Razorback drummer Brian Velasco livestreams suicide on Facebook -

[Aristophanes]

From The Sun:

SHOCKING footage shows the drummer of the rock band Razorback livestreaming his own suicide today as he jumps 34 floors to his death.

Brian Velasco, 41, said goodbye to his friends and family while recording live online on the roof deck of an apartment in Malate, Manila, in the Philippines.

The musician said to the camera “I’m going to go now” before saluting his band mates.

He then stands up and leans over the edge before finally saying “here I go” and plunging to his death.


The video has since been taken down from Facebook.

According to the Manila Police District (MPD) Homicide Section, his lifeless body was found on a safety canopy on the ground floor at 9.45am local time this morning.

Music promoter Dudee Alfonso confirmed that Velasco jumped to his death, reports the Philippine Inquirer.

Investigators believe that the drummer fell from the 34th floor from a roof deck, according to reports.


Velasco mourned the loss of his beloved pet dog in November and found it difficult to celebrate his birthday later that month, it has been reported.

The 41-year-old joined Filipino rock band Razorback in 1996.

Following the success of their second album Beggar’s Moon, the group has opened for US bands such as Rage Against the Machine and Metallica.

 

[Coldgrip]

Velasco mourned the loss of his beloved pet dog in November and found it difficult to celebrate his birthday later that month, it has been reported.

Sounds like he had a serious case of depression before the dog kicked it.

 

[hotcheetospuffs]

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=uQlIC_1547640396&language_code=es

very interesting 1st person perspective.

 

[Love Soze]

"Safety canopy" huh? Might want to rename that.

 

[Imperialist #348]

yah something was already eating at him and it seems the dog biting the bullet pushed him over the edge,not physically of course.

 

[UW 411]

So a flip doing a flip. What was his phone made of? It seemed to survive alright.

 

[Some JERK]

"Safety canopy" huh? Might want to rename that.

I think it's more 'safety' in the sense that people on the street don't get hit by overly dramatic assholes who have to make a scene instead of just slitting their wrists in the bath or hanging themselves.

 

[Love Soze]

I think it's more 'safety' in the sense that people on the street don't get hit by overly dramatic assholes who have to make a scene instead of just slitting their wrists in the bath or hanging themselves.

Good point. You are probably right. I was imagining something like those anti-suicide nets they have in China.

 

[U 'MIRIN BRAH?]

Crazy how fast you fall thirty fucking four floors

 

[LofaSofa]

very interesting 1st person perspective.

He looked pretty graceful in those final moments tbh.

 

[Fareal]

Nickelback drummer when

 

[The Shadow]

Drummers have one of the highest mortality rates among non-musicians in the music field.

 

[UW 411]

Drummers have one of the highest mortality rates among non-musicians in the music field.

This is why Rick Allen gets so much respect

 

[The Shadow]

This is why Rick Allen gets so much respect

He beats his wife with just one arm.

 

[TowinKarz]

Sounds like he had a serious case of depression before the dog kicked it.

When people commit suicide over seemingly innocuous or minor things, like a pet passing, a sports team losing the big game, a minor car accident, running out of steak sauce, etc, that's because what we see from the outside is just the tip of the iceberg for what was probably years if not decades of a losing fight against depression.

We're only seeing the final trigger that set in motion an avalanche of repressed feelings, usually because the afflicted never talked about it to anyone.

 

[Rei is shit]

Suicide is badass

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

But the real question is, how is Kiwi Farms, the famous doxxxxxxxing and cyberbullying site, responsible?

 

[MuuMuu Bunnylips]

I'm disappointed. I was hoping to see what shape he made after he hit.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

So a flip doing a flip. What was his phone made of? It seemed to survive alright.

I think it was an older model, a flip-phone.

...sorry but I had to.

 

[UW 411]

I think it was an older model, a flip-phone.

...sorry but I had to.

Heard it was a Motorola Razrback