Mau
From
may have played drums
and Black Sabbath, but I
was never exactly your
archetypal rock star.
Granted, I loved all the
music and the partying, but I was
vegetarian, didn't smoke or take
drugs and I stopped drinking
altogether when I was 26.
Despite the temptations going on
around me, I was far more inter-
ested in keeping healthy. So it came
as little surprise to my bandmates
when, in 1989, I told them I was
quitting the music industry to
become a chiropractor.
Some people think my interest
in chiropractic — a complemen-
tary therapy that treats disorders
of the musculoskeletal system
and the effects of those disorders
on the body — came from having
toa
chiropractor
Terry Chimes is
the teetotal,
veggie, punk
drummer who
has become a
complementary
therapist. I--lere
he tells why he
changed his tune
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