Yeah. So fucked up.

Who dat?

Matt Frado. He was in Unholy Trinity, Legions Of Hell among other bands.

He was a fuckin' good dude. 1 in a billion as far as I'm concerned and anyone who ever knew him would say the same. Period.

Matthew J. Frado of Billerica, UMass Lowell graduate; 26 BILLERICA Matthew J. Frado, age 26, died, unexpectedly, Friday, May 9, 2008. Born December 19, 1981, in Lowell, he was the beloved son of Leonard and Gail (DeMango) Frado. He was a graduate of Billerica Memorial High School, Class of 2000, and a member of the BMHS band. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell in 2004, majoring in business. He was currently employed at Ayacht Technology Solutions in Bolton, MA, as an IT engineer. Besides his parents, he is survived by his brother, Daniel Frado of Billerica; his maternal grandmother, Ethel DeMango of Wilmington; and his paternal grandfather, George Frado of Plymouth. He also leaves his many aunts, uncles, cousins, and dear friends.

Matt got me into punk when I was a little 9th grade turd. He pretty much singlehandedly got me into underground music in general.

woah wtf happend

rip frado.

WHAT THE FUCK.
I just talked to him a couple weeks ago.

I'm going to change the title or this and put it on the main page.

Yeah, our bands just played together and then I saw him when we played Welfare. I'm so fucked up over it.

I went to his wake tonight and there was sooooo many people. It was an amazing tribute. R.I.P. old friend.

I cant say I knew this guy but this is fucking sad

yeah this totally sucks. never knew the guy but 24 is way too young to go.

R.I.P.

oh man, Matt....
RIP

wtf? What happened?

RIP, never knew the chap but we played a show with him.

26 is too young to eat shit, poor bastard. I didn't know the kid, but from the obit it sounds like he had his life together. Sucks for his friends and family -- and most importantly, him.

rip

good kid

i didn't know him, but heard the name here and there. sucks to hear that he's gone. sorry to all of you who have lost a friend. RIP.

damn. only a few months younger than me. my brother has gone to UMASS Lowell for a while now, i wonder if he knows him.

RIP. Never knew the kid but he was a good friend of my buddy John.

RIP. That sux.

BTW, how did he die? What happened?

http://www.myspace.com/fradowar

weird.. I didn't see him at the meatmen.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...-297D-432E-8D8AECE1F85D09A630776432


bennyhillifier

Welfare Records will be putting out a comp CD of all the stuff he recorded. So everyone keep your eyes out for that. Great dude.

I'm going through and marking all the pictures that he's in with his name
http://www.returntothepit.com/tag.php?tag=Matt%20Frado
it's going to be hard to look through all the welfare records shots and find his face beaming down from the stairs. I also didn't know he was in the knox.

Yeah, a million bands.

that's really cool that he's getting a tribute like that. wish i had met the guy. he sounds like he was a good dude.

This is from another board but is good indication of how much this guy ruled--

"was anyone at that show in suburbia i think it was called, (somewhere on the southshore), anyways sgt, slaughter showed up with frado and some others and like two songs into the set he dove through my brothers drums and that was that. just so many ridiculous memories and stories about him. in my short life he's been as big of a part as almost anyone. i wish you could fix peoples perception. although i knew he had trouble believing it from time to time, i really hope he ultimately understood how much he meant to so many"

I just read that right before running to get lunch.

RIP

Sympathies to anyone close to him

always a tradegy whenever we lose someone in the NE metal community. sounds like a great dude.

I know how he went out but I'm not really at liberty to say out of respect for friends and family...

RIP.

thats fucked...so he just dropped dead for no reason???

R.I.P
he sounded like a really cool dude....if you know his family....be close with them give them comfort....

woah...yeah I used to see him at shows all the time. He played in my friends band when I was high school.

at a show in Billerica jumped up on me knocking me onto the ground and gave me the finger.

I also went to see Gwar & Mastodon with him and 2 friends....he looked like he had been in a vegtable juicer after the show because he was wearing a white shirt and was soaked in fake blood.

RIP.

hey joe, is that the same frado who fitz hung out with? didn't a guy named frado play in the thin lizzy tribute band with chris and fitz? i figured it was a different guy.

Yeah that's him.

They played Chris' 21st at the Middle East.

shit, i think i met him once or twice. poor guy :(

Does anyone want to say how this guy died? The question keeps being ignored.

bummer. Shred In Peace.

It seems pretty obvious from inferences how he died, but no one here really cares how he died, but more so that he died. Enlighten the fucking masses if you see fit.

It is obvious how he died. I won't say it though, because 1.) i'm not sure and 2.) I personally didn't know him or his family.

Some bands need to dediate their set or songs to this dude in upcoming shows.

I remember first meeting Matt back at the Library on 4/20 2005 when we played with Unholy Trinity for the first time. He ruled. RIP

Yeah, I was planning on it for our show this Saturday. And no, no one needs to say how he died. Have some fucking class.

I'd expect something like that will be going down tonight at the Milky Way in JP. Unholy Trinity are playing a last-minute set there.

Seriously, you fucking internet gossip vultures. Shut the fuck up with your bullshit speculations. If you don't already know, it's clearly none of your business.

uh, were those comments directed towards me? I wouldn't say how he died online, even if I knew.. that's not the point. the point is that he's gone.
like in the end of the Last Samaurai. "I won't tell you how he died, I'll tell you how he lived."

Not specifically towards you, no.

people need to respect the memory of the dead and the privacy of his family and friends.

everything i've ever heard about the guy was that he was a really good guy. he's gone now, and regardless of why, his loved ones need to mourn, and that's all that matters.

It doesn't matter how he died. He's gone and it sucks. Just leave it at that.

R.I.P. buddy

Respect the dead?? On Rttp?? Are you fucking kidding me?

it is obvious. Either he cowardly killed himself or he did too many drugs. end of story. he definately didn't die of old age. I'm dedicated band practice tonight to him though. RIP

How the fuck do you want to die?

-----Original Message-----
From: erich tisch [mailto:erichtisch@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 3:37 PM
To: frontrow@manowar.com
Subject: A True Metal Warrior

Manowar,

I'm am contacting you to let you know that one of your biggest fans and
a
close brother of metal to me and many, unexpectedly passed away last
week.
He was a true metal warrior and friend. I ask you to join me in
hailing
Matt Frado. He will be remembered and sorely missed through the ages.


Sincerely,

Erich

------------------------------------------------------------------

Hail Erich,

We would be honored to help you in praising a fallen brother of true
Metal.
HAIL Matt Frado, warrior of true metal and a dear friend.

Hail and Kill,

MANOWAR
(Joey, Eric, Karl, and Scott)

This guy was in manowar? Holy shit! He was the guy who played the bumblebee bass solo?

to powerkok: it's like when rusty died. no one said anything bad about him either. awesome in life and now awesome in death. i hope he got to see the meatmen before he left... though i doubt it cause if he had been there, i would have talked to him no doubt about it. he sometimes acted a little akward, but permanently had a beaming smile.

truth

today driving home from work noticed going rt. 3 south there is a RIP GEN. MATT FRADO sign hanging on a bridge.

RIP metal bro...

Kinslayer, or others, I am a family member, let me be the Martyr, I am Frado's only blood cousin, and probably the only family member that really understood him, and his demons. I was one of the pallbearer's at the service today.

I am only here for the truth and some answers, we are desparate for closure. I'm speaking on behalf of my entire family..The Coriner told us it will be 6 month's for autopsy results, thats a long time to speculate.

To everyone who supported Matt, Both yesterday at the wake, and today at the funeral it was amazing, and a wonderful tribute to Matt. I knew he touched lives, but I had no idea how far his arms reached....

Never let the memory of Frado Fade...

Please PM me and share what you know, honestly.

Thanks

I was at the wake and funeral also and am a family friend and the tribute to Matt was totally amazing..all of you who came to support the family and pay your last tributes to Matt and honor a fallen warrior will always be remembered...we don't know what happened or why and it really won't matter at this time it won't bring Matt back to us but you should all take a step back and realize that life is to short...be smart ..be safe...stay well and always remember your fellow warrior

I cant PM but if you wanna email me, go for it...

whats your email

frado was such an awesome dude. he will be greatly missed.

it sucks that people would never take this time to notice a man until it is too late.

Let this be a lesson to you to not take the lives of your loved ones too lightly, you never know when they will be gone.

welcome to the world we live in

Please be careful what "details" you pass on to strangers. Matt's immediate family knows how to get in touch with his roomates and close friends. They do not need to post on message boards to get information.

I agree. I'm not going to post my email...

OMG please Andrew, pretty please

Rev, who the fuck is Rusty? Dave you mean?
I was thinking nothing of posting here, cuz it was none of my business, nor did I give a shit, but when I see these fucking hypocrites saying shit like 'respect the dead', when I KNOW for a fact that these same fucking schmucks have disrespected the dead in the past, it got my goat. Im not sorry. Oh well.

nope, rusty
http://www.returntothepit.com/view.php?formid=46465&highlight=rusty

Exactly. These motherfuckers disrespect every last thing on the planet. Well it finally hit a little too close to home, maybe you guys will think about this next time you make fun of someone who died...but probably not.

For example, I've composed at least 5 posts in my head making light of all of this, and only the BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWing that would ensue has prevented me from following through.

'Course, I didn't know the dude, sure he was a solid guy. But, yeah, welcome to the intertubes.

DAS TOOBES

Sorry dudes, but shit taking a dude that was a close friend of many here is a little diferent than LOLZ DIMOND DARREL GOT SHOT IN HIS FAGFACE. Did any of you hand out room with Diamond? I doubt it.

sincere sympathies to all those who knew / were close to Matt

haha and I am sorry for the phrase 'hand out room'. I am really stoned.

And here I had all kinds of fanciful ideas of what exactly handing out room would consist of. And whether or not I did, indeed, do said handing with Dimebag.

Everyone here thought it would be funny to bash dimebag when he died and he was way cooler and a way better musician than this matt guy who od'ed. Shame on all of you.

fackin ah brotha

My point was that despite the fact his playing touched a lot of Pantera fans, it's not like any of you hung with the dude on the regular. Or were members of his family. That's all.

I love Matt. The only reason I give a shit how he died is that I just hope he didn't die because he thought he needed to. He hurt so much so many times, I just would rather think he was having a great time that day, and did more shit than his body could handle.

Kinslayer, I respect the fact that you don't want to share things with strangers, and your right...he's gone, and we can't do anything about it I get it...And your right I don't know Matts close friends or roomates, thats why I put this post up. I imagine you were at the services Kinslayer?...The only way I can think to prove myself is that I was a Pallbearer, and the guy with the Toddler at both the wake and funeral...he was the only toddler their, he definitly made himself known... and if this helps...we went to Lenzi's after the service on Weds, and had Lasagna, Chicken and meatballs. I know this is lame, but I am trying to let you know I am legitimate. Again I am just looking for some insight. Email me what you know.... Euphoric_1@yahoo.com, I know the truth will hurt, but I am okay with it.

Oh jeez. deaths = scene points. Awesome!

...

I remember making fun of him ever time he got kicked out/quit a band. I think the second to last show, I saw him at, I made fun of him for being out of the unholy goat fucker for not having scary enough tattoos. Wished I knew he was in the knox. I would have made more of an effort to get to their show(s) at welfare.

I don't know the dude but this is clearly one of the best rttp pics ever! Look at that shit! RIP

On a different note he was on the list to the Anal Cunt show tonight for will call tickets, there were 47 sold and only his had a star next to his name on the print out. I told the door girl that if he showed up it would have been awesome but we lost someone way too early.
RIP MATT. And bless everyones hearts that knew him.

What the fuck are you talking about? What kind of insight are you looking for??

Hehe... he did have some bad fuckin tattoos. But nah, more of a combination of him living way outside the city and not being able to make practice ever and being way too fucked up to play shows a few too many times (pretty sure it was the same for Trinity). He was talented as fuck and cool to hang out with, but not exactly the easiest person to play in a band with. Either way we all stayed good friends.

As for all the respect vs. laughing at the dead, honestly Frado fuckin lived for tasteless jokes and dark humor. Nothing was off limits. I remember once he picked me up to go somewhere and was blasting a Skrewdriver CD with the windows down (and locked) through my not-very-white neighborhood in Jamaica Plain just to watch me squirm. I can pretty much guarantee he would appreciate people having a laugh at his expense more than all the somber remembrance stuff.

IanB..I think you should just remember your cousin with happy memories and I know your concerned how about He passed..but sounds like you won't receive the information you are looking for..its hard but let it go..he was to young to pass but he is at peace and in a better place..we will all miss him tremendously and never forget him...

<3

A little late on this bump, but better late than never. R.I.P. old pal...

miss this guy.

Awesome dude, he is missed.

wow didnt even remember this happened :<

Who cares. He looks like a punk that would talk shit. He also looks like an early hipster/hardcore fag that wants o be a tough guy.

May 9th...Rest easy old pal.

IN OUR EYES YOU ARE IMMORTAL
IN OUR HEARTS YOU'LL LIVE FOREVER

Hail, Matt Frado, warrior of true metal and dear friend. Hail!!

May is Mental Health awareness month.