Pete Sandoval fell on stage during the last Terrorizer tour and finished the run anyway. He has now said what it cost him.
The injury was worse than first thought, he wrote after another appointment, and he has needed cortisone injections in the affected area. On the night of the fall he was dizzy and in pain, received no proper examination and was given paracetamol, and he played the remaining shows in that condition. He adds that he has the medical records for all of it.
His doctor has raised the idea of legal action over the circumstances and the absence of care. He says he had no interest in that until someone attacked his playing in public without mentioning what he had been carrying, and that he is now reconsidering. Why am I always expected to protect everyone else, he asked, when others have no problem damaging my reputation for a few minutes of attention.
He also intends to talk about his back for the first time. The surgery that ended his years in Morbid Angel was sixteen years ago and he has said almost nothing about it since. He wants other drummers to recognise the warning signs before they reach the same point.