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Kim Mercier November 1996 - January 1997 |
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![]() I have made it a rule that intimate relationships and band members do not mix. Kim Mercier is an example of a fine musician that didn't work out because of the fact that we were just not meant to be a couple. I had met Kim through various friends and acquaintances and found her very intriguing and charming. Months later I was introduced to her by Dark Cloud and we struck up a very close friendship very quickly. We found that we were both very attracted to eachother each on a physical, emotional, and artistic manner, but I was involved with another person at that time and I did not have the courage to leave her despite the fact that our relationship was not going well. Throughout the early part of 1996, I spent a lot of time with Kim drinking lots of coffee, having deep intellectual conversation, and listening to her sing and play the piano. We were enthralled with eachother and wondered why we weren't together as a couple. Months later, I had decided that what I was lacking in my then current relationship was what I was receiving from the times I spent with Kim. I broke off my relationship to start anew with Kim. I had always loved Kim's voice and she had a great gift at playing the piano. As we had spent a lot of time playing music for eachother and with eachother, I approached the idea us working together in the band. She picked up the music very quick and within weeks she performed her first show with us. Like myself, however, Kim had a lot of 'real-life' issues that were brought into our relationship and after a few months together these became evident that they were straining our relationship. She crossed the line with an affair that forced me to leave the relationship. She could not handle putting her emotions aside, as I had when it came to the band and she had to resign from her keyboard. Although, we have ran into eachother from time to time throughout the years, we have not spoken more than a few words if any at all. Kim got married around 1998 or 1999 and moved with her husband out to Buffalo, New York. |
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