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1. • Hopkins
   • I know some of the Sheffield lot knew him too, so thought I'd pass on the news that he commited suicide at the weekend :o(
     
     One of the friendliest people I've ever met
     
     
     
     www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=601281316&ref=nf
   • [12:18 on 29/06/09]
2. • Ben
   • Is this true? That's terrible. RIP Brian.
   • [12:55 on 29/06/09]
3. • slack mammoth
   • Terrible news. There's a thread for him over at the Kerrang forums
     [Edited by slack mammoth at 13:21 on 29/06/09]
   • [13:12 on 29/06/09]
4. • JenTheHen
   • That's really very sad news.
     
     RIP Brian.
   • [13:18 on 29/06/09]
5. • Eggy
   • Shit!
     
     just been looking on facebook, could see he'd passed away but was expecting some sort of accident. Had no idea. The last time i saw him was the gig at the red house soon after he'd moved to derby.
     
     Saw he'd lost his job the other day. Didn't know he was doing that bad.
   • [14:12 on 29/06/09]
6. • sabbathfan
   • Oh damn that's awful
     
     He put me up at his house a couple of times which was very decent of him. I hadn't seen him in ages though.
     
     Didn't expect him to do something like that....
     
     will miss him L(
   • [15:25 on 29/06/09]
7. • slack mammoth
   • Kerrang! forums
     
     
   • [15:50 on 29/06/09]
8. • noone
   • ahh shit.
     that's a real shame.
     Such an outgoing guy who always had time for people.
     I had no idea he was having a difficult time it never came across in his personality.
     Poor guy.
   • [16:45 on 29/06/09]
9. • Big Si
   • I really don't know what to say. Brian always seemed relentlessly upbeat. Poor guy.
   • [16:53 on 29/06/09]
10. • Eggy
    • that's what i just can't understand.
    • [17:11 on 29/06/09]
11. • Pete
    • That's terrible. For all his little faults he was always friendly, never negative and always enthusiastically willing to talk to anyone and everyone. This is really sad news.
    • [17:27 on 29/06/09]
12. • Carey
    • How sad. I'd not seen him for a really long time but yeah, as other people have said, he always seemed really positive. Such a shame.
    • [20:11 on 29/06/09]
13. • Big Si
    • Pete says:

      That's terrible. For all his little faults he was always friendly, never negative and always enthusiastically willing to talk to anyone and everyone. This is really sad news.
      
      
      I think that sums up what I'm thinking. I know I sometimes got a bit short (no pun intended) with him when he was really hyper, but he never let it bother him that I could tell. It's well worth having a read of the threads on the Kerrang boards, it's amazing how many people from all over the place knew Brian.
    • [21:10 on 29/06/09]
14. • Gareth
    • It took me a while to warm to him, then we were out somewhere and it was just me and him having a chat and he was totally different. He just relaxed and stopped trying and we got on really well. I always liked seeing him after that. Not seen him in a while but it's still awful news.
    • [21:17 on 29/06/09]
15. • alan
    • I only met him a couple of times, but he seemed like a really friendly guy. Sad news indeed.
    • [23:57 on 29/06/09]
16. • Tim Holehouse
    • That is very sad new I met him a fair few times on my visits to sheffield real nice dude. RIP.
    • [07:07 on 30/06/09]
17. • kirsty
    • 'I can bend my leg' - classic Brian. I'll always remember that with a smile.
    • [11:20 on 30/06/09]
18. • Rob Himself
    • Not sure if I ever met him (I expect I did at some point) but terrible news all the same.
    • [09:07 on 01/07/09]
19. • Eggy
    • Been reading the kerrang forums, there's a group on facebook too now dedicated to him. I never knew just how popular Brian was, it looks like he's been to every major city in the uk and warmed peoples hearts. I also have only just realised that he was a massive poster on the kerrang boards - i registered a few years back but never really stuck around as it was quiet when i joined. And i didn't know until now that he was a regular on the Sell Out forum, i remember the username but can't remember a thing about the poster - i only met him through gigs in sheffield at a later date, and with me not living in nottingham there were many people i never got to know on sellout.
    • [16:32 on 01/07/09]
20. • Tino Insana
    • Shocking news, sound fellow he was.
      
      RIP buddy.
    • [17:04 on 01/07/09]

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