Former Metallica bassist Ron McGovney recently urged his fans to help him and his daughter on social media after Hurricane Helene.

Ron McGovney asks for help from fans

The rocker recently created a GoFundMe to fundraise for his daughter and her husband. “This is Ron McGovney, some of you may know me as Metallica’s first bass player. Please help my daughter Jordann and her husband AJ. They lost everything in the Asheville, NC flooding. Thank you,” the bassist shared the link on social media with the message.

“My daughter lost everything when her apartment flooded in Asheville. She had no way of communicating that she was okay. I could only receive texts. Her cellphone didn’t work at all. Somehow, she got a hold of a Starlink phone and called my wife who was in a different state,” he added in another post.

Hurricane Helene recently hit Florida’s Big Bend region on September 26th as a strong Category 4 storm. It destroyed a lot of properties and flooding, with wind speeds reaching 140 mph. This made it the strongest hurricane to strike that area of Florida.

While the Big Bend was the main area affected, the storm also caused severe flooding in the southern Appalachians, resulting in hundreds of deaths and billions of dollars in property damage.

In response to the damage, both Metallica and Dolly Parton made significant donations. Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation donated $50,000 to both World Central Kitchen and Team Rubicon, while Dolly Parton made a personal donation of $1 million.

https://t.co/KhHgeJ4KYZ This is Ron McGovney, some of you may know me as Metallica’s first bass player. Please help my daughter Jordann and her husband AJ. They lost everything in the Asheville, NC flooding. Thank you, Ron

— Ron McGovney (@RonMcGovney) October 4, 2024

My daughter lost everything when her apartment flooded in Asheville. She had no way of communicating that she was okay. I could only receive texts. Her cellphone didn’t work at all. Somehow, she got a hold of a Starlink phone and called my wife who was in a different state.

— Ron McGovney (@RonMcGovney) October 5, 2024