Sunset Rubdown Bassist Struck By Lightning

09/03/09 11:44am

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

If you were lying by a lake in the early evening, enjoying the cool breeze and summer weather, you'd probably never expect to be struck by lightning. But that's what happened to Sunset Rubdown bassist Marc "The Nuc" Nicol.

A news post on Sunset Rubdown's label Jagjaguwar's website says Nicol was felt "a cascade of electrical spitfire from the heavens straight into his back" when he was struck while sitting by the lake. Luckily, Nicol survived the ordeal.

"My heart started back up after the electrical shock," he says. "I woke up feeling like I was suffocating and was delirious. Then I passed out for an hour, woke back up and saw the hair singed on my leg. Only then I knew."

Nicol has been left with the craziest scar I've ever seen on his back:



That looks really, really painful, but at the same time I'll bet that's the kind of thing that will make metal bands everywhere insanely jealous.

You can see Nicol (and maybe his scar) at these upcoming Sunset Rubdown dates in support of this year's Dragonslayer:

Sept. 3 Malmo, Sweden @ Debaser
Sept. 4 Gothenburg, Sweden @ Parken
Sept. 5 Stockholm, Sweden @ Strand
Sept. 6 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Loppen
Sept. 7 Hamburg, Germany @ Knust
Sept. 8 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
Sept. 10 Glasgow, Scotland @ Stereo
Sept. 11 Belfast, Northern Ireland @ Spring And Airbrake
Sept. 12 Dublin, Ireland @ Crawdaddy
Sept. 13 Leeds, England @ Brudenell Social Club
Sept. 14 Manchester, England @ The Deaf Institute
Sept. 15 London, England @ Garage
Sept. 16 Cardiff, Wales @ The Glade
Sept. 18 Leffinge, Belgium @ Leffingeleuren
Sept. 19 Brussels, Belgium @ Le Botanique
Sept. 20 Berlin, Germany @ Magnet Club
Sept. 21 Leipzig, Germany @ UT Connewitz
Sept. 22 Munich, Germany @ 59:1
Sept. 23 Vienna, Austria @ B72
Sept. 24 Zagreb, Croatia @ KSET
Sept. 25 Ljublijana, Slovenia @ Menza Pri Koritu
Sept. 26 Capri, Italy @ Mattatoio
Sept. 27 Milan, Italy @ Trezzo Sull' Adda
Sept. 29 Rorschach, Switzerland @ Mariaberg
Sept. 30 Lille, France @ L'Aeronef
Oct. 1 Paris, France @ Point Ephemere
Oct. 16 New York, NY @ Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom
Oct. 17 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
Oct. 18 Columbus, OH @ The Summit
Oct. 19 Chicago. IL @ Logan Square Auditorium
Oct. 20 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
Oct. 21 St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway Nightclub
Oct. 23 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre
Oct. 24 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Oct. 26 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Oct. 27 Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour
Oct. 30 Tokyo, Japan @ O-Nest w/ Ogre You Asshole and Siraoka
Nov. 1 Kyoto, Japan @ Club Metro w/ Ogre You Asshole and Bed
Nov. 2 Osaka, Japan @ Sunsui w/ Ogre You Asshole and Qomolanma Tomato
Nov. 4 Matsumoto, Japan @ Alecx w/ Ogre You Asshole and Kicell
Nov. 5 Nagoya, Japan @ Tokuzo w/ Ogre You Asshole and Shugo Tokumaro
Nov. 6 Tokyo, Japan @ O-NEST w/ Moools