History and Discography:

TGI started out in their true light hearted fashion stating “as you can see we’ve been eating well.” The band then gave a history of their formation as well as what Fury And The Fallen Ones meant to them and the writing behind the album 10 years ago to the date (April 15, 2008). They spoke of their appreciation of their fans love for the celebrated album and vocalist Jonathan Vigil shared that Fury And The Fallen Ones “Set the groundwork and set things in motion that none of us knew was going to happen. It was an album with no expectations. It did so much for us at the time but we didn’t see where it was going or what it was until the next album.”

Continuing on through the back history of their discography, TGI pulled a surprise Facetime call from former drummer KC Stockbridge (2006-2011) before moving on to the album Get What You Give (2015, Epitaph Records), which was the first album with current drummer Andrew Tkaczyk. And what better person to Facetime when speaking of Get What You Give than former lead guitarist, backing vocalist Aaron Brooks (2004-2015). “It was the most creative time I’ve ever had in my life making music. That was also the first time we ever let anybody into that process,” Brooks stated.

Bus accident and personal reflections/updates:

After touching down on their 2014 album Dear Youth, bassist Jim Riley came to the timeline of the 2015 “Locals Only” tour which was the run TGI was on when they were involved in the tragic bus accident on November 19th in El Paso, TX. “It was a tour that we all needed to reconnect back to that foundation that created The Ghost Inside, it was a breath of fresh air. It was very life changing how that tour ended up,” shared Vigil before opening up about the moments leading up to the accident.

Things got serious for the members when Riley asked around the room what things were like for the members who sustained serious injuries as well as personal updates.

Jim Riley: “I broke my face and ankle and have been healing up and working. It was the luck of the draw. I was supposed to be in the bunk that Vigil was in but I chose the back end instead. I feel lucky, I feel terrible sitting here.”

Chris Davis: “I was in the back too with Jim. I got out with two broken ankles and a shattered foot. The biggest thing for me afterwards once I got home was I didn’t want to have to walk down the aisle in crutches. It’s been more of an emotional battle for me over physical. It's been hard to watch what the other guys and crew have had to go through.”

Andrew Tkaczyk: "Most people know that I lost my right leg due to complications. I have a brachial plexus nerve damage in my right shoulder so it's hard to hold a drumstick even. I’m never going to have full range of motion but it's better than what I was told. I’m going to heal as much as I am going to heal since over a year ago.” “The hardest part to me as well is the mental side of it and the rollercoaster of emotions. There were those thoughts of are we going to keep playing. Personally I feel like I can only go up from here. I’m still working on playing drums. My dad has built a device for me to help play drums that doesn’t require me to wear a prosthetic leg. Sooner or later you guys will see it but its just got to be the right time.” “I feel like were all to a point today where were feeling good about things”

Zach Johnson: “I was the last one to get out of the bus because of the way I was pinned down. I knew once I saw everything that our lives were changed forever.” “I broke a couple things. I broke a few vertebrae, I shattered my pelvis: to put my pelvis back together it was an 18 hour surgery. My whole pelvis is just metal as well as shattered my left hip socket. I broke my right femur in 4 places that is still not fully healed up. I've had 3 surgeries on just my right femur. I found out in March that it is finally healing” “I didn’t know this till a couple weeks after but originally my whole foot was going to come off, I had 5 surgeries to put it together, took it apart and put what was remaining together again. I’ve had a total of 12 surgeries to date.” “For my particularly because of the surgeries and the trauma it's been hard for me to get around. I still have a lot of pain from the waist down and as my right femur continues to heal I feel pain. I don’t go more than 20 minutes without pain. It progression though, just slow and steady.”