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Juan Alderete, bassist for Mars Volta and Marilyn Manson, suffers brain injury after bike accident

Alderete’s wife shared the news on Instagram.

January 25, 2020

Juan Alderete, a member of Mars Volta and touring bassist for Marilyn Manson, is currently in a coma after a serious bike accident, according to an Instagram post written by his wife. Alderete sustained a diffuse axonal injury, a form of traumatic brain injury.

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“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,” his wife Anne Alderete explained in the post. “While frustrating, it also allows for a world of positive outcomes so we can only hope for the best.”

There were hints at a Mars Volta reunion back in 2019 by bandmate Cedric Bixler-Zavala, who founded a new band, Zavalaz, alongside Alderete, Dan Elkan, and Gregory Rogove.

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See Anne Alderete’s full announcement below.

Posted: January 25, 2020