Melvins Drummer Dale Crover to Undergo Emergency Spinal Surgery

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Melvins drummer Dale Crover is set to undergo emergency spinal surgery and will sit out the band’s upcoming “Twins of Evil” tour with Boris.

The news was revealed Wednesday morning (August 23rd) via Melvins’ Facebook page. Filling in for Crover behind the kit will be Coady Willis, who played drums for the Melvins from 2006 to 2015 (in addition to being a member of Big Business and a prior stint with High on Fire, among other gigs).

The band’s social media statement read:

“We are sad to announce that literally days before leaving on tour, our drummer Dale Crover learned he needed immediate emergency spinal surgery which will take him out of commission for months. He’s doing as well as can be expected considering the severity of the situation.

The one stroke of luck in all this was that Coady Willis part of the Melvins’ family for 8+ years, who literally trained in sitting by Dale’s side on too many tours to count is able to step in and take over on drums.

With Mr. Phylzzz already on the road heading to L.A. from Chicago and Boris flying in from Japan, we all felt we needed to support Dale and the other bands on the bill, as well as the ticket holders, by continuing with the tour as scheduled. We ask everyone’s solidarity during this dark time. Obviously, our primary concern right now is Dale’s health, and we’re doing everything possible on our end to make sure he gets what he needs to make a full recovery.”

The “Twins of Evil” tour will see the Melvins and Boris each performing one of their classic albums in its entirety every night: Bullhead for the former and Heavy Rocks (2002) for the latter.

Get Melvins Tickets Here

The trek kicks off Thursday (August 24th) in Los Angeles, and you can get tickets to the upcoming shows here.

Here’s wishing Dale Crover a safe surgery and healthy recovery. See Melvins’ Facebook post below.

Melvins Drummer Dale Crover to Undergo Emergency Spinal Surgery
Jon Hadusek

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