ITS THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE.....?

A LIST OF INJURIES THAT HAVE BEEN PREVALENT SINCE I STARTED PLAYING . NOT ALL FROM THIS BAND BUT OTHERS TOO.. THIS WILL SHOW YOU HOW BEING A SIMPLE DRUMMER CAN TURN INTO A WHOS WHO OF PAIN..
EAST BERLIN.1984.DISLOCATED JAW FROM SINGING TOO HIGH.A DOCTOR SMACKED ME IN THE FACE AND RELOCATED IT BEFORE I HAD TO DO THE ENCORE..1986.BIT THRU MY TONGUE AND SWALLOWED NEAR ON A PINT OF BLOOD DURING BRIDGE O SIGHS IN DETROIT.COULDNT SPEAK OR EAT FOR A WEEK.EXCEPT SOUP.AUSTRALIA 1986...CRACKED 3 KNUCKLES ON RT HAND AS I DID SOME DRUM FILL AND MISSED THE SKINS AND PLAYED THE RIMS INSTEAD,WITH MY HAND .1998..LONDON,GOT CHROMIUM POISONING FROM A FALL INTO MY PEDALS BAG,AND SCRATCHED MY LEFT HAND PALM,WHICH WENT SEPTIC AND I SPENT 6 DAYS IN HOSPITAL WITH AN INFECTED LYMPH SYSTEM .THEY WANTED TO REMOVE MY ARM AFTER IT WASNT RESPONDING TO TREATMENT AND I SIGNED MYSELF OUT .IT HEALED THANK GOD.. GERMANY 1985..A STICK SPLIT AS I HIT THE SNARE AND THE POINTED END STUCK IN MY FOREHEAD,AS IT SPUN OFF, AND HIT AN ARTERY BETWEEN MY EYES.THAT WAS MESSY TOO..HIT MYSELF IN THE EYEBALL IN LOS ANGELES 1972.WITH A STICK .SCRATCHED THE CORNEA BADLY. CRACKED A FRONT TOOTH WITH A STICK IN POLAND 1973.....TWISTED MY LFT ANKLE CLIMBING ONTO THE STAGE IN PERTH 1986. BROKE 2 TOES IN PERTH A YEAR LATER FALLING OFF STAGE IN THE DARK BEHIND DRUM RISER,DEHYDRATED IN LAS VEGAS,FELL OVER IN STREET AND DISLOCATED THUMB 1982. DISLODGED MY STERNUM AFTER A TRAINING SESSION,FELL IN THE SHOWER AT LITTLE ROCK STADIUM, AND TWISTED MY BACK ,ON A DAY OFF IN COLORADO , I WENT RIDING AND GOT SPOOKED BY A PUMA, IN THE MOUNTAINS 1984...SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE PAN AM FLIGHT THAT BLEW UP OVER LOCKERBIE,BUT I CANCELLED THE JOURNEY,GOT SHOT AT IN KILLEEN TEXAS,AND HAD A VERY NEAR MISS WITH SOME BLACK WIDOWS IN AUSSIE IN AN OUTSIDE TOILET THAT HADNT BEEN USED FOR YEARS..GOT CHASED OUT OF ITALY BY THE MAFIA IN 1973IN 3 CARS ,GOT HUNTED BY THE MAFIA IN TEXAS IN 1982,AND ALL IN ALL I GUESS IM LUCKY TO EVEN BE HERE WRITING THIS .OH THERES MORE BELIEVE ME , BUT IT GOES TO SHOW WHAT AN INTERESTING LIFE IVE HAD BEING A DRUMMER UP TILL NOW ...SEE YA















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