There are not too much things to say once we have reached this point. This morning I knew about Steve’s accident and the first think my heart could feel was... nothing. The shock and the mixture of sad feelings was so high... There are not words in all the languages which can describe what I am felling while writting this letter. I wish I did not have to write it at all.
Definitelly I owe a lot to gotthard. I am an Spanish 17 years old fan and I have allways loved metal (mainly) and rock music. However, after listenning gotthard my interest in hard rock was amazingly improved more than ever before. This means that your music has meant a before and an after in my lives music history. Everybody has a favourite part in a group, some people loves guitar, bass or drums, but I have allways admire the voice and I cannot stop thinking that today one of the greatest voices ever has gone. After my admiration to legends like Rob Halford or Klaus Meine, Steve lee taught me a new open world of posibilities and made me discover attractives in the voice and rythms that I had never felt before. I can certaintly say that I loved Steve’s style.
This is just like a professional. I never had the chance to see you live, but in videos and live versions He only suggested me one thing: Life. Steve was a vital and energetic person. At least It looks to me like someone who only wanted to enjoy living and make us, your fans, to get infected with those living wishes. This is why I felt happier when listenning to you and Steve was a part of that happines and he has taken it away with him. I’m felling really shocked with this fact and words doesnt want to come out. But his non-stopping joy and his uninterested smiles showed me as nice person as he was.
I’m just a fan and this day is dark and sad for me, a cross in my lifes calendary. So I dont wanna imaginate what this means for those who really knew him. Please, receive all my support. Steve hasnt leaven us at all, we still have some of his vital energy in themes like “lift u up” or the great “make my day” And we also have a piece of his fellings in a peace of heaven.
It will take me a long time to accept how such a healthy and such an alive person can be so abruptly privated from his life.
PS: Sorry for my imperfect english.
With all my best wishes:
Mariano Gutiérrez.
Alcorcón, 06 – October – 2010