{"id":1854378,"date":"2026-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1854378"},"modified":"2026-03-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T21:00:00","slug":"co-founding-boysetsfire-drummer-matt-krupanski-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1854378","title":{"rendered":"Co-Founding BOYSETSFIRE Drummer MATT KRUPANSKI Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/matt-krupanski.jpeg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\">\n<div id=\"6180\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>BoySetsFire<\/strong> co-founding drummer <strong>Matt Krupanski<\/strong> has sadly died. <strong>Krupanski<\/strong> originally played for <strong>Boysetsfire<\/strong> from their founding in 1994 to 2007 when they broke up, and then again from 2010 to 2012. We extend our deepest condolences to <strong>Krupanski<\/strong>&#8216;s friends and family at this time.<\/p>\n<p>The following is a statement from <strong>BoySetsFire<\/strong>: &#8220;We hate to write this. Today the <strong>BSF<\/strong> family lost one of our founding members, our drummer <strong>Matt Krupanski<\/strong>. Words are failing us. Snapshots of memories skitter through our mind. Picking him up for our first tour from high school which his parents had to give permission to leave early.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Writing <em>ATE<\/em> and <em>Rookie<\/em> in his parents&#8217; basement. Smoking cigars on the beach in North Carolina after playing a very misleading Bed and Breakfast (no bed no breakfast). His weird ass drummer gang with <strong>Tucker<\/strong> from <strong>Thursday<\/strong>, <strong>Mike<\/strong> from the <strong>Souls<\/strong> and <strong>Brandon<\/strong> from <strong>Rise Against<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Abusing Tony Victorys open bar tab in Chicago. Our intense madden games which often led to near violence (not even kidding).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Matt<\/strong> playing guitar in <strong>Pussy Tim and the Mother Fuckers<\/strong>; a side project that wasn&#8217;t real at what we thought was a sparsely attending festival but when the lights came up there were 25000 people there. There is so much more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are so fucking sorry <strong>George<\/strong>. We are so sorry <strong>Carla<\/strong>. We are so sorry <strong>Marc<\/strong> and <strong>Melissa<\/strong>. And our heart breaks for his daughter <strong>Georgie<\/strong>. We are so sorry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are gutted. Our hearts are shredded. We lost a brother today. We are planning on a fund raiser for <strong>Georgie<\/strong> maybe for college or whatever the family decides. <strong>Matt<\/strong> you are missed and we love you.&#8221;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\"><strong>Want More Metal? 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We extend our deepest condolences to Krupanski&#8216;s friends and family at this time. 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