The 49-year-old musician found out he had cancer when he underwent a colonoscopy in August 2013 after nearly six years of mysterious abdomen pains, some of which were severe enough to land him in the emergency room.

 

Putesky performed on MARILYN MANSON's 'Portrait of An American Family' and 'Smells Like Children' albums before leaving the group in 1996 over creative differences during the writing sessions for what became the 'Antichrist Superstar' LP. Putesky went on to join JACK OFF JILL, GODHEAD and later launched his own band called THREE TON GATE.