OCEANO guitarist Andrew Mikhail and bassist Jason Jones
were involved in a van accident over the weekend. Both members luckily
limped out of the accident with minor injuries. However, their van and
the trailer that was attached to it had flipped and is need of repair.
With no means of transport for the band and their gear, OCEANO was
forced to cancel their dates with xLIFERUINERx and THROUGH THE FIRE.
Commented the band: "Today OCEANO has suffered a major loss, guitarist Andrew Mikhail and bassist Jason Jones
were in a terrible accident this morning while picking up the band's
new van and trailer from Belvidere, Illinois. Nearly 10 minutes of
completing sale, they were headed back home to pick up the rest of the
band, and get back on the 'Sinner's Reward' tour in due time.
Unexpectedly, the van flipped into a ditch on the side of highway. As Andrew
was driving along with the empty trailer attached, it was hit with a
hard wind thus pushing the trailer out of alignment with the van. While
trying to maintain and keep the van steady from merging into other
lanes of traffic, the van spun out of control, hit a patch of ice, and
flipped out of traffic and into the ground. Considering the urgency of
trying to find transportation in due time (with mix-ups with money
transfers, etc.) in order to get the van and get back on tour, the van
was not 'road-ready' JUST YET (a.k.a. new tires, etc.) which made this
week to be one hell of a week for us. Thankfully, they limped out of
the accident fine due to people being 'good citizens' and helping them
out of the van. "We have canceled our appearances on the Sinner's Reward tour with xLIFERUINERx and THROUGH THE FIRE and HOPE to be back on the road in time for the TOO PURE TO DIE/CATALEPSY
tour on January 28. We'd like to apologize in advance for any
inconvenience to anyone who wanted to come out and rock out with us on
the Sinner's Reward tour. We'll be hitting the same areas on the TOO PURE TO DIE tour, so hopefully we'll see you there!
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