What happened to Randy Bachman?

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Karl (Charlie) Bachman and Anne (Nancy) Dobrinsky, Bachman is of half-German and half-Ukrainian descent. At age three, he won a singing contest on CKY’s King of the Saddle program, and at age five he started studying the violin in the Royal Toronto Conservatory system.

What happened to Randy Bachman?

Bachman had gastric bypass surgery to reduce his weight. Bachman originally lost 60 pounds from a 380 lb frame using diet and exercise but became acutely aware of the threat his obesity posed to his health during a performance at Winnipeg Stadium for the 1999 Pan American Games.

He realized that his weight-induced back and knee pain would make touring impossible. But during an extended ground time following the September 11, 2001 attacks, Bachman began overeating again.

Bachman also had a successful operation on his shoulder in November 2007 to repair a torn rotator cuff, which he has blamed on his decades-long use of heavy, vintage guitars.