Metal Anarchy

Harm’s Way vocalist James Pligge has taken to Instagram to pay tribute to the band’s late guitarist Bo Lueders. The frontman says he is “glad [they] got to live the life [they] did together.”

Here’s Pligge’s full statement:

“I struggled to come up with the right words because how can you sum up a lifetime of friendship in a small paragraph?

I met Bo 24 years ago, we were just young hardcore kids searching for our place. I was fortunate enough to meet Bo and Chris at the same time and we hit it off right away. From then on we created a bond that not many people can ever say they have with someone. I was able to play music, eat expensive food and see some of the world’s most beautiful places with him. We spent hours together in hotels rooms, in the drivers seat or shotgun just talking about the Sopranos or listening to Crowbar. It’s hard when everything you’ve done in the last 20 years is with someone who’s now gone and I’m going to really miss him.

Bo really cared about his friends and was a funny, kind and smart person. We lived a life not many get to do together and it is that I am forever grateful.

The last thing I’ll say is that there is nothing more important than your family and friends. Make sure to call them, see them and make plans with them. In the end the love and bonds we make with people will live on forever. Now Bo will live on in our memories, although I wish for nothing more that we could make more, I am glad we got to live the life we did together.

I love you and Rest in Power”