Ex-Pink Scorching Chili Peppers guitarist launches GoFundMe
Former Pink Scorching Chili Peppers guitarist Arik Marshall, who performed with the band from 1992 to 1993, has launched a GoFundMe marketing campaign looking for monetary assist. The musician says he’s going through eviction and fears turning into homeless.
The marketing campaign outlines the hardships which have pushed Marshall into monetary misery, citing the lack of his principal supply of earnings and ongoing well being points.
“Arik Marshall, musician/artist, greatest often known as one of many former guitarists for the Pink Scorching Chili Peppers and vocalist Macy Grey, is going through eviction and potential homelessness,” the GoFundMe assertion reads. “His employer (and greatest good friend), whom Arik had labored with on each musical and cinematic endeavors for near 14 years, was tragically killed by the LAPD. The loss left Arik with out his greatest good friend and with out his main supply of employment/earnings.”
“Throughout this tough time, which was already impacted by the Covid pandemic leaving most musicians struggling to get by financially, Arik was additionally recognized with a severe well being situation which left him with a weakened immune system,” the assertion continued. “All of this triggered a foul interval of despair and a number of other years of reclusiveness. Arik struggled to seek out constant work and fell deeper in debt to his landlord.
Arik Marshall’s marketing campaign seeks $20,000
The marketing campaign additional states, “We ask you to please make any donation you possibly can afford to assist Arik resolve his debt to his landlord and keep away from dwelling on the streets. Arik has been specializing in his general well being and he’s doing significantly better. He’s persistently searching for regular work and he’s additionally out there for guitar classes. We hope this reaches Arik’s friends who’ve labored with him within the music business, anybody with a platform that may make a distinction by merely sharing this and anybody who can contribute from the center.”
The assertion concludes: “The lifetime of a musician is an usually unsure, unstable and unpredictable path, notably now, when those that play their instrument from the center are in such much less demand than in days of yore, however together with your kindness and contribution, Arik is hoping he can ‘proper the ship’ on this making an attempt time of stormy seas.”
Marshall’s GoFundMe is looking for at the least $20,000 in donations. As of scripting this, it has up to now raised a little bit over $4,500. Anthony Kiedis not too long ago mentioned Arik Marshall’s transient stint in RHCP after John Frusciante’s departure, and the way he joined the band on their 1992 Lollapalooza tour with Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. Kiedis stated RHCP in the end needed to seek out any individual near their circle as new everlasting guitarist, so that they employed Dave Navarro.