February 22nd, 2008 // 4 Comments

beautypill.jpgChad Clark, the guitarist and songwriter for the terrific Washington, D.C. band the Beauty Pill, is having open-heart surgery later today after being diagnosed with viral cardiomyopathy. From the band’s blog: “[The] surgery involves a guy I just met holding my heart in his hands and tinkering it with my chest sliced open. So, yeah, make no mistake: this is a life-and-death moment for yours truly.” [The Beauty Pill's MySpace blog]


  1. themeparkexperience

    Chad’s also been a major part of the Dischord remasters. I definitely wish him a full recovery.

  2. Al Shipley

    Holy shit. I’ve loved Chad’s music, in Smart Went Crazy and Beauty Pill, for going on 10 years now, and just recently started listening to The Unsustainable Lifestyle a lot again and reminding myself of what a great, unique lyricist he is. So this is hitting me really hard at the moment, and I don’t often get emotional about people in bands. He will be in my thoughts today, I wish him the best.

  3. rockstarjoe

    According to their Myspace page the surgery was a success. Thank goodness, he is an awesome dude and they are an awesome band.

  4. Al Shipley

    Yeah, I just came here to note that as well:
    [blog.myspace.com]

    Really happy to hear this, may he live long and make a lot more music (also, considering how well written his blog posts always are, I hope he writes a book someday, too).

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