Why Phil Collins stop playing the drums? The musician's heath concerns have led him to stop drumming
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Phil Collins is a musician known for his popular songs and energetic performances. Over the recent years, Collins has had heath complications that have prevented him from drumming.
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"My vertebrae have been crushing my spinal cord because of the position I drum in," Collins told Daily Mail in 2009.
"It comes from years of playing. I can't even hold the sticks properly without it being painful, I even used to tape the sticks to my hands to get through," he continued.