RIP Mike Scaccia

"Mike Scaccia, the guitarist for Ministry and Rigor Mortis died on Saturday night. Scaccia was performing onstage at the Rail Club in Fort Worth, Texas, as part of a 50th birthday celebration for Rigor Mortis singer Bruce Corbitt, when he collapsed. He was quickly taken to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:26 A.M. Scaccia was 47."

Pretty sad indeed.

According to Blabbermouth, "Scaccia had reportedly asked for the strobe lights in the club to be turned off during the performance moments before he collapsed with a seizure".

At least he was doing something he loved.
I hope to be as lucky.

Mike

Ugh... strobe lights and fog machines drive me nuts. This is indeed sad. I loved me some Ministry in my misspent youth. 

bapu


Sad but musical ending.

B-flat?

"Strobe-light induced seizures are indicative of epilepsy, but those aren't fatal unless they occur while doing something more dangerous than playing guitar on stage. Stroke maybe? Hmm..."

It is not all that rare to die of epilepsy related seizures. Most commonly this results from status epilepticus (a prolonged seizure) that prevents adequate ventilation, stresses the heart or may cause a stroke. There is also a condition called SUDEP (sudden unexpected death in epilepsy), that is less well understood, and is a less common fatal event in epilepsy. 

  And of course a seizure, even in a known epileptic, may be a symptom of another condition, such as a stroke, brain injury or tumors, toxins etc. And a fall to the floor from seizure, simple faint or drunken stumble can occasionally cause a fatal head injury. 

Thanks.

Her. Not life threatening, but she's off the show until we see a specialist.

Thanks for the update, Rail.