LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) Brain surgery leads Grammy-nominated THE CRYSTAL METHOD to announce that they are delaying the release of their fifth studio album.
Per doctor's orders following recent brain surgery, THE CRYSTAL METHOD's co-founder, Scott Kirkland, will remain under home medical treatment. As a result, the release of THE CRYSTAL METHOD, the band's fifth and much anticipated studio album, has been pushed to early fall and a number of tour dates have been postponed or cancelled.
Scott Kirkland has prepared the following statement regarding his current medical situation and future plans:
"Many months ago I started experiencing short, but painful headaches. Thinking they were related to too many flights (or one too many flights of tequila), I didn't think too much about it, but during my annual checkup I mentioned the headaches to my doctor. She recommended a brain MRI. Scary, but No big deal, right???
Well, thankfully no tumors, but the MRI did find something called a 'benign posterior fossa arachnoid cyst,' which normally would be left alone and monitored with future MRIs. That diagnosis worked for me because Ken and I were busy putting the finishing touches on our self-titled studio album that would be followed up by a big summer tour.
I was referred to the very talented University of Southern California brain surgeon Dr. Chen, who evaluated the diagnosis and explained that complications with my cyst could arise due to my tendency to get a little excited on stage. He recommended surgery.
A date was set for extraction of said cyst and on April 11, 2013, I was given a dose of the 'good stuff.' A few hours later I came to with a well-sutured hole four-and-a-half inches long in the back of my head and a pain that was only appeased by a round of pharmies. After a few days in the hospital, I got to go home and a week later I felt good enough to join Ken in the studio for a couple of hours on two consecutive days. Some of you might have seen the picture on our Facebook page.
Just when I thought I was on the mend, I contracted an infection and, due to complications, I ended up back in the hospital where I spent most of my next 10 days in ICU dealing with a painful lumbar spinal drain, aka a 'Spinal Tap.'
Pain that seemed to be set on 11 held me hostage for the first 24 hours. The line from the movie Spinal Tap—"Given the history of Spinal Tap drummers, uh, in the past, do you have any fears, uh, for your life?"—made me laugh a few times, but all in all it was not fun.
Finally, this past week I got home to my wonderful family and a healthy supply of antibiotics that automatically dose me every four hours intravenously, and will continue to do so for the next few weeks.
I'm itching to get back in the studio and finish mixing the last two tracks for what is an amazing record with Ken, but I recognize my need to rest until I get the thumbs up for a return to work from Dr. Chen.
I can't tell you how frustrating it is for me that my health has made us postpone the release of the new record and cancel a summer full of amazing shows. But I am fully intending to be back in the studio in a couple of weeks with Ken, and our agents are starting to work on putting together new shows for the fall.
Love you all and Keep Hope Alive,
Scott"
About THE CRYSTAL METHOD:
Heralded by the Village Voice as "one of the best live dance acts on Earth," THE CRYSTAL METHOD - Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland - have been known for over a decade for their enduring dance floor anthems ("Now Is The Time," "Keep Hope Alive"), airwave smashes ("Trip Like I Do") and a willingness to collaborate with an array of talent--including rock's elite like Scott Weiland, Matisyahu, New Order's
Peter Hook,
Emily Haines of
Metric and Filter's Richard Patrick.
The duo has dominated the remix, film soundtrack, television, gaming and advertising worlds, most recently helping Victoria's Secret drop jaws with music for a TV commercial campaign and collaborating with soundtrack heavyweight
Danny Elfman for several contributions to Hollywood blockbuster Real Steel. Their platinum-status debut album
Vegas (released in 1997) is one of the biggest-selling electronic albums of all time, landing them in the top five of best-selling electronic acts in America.
They scored the film London, as well as the themes for TV shows "
Bones" and "Third Watch," and were the first act to work with Nike for their running soundtrack series. THE CRYSTAL METHOD were recently featured in RE:GENERATION, a documentary film directed by Amir Bar Lev (My Kid Could Paint That, The Tillman Story) and produced in association with The Grammys that looks at the history, songwriting and studio process of different musical genres through the eyes of five of the most influential electronic producers/DJs in music today including Mark Ronson, DJ Premier, THE CRYSTAL METHOD, Pretty
Lights and Skrillex. In the film, THE CRYSTAL METHOD team with
Detroit Motown legends Martha Reeves of the Vandellas and The Funk Brothers to create the R&B horn sassy and down-bass "I'm Not Leaving." Their most recent album, the Grammy-nominated Divided By Night, was released in 2009.
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