Jeffrey Hatrix, the popular former frontman for the pioneering metal group Mushroomhead, gave his fans an update this week as he continues to battle cancer.
The 64-year-old revealed he was fighting cancer at the start of the year and followed that up with an update that said he was going to pursue an “alternative medicine treatment.”
“Just wanted to give an updated on my situation and say Thank You All Sincerely, so much for the caring and help,” he wrote on Facebook, per Blabbermouth.net. “Yesterday started the 7th of my 8 week Alternative medicine treatment journey. I am pain free since the start and I truly believe that this is Working. I hope you and yours are all doing well. If you aren’t, they can help with a multitude of conditions.”
Early last month, his daughter Mea, first revealed in an update on his GoFundme that Hatrix was not using conventional methods to attack the disease.
“Hello everybody, my dad wanted to give another update,” Mea wrote. “He is now 1 week fully into his alternative medicine treatment. Which consists of 9 tinctures and 2 capsules. 3 times a day over the course of 8 weeks, not 6 as his dyslexic brain first told him. This protocol is from Morse Healthcare out of Florida and it goes with a diet of Fruit and Vegetables and daily visits to his steam sauna. We would both like to thank you all more than words could ever say. Love, Mea.”
In a previous update she passed along that her father was grateful for all the support.
“We are blown away by the outpouring of love and support and words could never say how much this means,” she wrote.
She also promised that new music was coming.
Hatrix, better known by his stage name Jeffrey Nothing, had the GoFundMe launched by Mea to help support his treatment in January.
“My dad has recently been diagnosed with cancer just months after losing my mom to the same thing,” she wrote. “Due to this, he may have to stop working during his treatment. Anything means everything. Thank you.”
Hatrix’s wife, Stacy, reportedly died from cancer in April 2024. She was just 38.
Hatrix’s particular form of cancer was not disclosed in the reports or in the GoFundMe.
Blabbermouth reported that Hatrix also shared the GoFundMe to his social media and wrote, “I really wanted to keep this to myself. I was diagnosed a couple months ago. It will be very hard to continue working with the treatment path I have chosen. Thank you for anything you can do to help. I know everyone is going through a lot.”
Hatrix left Mushroomhead in 2018, and he sued the band’s drummer and producer, Steve “Skinny” Felton last year claiming copyright infringement and also alleging that he had not been paid owed royalties, per Blabbermouth.
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