NewsApril 29, 2016 12:11 PM ET69,963 views

The Ghost Inside drummer: 'I know I'm lucky'

The Ghost Inside drummer Andrew Tkaczyk, who continues to recover from the band's November tour bus crash, has written a new blog entry for the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in which he details his progress, the rehabilation process, and his goals. Here's a brief excerpt:
"This whole experience has been life-changing. I've been on the road since I was 17. My whole life, full-time, has been spent traveling all over the world, playing shows. That has come to a dead stop. But I've adjusted. I'm still adjusting, every day. I'll admit I have my days – I just want to get out of here, go do something. I get a little irritable here and there, but I just take a deep breath. I know I'm lucky."
You can read the entire piece here. To coincide with the new blog entry, the aforementioned hospital has posted a video which documents Tkaczyk playing drums for the first time, in addition to the assembly of his custom kit from SJC Drums and Zildjian. Have a look below.
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anonymous 4/29/2016 9:33:40 AM

^ fck off you fake ass record reviewer

anonymous 4/29/2016 9:44:20 AM

awesome dude. good for you.

anonymous 4/29/2016 9:47:06 AM

I never comment on Lambgoat and I know it's normal for the comments to just destroy everyone and anyone, but this is impressive regardless of how you feel for him and/or The Ghost Inside. Truly a good story and I wish him luck getting back into the groove of things.

anonymous 4/29/2016 10:03:50 AM

Glad this dude is making progress. Its going to be a special day when he hits the stage again.

anonymous 4/29/2016 10:16:30 AM

Guy is amazing. Great attitude through all he has been through. Wish him the best!

celine 4/29/2016 10:23:03 AM

hope he dies

anonymous 4/29/2016 10:49:07 AM

Well, if you're not inspired by this, you know you're a regular Lambgoat commentor haha. This dude is amazing. I don't see how anyone could wish his anything but the best for him and his recovery. Solid human being. I'm beyond impressed.

anonymous 4/29/2016 11:06:07 AM

^let's all hope Celine gets hit by a bus tonight. That would cap of a good night.

anonymous 4/29/2016 11:21:55 AM

Todd Jones is the only person allowed to have legs

celine 4/29/2016 11:40:45 AM

can we all get a cap of good night?

anonymous 4/29/2016 11:51:15 AM

Dude seems to have a leg up on the situation.

anonymous 4/29/2016 12:30:49 PM

He has as much chance to play drums again as a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest.

anonymous 4/29/2016 2:09:39 PM

Def Leppard? Whatever..... Tear shit up. You got this, man.

anonymous 4/29/2016 4:11:33 PM

Should have died in that car-crash at 12:03 our last goodbye so push the seats back a little further I can see the headlights coming so push the seats back a little further roll the windows down and take a breath I can see the headlights coming they paint the world in red and black etc.

anonymous 4/29/2016 5:49:47 PM

Loses leg and has partial paralysis in his right arm... Says he's lucky.

anonymous 4/29/2016 10:41:24 PM

scott vogel here- super bummed this dude still has legs. But come check us out on our northeastwestern tour with Nails and buy some merch so I can drink at the bar and spit in your girlfriends mouth on camera

anonymous 4/30/2016 6:16:38 AM

dude taped a golf putter to his nub and played better than me...impressive

anonymous 4/30/2016 3:41:27 PM

Some of you fckers on this website are below filth. I'm sorry you're too sad about the fact that you'll never leave your mother's basement. This is an amazing step on the road to recovery for him. He said he's lucky because he's lucky to be alive. Go do something with your life instead of sitting on the internet bitching about people who do more as a cripple than you can do as a fully functional adult.

anonymous 4/30/2016 6:01:20 PM

^^^ first time on lambgoat

anonymous 4/30/2016 8:41:25 PM

^^^^^^^ARE YOU KIDDING ME. I'VE BEEN POSTING ON THIS WEBSITE SINCE I WAS IN 8TH GRADE IN 2002. ONE OF THE ORIGINALS. I AM MID 30'S NOW AND THIS WEBSITE SICKENS ME.

anonymous 4/30/2016 10:27:30 PM

Todd "Todd" Jones - "I'm Todd Jones, welcome to Lambgoat"

anonymous 5/2/2016 5:21:28 AM

Sucks that he was injured , nice to see some recovery , best part of the video ? The t shirt hes wearing .

anonymous 5/2/2016 8:52:48 AM

Im in my mid 30's and graduated high school in 98'. You must be very "special" to have been in 8th grade in 02' and in your mid 30's now.

anonymous 5/2/2016 10:02:55 AM

can we look forward to a news update on every facebook/instagram post these guys make?

anonymous 5/2/2016 11:01:27 AM

Given that he's missing a leg I would actually say he's unlucky.

anonymous 2/2/2018 8:33:53 PM

Good on you bro! Break a leg! oh wait




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