A few weeks ago, Wyoming punks Teenage Bottlerocket rolled through New England and played shows in Cambridge and Providence. Today, a few short days after returning from Florida after playing the Fest 14, the band shared some terrible news via Facebook: Drummer Brandon Carlisle is currently hospitalized in a coma after being found yesterday unresponsive by his roommate.
As Alternative Press notes, no information on the cause of his condition has been disclosed, but Brandon’s brother, Teenage Bottlerocket guitarist/vocalist Ray Carlisle, posted the following message to Facebook on Wednesday evening:
Hi friends and family. This is a tough one. Here goes. My brother Brandon Carlisle is in a coma. His roommate found him yesterday around 11 am and he was unresponsive. The paramedics showed up at his house shortly after and his heart wasn’t beating. They got it going and it gave out again in the ambulance. They got his heart started again and it stopped beating in the icu unit where the doctors were able to get his heart going again a third time. The scary part is the swelling to Brandon’s brain due to lack of oxygen and blood flow. His body temperature was 88 degrees when he arrived at the icu. I’m pretty sure that means my brother was without oxygen for quite a long time. He is currently in a coma and the doctors are keeping him at about 93 degrees. They will start to bring him back up to a normal temperature for the next 12-16 hours. Then they will ween him off of his sedatives and the neurologists will be able to determine whether or not Brandon is still with us. All prayers and thoughts for my brother are greatly appreciated. I know Brandon didn’t want this to happen. He’s tough as nails and we are hoping for the best. Looks like we need a miracle. Love to all.
We extend our best wishes to the Teenage Bottlerocket family. Here’s some video of the band tearing up the Middle East back in September…