Shane Gibson, gitarrist och ledare i prog metal-projektet stOrk och live-gitarrist för KORN, avled i eftermiddags.
Gitarristen avled på UAB Hospital i Birmingham, Alabama efter komplikationer av en blodsjukdom. stOrk har lagt ut ett meddelande på sin officiella Facebook-sida angående gitarristens bortgång:
It is with deepest sadness and regret that we must confirm that stOrk founding member and lead guitarist Shane Paul Gibson passed away at 5:45 AM on April 15th, 2014 in the UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama as a result of complications from a blood clotting disorder. He was 35 years old. He was one of the best guitar players the world has ever known and his virtuosity was matched only by his wit and generosity of spirit. He will be missed beyond measure.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and all those who loved him as much as we did.
-stOrk-
Shane Gibson startade stOrk tillsammans med trummisen Thomas Lang år 2010 och släppte sin självbetitlade debut året därpå. Shane Gibson var dessutom live-gitarrist för KORN år 2005 när bandets gitarrist Brian “Head” Welch hoppade av och har uppträtt live med dem mellan 2007-2010. Han samarbetade också med bandets sångare Jonathan Davis år 2007 på hans soloturné.