FORGET sex, drugs and rock 'n roll.

These days rock musicians are much more likely to be under the influence of a chiropractor!

Forexample, Manchester band Simply Red's guitarist for the last three years Mark Jaimes developed sharp pains in his shoulder and numbness down his neck, arm and hand some time ago.

As a freelance session musician who also performs with stars like Billie Piper and Martine McCutcheon, Mark was understandably concerned at his drastic loss of movement and sensation.

"It was quite terrifying at the time," he recalls. "But my doctor confirmed that it was nothing life-threatening and a friend suggested that I see a chiropractor.

"After four sessions, I was just about back to normal. I still go back every few months, though, to stop the old problems returning.

"Playing the guitar is quite an unnatural position for the body, so I'm likely to need treatment as long as I continue with the guitar.

"And, of course, being a rock musician, life can be a bit wild sometimes," he adds, jokingly.

The self-styled "God of Hell Fire" Arthur Brown also relies on a chiropractor to keep him agile for his crazy stage antics.

His band -- the Crazy World of Arthur Brown -- was No.1 in June, 1968 with "Fire", an anthem taken up in recent years by Burger King in its TV advertising.

The man who set the mould for theatrical rock stage shows, inspiring both Alice Cooper and Genesis, says more than 30 years after topping the charts chiropractic helps him to keep moving.

"When we do the full stage shows, the audience expect me to leap around like I did in the '60s, and who am I to disappoint them? I shall never get fed up of singing 'Fire' as long as people want to hear it."

Arthur Brown suffered a crushed vertebrae during his stage show some years ago, and his regular visits to chiropractor Greg Steiner in Glasgow have kept him on the road.