Longtime Manchester Orchestra drummer Tim Very has died. The Atlanta band revealed the information in a assertion on social media in the present day. “The whole Manchester Orchestra household has been devastated by the sudden passing of our brother, Timothy Very,” they wrote, persevering with:
Probably the most beloved human being any of us had been fortunate sufficient to know on this life. We’ve all been dreading sharing this information as we’re all nonetheless in absolute disbelief.
Tim was immediately likable and interacted with everybody he met with kindness and heat. His snort was infectious and he instantly made folks really feel invited and inspired. His humor and power had been the very basis that held collectively the complete MO universe. Strangers shortly turned mates and mates turned household.
He had an plain mild that was solely matched by his dedication and love for the craft that he was clearly placed on earth to do. No phrases can ever do him justice. Please know, if you’re somebody who liked Tim, he liked you too.
The one factor that Tim liked greater than creating music was being along with his household. You’d be pressed to discover a extra joyful dad.
We love you Tim, thanks for loving us. You’re a pressure of positivity that will likely be a relentless presence in the remainder of our days.
Born November 22, 1983 in Pensacola, Florida, Very performed in church with future Manchester Orchestra bassist Andy Prince. Following a stint with the San Diego, CA outfit Waking Ashland, he joined Manchester Orchestra in 2011 and contributed to that 12 months’s Easy Math, 2014’s Cope, 2017’s A Black Mile to the Floor, and 2021’s The Million Masks of God.
Outdoors of his work with the band, Very launched an interview podcast sequence in 2019 and helped discovered the Athens/Atlanta manufacturing firm Tremendous Canoe in 2020. His last efficiency was finally fall’s the Stuffing XV, Manchester Orchestra’s annual Thanksgiving-themed hometown profit live performance, the place they performed A Black Mile to The Floor in full.
