Marilyn Manson touring bassist Juan Alderete has been in a coma for more than two weeks after suffering a serious injury in a bicycle accident. According to his wife, Anne, the 56-year-old musician sustained serious head trauma in the form of a traumatic brain injury.
Anne wrote at Instagram on Friday night (January 24th), “Juan was in a solo (no cars, other people) and very serious bicycle accident on 1/13/20 not far from our home. He — as always — was wearing a helmet and protective clothing but sustained serious head trauma in the form of a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); his form of TBI is Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI) and as of today, he remains in a coma.”
Anne added, “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 . . . please keep Juan in your thoughts.”
Alderete was previously the bassist in Racer X and the Grammy-winning band The Mars Volta, which he joined in 2003 and stayed with until they disbanded in 2012. In November 2017, Alderete filled in for Marilyn Manson bassist Twiggy Ramirez at the Ozzfest Meets Knotfest festival, and has been Manson's bass player on tour since.