NOVEMBERS DOOM Frontman: 'I've Been On Painkillers And Vicodin For Six Years Now'

April 26, 2007

The Washington Post's Express recently conducted an interview with NOVEMBERS DOOM frontman Paul Kuhr. A couple of excerpts follow:

"Eight years ago I was diagnosed with spinal stenosis, which is a degenerative spine disease," Kuhr said. "Basically, the spine is breaking down and collapsing on the nerves in the spinal chord, so it causes tremendous amounts of pain daily. I've been on painkillers and Vicodin for six years now, and it's very trying every single day. There was a point in my life, at the lowest point, when I really felt like I couldn't live the rest of my life like this … I didn't want to live in pain for the rest of my life."

Kuhr's condition is so chronic, the 35-year-old said, "You'll see when I perform a lot, any break I get when I'm not singing, I turn around and walk back by the drum set and I lean over to try and regain strength in my spine. My headbanging days are long over; I can't do that anymore. I have pain in my neck all the way down to my tailbone. I have hair down past my ass, so people are like, 'Bang you head!' And I'm like, 'It's not going to happen.' I'm not as animated as I used to be, but I do what I can."

And despite the pain management program he's on, Kuhr said every day his agony just "gets worse. But if you deal with something every single day, your body adjusts and you kind of get used to it. It's something I deal with every day, but I think my tolerance for pain has definitely grown, because I had no choice."

Read the entire interview at this location.

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