Just this May, Hellyeah had announced that they were to be releasing new album Welcome Home with a brand new drummer, after the tragic passing of Vinnie Paul.
“With the upcoming release of our latest album Welcome Home it has been heavy on our hearts and minds on what we do next…” the band wrote on Facebook.
However with a new album in the wings, you’d think there would be tour dates aplenty coming from the band, however, there don’t seem to be any until November. Guitarist Tom Maxwell explained that this absence from the road is actually because he is to have surgery on his finger next month. And guitarists need their fingers guys.
“We would have more shows but I have to get hand surgery in September, which is gonna knock us out for about two months while I rehabilitate, but we’re right back on it,” the guitarist told Rock 100.5 KATT’s Cameron Buchholtz.
He continued, “I got in a car accident and broke my middle finger in my left hand. I keep getting trigger finger, which — it gets stuck. It’s really odd — an odd feeling. So I’ve got a series of cortisone shots, which the percentage of the cure rate from that is about 70 percent. Unfortunately, I didn’t fall into that. So now [my doctor is] gonna go in and make a little incision and go in here and fix what’s not right.”
With Welcome Home set for a September 27 release, it probably isn’t the best timing for the band to be on pause, but in regards to that Maxwell said “Better now than… I can’t keep getting these cortisone shots. You’re only allowed to have a certain amount. [My doctor] hooked me up last time before this tour. So I just have to get it done.”
Watch the interview below:
