STEWART COPELAND

Phil Collins today revealed he will never drum again because he is suffering from a painful spine injury.
The former Genesis star can't even hold his sticks after years of sitting in front of a drumkit.

Collins, 58, whose hits include In The Air Tonight, said: 'After playing drums for 50 years, I've had to stop.
'My vertebrae have been crushing my spinal cord because of the position I drum in.


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direct from the genesis-music.com site

In the UK press today, there appeared some articles about Phil's physical state, with some slightly misleading headlines. Here, in Phil's own words, are how he describes his situation:

"There isn't any drama regarding my 'disability' and playing drums.
Somehow during the last Genesis tour I dislocated some vertebrae in my upper neck and that affected my hands. After a successful operation on my neck, my hands still can't function normally.

"Maybe in a year or so it will change, but for now it is impossible for me to play drums or piano. I am not in any 'distressed' state, stuff happens in life."

Phil

Best wishes Phil hope you do recover.

Get well, Phil!

that is bad news he was a great druumer in his time, even worse is the news that he can still sing..........

Oh my....
Bad news...

He is one of my favorite drummers.

"Best wishes Phil hope you do recover."
Yes...me too.
I hope he recovers.

[quote="smax"]that is bad news he was a great druumer in his time, even worse is the news that he can still sing..........[/quote]





Get well soon, Phil.

Thought he quit years ago.
Take care Phil, the elevators will miss your music...

secretjourneyranch wrote:Thought he quit years ago.
Take care Phil, the elevators will miss your music...

Easy now.... Kick dogs when they're down? He wasn't always in the susudio, you know?

Be well Phil, purveyor of the most signature FILL in history, short of "Ton. He De Be Ge De!"

BOOM BOOM, ba BOOM, ba BOOM, ba BOOM, BOOM BOOM:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwPiqsqInqE

[quote="plutonic]
Be well Phil, purveyor of the most signature FILL in history, short of "Ton. He De Be Ge De!"

BOOM BOOM, ba BOOM, ba BOOM, ba BOOM, BOOM BOOM:[/quote]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wwJUZCfpuI&

smax wrote:that is bad news he was a great druumer in his time, even worse is the news that he can still sing..........

haha, this is *exactly* what I came here to post, thanks smax.

I always loved Phil's drumming, he was one of my first.

animal wrote:[quote="plutonic]
Be well Phil, purveyor of the most signature FILL in history, short of "Ton. He De Be Ge De!"

BOOM BOOM, ba BOOM, ba BOOM, ba BOOM, BOOM BOOM:[/quote]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wwJUZCfpuI& [/quote]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy52yueBX_s

Bummer!

He's a far better drummer than most people realize. Listen to "Dance on a Volcano".

I think he'll recover, but it'll take a while.

Geeze, all these guys are getting older... Steven Tyler fell off the stage and broke his shoulder, one of the other guys in Aerosmith missed some dates on the tour because he hit his head getting out of his Ferrari.... WTF?

I guess stuff happens.

Maybe this is why he said a few months ago that he was retiring from the music industry, to spend his time researching The Alamo, if I recall.