Juan Alderete, a member of metal band Racer X and the touring bassist for Marilyn Manson, remains in a coma following an accident earlier this month.
The 56-year-old musician’s wife Anne took to Facebook to share news that Alderete was involved in a “very serious bicycle accident” on Jan. 13 near the couple’s home in Los Angeles.
“He – as always – was wearing a helmet and protective clothing but sustained serious head trauma … and as of today, he remains in a coma,” she wrote.
Alderete’s traumatic brain injury is a Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI).
“The only prognosis is to wait and see, as the brain is a complicated organ and the outcomes for DAI patients has a range as wide as the sea,” wrote Anne. “While frustrating, it also allows for a world of positive outcomes so we can only hope for the best.”
In addition to playing with Racer X and Marilyn Manson, Alderete was a long-time member of The Mars Volta and played on recordings by acts like Big Sir, Lil Peep and Omar Rodríguez-López.
It’s not known if Alderete was scheduled to back Manson on stage during the shock rocker’s summer tour with Ozzy Osbourne, which includes shows in Montreal, Hamilton, Edmonton and Vancouver.