I recently caught up with Shapiro on an off-day in Orlando, to discuss her inspiring journey to this point. The band embarks on a 30-date, North American tour. January 2018: BRMC releases Wrong Creatures, their first new album since 2013’s Specter at the Feast and Shapiro’s medical condition. June 2015: Leah Shapiro has recovered and is back on tour with BRMC for the summer.
November 2014: BRMC fans and bandmates, Robert Levon Been and Peter Hayes, raise over $30,000 to assist in the medical costs.
October 2014: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club drummer, Leah Shapiro, announces she will undergo surgery in order to treat a brain condition called Chiari Malformations (CM’s) -which are structural defects in part of the brain and skull that control balance and other functions, such as the flow of cerebrospinal fluid. Overcoming brain surgery and back behind the kit, with BRMC drummer, Leah Shapiro
