Baroness Debut First Performance Clip Since Bus Accident: ‘Stretchmarker’ Acoustic Video

by | Dec 17, 2012

Baroness have released an acoustic performance video of their track “Stretchmarker” — the first shared performance clip since the band’s horrific bus accident in August. Watch below.

“Simply put: it’s time to get back to it. Since my belated and thankful return to the USA (after our painful test in motor coach-aeronautics) I can definitively say I’ve exhausted my reserve of potential leisure activities (there’s not that many of them, after all),” said John Baizley. “I’ve come dreadfully close to boredom, and in those moments I can’t help but focus on my glaring physical infirmities.”

He added, “I’ve tried to fill my weekly routine with as much physical therapy as possible but the truth is, PT is not fun…Music might be the best therapy I have right now.”

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