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Fact #114984

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Short story:

Eric Stewart, singer and guitarist of 10cc is seriously injured when his sports car somersaults off an icy road surface near Reigate, Surrey, England, UK, Europe. He is taken to Redhill Hospital and, although early reports state that he is recovering well, he loses his left eye.

Full article:

Eric Stewart (guitarist/singer 10cc) : There was a sort of defining point in time which would be after 1979, and two thing happened. I had a ridiculous car crash in January 79, we were just about to go to Japan and we'd just had Good Morning Judge, The Things We Do For Love er, Bloody Tourists was a number one album, Dreadlock Holiday was number one, and we were flying. I had this accident and it flattened me completely. I damaged my left ear, I damaged my eye very badly.

I couldn't go near music. I couldn't go near anything loud and I love music and motor-racing. I had to stay away from both things for a long time, for about six months. And the momentum of this big machine that we'd had rolling slowed and slowed and slowed. And… on the music scene, the punk thing had come in, in a big way. The Sex Pistols, Clash, lots of things like that.

So, by the time I was sort of fit again to play, I think we'd, we'd just, we missed the bus. It'd gone. And whatever we did after that, we got a few tickles here and there and we could continue touring for ever on the strength of the past hits, but it wasn't, didn't feel right, didn't feel right again, we just didn't have that public with us.
(Source : BBC Radio Wales interview, date not known.)