Progressive arduous rock band Moon Tooth dropped off their summer time U.S. tour supporting fellow rockers Cave In final week after the New York-based quartet mentioned they skilled a medical emergency with a then-unidentified Moon Tooth member.

On Friday (July 29), the band launched a brand new detailed assertion explaining that their guitarist and backing vocalist, Nick Lee, skilled a seizure that induced him harm requiring hospitalization. Sadly, his situation has not improved within the hospital.

Accompanied by a video from lead singer John Carbone, bassist Vin Romanelli and drummer Ray Marte, Moon Tooth sought followers’ assist with Lee’s remedy.

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Moon Tooth household,

It has been per week since we made the announcement we must be dropping off the Cave In present at Gramercy Theatre as a consequence of an emergency. Whereas it wasn’t very detailed, we went via an intense and actually terrifying expertise with one among our members. We had been hoping that by this time all the pieces can be again to ‘regular,’ and Nick Lee would have the ability to deal with the state of affairs and clarify all the pieces to you on his personal. Sadly, that isn’t the truth at the moment. It is not straightforward to put in writing this, and there’s no method to sugarcoat the state of affairs so we’re simply going with honesty.

On Thursday afternoon (July 21), we met up for rehearsal and to prep for the next evening’s present. Nick appeared like his regular self however talked about how exhausted he was and the way he had been type of foggy and confused the final 24 hours. We agreed to run the set however end early so he may get some relaxation and sleep it off. Whereas organising our gear we had been strolling out and in of the rooms on the studio and sooner or later, Nick had fallen and hit his head. Whereas wanting via safety digicam footage after the actual fact, we realized that Nick had a seizure and fell hitting his head on a bass drum. We had discovered him simply moments after it had occurred, and instantly known as an ambulance to hurry him to the closest hospital. By the point the EMTs arrived he had suffered a second seizure.

Right here we’re per week later, and sadly issues have taken a flip for the more serious. He has been affected by seizures each evening escalating to the purpose of needing to be intubated and primarily put in a medically induced coma to offer his physique an opportunity to heal. The medical doctors proceed to take many exams to correctly diagnose Nick whereas protecting him as steady as doable as a way to heal. The reason for all this nonetheless stays unclear, and a really complicated state of affairs because it got here out of nowhere. Nick has completely no historical past of medical issues like these. Except for the grind of touring life, Nick lives as wholesome a way of life as anybody. Now we have all seen him working, climbing, and leaping on levels everywhere in the nation, occasional yoga, mountain climbing, and so on.

Nick’s fiancée Lianna and his household have been at his facet the whole week. Offering as a lot love and luxury as humanly doable. Preserving us up to date as all of us proceed to navigate this entire ordeal.

Should you had the chance to know Nick, you realize he has all the time been loving, compassionate, and would do something and all the pieces he may to take care of his family and friends. It doesn’t matter what the state of affairs he would all the time be there to speak and be leaned on providing any assist and luxury he may. We won’t put into phrases how a lot Nick has finished for the three of us, how he continued to encourage and push us to our best potential. Nick lives and breathes for what we do, and has impacted the lives of many along with his love and artwork.

Now’s the time to assist our brother. Whereas the medical doctors and hospitals are nonetheless attempting to slim down what causes his signs and produce him again to regular well being, the medical payments stack increased and better. It might take some vital time to recuperate from this as we’re nonetheless getting extra particulars. We needed to begin this marketing campaign to get a step forward of the matter, so he could concentrate on his well being and returning to normalcy with out the stress and burden of a large quantity of debt piled in opposition to him.

We all know that is tough to digest, however we’ll all get via this collectively. Moon Tooth is household, and we’ll do no matter it takes to handle each other. We love you, we’re right here for you, and as all the time, we significantly respect your assist.

-Vin, John, & Ray

Moon Tooth Video Assertion – July 29, 2022