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Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 2:39 pm
by Traxan
Aldious, the band that started me on my Japanese girl band following, lost another member due to a health problem, which got me to wondering what other bands have had such a lousy streak. Aldious's body count is pretty big:
Singer Rami - undisclosed brain condition. She returned to music but did very little
Singer Re:no - ear condition caused her eustacean tubes to open, nearly causing her to faint on stage.
Singer Rin - mental breakdown, dropped 10kg and was hospitalized
Drummer Marina Bozzio (Terry's stepdaughter) - ulcerative colitis.
The first American band that comes to mind is Nevermore.
Warrel - diabetes, dead from a heart attack
Tim Calvert - dead from ALS
Steve Smyth - kidney failure
Jim Sheppard - brain tumor
Who else has had shitty luck?
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:02 pm
by zennablade
The Ramones
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:09 pm
by DemonFilth2001
Traxan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 2:39 pm
Aldious, the band that started me on my Japanese girl band following, lost another member due to a health problem, which got me to wondering what other bands have had such a lousy streak. Aldious's body count is pretty big:
Singer Rami - undisclosed brain condition. She returned to music but did very little
Singer Re:no - ear condition caused her eustacean tubes to open, nearly causing her to faint on stage.
Singer Rin - mental breakdown, dropped 10kg and was hospitalized
Drummer Marina Bozzio (Terry's stepdaughter) - ulcerative colitis.
The first American band that comes to mind is Nevermore.
Warrel - diabetes, dead from a heart attack
Tim Calvert - dead from ALS
Steve Smyth - kidney failure
Jim Sheppard - brain tumor
Who else has had shitty luck?
I know the Japanese are obsessed with crazy gangbang bondage. Especially with very young women. Could this pedo/abusive fetish be partly to blame for Aldious' health issues?
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:57 pm
by BulletProofPoet
Y&T
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:43 pm
by VinnieVincentsVag
The Beatles.
Murder, attempted murder, cancer
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:55 pm
by Bono Nettencourt
Their career was dead long before any of the band members were.
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 5:01 pm
by Psychobolia.com
Stryper: Michael Sweet thyroid cancer / Oz Fox brain tumor
Scab Row: cancelling every other show
Priest: Glenn Tipton's Parkinsons / Fake KK's heart attack during Painkiller solo / Halford's hunched over and walking with a cane
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:13 pm
by Traxan
Psychobolia.com wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 5:01 pm
Priest: Glenn Tipton's Parkinsons / Fake KK's heart attack during Painkiller solo / Halford's hunched over and walking with a cane
Not to mention Dave Holland dead.
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:26 pm
by VinceVanLane
The answer is, "who is Aerosmith."
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:39 pm
by SterileEyes1
Most top tier touring rock bands these days are in phenomenal physical condition. I’d think Aerosmith is the obvious answer, but then again they’re ~75, all physically ripped, and were still doing it as of a couple months ago.
Thinking I’ll pick pre-J5 Motley. Vince and Mick require no explanation, there’s no way Tommy is healthy at 61 after all the smoking and drinking that he still does, so they’ve got one healthy guy out of four.
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 8:09 pm
by Traxan
Except no one in Crue died and only one left due to health problems.
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 9:13 pm
by Zabooka
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:07 pm
by BernieTaupson
VinnieVincentsVag wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:43 pm
The Beatles.
Murder, attempted murder, cancer
Ringo spent years in hospital as a kid. And got subbed out in 64 on tour when he had tonsillitis.
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:08 pm
by BernieTaupson
Badfinger count? Two guys hanged themselves and the drummer had a brain aneurysm.
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:27 pm
by Kid-Wicked
spinal tap.
and just based on the amount of former members, l.a. guns.
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:46 pm
by Einstein Lawless
Lynyrd Skynyrd?
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:52 pm
by Love_Industry
Black Sabbath?
Ozzy - Parkinson's, spinal/neck injury and more
Iommi - cancer, lost fingertips in accident
Bill - heart problems
Geezer - stomach lroblems, Crohns?
Dio - died from cancer
Ray Gillen - died from aids
Geoff Nicholls - died from cancer
Cozy Powell - died in a car crash
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:29 am
by Hellsinkey
Or the original Molly Hatchet.
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:38 am
by Sleek
I meannnn, it's gotta be the Ramones or Motorhead, where every member of each band caught an incurable case of FUCKING DYING, right?
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 1:34 am
by Traxan
Love_Industry wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:52 pm
Black Sabbath?
Ozzy - Parkinson's, spinal/neck injury and more
Iommi - cancer, lost fingertips in accident
Bill - heart problems
Geezer - stomach lroblems, Crohns?
Dio - died from cancer
Ray Gillen - died from aids
Geoff Nicholls - died from cancer
Cozy Powell - died in a car crash
Oh man we have a winner.
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 1:50 am
by Ziggy Sawdust
Def Leppard-
Rick having his arm ripped off
Steve Clark dying
Viv Campbell - Cancer
Rick getting beaten up
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:30 am
by CrankerBait
The Grateful Dead weren't exactly the healthiest band around. Many of their members didn't come remotely close to qualifying for senior discounts. It was a minor miracle that Jerry Garcia - super overweight, lifelong smoker, diabetic, heroin and cocaine addict - made it into his 50s. Two of their keyboard players died in their 30s. (One died of a speedball, the other in a car accident before the heroin and/or alcohol could get him.) Another keyboardist, the first one, checked out at 27 after years of basically drinking himself to death. Yet another died in his 50s, sadly as a result of suicide. Amazingly, Phil Lesh is in his 80s after surviving Hep C, a liver transplant, and multiple types of cancer.
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:24 am
by Love_Industry
Traxan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:13 pm
Psychobolia.com wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 5:01 pm
Priest: Glenn Tipton's Parkinsons / Fake KK's heart attack during Painkiller solo / Halford's hunched over and walking with a cane
Not to mention Dave Holland dead.
Early drummer John Hinch too, and Halford almost died from an overdose in 1985.
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:45 am
by Psychobolia.com
I forgot Israel Vibration, all 3 of the guys have/had polio.
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:56 am
by VinnieVincentsVag
BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:07 pm
VinnieVincentsVag wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:43 pm
The Beatles.
Murder, attempted murder, cancer
Ringo spent years in hospital as a kid. And got subbed out in 64 on tour when he had tonsillitis.
Didn’t Sutcliff (sp?) have an aneurysm also?
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:39 am
by Bono Nettencourt
Sleek wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:38 am
I meannnn, it's gotta be the Ramones or Motorhead, where every member of each band caught an incurable case of FUCKING DYING, right?
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/051364c5-0 ... b2fbaee8b0
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:47 am
by richard cranium
Ziggy Sawdust wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 1:50 am
Def Leppard-
Rick having his arm ripped off
Steve Clark dying
Viv Campbell - Cancer
Rick getting beaten up
Rick Savage had Bell's Palsy also.
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:04 am
by Tenacious_Dio
Molly Hatchet
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:07 am
by bluesykindaguy035
Possessed singer Jeff Bercera lost ability to walk after armed robbery. Still performs in a wheelchair. Also he told me on twitter that one of his eyes is almost blind
Re: Bands with the worst health problems
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:37 am
by Bono Nettencourt
richard cranium wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:47 am
Ziggy Sawdust wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 1:50 am
Def Leppard-
Rick having his arm ripped off
Steve Clark dying
Viv Campbell - Cancer
Rick getting beaten up
Rick Savage had Bell's Palsy also.
Yeah... and why didn't they wait to film their BtM until he recovered?