My name is Eric Marshall. I grew up in the Lake Norman area and met Alex in the spring of 1999. Alex was playing guitar in a band at the time we met. I joined into the band with Alex, Jeff Wright, and Bryan Miller. We played, and played, and played, sometimes playing 3 or more times a week together. Eventually we all started sounding really good together, even good enough to play the main stage at Tremont Music Hall in front of about 1,000 people. Alex is a really great guitarist and he absolutely loved to play extremely loud! This was fun for me to play music together with Alex because I love loud music, about as much as he does! Music is something that Alex and I shared together, playing riffs and creating songs, and also going to see other bands play as well. He is a good person with a good heart, someone that you want to be around, and someone that I will never forget. I know his spirit will live on through every one of us that was lucky enough to have met him and I personally believe that Alex is alive and well right now up in heaven with Jesus.