Shinedown Bassist Steps Away from Tour After ‘Pretty Serious Mental Health Crash’
NEED TO KNOWShinedown's bassist is stepping away from the band's tourIn an Instagram Reel shared on Friday, July 10, Eric Bass said he had a "pretty serious mental health crash" recently and it wasn't "wise". . .
NEED TO KNOWShinedown's bassist is stepping away from the band's tourIn an Instagram Reel shared on Friday, July 10, Eric Bass said he had a "pretty serious mental health crash" recently and it wasn't "wise" for him to be on tour right nowShinedown kicked off their Dance Kid Dance Act II World Tour on Saturday, July 11Eric Bass is stepping away from touring withShinedownto focus on his mental health. On Friday, July 10, the bassist shared anInstagram Reelannouncing his decision to "take a break" ahead of the hard rock band's Dance Kid Dance Act II World Tour. "I'm not gonna be joining the band on the beginning of this tour that starts in a few days," Bass, 51, said in the video. "I had a pretty serious mental health crash, I guess you could say, a few weeks ago, and I don't really feel it's the wise thing for me to do to go out on tour right now. "He added: "I debated whether to make this announcement at all and just not be there and show back up when it's time, but mental health being such a thing that I have championed and the band has championed that it would be not the best look to maybe seem like I'm ashamed of it. "Eric BassCredit: SHINEDOWN/InstagramBass then revealed that he was undergoing talk therapy as well as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) at The Medical University of South Carolina, which,according to Mayo Clinic, "uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of major depression" and can help treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The musician then revealed that Josh Sturm of the band Kairos and Zack Mack would be taking his place while he's on leave. While Bass noted he doesn't have a "timeline" for his return, he hopes that it "will be sooner rather than later. ""I'm very blessed to be able to take a break like this," he said. "I know a lot of people can't. And I would encourage anyone who maybe is a business owner out there, if you've got someone in your company who's having issues like this, to give them some time if they need it. "Bass also encouraged fans to "reach out to people" if they're going through a mental health crisis. "I did something I'd never done before in my 51 years on earth, is I reached out to someone and I said, 'I can't do this on my own, and I need help,'" he admitted. "And it led to some healing that I'm going through right now. It's not an easy thing to do, to ask for help, but it has to be done. "In February, Shinedowndropped out of Rock the Country, the festival tour headlined byKid Rock, after several artists did the same. "Shinedown is everyone's band. We feel that we have been given a platform to bring all people together through the power of music and song," they wrote in astatement on social mediaat the time. "We have one BOSS, and it is everyone in the audience. "They continued, "Our band's purpose is to unite, not divide. With that in mind, we have made the decision that we will not be playing the Rock The Country Festival. "While Shinedown acknowledged that their choice would "create differences of opinion," they didn't want to participate in something that would "create further division. "Shinedown kicked off their Dance Kid Dance Act II World Tour on Saturday, July 11 at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mount Pleasant, Mich. The tour will wrap on Sept. 10 before the band heads out on international dates. Read the original article onPeople