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FOO Fighters guitarist Pat Smear has followed in the ill-fated footsteps of Spinal Tap drummer John “Stumpy” Pepys and will miss an upcoming trip to Tasmania

The fictional skinsman’s “bizarre gardening accident” made him one of many ‘Tap drummers to meet a nasty demise and now Smear is going to to miss a number of shows after also coming off second best in his last encounter with his backyard.

“In the classic tradition of rockstars having bizarre gardening accidents, Pat Smear has apparently rung in the new year by smashing the shit out of his left foot,” the band announced on social media.

“This means he’ll unfortunately be missing a few shows while the multiple broken bones in his foot heal. We’ll miss our beloved Pat as much as you will, but we want him fully healed and back on his feet as soon as possible.
“Beck and St. Vincent guitar wizard Jason Falkner will be filling in for Pat while he’s on the mend.”
Falkner will play the Fooeys’ January 24 gig at UTAS Stadium in Launceston
As Rolling Stone has helpfully reminded us, Toto drummer Jeff Porcaro did die after spraying pesticides in the 1990s (cocaine use was found to have contributed far more to his heart attack) and the great Brian May of Queen also suffered an injury while employing his green thumb more recently.

 

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