Legendary Scottish punk rockers The Exploited have been active since their formation in 1978. The band would become a crossover thrash band in the late ’80s, and their music has been covered by Slayer and Ice-T.
Singer Wattie Buchan has been with the band since practically the very beginning. In a scary moment recently, Buchan suffered what appeared to be a heart attack while on stage in Colombia.
The band issued a statement to local news station STV News following the incident: “The last gig in Colombia, Wattie had another suspected heart attack. He tried playing on but had to actually stop a couple of songs until he eventually collapsed.”
“He got taken away to hospital in an ambulance but over 900 people refused to leave the venue until he heard he was alright. The Exploited are held as idols over here, and Wattie is seen as the king of punk. He has kept the punk movement alive when everyone in the press said it was dead. He is actually a living legend.”
The Exploited would later issue an official statement saying their remaining gigs for the year have been understandably canceled.
“[On] December 10th, 2022 during the end of the set Wattie collapsed on stage in Bogota, COL and was rushed into hospital by ambulance. Due to doctor’s orders all remaining shows for 2022 have been cancelled.”
“We apologize to the fans, promoters and everyone affected by this situation. Thank you for understanding. Also our London show on the 16th December will also be cancelled once again we are sorry about this but Wattie is exhausted and told to cancel all up coming gigs for this year.”
Buchan suffered a heart attack on stage once before in 2014 in Lisbon. He had quadruple bypass surgery the same year.
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