10 Musicians Who Cheated Death

10. Bobby Blitz's Lights Go Out

During the golden age of most thrash metal, Overkill tends to be one of the more overlooked gems. With Bobby Blitz at the helm, most of their material worked surprisingly well when put up against the Anthraxes of the world. Time does wear on you though, and it would seem that the Reaper may have come calling for Blitz at a show in Switzerland.

Before going into the song Necroshine, Blitz counted off the song when he fell to the floor and was unresponsive for a few minutes. After receiving medical attention, it was confirmed that Blitz had had a mild stroke onstage, which ended up being a genetic condition that ran in his family. Even Blitz today was spooked about it, claiming to only see his bandmates as if they were in individual photographs before eventually falling.

But this wasn't even the first time that Blitz had to deal with something like this, with him going to the doctor and discovering cancer in his nose after being told that he was sick by a self proclaimed witch at one of their more recent shows. Bobby Blitz might not be on the pedestal that people like James Hetfield, but he has enough road war stories to fill out any other bands' entire career.