Valient Thorr frontman Valient Himself is taking off two months to recovery from donating his kidney to his ailing father.
He has decided to make the usually private act public for the benefit of the National Kidney Foundation.In a statement, Valient says, "If I can go from a hospital bed to playing in front of a crowd of 75,000 at the UK's Download Festival in just eight weeks, people out there might consider becoming organ donors as well. If they have family members who need a kidney, it's definitely something to think about; and if not, they can still learn about designating themselves as organ donors on their driver's license."
Valient Thorr hail from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Their story claims that they are from Venus and landed a time machine in North Carolina in 1957 and hid the machine near Virginia.
Closer to the truth, Valient Thorr formed in 2001 and released their debut album in 2003 through their live shows.
They signed with Volcom Entertainment and released the full-length album 'Total Universe Man' in 2005.
Valient Thorr fans as known as Thorriors.
The band has played around 250 dates a year.
Their next album 'Immortalizer' will be released on June 17.
