These are hazardous times for wannabe ’80s thrash metal icons, actual ’80s thrash metal players and their kids.
First, all eyes are on Death Angel frontman Mark Osegueda, who tore his eyeball when he fell forward onto the metal pole of a mic stand in a vocal booth while recording with his new band All Time Highs, Osegueda passed out from the pain and was rushed to the emergency room where doctors treated the damaged eye. After a brief recovery in the Idaho mountains, he is expected to regain full vision — which means the band won’t have to change its name to As EYE Lay Dying. Still, All Time Highs were forced to cancel Sunday night’s show in Oakland, but plan to return to the stage on July 6 in San Francisco.
Meanwhile, Sepultura guitarist Andre Killer was just recovering from the painful muscle virus of Dengue, which he contracted from a mosquito bite in Brazil when his 20-month old son Enzo swallowed a coin-shaped TV remote control battery and had to undergo surgery. The toddler remained in the hospital for a week before returning home.
Finally, Finnish thrash metal cellist quartet, Apocalyptica, had to cancel a July 15 date in Helsinki opening for Metallica because member Perttu Kivalaakso somehow injured his finger in the U.S. during a photo session. Doctors have ordered him not to play with the group for three months while his damaged digit heals.
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