L.A. beatsmith The Gaslamp Killer has been forced to cancel a series of of shows in Europe and Asia after a near-fatal scooter accident in the Highland Park area of the city has left him bed-ridden for the summer, though lucky to even be alive.
The producer flipped his scooter one evening last week after visiting a friend's house.
“It flew on top of me and I was going downhill. And it felt like when a super villain pounds the superhero into the concrete, and it breaks. I felt pummeled underneath the pressure. It could have bent me in half” he explained.
The accident has left him without a spleen and with a series of staples across his chest, and as he reveals to LA Weekly, he can no longer drink or do drugs.
“I literally could fucking die from alcohol. I could load up and turn blue and die from a night of drinking. Fall asleep and not wake up. I’m not talking like ecstasy and coke. I’m not even talking psychedelics. Just drinking.”
You can read Gaslamp Killer's full account to LA Weekly of the accident from his recovery bed here, where he also outlines his positive outlook on the future.
“I feel like I was given this opportunity to slow the fuck down again, and get inside my own head, and really try and create some dope music instead of fucking burning my brains out. It’s time for me to go back inside my soul and see what comes out.”