Doctors Played Heavy Metal During Surgery to Keep Patient Alive – IOTW Report

Doctors Played Heavy Metal During Surgery to Keep Patient Alive

KFI: A Eugene, Oregon-based musician who was nearly killed by a diverticulitis attack last year says the doctors who performed a series of life-saving surgeries on him played heavy metal in the operating room.

That musician/patient was guitarist/vocalist Mike Scheidt. The music the doctors played was by Scheidt’s own influential underground metal band Yob.

Scheidt recalled during a recent interview with Rolling Stone surrounding his band’s upcoming eighth studio album that during the highest-stakes operation he underwent (a marathon procedure that took nearly 9 hours) Scheidt’s doctors put on his own music. They hoped, he surmised, that even in his anesthetized state the familiar sounds would urge his body to keep working.   read more

14 Comments on Doctors Played Heavy Metal During Surgery to Keep Patient Alive

  1. Apparently, this is not unusual. I was stunned the first time I heard this actually occurred. My preference would be NO DISTRACTION, such as music during a medical procedure.

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