An unfortunate result of alcoholism is the inability of those afflicted by it to sometimes make the best choices in life. (How\u2019s that for the understatement of the fucking decade?) Certainly in metal, alcohol\u2019s played a key role in fucking up a lot of good things \u2014 just ask Faster Pussycat about M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce frontman Vince Neil\u2019s drunk driving ability\u2026<\/p>\n
But in a recent post on his Facebook page, Malevolent Creation<\/a> guitarist and co-founding member Phil Fasciana announced that he was taking himself out of an ongoing tour with Kataklysm, Vader, and Skeletal Remains because of his \u201cstupidity\u201d regarding his alcohol abuse and an ongoing medical issue.<\/p>\n According to a lengthy statement that we\u2019ve included below, Fasciana was prescribed some heavy medication for some extremely serious sounding cardiovascular and breathing issues. He was told not to drink alcohol while on that medication, but he didn\u2019t heed his doctor\u2019s warnings. He ended up drinking \u201cridiculous amounts of Jack Daniel\u2019s\u201d and ended up nearly killing himself in the process.<\/p>\n Rather than paraphrase his entire recollection of what went down, here it is:<\/p>\n \u201cI must apologize to my friends, family and most importantly my band members \u2014 Chris Cannella, Jesse Jolly and Ronnie Parmer \u2014 for my stupidity on our North American Tour with Kataklysm<\/a>, Vader<\/a>, and Skeletal Remains and everyone involved on the Carnival of Death Tour.<\/p>\n \u201cI really believed I was healthy enough to do that tour. But one day before the tour started in Tampa, Florida I received some very heavy prescription medication for my lungs and heart by my doctor from complications sustained in France which left me in a coma because of bacterial pneumonia and 3 weeks in ICU coughing out the blood that filled my lungs. My doctor contacted me a few days into the tour and told me do not drink alcohol on these medications because it could kill me. And like an Idiot I was drinking ridiculous amounts of Jack Daniel\u2019s and everything came to a halt in Los Angeles when I stepped off the tour bus and walked into a bar at 11am and drank ungodly amounts of whiskey before our show at the Whiskey A Go Go (how ironic) and nearly killed myself and had to leave the tour.<\/p>\n \u201cI am still deathly sick and I am home and have to see multiple doctors and find out if I am ok or did permanent damage to myself. I take responsibility for my actions and all I can say I am very sorry to everyone involved on the Carnival Of Death Tour. I have to get ultrasounds on my aorta and x-rays on my entire chest cavity on October 21st and if they don\u2019t find anything life threatening I would like to finish the remaining dates on the tour if possible. Once again I am very sorry and I really let down a lot of people because of my stupid decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n Was all of this his own doing? Absolutely. That being said, alcoholism is a hell of a disease and we at MetalSucks hope he receives the treatment he so desperately needs.<\/p>\n