Greenway Studio & Office Flood + Update
On Wednesday September 1st, Hurricane Ida came to New York City, suddenly flooding streets, apartments, and our label HQ. The unexpected flood quickly came into our offices/studio space and left close to nothing to be recovered.
It’s been a lot of taking inventory, moving as much salvageable equipment and product as possible, as well as completely emptying out our space. The outpouring of physical, emotional and financial support from family, friends and our incredible community (that we’re so lucky to be apart of) has kept us going and it’s given us the much needed hope to keep everything moving full steam ahead and determined to get back on our feet as soon as possible. Obviously the destruction has been gut-wrenching; we’ve put so much into making this space a home and creative hub, one that we loved creating from and inviting y’all to
Aside from the monetary losses from thousands of unopened Greenway vinyl and merch, our vintage recording console, 20 guitars + amps, pedals galore and all the Acid Dad merch we had for our upcoming tour, the combined lifelong collections of 8 audiophile/gearhead collectors and artists is priceless and unfortunately has been lost.
It’s funny (dark, twisted humor) that you pay every month for insurance but when something like this happens, the insurance company does everything in their power not to help you out. We’re currently battling them and they’ve made it clear that we likely won’t be getting much, if anything, from them.
But after going through something like this, at the end of the day it’s all material stuff and we’re so grateful no one was hurt, no lives were lost, we’re a little worse for wear but coming back stronger than ever thanks to you. Your generosity has kept us going and we can’t even express how much it means to us. Maybe we’ll write a song about it one day. Until then, THANK YOU for the check ins, the offers to help, the donations and the positive thoughts. We love you!
Photos by @devonbristolshaw