Update: The band has released a statement on Facebook tacitly confirming the news.

“The Bad Brains family ask that you please keep Gary (Dr. Know) Miller in your thoughts and prayers. The family respectfully ask that their privacy be honored during this time and very much appreciate all the great energy that is being sent their way. Positive vibes and PMA!”

Bad Brains guitarist Gary ‘Dr. Know’ Miller has been placed on life support.

On Monday evening The Dean Ween Group posted a Facebook message about Dr Know’s hospitalisation, but didn’t offer any more details on his condition: “just got word that dr. know from bad brains (gary) is on life support in the hospital. pray for him, or at least smoke a huge spliff and keep him in your thoughts. one of my fave guitarists of the era–and always.”

Among the fans sending well wishes were musicians including Living Colour vocalist Corey Glover and Black Rock Coalition co-founder Greg Tate, who said he learned of Dr. Know’s condition through 24-7 Spyz guitarist Jimi Hazel.

FACT’s Daniel Montesinos-Donaghy recently looked back at Brooklyn, the short-lived punk supergroup featuring members of Bad Brains and the Beastie Boys. [via Ultimate Classic Rock]