Daybreak Ends
“MY STORY OF WHEN I FIRST HEARD OF DAYBREAK ENDS IS AN INTERESTING ONE. I WAS INVESTIGATING A HOMICIDE WHERE THE VICTIM HAD BEEN KILLED IN HIS AUTOMOBILE NEAR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. I WAS THE FIRST FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION SPECIALIST AT THE SCENE AND AS I WALKED UP TO THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THAT THE RADIO WAS STILL ON. ITS ALWAYS AN EERIE FEELING WHEN YOU HEAR THE LAST CD A PERSON WAS LISTENING TO BEFORE THEIR DEATH BECAUSE IT PSYCHOLOGICALLY ATTACHES YOU TO THE VICTIM. AS I WENT TO TURN OFF THE RADIO I HEARD THE BEGINNING OF A SONG WHICH ENDED UP BEING “SO FAR AWAY” AND I WAS IMMEDIATELY DRAWN TO IT. I INSPECTED THE AREA AND AS I WORKED I LISTENED TO THE CD OVER AND OVER AND WHEN I WAS DONE, I TOOK IT AND CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO IT EVERY DAY. I FIGURED THE VICTIM WOULDN’T NEED IT WHERE HE WAS GOING ANYWAY"
- CAPT. MATTHEW WALTZ
FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION SPECIALIST
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS A PERSON BECOMES A FAN OF A BAND. SOME PEOPLE STUMBLE UPON THE BAND BY CHANCE ENCOUNTERS, WHILE OTHERS HEAR ABOUT A BAND FROM A FRIEND. DAYBREAK ENDS IS A BAND THAT STRIVES TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE INTO THEIR DARK AND HEAVY BRAND OF ROCK AND ROLL AS POSSIBLE. WHETHER IT BE THEIR MARATHON 4 MONTH NATIONAL TOURS, THEIR FREQUENT SHOWS AT VENUES LIKE THE WHISKY, VIPER ROOM, KEY CLUB, AND KNITTING FACTORY, OR APPEARING AS A FEATURED BAND IN ALTERNATIVE PRESS MAGAZINE, THE BAND HAS WORKED DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS HEARD OF DAYBREAK ENDS.
