Overview
- Heacock says in the interview that he has lived around Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park for at least five or six years while using fentanyl.
- He shares a desire to recover and to create again, saying he still has “so much music” and views making records as therapy.
- Supporters are organizing around him, with Nu Metal Agenda editor Holiday Kirk planning a War of Art 25th anniversary benefit intended for First Ave in Minneapolis to direct proceeds to Heacock’s recovery.
- His whereabouts after the interview remain unclear, and there is no public confirmation of treatment enrollment or finalized benefit logistics.
- American Head Charge rose with Rick Rubin’s American Recordings and The War of Art, later endured the deaths of Bryan Ottoson (2005) and Chad Hanks (2017), and Heacock’s last major public incident was a 2018 arrest.