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Tony Iommi‘s longtime guitar tech Mike Clement is in “an induced coma” after taking a “critical tumble whereas working at his enterprise.”
Clement has labored with the legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist tech for greater than three many years. Earlier than hooking up with Iommi, Clement was MOTÖRHEAD‘s tech for 3 and a half years.
Earlier at the moment (Tuesday, April 19), Iommi shared a photograph of him with Clement on social media and he included the next message: “Ongoing unhappy information about my tech and good good friend Mick Clement who took a critical tumble whereas working at his enterprise. He is been in an induced coma and is fortunately beginning to present indicators of progress. Our ideas are together with his household, he has been a keyman with me for over 30 yrs.”
In keeping with Residence Of Metallic, Clement “fell” into the rock and roll trade within the mid-’70s whereas nonetheless in school in Manchester. Mike turned a lighting designer working with a various vary of artists within the late ’70s, together with Roy Harper, UK SUBS and WAH HEAT. After a drunken encounter with an previous good friend, Ian Wilson from Unhappy Café, at native watering gap Mulberries, he was persuaded to take a brand new profession course taking care of backline, taking on the problem he spent the subsequent 4 years working with MOTÖRHEAD, taking care of Lemmy and Michael “Würzel” Burston. In early 1990, he acquired a name to be guitar tech for SABBATH and has been there ever since.
In February 2017, SABBATH completed “The Finish” tour in Birmingham, closing out the quartet’s groundbreaking 49-year profession.
“The Finish” was SABBATH‘s final tour as a result of Iommi — who was recognized with lymphoma in late 2011 — can not journey for prolonged quantities of time.
Iommi revealed his most cancers prognosis in early 2012, shortly after SABBATH introduced a reunion tour and album. He underwent remedy all through the recording of the disc, titled “13”, and the next tour to advertise.
Ongoing unhappy information about my tech and good good friend Mick Clement who took a critical tumble whereas working at his enterprise. He’s been in an induced coma and is fortunately beginning to present indicators of progress. Our ideas are together with his household, he has been a keyman with me for over 30 yrs. pic.twitter.com/hBIQcJoWgn
— Tony Iommi (@tonyiommi) April 19, 2022
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