Geoff Wilkinson on Narrowly Escaping Death, & Bringing Us3 Back to Life
In April of 2014 Geoff Wilkinson thought he’d created his last Us3 album. Actually, he wasn’t thinking much about music at all, he was in a 48 hour medically induced coma while doctors were trying to figure out why his heart kept stopping. Wilkinson had been rushed to the hospital after having a heart attack, and just a few days after having a stent inserted, while recuperating in his room at the medical facility, he went into cardiac arrest. He was shocked back to life, only to have to experience the cardiac arrest - defibrillator combination three more times. After he was awoken from his medically induced coma he spent nearly four weeks in intensive care, and a defibrillator was inserted in his chest. Music was the furthest thing from his mind, and when he finally arrived home he sold his equipment. The itch to make music, however, came back, and over a decade after the last Us3 release Wilkinson is back with a new album titled Soundtrack , which will be released on August 22nd. “Thi...
