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LA band battle on after singer loses his voice
By Avril CaddenJune 7, 2009
Photo Credit: Kristy Sparow
When Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett’s voice was ravaged by disease, he would have been forgiven for quitting music.
Instead he and his band simply reworked their songs to suit—and they’ve never looked back.
Mikel said: “Autoimmune disease attacked the nerve that controls my vocal cords, so one is partially paralysed.
“It takes about six months to a year for that to heal so that we had to lower all the keys and redo everything.
“I’d usually just scream through the set but I have to lower everything and sing.
“It’s really just a way of getting sympathy. I figure if I tell everyone they’ll let me get...