You Me and Everyone We Know Lose Van in a Fire

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*Sigh* It’s always depressing when bands lose so much on tour. This time, it’s You Me and Everyone We Know. The band posted on their LiveJournal, complete with photos, the story of losing their van and a ton of stuff after a tire blowout in South Carolina. It seems like some grass caught fire when they pulled over to change their tire, and quickly spread to the entire van.

The band said:

This is a list of the stuff we lost

1 Van
PLUS
All of our bookbags and sidebags containing:
2 video cameras, 2 digital cameras, GPS, 3 Nintendo Ds’s plus games, 6 Ipods, 2 Laptops, M-Box, External Harddrive full of our recordings, $500 in cash and a full tank of gas, 100 cds and dvds, PSP plus games, 2 sidekicks, 1 Cell Phone, Two Drivers Licenses, All of our shoes, XM Radio, All of our toiletries, Most of Ryan, Ben, and Rico’s Clothing, All of our pillows, blankets, and other items relative to sleep.

Basically, it was as if our house burned down but fortunately our equipment was saved due to the quick arrival of the firefighters. In the end, all of this is just stuff and we’re stoked to be alive. Thankfully, with the help of Dear Hunter, Lydia, and Eye Alaska, along with the support of our friends and family we are happy to have worked out a way to continue on the rest of the this tour. This train don’t stop come hell or high water.

You have to respect that, but God. It seems the fire spread very quickly [summer is a demon beast of a season] and even though help came quickly, the van was gutted. The band will be setting up some sort of donation account, since they lost everything [so if you catch a show on this tour, be sure to give them money. I’ve seen bands in similar situations, and they/their merch guy will be more than happy to accept a few dollars. These dudes are not rich….] There’s no news on that yet, but when it comes along, I’ll post it.

This band is really awesome, by the way, so if you don’t know them, check them out.

You can read the whole story and see more photos at the band’s LiveJournal.