EVILE Bassist Died From Pulmonary Embolism
October 30, 2009, 15 years ago
Just a few days into their European tour with AMON AMARTH, EVILE's Mike Alexander was suddenly taken ill and rushed to hospital, but tragically passed away in Lulea, Sweden on October 5th due to a pulmonary embolism (blood clot on the lungs) a new report from the band reveals.
Evile members Matt Drake, Ol Drake and Ben Carter released the following statement recently:
"This is so hard to find the words to express fully how we feel. We can't believe or accept what's happened. One minute we're talking to our buddy, Mike, the next minute we can never speak to him again.There's so many things rushing through our heads that we want to say, do and feel. We half expect him to come round the corner and call us 'dickheads'. We can't get our heads around it.
It upsets us so much that he was away from his family when this happened, although knowing Mike, we're at least glad he was on tour doing what he loves.
We're lost for words. We all miss him so much already. He was such a headstrong, genuinely nice guy who loved music and his family. We've got so many brilliant memories with him."
Alexander was born in West Ham, London, and died at the age of 32. He was a founding member of Evile, which formed in 2004. The band's debut album, Enter the Grave, was released through Earache in 2007. Evile's second album, Infected Nations, was released on September 21.
Check out the Mike Alexander Memorial site at this location.
