Well-Wishes to SanSinger

I have heard the news that SanSinger from The SunS broke his elbow while performing. I wish him speedy recovery. I found an article below at MTVAsia.com about how SanSinger got his injury.

Singapore - When you play in a rock band, rock 'n' roll injuries are inevitable. While playing a show at Ngee Ann Secondary School on February 28 as part of the Riot In Da Skool Tour with local band Ronin, San Singer from Melbourne-based band The Suns did the "rock star thing" and broke his elbow.

"Let's put it this way, San's not an athletic. He was doing the rock star thing like Beyond (a now-defunct Hong Kong rock band). It was quite spectacular. He got on top of a big stack of amps, jumped off it, slipped and fell," drummer Wayne Thunder told MTVAsia.com on Thursday (March 2). "In his heroic efforts to protect his guitar from breaking, he broke his own elbow."

According to bassist JBoss, the fervent crowd was oblivious to San's injury that happened at the very last song of the set. But as the old saying goes, the show must go on. San simply put on a smile, strummed the last chord with his broken arm before heading for the hospital.

"We might not play for the next six months. It doesn't look good. Doctors say it's going to be about three months before he can actually do something with his arm," JBoss elaborated on San's condition. "He lost a joint so the doctors put a metal ball bearing into his elbow."

The rock trio has originally been slated to co-headline the four remaining dates of the Riot In Da Skool Tour. Although whether the band is going to continue to play on for the rest of the tour remains unclear, the trio's appearance at the Mosaic Festival on March 19 at Esplanade with Malaysia's Gerhana Skacinta will go on as planned with the possibility of two local guitar players sessioning for the gig.

On top of the Singaporean dates, The Suns was also due for a full Australian tour in April in support of their EP 2-20. Due to the injury, the band would be postponing the tour and work on their full-length album instead.

"Prior to San breaking his elbow, we already have half a Australian national tour already booked and confirmed in April. But looks like we can't do that. San can't play guitar now. He can barely move his fingers," revealed Wayne.

He continued, "Aside from that, we are pretty much done with the EP. It's just a prelude to a much better and much bigger full album hopefully to be released by first quarter of 2007. We would probably to fast-track the whole plan to concentrate on the new album now."

San Singer is expected to be out of the hospital in no less than six days from the day of injury. The band welcome all well-wishes for San's recovery at www.thesunsrock.com.

-- Lennat Mak

SanSinger - For the Love of Music.. you Rock manz \m/ respect!