RIGOR MORTIS Guitarist 'Recovering Nicely' Following Surgery
May 6, 2009Guitarist Mike Scaccia of Texan thrashers RIGOR MORTIS underwent emergency neck surgery Monday morning (May 4). According to the band, "Mike is recovering nicely! Mike called yesterday and he was already talking, less than 24 hours after his surgery. His recovery is already ahead of schedule... so even though he still has a tough road and a lot of pain to go through... it appears Mike is going to be fine.
"Thanks again for all of the support. Mike will be ready to kick some ass on guitar and without any pain. So that means the new RIGOR MORTIS album should really shred!”
Regarding the operation, the band previously said, "Scaccia has been having problems with severe pains in his arms in recent years. It appeared it was always from medical conditions such as tendonitis from the many years of playing the intense and fast style of music that he plays. But a few days after his performance in Germany at the Keep It True [festival] last [month], Scaccia noticed his left arm went totally numb. So he went in to see his chiropractor, who noticed something seriously wrong in Scaccia's neck. So he sent him for an immediate MRI. The results showed that Scaccia has a cervical herniated disc in his lower neck and they told him that he could easily become paralyzed without immediate surgery."
Fan-filmed video footage of RIGOR MORTIS performing the song "Demons" on April 25, 2009 at the Keep It True XII festival at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany can be viewed below.
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