The Calling's Alex Band Abducted and Beaten: 'I Never Thought My Unborn Child Would Be My Savior'
The Calling frontman Alex Band was allegedly abducted, beaten and left for dead.
The tragic incident happened in the early hours of Sunday, August 18 in Lapeer, Michigan. Band was in Lapeer for a performance at a music festival on Saturday night. It was reported that he left his hotel room to walk to a local store around 3 a.m. and then a van pulled up and snatched the singer insider.
The 32-year-old singer was then dumped on train tracks nearby, where his band mates found him some time later, badly beaten up. Band suffered "a fractured lower spine, 15 stitches to lower chin, three broken teeth and is bruised on his side and stomach from the baton beating," his publicist said Monday.
Speaking to CNN, the singer denied rumors that the attack was either fake or drug related after some reports speculated that the timing of the attack, on the same day the band made their comeback, was more than just coincidence. "This just happened to me. I didn't kidnap myself, or beat the crap out of myself. So the whole hoax thing is honestly kind of disgusting to even think about, or hear," Band said.
"Alex was grabbed by his shirt and hit from behind and lost his footing," Band's publicist Brad Taylor said. "He was beaten with a police baton with a gun pointed to his face demanding Band's 'Hollywood money.' After Band fought back, he was cornered in the van with gun to his face."
"After Band fought back, he was cornered in the van with the gun to his face, and Band told the assailants, 'Don't kill me as I am about to be a dad,'" the statement continues. "After more beating, the assailants responded with 'We don't kill fathers' and then left him for dead at a local railroad track in Lapeer."
"I never thought my unborn child would be my savior," Band says in the statement. "I am grateful to be alive and I know that I am destined for bringing my music back to my fans."
Band and his The Calling bandmates reunited recently.