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And when I had a heart attack,
0:02
and I couldn't work for 6 months,
0:05
and I had to postpone the tour,
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ticket, not one fan asked for a refund
0:16
on their ticket. Not one promoter said,
0:20
"I will cancel then." They said, "We'll
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>> And then 6 months later, I could start
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and start doing those tour dates again,
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and that's because my fans supported me.
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I'm so lucky. I was 10 minutes from
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>> Yeah, I if if I'd been on my own,
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I think I may have been dead because my
0:46
partner, Kate, was with me and I was Oh,
0:49
should have phoned the ambulance. Oh,
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it's feels like indigestion. It was a
0:52
heart attack. I thought heart attack,
0:55
your arm went dead. No, man. A heart
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attack for me, symptoms I had I don't
1:00
know Now I find it's very common. It's
1:02
like an elephant sitting on your chest.
1:05
You know, what the What is this? How can
1:07
this feel heavy? IT'S NOT SO, OH, MAN,
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THAT'S A HEART ATTACK. And um
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I live 2 minutes from the ambulance
1:18
and they came. On their way, they were
1:19
going on their break, but instead they
1:21
came to my house. 2 minutes, I had the
1:23
wires on me. Then they took me to
1:25
hospital. 15 minutes, I was having
1:26
treatment in hospital. I'm alive. And
1:31
"We got to you in 2 minutes. If that had
1:34
been 10 minutes, we don't think you
1:40
But here's the weirdest thing about that
1:45
I rested and everything, very, very
1:48
careful about my recovery. I was very
1:50
lucky that Kate, my partner, could look
1:53
after me and everything. Very, very
1:56
gentle. But when I got back to those
2:00
my voice felt like it had gone back 10
2:04
years, and it was that much stronger.
2:08
I don't know what it was, but when I
2:10
came back and started singing again, my
2:12
voice was much clearer, stronger. I had
2:16
a So, I don't know how that happened.
2:19
Maybe it's because I had to have 6
2:21
months away from singing properly.
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>> I just gentle, you know, but man, I I
2:27
came back, my voice was stronger. I
2:30
all your strength is gone because I have
2:34
And you That's got to heal cuz if you
2:38
it won't It will never heal. It takes 12
2:41
weeks, man. You've got to be just like
2:43
as still as you possibly can. And those
2:46
first few weeks you're in agony when you
2:48
breathe. So, it's a challenge, but
2:50
people get through it. I'm very, very
2:52
lucky to have the support of my fans, my
2:55
partner Kate, and my family, my the team
2:58
that work with me on Blaze, all the guys
3:00
in Wolfsbane, everybody
3:03
stuck with me and helped me through it.
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And I'm very, very lucky to be here
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>> Still be a heavy metal singer in a band.
