Remember Annie Wilson of Heart? She was all over the place talking about this brand new procedure called the Lap band about 4 or 5 years ago? It was on Heart's web site with a link to the manuf. She interviewed about losing 60 or so pounds.

Whatever happened to her and her lapband? I don't hear about it anymore on her sites or see any info on it. Did she get it removed? Anybody know? I am kinda curious since she got me started thinking about this in the first place!

HeatherGirl,

Oh to be 24! Anyway, I digress. :-) Heart was one of the first women rock n roll groups with sisters Annie and Nancy Wilson hitting it big in 1975 and in the rest of the seventies. (Magic Man, Alone, Barracuda) They were and still are awesome. Annie has huge voice and Nancy plays guitar like a guy. Problem was Annie was getting as huge as her fabulous voice. A big no no in rock. Videos were just getting hot so appearance was key. They kept shoving her behind the scenery, wrapping her up in wierd costumes. Her own band and some fans turned on her-driving her crazy to lose weight. They sort of disspeared. But a lot of women rockers today definately owe them a lot for breaking down the hair band and rock boys club. Anyway, they did a comeback of sorts in 2002-ish. And Annie was the very first person I heard of who had this new fangled weight loss surgery called a lapband. She might have been paid by the manuf. She really went out there with it-with a video on her web site, interviews yadda yadda. I saw her live that year. The voice, the music the rock all still alive and rockin'. She lost around 60 lbs. Then silence. Nothing, She is still a big girl but isn't as caught up in the looks are everything show biz. It looks like she kept most of the weight off but they still stick her behind Nancy (the skinny blonde one) or just show her face. She always wears black. I saw them again in 04 and she looked about the same as 2002. I have always wondered what the heck happened?

I know the band is playing at Lake Las Vegas Resort on May 12th at 7pm (our gondola business has gondolas on the lake there). Anyone who lives in the Vegas area should go see them!

Yes, the manufacturer paid for her banding and maybe since she had it removeed, there is some legal stuff about her not talking about it?

Anyway, I love her cover of Led Zeppelin's "The Battle of Evermore"

Leener...

Imagine seeing you here.

My husband and I are huge Heart fans. We just went to NJ to see the filming of the Decades Live concert at Trump's Casino. The concert is on VH1 Classic all the time. You can't see us though.

I'd love to hear more about her success/failure with the lap band. I, too, looked it up and Google doesn't show any recent info.

Here are some photos from Getty Images. Draw your own conclusions...

And here are the last couple

Wow... the pictures tell the story... From the 1980s to right now.

I really do wonder exactly what happened with her and her LapBanding - but I didn't realize it was paid for by Inamed.

Interesting....

Happy Band (And Life) Journeys To All...

I also read that she has gained most of her weight back. Too sad that she couldn't break the food addiction...perhaps she also couldn't adjust to the new her. Sometimes that's the hardest part of this journey...learning to love and accept and feel comfortable in our new bodies.

Janey

Oh that just breaks my heart! (no pun intended) I wonder if she will ever tell her story. It's common for people reach goal weight with WW or some other diet plan and go back to their old ways. But I can't imagine what she must have been going through mentally to say "I want to surgically reverse what I have achieved".

And I do believe the story about her just wanting to eat again -- otherwise, with her history of obesity, don't you think they would have suggested RNY?

God that voice!!! I love heart. I am 28 and grew up on pink floyd, heart, Led Zeppelin, and boy does the list go on. If I had ann's voice I would eat what I wanted too, lol. I hope she's healthy and happy.

I saw her and Wynona on Tv at a concert of some sort a few months ago......what a team! So sad that talent like tha is kept silenced because of the package it comes in.

She was all apart of the Spotlight Health site.... Carnie was the RNY poster-girl and Anne had the Band. Haven't heard much about it though in forever.

Sharon Osborne is the only long-term public bandster I can think of. I think she got it done in 1998 or 1999, but Im not exactly sure when. I remember reading somewhere that her PBing drove Ozzie nuts. No idea if that's true.

I remember there were rumors about Anna Nicole Smith having a band... and that's why Trim Spa worked so well. I never saw that justified anywhere. Let's see...and then there's always Star Jones... but my best bet is that she's had a DS, not a Band or RNY. She just got too skinny, too fast.

I saw a recent concert of Heart on VH1 and she looks like she gained it all back.

That makes me sad about Ann too, she is beautiful and I love her voice. But, if she is happy then that is good. I love heart!

fabfatgrl~

You said about Sharon Osborne~

"I remember reading somewhere that her PBing drove Ozzie nuts"

I am still new to this...what does "PBing" mean?

Sharon Osborne is the only long-term public bandster I can think of. I think she got it done in 1998 or 1999, but Im not exactly sure when. I remember reading somewhere that her PBing drove Ozzie nuts. No idea if that's true.

Sharon Osborne developed full-blown Bulimia post-banding. According to an interview she did, it drives her whole family nuts.