Malevolent Creation’s Phil Fasciana Drops Out of Tour, Apologizes for Actions That Forced His Exit
An unfortunate result of alcoholism is the inability of those afflicted by it to sometimes make the best choices in life. (How’s that for the understatement of the fucking decade?) Certainly in metal, alcohol’s played a key role in fucking up a lot of good things — just ask Faster Pussycat about Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil’s drunk driving ability…
But in a recent post on his Facebook page, Malevolent Creation 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 “stupidity” regarding his alcohol abuse and an ongoing medical issue.
According to a lengthy statement that we’ve 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’t heed his doctor’s warnings. He ended up drinking “ridiculous amounts of Jack Daniel’s” and ended up nearly killing himself in the process.
Rather than paraphrase his entire recollection of what went down, here it is:
“I must apologize to my friends, family and most importantly my band members — Chris Cannella, Jesse Jolly and Ronnie Parmer — for my stupidity on our North American Tour with Kataklysm, Vader, and Skeletal Remains and everyone involved on the Carnival of Death Tour.
“I 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’s 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.
“I 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’t 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.”
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.
If you’d like to catch Malevolent Creation sans Fasciana) play the Carnival of Death tour with Kataklysm, Vader, and Skeletal Remains, you can find the full list of remaining dates below and get your tickets today.
Carnival Of Death tour dates
Oct 16 – Denver, CO – The Oriental Theater
Oct 17 – Kansas City, MO – Warehouse on Broadway
Oct 18 – Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theater – Studio B
Oct 19 – Chicago, IL – Reggie’s
Oct 20 – Lakewood, OH – Mercury Music Lounge
Oct 21 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace*
Oct 22 – Ottawa, ON – Overflow*
Oct 23 – Quebec City, QC – Salle Montaigne*
Oct 24 – Montreal, QC – Fairmount Theatre*
Oct 25 – Syracuse, NY – The Lost Horizon
Oct 26 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Monarch
*Kataklysm headlines all Canadian dates.
