The guitarist says, “One question I had for the doctors was how I was able to go on for so long, because, yeah, once these things rupture you’ve usually got minutes and you’re gone. One other thing that surprisingly worked in Faulkner's favor was the fact that he was playing a live show just as the incident was happening. "The Kentucky show was in September the following year, and there was never any indication of any problem before I got halfway through 'Painkiller.'” “In February 2020, I had a physical in England and the doctor checked my blood pressure and said it was a little high, but she said it was okay and there was nothing to worry about," recalls Faulkner. It’s going to be okay.’ There’s no question I would have died in the car on the way back home if I even made it to the car.”Īt the urging of his medics and his girlfriend Mariah Lynch, the guitarist eventually decided to go to the hospital, and luckily the festival grounds were just five miles from the Rudd Heart and Lung Center at U of L Health-Jewish Hospital.įaulker says that the aortic rupture "came right out of the blue," and that he really hadn't noticed any warning signs prior that seemed out of ordinary for his given profession. Let’s just get in the car and go back home. I’d been healthy before the show, so I was like, ‘Obviously, it’s not a big deal. “Then I was going to fly to Denver to meet the band and carry on with the tour. While it was initially suggested by paramedics that Faulkner go to the hospital, the musician initially had another thought in mind. “The original plan before the show was to drive home and have a few days off at the house to spend with our new baby,” Faulkner says. I probably would have kept going if we did an encore.” I didn’t think it was anything really serious and I didn’t want to make a fuss. “If I had known my heart had split open and I was bleeding into my chest cavity, I might have handled it a bit differently.
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“Luckily, Metallica was headlining that night or we would have played a full set and I probably would have dropped dead onstage.” “I needed to finish the song, but I had the presence of mind to come back from the edge of the stage just in case I passed out from fatigue,” Faulkner revealed.
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