Razorback drummer dies in apparent suicide

Razorback drummer Brian Velasco/Brian Velasco Facebook page/

(Eagle News) — The drummer of Filipino rock band Razorback died in an apparent suicide on Wednesday, Jan. 16.

Brian Velasco took a Facebook video of himself as he plunged to his death from a condominium in Malate, Manila, at 9:45 a.m.

“Here I go,” he said on the video, which has since been taken down by Facebook.

The police have said his family has asked for privacy.

Velasco, a drum instructor at RJ Guitar Center, joined the rock band as a replacement for Miguel Ortigas in 1996.