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Broken Glow Guitarist Dead: Brenner Eugenides Dies at 26
- Posted on Mar 13th 2012 2:55PM by Jason MacNeil
Brenner Eugenides, guitarist for Brooklyn rock band Broken Glow, died last Wednesday (March 7) from complications with diabetes. He was 26.
"The short end of it is that Brenner's blood sugar became fatally high, causing him to suffer from (diabetic keto) acidosis," singer-guitarist Garrett Deming said in an email according to The L Magazine. Demming added that the local music community showed an "outpouring of support" in light of Eugenides' death and were considering some sort of tribute concert in Eugenides' memory.
"For those of you who haven't heard, we've lost our brother Brenner, our lead guitar player, engineer, producer, cowriter, van driver, joke cracker, and all around spirit of the band," the group wrote on their Facebook page. "He was a strange fire, a dear friend, an honorable man. RIP."
Although the group was independent, Broken Glow made headlines last summer when they were mistakenly linked to hacking group 'Anonymous' and became part of a massive FBI sting. Just a few days before Eugenides' death, the group posted a lengthy explanation of what had transpired that summer. According to the group, a New York Post article had portrayed the band as "vigilante criminal masterminds with the feds hot on their trail, skating out of harm's way at the last second and leaving filth in their wake."
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The post went on to say that "the feds had targeted Broken Glow's previous apartment in the McKibbin lofts as a site of Internet espionage," entering the apartment on July 19 only to find "a few college age girls who'd just moved in, scared stiff by armed agents barging down their door at the crack of dawn."
"As far as the boys were concerned, they'd done nothing to warrant any kind of government surveillance, and to hear about being a national target by reading it in the paper is not the most settling way to hear such news," the group wrote in the post. FBI agents would later arrive at the band's new apartment to interview the group on two different occasions. After the interviews, "it became clear to the officers that the band was not comprised of tech savvy criminal masterminds."
"The boys have yet to hear back from the bureau since that week, but every black Lincoln cab that rolls slowly by is sure to get a long stare down," they wrote, adding they "did nothing wrong, had no involvement in illegal activity, and were once again put through the ringer as a result of others' misdoings."
Broken Glow were set to release a new full-length album this spring.
"The short end of it is that Brenner's blood sugar became fatally high, causing him to suffer from (diabetic keto) acidosis," singer-guitarist Garrett Deming said in an email according to The L Magazine. Demming added that the local music community showed an "outpouring of support" in light of Eugenides' death and were considering some sort of tribute concert in Eugenides' memory.
"For those of you who haven't heard, we've lost our brother Brenner, our lead guitar player, engineer, producer, cowriter, van driver, joke cracker, and all around spirit of the band," the group wrote on their Facebook page. "He was a strange fire, a dear friend, an honorable man. RIP."
Although the group was independent, Broken Glow made headlines last summer when they were mistakenly linked to hacking group 'Anonymous' and became part of a massive FBI sting. Just a few days before Eugenides' death, the group posted a lengthy explanation of what had transpired that summer. According to the group, a New York Post article had portrayed the band as "vigilante criminal masterminds with the feds hot on their trail, skating out of harm's way at the last second and leaving filth in their wake."
The post went on to say that "the feds had targeted Broken Glow's previous apartment in the McKibbin lofts as a site of Internet espionage," entering the apartment on July 19 only to find "a few college age girls who'd just moved in, scared stiff by armed agents barging down their door at the crack of dawn."
"As far as the boys were concerned, they'd done nothing to warrant any kind of government surveillance, and to hear about being a national target by reading it in the paper is not the most settling way to hear such news," the group wrote in the post. FBI agents would later arrive at the band's new apartment to interview the group on two different occasions. After the interviews, "it became clear to the officers that the band was not comprised of tech savvy criminal masterminds."
"The boys have yet to hear back from the bureau since that week, but every black Lincoln cab that rolls slowly by is sure to get a long stare down," they wrote, adding they "did nothing wrong, had no involvement in illegal activity, and were once again put through the ringer as a result of others' misdoings."
Broken Glow were set to release a new full-length album this spring.
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you people are gross and disgusting. brenner was an awesome human being who lived and struggled with his disease just like others in his situation. no matter how well he took care of himself things happen. asking if he wanted to die!? grow up people. brenner has people who cared about him who are missing him. do everyone a favor and stop posting critical and judgemental comments on the passing of a musical genius who you never knew.
March 14 2012 at 4:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTo the family and fans sorry abouthis passing. Peace be with you
March 14 2012 at 3:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIn addition to being the guitarist for Broken Glow, Brenner was a massively successful sound and stage engineer, working with many major label artists in the recording industry. He toured the US and Canada in 2010 with the band Hot Hot Heat doing sound and lights. He has recorded Public Enemy, Portishead, and the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, to name a few. One of his last gigs was recording Whitney Houston's funeral. Brenner didn't boast about his successes in his field because he was a humble yet ambitious and motivated person. Few people knew how far he had gotten in the industry. His passion and talent on the guitar drove him to pursue music in Broken Glow, a band comprised of his best friends and musical soulmates-he cared about with all of his heart. They toured the East Coast last summer, and are about to release their first full-length album-they were/are just getting started. Brenner inspired and meant a lot to a lot of people, and he will be sorely missed in both professional and personal realms.
March 14 2012 at 2:08 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAs was mentioned, for someone to die from having diabetes in this day and age is a huge shock and means that the blood sugar wasn't being monitored and was poorly medicated. I'm a diabetic myself, and due to earlier neglect, I've lost sight in one of my eyes. He had to have seen some warning signs, maybe he wanted to die then? Either way, it's a sad occasion. My condolences to his family.
March 14 2012 at 1:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMY DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF THE YOUNG DRUMMER THAT PASS WITH DIABETES. 26 IS A YOUNG AGE. HOWEVER HE WONT HAVE TOO SUFFER ANY MORE. GOD BLESS THE FAMILY AGAIN. PRAYING THAT YOU WILL HAVE STRENGTH AT THIS TIME. MISSIONARY BROWN. GOOD NITE.
March 14 2012 at 1:29 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe New York Post is a disgusting rag. Anyone who reads it deserves to wallow in the sordid mis-information it purports to pass off as actual 'news'. Perhaps someday it will fold and drift off, unobserved, into the dark abyss of journalistic oblivion.
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Brenner you and your family are in my prayers...rest in peace...
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so sad to hear this...Brenner rest in peace...you and your family are in my prayers...vickbear eat **** and die so we can comment on your death.
March 14 2012 at 12:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI had an aunt die in the 1970s from diabetic ketoacidosis, in the days before patients could monitor their own blood sugar. All you could do then was test your urine for sugar...and as doctors will tell you now, you should never let your blood sugar get high enough to be detected in urine. I am a diabetic [type 2] also, and in my opinion, for someone to die today of diabetic ketoacidosis, they were not monitoring their sugar levels closely enough, if at all. In my aunt's case, she was vomiting and thought she had the flu. Since she wasn't keeping food down, she did not take her insulin. She was sick like this for almost 2 days before agreeing to go to the hospital. By then, her sugar was so high they were not able to bring it down, and she died in the ER. An unnecessary and unpleasant death. My condolences to this poor young man's family on their loss.
March 14 2012 at 12:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDo a benefit concert to benefit diabetes research in his name.
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