Ex-Lamb of God Drummer Chris Adler Opens Up Estrangement from His Brother After Split
Family drama is only ever amusing when it’s not your own…
In an exclusive interview with Blabbermouth, ex-Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler spoke up about his relationship with his brother and guitarist WIllie since he was fired from the band in late 2018. And, let’s just say, it’s not looking too positive.
It’s been seven years now since Adler’s motorcycle incident and the Adler brothers are hardly on good terms. Chris Adler shares on their relationship:
“I guess the best way to put it is that I was sideswiped with the whole thing. I wish him all the best; I’m wishing them all the best, and I think about him all the time, but I would say we are estranged. Since that e-mail that I got, where he was not even willing to talk to me about it, we haven’t spoken.
“At this point, I’ve got to work through resentments and regrets and all that stuff. I’m happy where I’m at. I hope he’s happy where he is. Everything is cool with me.”
Truth be told, Adler’s motorcycle incident isn’t what the drummer’s been suffering from the most, and his estrangement from his brother is a little more complicated than that.
In the early 2000s, Adler said he was diagnosed with musician’s dystonia, which caused him to have severe muscle spasms in his leg that he couldn’t control. This obviously affected his career, not only in Lamb of God, but in other projects he was involved with at the time. During this period, he did everything he could to combat it, from yoga to physiotherapy. But, Adler said Lamb of God ultimately weren’t having it, which led to an unsettling ‘departure’ for Adler.
“It was as big of a shock to me. It was, ‘I don’t know how to make this work.’ I wasn’t given much of a choice. It was one of those e-mails: ‘Services no longer required.’ It took a while to dig out of that. I’m happy I did. It could have gone a different way. Today, I’m grateful and happy for where I am. Like I said, my home life is awesome, and I’m looking forward to doing some shows with these guys [in the Firstborne project], having more fun and feeling a lot less pressure.”
