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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
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Merlin Alderslade

"I still have so much music in my heart." The frontman of one of nu metal's coolest bands has been found living on the streets - and fans are desperate to help him

American Head Charge in 2001, and Cameron Heacock now.

Soft White Underbelly, the popular Youtube series by Mark Laita which produces candid, unfiltered interviews with homeless people, ex-cons, sex workers and addicts from the streets of Los Angeles, has uploaded a new video that has drawn some particular attention from the metal community.

The interview features none other than Cameron Heacock, former frontman of industrial nu metallers American Head Charge. Looking unrecognisable from his heyday with the band, Cameron says he is now homeless and suffering from fentanyl addiction, having spent his recent years living around MacArthur Park, a central hub for Los Angeles' homeless population.

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