He had an insanely varied career doing something he enjoyed enthusiastically.

I'm not sure if Morrissey was particually a best fit for his style but his work with other bands exemplified a great talent.

RIP Man

I'm sure the new album will be a fitting tribute. Hopefully there will be an appropriate sleevenote to honour the man.

A sad day.

RIP Jerry Finn and thank you for your work with Morrissey on the great "You are the Quarry" and also the upcoming album.

I am very sad to read this.

One of the people who helped make the world a better place. I wish he could have stayed much longer. The world is blessed that he was here for a while.

Times like these surely make one hope that there is some truth in the believe of some that souls come back.

I must stop saying to myself on hearing news such as this as "why do the good ones go early" because so many many good ones go early.

May he be at peace and I love this line from above:

  i said my goodbye to Jerry this morning with Jen and Karin and Jerry had the most beautiful, peaceful smirk/smile of pride and accomplishment it was truly amazing. it was the sense of pride in the life's work he did that he would never talk about or show, but today i saw it.

God Bless Jerry.

He sounds a great man, such lovely tributes. From what I read he appears to have kept his feet on the ground "down to earth". You don't get much better. Very sad, such a young man.
Condolences to his family.
May he rest in peace. Amen.
irene

I was so sorry to read about Jerry Finn`s passing.He was much too young to go.He did great work with Morrissey.

Jerry,

your friend Mike paints a beautiful picture and I'm sure you were every part the being he describes. So young and so talented but it sounds to me like you packed in enough goodness for a few lifetimes.

rip.

can someone please put up a list of albums Jerry worked on? Iam only aware of his recent work with Moz and Blink 182. I would love to see his catalogue.

thx.

this was quite disappointing to read. i cant say i was familiar with much of his work other than blink 182's last CD and of course morrissey however i will miss his name among the other great producers.

this is really confusing.
how do we know what's rumour?

thanks Jerry for the good moments.

Rest in peace.

Love the George Bernard Shaw quote - sad and exhilirating at the same time.

If there is a funeral or memorial...Morrissey Won't go.

A rare talent-- I am saddened beyond words. My thoughts and prayers to his family and loved ones.

-Ken

this is terrible to hear. He was so young, and it sounds like he was a wonderful person.

My sympathies to his friends, family, and colleagues.

Though he wasn't a friend to me and I never met him...wouldn't know of him if it wasn't for Morrissey, but this quote comes to mind whenever I hear of someone familiar passing on:

"My heart is with the thousand because my friend stopped running today."

from the book Watership Down

now i speechless, really sad how a person like him passed away so soon. rest in peace, dear mr. Finn, a miracles is waiting upthere and it yours now, and will be ours someday. our prayers for his family.

MorrisseyUnitedFansClub in Indonesia

i want to hear a statement for Morrissey about this. Finn really helped Moz carrer a lot.

A good man has been lost, but one can only hope his soul lives on. The instances we shared time together were always filled with genuine interest, laughs, smiles and understanding.

My heartfelt condolences go out to family, friends and everyone else that had the chance to get to know you.

Adios friend and thanks for the memories.

But this guy left behind some great work. A lot of people slag him off becuase of a few of the artists he's worked with...seeing Green Day and Blink 182 as beneath their scope...which is the worst kind of elistist masturbating. Both those bands have released some incredible pop music.

Destination Failure fleshed out the Smoking Popes into 3, 4, 70 dimensions of sound. And the summer I met my wife, I (il)literally wore out the tape deck in my car lsitening to Blink's Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.

Not to mention the fact that god only knows how important Jerry Finn was to Morrissey's comeback. Say what you want about Mozzer's new sound, but never has he sounded so brash and loud and alive.

When the world finally gets to hear Years of Refusal, I'm sure that it, the combined efforts of two of rock's greatest auteurs, will be the best elegy that Jerry Finn could have asked for.

may he rest in peace

God Bless You, Jerry. Thanks for all the great music. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family and friends.

thetexasbloke
San Antonio, Texas

I loved Bernard Shaw's quote. Probably it is better to live an intense and short life than a long and dull one, although I know this isn't much of a consolation to his family and dear ones.

There is a bleak sense of loss, but on the other hand, I hear a little voice: "you are sleeping, you do not want to believe".

He is the first of the gang to die

you will be missed jerry. thank you for your sharing your incredible talent with the world.

No statement from Morrissey yet?

How stupid of me. Jerry's passing is not as important as royalties from the upcoming live DVD.

   

condoleances to Jerry's family [wife , kids...dunno if he had a wife or kids] frinds and all who knew and worked with Jerry Finn

I hope yer upcoming album will be in loving memeory of Jerry Finn, who produced Quarry abd
put you up there again whee you belong, Morrissey

Godspeed, Jerry

My heartfelt condolences to Jerry's family and friends. Such a tragedy that someone so young and talented is gone. I hope he's in a better place now.

Rest in peace, good man. You helped deliver some of Morrissey's greatest work to us, and for that we are all forever grateful.

I hope Moz will have the decency to address the matter and acknowledge how a great producer he was.

Today is a very sad day for me, and for Tiger Army. Our friend and producer, Jerry Finn, has passed away. As you may have heard, Jerry suffered a brain hemorrhage in July. The month plus following his hospitalization was full of ups and downs –
from no hope, to cautious optimism and ultimately the heartbreaking news that he was never going to recover. His death was incorrectly reported by a number of publications when his family had to make the incredibly difficult and brave decision to remove him from life support. He left this world Thursday morning, August 21st.

I've felt that our latest album Music From Regions Beyond was our finest to date since ever it was made and Jerry played no small role in that. He brought an incredible energy and enthusiasm to the studio every day during the making of that record that I could draw on anytime my own energy got low. While every album has been an arduous process for me, he made it the easiest it had ever been. He didn't want to change our songs or our sound, he just helped us to sound the best we ever have on record.

As we became friends I came to know him as one of the smartest, funniest people I've ever met. His generosity, humor and spirit were every bit as amazing as his talent in the studio. I related to him about so many things, a very rare thing for me with anyone I meet. I remember discussing with the AFI guys how it was almost like we had grown up with him in Ukiah, that unique wavelength we're all on. From the laughter to the Music From Regions Beyond cake he had made for the album wrap party, there were so many good times before and after the album. After Warped '07 we returned to the studio with him to record a cover of a song on The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack for Disney. No word on when it will see the light of day. I can't believe it'll be the last thing we ever record together. Nonetheless, I feel both lucky and honored to have known him and worked with him.

Jerry loved his friends and family, and he had a true passion for music, still after all his success. I'll always be grateful to him for taking a chance on us when he was offered projects with so many more well-known bands. I'm confident that his place in history is secure. His work speaks for itself. He valued the old ways of doing things in an age when technology has become a substitute for talent. Music has never needed him more than it does now. He was not only one of the best producers in rock'n'roll, but one of the best people I've met in this world. Until we meet again, my friend.

– Nick 13

This is such sad, horrible news, even if it's maybe best that Jerry Finn isn't suffering any longer, has been spared being in a vegetative state indefinitely, and has moved on to a "better place." This whole situation is the sort of thing which makes one rail at the heavens with clenched fist; why him, why at such a young age, why now.... Life Is Never Kind.

I can only imagine how hard this must be for the family and friends.
I went through something similar with my mother.
She also had a brain tumor..
Had a stroke, was on life support.
But was gone..
We had her taken off the life support..
and she just expired..
I was angry and wanted to just die,
for very long.
Yet,I figured,With time....
How could I have my nerve to want to die when there is just so much for me to live,
even before somewhere I go to a place,
I do not even know.

It all (Life) really takes guts...

My best to Jerry Finn's family and friends
and Thank you for showing your loving concern.

Truly
Marisela

Let's hope...

Here are a few words that have helped me much since my mother passed away. I'd love to share them now.

"To Fear death, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not,
to think one knows what one does not know.
No one knows.
No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of blessings for a man,
yet, men fear it as if they knew that is the greatest of evils.
And surely it is the most blameworthy ignorance to believe that one knows what one does not know."
-Plato,The Apology Socrates", In Death

great guy, but i must admit i laughed very loudly at the production of some of the quarry session tracks. or did i just get depressed that some potentially great songs got ruined with cheesy keyboards? RIP

nomination. I hope the album is great.

RIP Jerry :(

and I wish his family and friends find comfort in their memories.

The Smoking Popes' "Destination Failure"! So great. Bombastic guitars and pop hooks. Lovely work by the band and Jerry and it makes me sad for his passing.

I think he brought out a lot of new interesting angles in his work with Moz and I look forward to hearing their final project together.

You deserved better Jerry. My sincere condolences to his family, should they read this.

rob falgiano

Please enjoy the release of Refusal with us in spirit.

And to the those knocking Moz for not putting out a statement, since when did he ever put out a public statement about any close friends of his who died? This is perhaps a private matter for him. We should let him deal with it as such. And it is very respectful of him to allow the family/closer friends to be the ones to make the public statements.

Condolences and respect to all truly touched by this.