Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Richie Faulkner Shreds 'Painkiller' Solo as Aorta Ruptures LOUDWIRE.COM This performance is worthy of 'metal god' status. Quote If he wasn’t already, Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner is now officially a metal god. Not only did Faulkner survive a near-fatal rupture of his aorta, but as his heart was spilling blood into his chest cavity, Richie didn’t miss a single note of his solo in “Painkiller.” “As I watch footage from the Louder Than Life Festival in Kentucky, I can see in my face the confusion and anguish I was feeling whilst playing ‘Painkiller’ as my aorta ruptured and started to spill blood into my chest cavity,” Faulker wrote after successful heart surgery. ”I was having what my doctor called an aortic aneurysm and complete aortic dissection. From what I’ve been told by my surgeon, people with this don’t usually make it to the hospital alive.” According to the National Library of Medicine via Nashville Vein Center, “only about one in five people survive a ruptured aortic aneurysm.” On a related note, my aunt was one of the four out of five people who didn't survive this condition. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 My father survived a 9 cm aortic aneurysm. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 I have no idea how the fuck people survive this, to say nothing of ripping a face melting solo as it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Thought this was going to be a sad thread about another dead musician but sounds like he just played through the pain. On another note Halford looks ancient there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 That’s pretty fucking metal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Pack it up other artists, this is as metal as you can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 3 hours ago, Dodger said: That’s pretty fucking metal It was no surrender, all guns blazing, hard as iron, he had one shot at glory and is now among the metal gods, blood stained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 God damn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 10 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Thought this was going to be a sad thread about another dead musician but sounds like he just played through the pain. On another note Halford looks ancient there. It could be argued that the solo itself was the...painkiller........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 56 minutes ago, Bloodporne said: It could be argued that the solo itself was the...painkiller........ I would have gone with, "After that solo it he probably needed painkillers" but no one took it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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