Thomas Stauch (Savage Circus) uit de running
Drummer ondergaat medische behandeling
Artist news 05-07-2006 23:46
Thomas "Thomen" Stauch, ex-drummer van Blind Guardian, heeft dusdanig last van zijn gezondheid dat hij noodgedwongen alls shows met zijn huidige band Savage Circus voor de rest van het jaar heeft afgezegd. Waaraan Stauch precies lijdt, is onduidelijk. In een verklaring schrijft de drummer dat privéproblemen hem van alle benodigde energie hebben ontnomen:
"Due to ongoing serious private problems in the past months my psychological and physical constitution is completely broken and makes me unable to play the upcoming shows planned for this year! I know you all have been waiting a long time already to see Savage Circus live for the first time and I have been really curious to meet you all again as well, but there is just nothing I can do to change this situation."
Volgens het persbericht van Stauch, hebben artsen verklaard dat langdurige rust gedurende de komende maanden de enige manier is om hem er weer bovenop te helpen. De drummer vervolgt:
"After fighting this reality for a longer time I am ready now to take this road. It is the only way to get back on my feet. My entire body is totally power-drained and I am almost unable to concentrate on anything. Furthermore I am suffering from a chronic tonsillitis for almost 10 weeks by now which even with antibiotics is not getting better. According to the docs it seems that all is based on my stressed body and mind, which do not get a recovery if I go on like this. So I will take this advice and will give my body and soul a break to regain my powers and charge up my battery for the upcoming Savage Circus production in 2007 (...) It breaks my heart to post this message, but I see no alternative."
Drummer Thomas Nack, bekend van Angra, Gamma Ray, Iron Savior en Running Wild, is inmiddels aangetrokken om Stauch te vervangen tijdens de komende shows.
In een aparte verklaring schrijven de overige leden van Savage Circus, zanger Jens Carlsson en gitaristen Emil Norberg en Piet Sielck, dat ze geschokt zijn, maar Thomen het allerbeste wensen:
"As you can imagine we are quite shocked by this truly bad news, though it does not take us by surprise completely. We have been aware, that Thomen was having a real hard time in the past but it seemed as if he would be strong enough to deal with all his strokes of fate. Unfortunately, we overestimated his powers just as he did himself, too. (...) Of course, Thomen gets all the support we can give. The band is behind him as one!"
