight nice you were.
Very happy for you,
Big hugs - Renée xx

hey josh, i hope ur recovering well, the quicker your better the better all round me thinks. Hope the rest of the band is doing good too.
nathen if ur looking for a new band look no further we real stuck for a singer and ur'll be perfect, as long as u dont mind moving to the sunny state that is england. haha
hope all is going well and hopefully c u at ur final show if we can afford the plane tickets

Hi Josh, so happy to read about your recovering! Hold on, we all think of you!
Greeting from Cologne!

Josh,

the best thanks you could possibly give, you already have: you are getting better! At this rate, you'll be taking over the world some time next week.

Seriously, though, you're an inspiration, in many, many ways.

Rock on.

Hey boy!!!

It's so good to hear that you're at home feeling better every fukkin day. i know it's hard but i think that millions of boysetsfire-fans stand behind you and wishing the best to you. i was so shocked as i heard what happened to you. I'm not religious but i pray for you because you and the others were so important as band in my short life.

hope you decided to play some show in germany as goodbye to us.

get well very soon akii from hamburg

Wow. Its really cool that you are home safe. First I wanna say I am addicted to you guys ever since Feb. 2004. You guys are really fuckin awesome. you can see that my e-mail address is Eviction Article, which is you're best song. I realize you may not read this, because you have millions of other letters coming in, but if you do, I wish you the very best, sonoma county wishes you the very best, and BSF nation wishes you the very best.

Alec

Come to SF!!!

Hey there guy. Ya know after 10 years of loving your music and trying to replicate the same kind of emotion that is on display whenever i play a bsf cd and thinking about our drinking nights in pittsburgh, alabama, florida, ohio and pennsylvania, i have come to one conclusion. life is so precious.
when i went through life changing events you guys were always around.. babies, divorce, moves. you've always been around. you guys have meant more to me than most of the people i call friends. and now time to make you blush. I've always looked up to you josh. musically, family-wise, and your integrity in life. i'm just glad that you can continue that integrity in what ever way you are able to. because you have given people so much hope and reason to believe in a better tomorrow.

Wow, so good to hear from you.. Josh, it's the least we could do. And I know I coudn't have done it without you as well, it would have been SO different. So, thanks again.. and I hope we can drink beers together again some day. Cheers.

I would do anything to see you guys playing here in Australia, hope you get up to 100% soon enough to expend your talent, you guys should be massive.

Am so glad that you are doing better!!
TAKE CARE and don't ever give up!

Greetings from Germany

Cheers

Hey Josh, its relieving good news that you're doing better! Keep your head up, we're all thinking of you!

Greetigs from Cologne

Josh! Good to know that you're at home. You and boysetsfire are so important for me! As band and as an intellectual influence.

Rock on ... and greetings from Switzerland!

Theo

Hey mate so good to hear your back home!! Hope things are still going well and your on the mend!! Went to the last UK show and the guys were great but Rakus sucked!!!! :)
Me and Cam got married at fucking last and that's it really!!

So glad your on the mend... All my love as always mate!!

Adios

BEN

Dude, keep strong, the music u make keeps me goin. Brisbane, Australia loves you guys and hopes u a healthy and quick recovery

Man.
I love you so much.
I love your music.
We wish nothing but the best for you and BoySetsFire.

Hope all is still well.
We are all waiting for your speedy recovery.
Take Care.
Much Love.

Hi Josh,
thx for your answer. We love you too ;)
and like Sara from post #1 I wan't to thank you for the incredible show in Darmstadt/Germany.
It was the best club-concert of my life and it will be in my mind untill i die.

Thanks to one of the best bands ever.

Florian

Let well (enough) alone... Jocatta

=) I was listening to tommmorow come today and it clicked. JOSH hows he doin!?

glad to see your ok now man!

much love
matt

May the passion that drove your shows remain for the rest of your life, Josh.

Greetings and wishes for the best.
Namiya M.