I had only known
Freedy Krueger for around two and a half years.
In those years he became a close mate and someone I was proud to call my
brother. We became friends via Facebook through some common friends, but this
turned out to be destiny. Even though we never met face to face, we still spoke
via Facebook at least 2-3 times a week. Freedy is a once in a life time friend.
He was always there and ready to talk if
you needed to. He was a very down to
earth and a very humble guy and very generous.
It was
because of Freedy that I now know how amazing Indonesian metal is. I have since made friends with other “metal
heads” from Indonesia
and this is all due to Freedy. With Freedy, it didn’t matter what religion or nationality
you were. If you had a passion for
metal, then he would be a friend to you.
Freedy
introduced me to the BUSUK Webzine which I was very impressed with. Chatting about our problems didn’t seem so
huge when we were chatting about music.
Freedy showed me another avenue for my love of music and that was in
writing about it and sharing experiences of gigs and reviews with others. I was then privileged to start writing
reviews and having them published on his BUSUK Webzine site.
During our
brief, but very connected friendship, Freedy was very generous by posting
samples of Indonesian music to me plus various other goodies, etc and we
reciprocated by thinking of him and sending him gear, whenever we saw music
things from Australia we thought he’d enjoy.
He seemed to be so excited when my wife and I posted an Iron Maiden
cloth wall calendar for 2014.
When Freedy
got sick, he was still all about helping out the metal scene and other metal
heads. He was always thinking of himself
last even when he was in hospital undergoing treatment. His illness never made him lose his faith. Even
though I am not a religious person, I sent Freedy some versus from the Koran I
found on the web, just to let him know that I was always thinking of him. He
never once lost his faith even though he was really sick. To be
honest, I think it made him have even more faith in Allah.
When Freedy
and the crew at BUSUK open their metal store, I was so proud and happy for them
all. From what I have read and been
told, Freedy did an enormous job in bringing metal to the masses, organising
interviews with bands, and setting up metal gigs. Freedy’s passing has left a massive hole in
the metal scene not only in Indonesia,
but the rest of the world. In his own
small way, he has touched so many people’s lives in such a positive way and I
think that’s why I feel his loss so much.
Freedy was
the person who got me into writing reviews for gigs, albums, DVD’s and band
interviews, with his and encouragement I wouldn’t have ever had the opportunity
to do it, let alone have them published, For that I thank him very much.
I didn’t
expect Freedy’s passing to hit me so hard, considering that we had never met. Now I feel like a close family member has
passed. That’s what Freedy meant to me. He
was more of a brother to me then my real brothers, and now there is a massive
hole in my life which will be difficult to fill. He always had a kind word to say, never
negative and always positive. Even now, when I have something in my life I want to share with Freedy, I have to stop and think and remind myself that he's no longer with us. This void will take a long time to fill.
I have so
much to be thankful for in my life, but I can never be more thankful for the
opportunity of knowing and being a part of John Yoedi’s world and for the
opportunities he gave me. I’m sure that
wherever he is now, he is looking down on us all listening to some serious
music and feeling blessed to know that he was loved by so many. R.I.P my brother!
(Published by Collin Brophy, NSW, Australia)
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