“We didn’t know exactly what was going on. Show ended, people were waiting for the group photo. Suddenly, parts of the drum kit were being thrown aside. Then everyone was “told” to get out. Looking back it looked like they were doing CPR, we thought he had fallen backwards. After getting out of the theater, and into another floor, we heard a ‘Alpha Emergency’ being broadcast, and crew running toward the stairs.”
— A Fan named Mark who was at Ted Poley‘s show on the Monsters of Rock Cruise March 12th 2025

Metal Sludge — Crazy and scary news from the Monsters Of Rock Cruise as we learn about a medical emergency that took place earlier this evening March 12th 2025 on cruise ship the Norwegian Joy.

Multiple sources are reporting directly to Metal Sludge that Ted Poley of Danger Danger was performing a show with his solo band and towards the end of their set his drummer Paul “Paulie” del Boccio collapsed.

A source from the show that was side-stage, said; “I saw Ted trashing the drums, then I saw his face, and he looked terrified”, then the source added; “I then realized his drummer was laying flat… and then paramedics were trying to resuscitate him.”

Another source says: “We just heard an alpha massage for medical“, and shortly thereafter paramedics quickly started on him; “He got compressions on stage.”

A fan named Richard posted on Facebook the following: “We are on board. They shut down that section of the ship to address his health issues.”

A fan named Mark who was at the show posted the following on Facebook: “We didn’t know exactly what was going on. Show ended, people were waiting for the group photo. Suddenly, parts of the drum kit were being thrown aside. Then everyone was “told” to get out. Looking back it looked like they were doing CPR, we thought he had fallen backwards. After getting out of the theater, and into another floor, we heard a ‘Alpha Emergency’ being broadcast, and crew running toward the stairs.”

A quick Google search for an ‘Alpha‘ message on a cruise-ship says the following: “On cruise ships, “Code Alpha” or “Alpha, Alpha, Alpha” typically signals a medical emergency onboard, alerting the ship’s medical team to respond.”

The same fan Mark, posted a follow-up message that reads: “He coded, but is alive,!!”

The good news is, all of our sources are reporting that Paulie was revived and we’ve also been told he was being looked at in the ship’s infirmary but no further word.

Poley‘s show was scheduled to play in the Manhattan Room on Deck 7 and slated to start at 7:00pm (EST) on the annual Monsters of Rock Cruise which is currently sailing on the Norwegian Joy.

Paulie actually shared a picture from behind his drum kit earlier this evening which we have shared below.

The current Monsters of Rock Cruise is on Day 3 of 5 and will return to Miami on March 15th.

Metal Sludge would like to send our best to Paulie, and hope he recovers fully from this scary incident.

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