ON THIS DATE BACK IN 2017, JUST 2 DAYS AFTER FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH FRONTMAN IVAN MOODY HAD A MELTDOWN ON STAGE AT A SHOW IN THE NETHERLANDS WHERE HE THREATENDED TO QUIT THE BAND, A STATEMENT WAS RELEASED BY FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH ANNOUNCING THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE ON WITH THEIR GLOBAL TOUR WITHOUT MOODY AS HE HAD HIT A SNAG IN HIS STRUGGLES WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION. MOODY WAS REPLACED ON THE REMAINDER OF THE TOUR BY BAD WOLVES SINGER TOMMY VEXT. IN AN EMOTIONAL STATEMENT, MOODY ADMITTED TO FANS THAT HIS ABSENCE WAS DUE TO FALLING OFF THE WAGON AND THANKED THE BAND FOR THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL AS THE FANS AS HE SOUGHT HELP SO HE COULD GET BACK ON STAGE AND THE BAND RELEASED A STATEMENT AS WELL AS A SHOW OF SUPPORT TO HELP THEIR BROTHER IN HIS QUEST TO OVERCOME ADDICTION…THAT IS TRUE FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT…WHO SAYS METAL ISN’T EMO…IVAN MOODY HAS CELEBRATED NEARLY 7 YEARS OF SOBRIETY FROM ALCOHOL…AND IN HIS RECOVERY PROCESS MOODY NEARLY DIED WHICH INSPIRED THE 2022 SINGLE AND ALBUM “AFTERLIFE”…IT’S TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND IN THE 5 OCLOCK FREAK OUT ON 105.7 THE X