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Article: The Guide: Buster keeps pulling his weight; There is no Bad Manners without the big man, so Buster Bloodvessel is ignoring his recent health problems to keep the band on the road. The Guide met the 27 stone star who has fronted Bad Manners for more than a generation.(Features)
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- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- August 24, 2001
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Byline: Lara Bradley
WHEN Buster Bloodvessel collapsed in agony during one of his typically energetic stage performances doctors discovered he had a huge hernia, but his equally huge girth meant it was unsafe to operate and Buster was packed off to a health farm to slim down. But dieting doesn't suit the man who penned the 1980s hit Lip Up Fatty, and neither does lazing around.
''I just don't cartwheel anymore,'' Buster said, ''I have a hernia which is quite big and I'm a big lad, nearly two feet wide, which is even bigger than I usually am.
''I ...