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aschiftner
Joined: 2003-05-05
Posts: 216
Location: California
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| Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 7:37 pm Post subject: Alex's neck |
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I thought I'd ask this since I don't know the answer. What happened to Alex's neck? He's always that neck brace. Seems like he's been wearing it for a long time also. Later Alan
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hitnrundrummer
Joined: 2003-02-06
Posts: 152
Location: Dilliner,Pa
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| Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 8:09 pm Post subject: Re: Alex's neck |
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| He injured it carrying his son on his shoulders.Herniated disc. |
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frankm
Joined: 2003-04-01
Posts: 3396
Location: Wisconsin
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| Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: Alex's neck |
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| I thought he only wears it during shows. Didn't it start during the 1995 tour ? |
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Baluchitherium
Joined: 2003-06-02
Posts: 126
Location: Oregon
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 2:10 am Post subject: Re: Alex's neck |
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| '95 sounds right, but I thought he was injured during a concert when a chunk of ceiling tile fell on him... :confused: |
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Chris UK
Joined: 2001-05-18
Posts: 2640
Location: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 5:16 am Post subject: Re: Alex's neck |
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The chunk of ceiling falling down, happened on the European leg of the 1998 tour in Germany. The band were soundchecking and literally brought the roof down! Alex was lucky as a bigger chunk fell on his drum kit a few seconds after he moved out the way!
He already had a neck problem at that point, but obviously this just made it worse.
As a consequence of this, VH cancelled all the rest of their European dates and hence I never got to see the VH3 tour in Birmingham :( It strikes me now that I will probably never see VH playing those great early tunes like Romeo Delight, I'm The One, Mean Street etc etc. I just cant see Sammy playing such a cool set as they did when Gary was in the band.
Go on Sam.... prove me wrong please!!!! |
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Scott Roberts
Joined: 2001-01-30
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Location: St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2004 9:52 am Post subject: Re: Alex's neck |
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Quote: Originally posted by Chris UK:
The chunk of ceiling falling down, happened on the European leg of the 1998 tour in Germany. The band were soundchecking and literally brought the roof down! Alex was lucky as a bigger chunk fell on his drum kit a few seconds after he moved out the way!
He already had a neck problem at that point, but obviously this just made it worse.
As a consequence of this, VH cancelled all the rest of their European dates and hence I never got to see the VH3 tour in Birmingham :( It strikes me now that I will probably never see VH playing those great early tunes like Romeo Delight, I'm The One, Mean Street etc etc. I just cant see Sammy playing such a cool set as they did when Gary was in the band.
Go on Sam.... prove me wrong please!!!! If I recall correctly, a smaller chunk first landed on Alex's arm (injuring it for a few weeks) before the fatal piece of ceiling fell on his drum kit. We in the States were worrying that it might not have healed by the time the band's major American leg of the tour was supposed to have started in July of '98. Thankfully it did! |
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