Editing The Exploding Hearts (section)

===July 2003 accident===
On July 20, 2003, the band was headed home to Portland on [[Interstate 5]] after having played at the [[Bottom of the Hill]] in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]].  It is believed that Fitzgerald, who was driving, fell asleep and lost control of their van near [[Eugene, Oregon]].  Cox, 23, and Gage, 21, were thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene and Fitzgerald, 20, died at a hospital.  Guitarist Terry Six, 21, and manager Rachell Ramos, 35, sustained only minor injuries.<ref name="portlandmercury1"/><ref>{{cite web|title = Punknews.org - Adam Cox, Matt Fitzgerald, and Jeremy Gage of the Exploding Hearts| url=http://www.punknews.org/article/6618|publisher=Punknews.org|accessdate = 30 August 2010 }}</ref>  The band disbanded in the aftermath of the accident.

A [[compilation album]] was released by Dirtnap Records in 2006.  In 2009, their song "Modern Kicks" was listed as the 290th greatest song of the decade,<ref>{{cite web|title = Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 500-201| url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7685-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-500-201/5/|publisher=Pitchfork.com| accessdate = 30 August 2010 }}</ref>  and their album ''Guitar Romantic'' deemed the 60th best album of the decade by ''[[Pitchfork Media]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title = Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 100-51| url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7708-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-100-51/5/|publisher=Pitchfork.com| accessdate = 30 August 2010 }}</ref>