Chi Cheng (musician)
Chi Cheng ( born July 15, 1970 in Davis, California, † April 13, 2013 in Sacramento, California ) was an American musician, known as the bassist for the alternative metal band Deftones.
Biography
Chi Cheng graduated in 1989 from California State University in Sacramento. During this time, Cheng worked on the campus of the University, wrote poems and already played in the band Deftones. 2000 Cheng published a collection of spoken audio poems called The Bamboo Parachute.
Cheng was seriously injured as a car passenger in a frontal collision of two vehicles on 4 November 2008 and was then several months in a coma. His sister Mae suffered only minor injuries because she was strapped in contrast to Cheng, as their car rolled over three times. Cheng was thereby thrown out of the car.
In February 2009, the Deftones announced as scheduled perform at the music festival The Bamboozle in California, but with her boyfriend Sergio Vega (formerly member of the band Quicksand ) as a replacement for Chi Cheng. Since Vega performed regularly with the Deftones and also took on albums with them, including the album Diamond Eyes in 2010 and the subsequent CD Koi No Yokan.
The blog oneloveforchi.com founded in March 2009 served to raise funds for the medical expenses for Chi Cheng. Fans were initially able to donate to an initial goal of $ 20,000. This amount grew gradually at least $ 500,000 in 2010. Fans were able to read this blog family personal articles and comments of Cheng. It was also possible to record personal messages for Cheng, who were in him the hope to speed his recovery, played.
In April, the animal rights organization PETA announced that 20 % of the revenue from the sale of Happy Families, Not Happy Meals T- shirt that was designed by Chi Cheng to donate to the One Love For Chi Foundation. On April 27, three signed by U.S. President Barack Obama took office, copies of the poster were auctioned on Ebay by Shepard Fairey. The proceeds also went to the One Love For Chi Foundation.
26 April 2009 Cheng had to be treated for severe sepsis in the ICU. He survived the infection and was discharged after a week of intensive care. After his release, rumors began to wide in May that Cheng was completely out of the coma. However, this was denied on oneloveforchi.com; Cheng was therefore have been in a semi-conscious condition.
In May 2010, Chi Cheng showed significant signs of improvement. He was able to follow people with his eyes, to express verbally and his hands move a little. Cheng's family hired a doctor of the International Brain Research Foundation, Cheng return with the help of an experimental treatment approach from his coma - like state. This specific form of treatment is to have a 84 % chance of success. In May 2011, Chi began with rehabilitation; Moreover, further surgery in New Jersey have been made.
On February 7, 2012 it was reported that Cheng was in a partially conscious state that he had the ability to be able to move his hands and feet on command, but he was not still possible to move of their own accord or in complete sentences to speak. Two days after his release from the hospital in June 2012 pneumonia was diagnosed with Cheng that required further treatment in the ICU. On July 4, Cheng was released again and recovered afterwards at home.
On April 13, 2013, the bassist died at the age of 42 on the way to hospital due to heart failure.
With his first wife, Cheng had a son. After the divorce of the first marriage, he married again. Chi Cheng was a practicing Buddhist and showed interest in Taoism and shamanism.
Discography
Solo
- 2000: The Bamboo Parachute