just a general worsening of his condition, or the fact that he was spending more time with the band and was less able to hide it, Ian began having more seizures, often during the gigs themselves. Rob used to have mega fights with lighting men at the venues, telling them not to flash the lights; the flashing would always set Ian off. But the lighting men must have either thought, Fuck off, y’Manc bastard, telling me what to do, or got carried away, or forgot, because they’d start a light going off on the snare, then on the sides. We’d notice but too late: by then Ian would have stopped singing
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