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POISON's RIKKI ROCKETT Wants To Get Word Out About Immunotherapy After Being Declared Cancer-Free

Rikki Rockett, drummer for the band POISON, got the best news of his life last week: his cancer is gone. Rockett was diagnosed with oral cancer more than a year ago. Several months ago, he came to Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, where he underwent experimental cancer immunotherapy, whic...

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DAVE MUSTAINE 'Would Love Nothing More' Than To Go To Heaven At Same Time As His Wife

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine says that his father-in-law was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and has only a few weeks to live. The revelation comes less than two years after the passing of Mustaine's mother-in-law, Sally Estabrook, who went missing in October 2014 and was found dead more...

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POISON Drummer RIKKI ROCKETT Says That He Is Now 'Cancer Free'

A year after after being diagnosed with cancer of the tongue, POISON drummer Rikki Rockett says that he is now cancer free thanks to an experimental immunotherapy drug. Rockett broke the news via his Instagram account where he posted a photo of himself with Dr. Ezra Cohen, associate director and pro...

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STATUS QUO's RICK PARFITT is 'Making An Excellent And Steady Recovery'

STATUS QUO guitarist Rick Parfitt is "making an excellent and steady recovery" after suffering a suspected heart attack last month, it has been revealed. Simon Porter, the band's manager, added: "Rick has now had a defibrillator fitted into his chest in order to regulate any future heart issues and...

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VOIVOD's SNAKE: 'We Feel Extremely Lucky To Keep Doing What We Do, And It's To Honor PIGGY'

VOIVOD singer Denis "Snake" Bélanger says that he and his bandmates feel "extremely lucky" to still be able to record music and tour the world, more than a decade after the tragic death of their founding guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour. When D'Amour died in 2005 from cancer, it seemed VOIVOD was ver...

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Former IRON MAIDEN Singer PAUL DI'ANNO Denies He Is Battling Cancer

Paul Di'Anno says that he is recovering from an operation to remove a "rugby ball-sized abscess" on his lungs that turned out not to be cancer. The former IRON MAIDEN frontman tells Classic Rock magazine that he expects to be in care for up to eight weeks and says that he could have ...

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Former IRON MAIDEN Singer PAUL DI'ANNO Is Battling Cancer, Says BLAZE BAYLEY

Former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno is battling cancer but is "doing okay" and "is responding to treatment," it has been revealed. Back in May, it was announced that Di'Anno was hospitalized for an undisclosed medical issue, forcing him to cancel his previously announced June 2016 tour of Brazil....

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POISON Drummer RIKKI ROCKETT Undergoing Experimental Cancer Immune Therapy

According to The San Diego Union-Tribune, POISON drummer Rikki Rockett has recorded a video discussing his experience after being diagnosed with cancer of the tongue last summer. The 54-year-old musician initially received radiation and chemotherapy, like many cancer patients, but became concerned w...

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SAMMY HAGAR Donates $100,000 To Children's Hospital In San Francisco

Legendary rocker Sammy Hagar has delivered a check for $100,000 to the Pediatric Cancer Program at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in San Francisco. The money was raised in May at Hagar's Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert at the Fillmore in San Francisco. He was joined at the show by John Mayer, James...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON To Take Part In Charity Road Trip

According to the Surrey Mirror, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson and his son Griffin are among a group of 32 friends who are driving to France with the hope of raising £50,000 for four of their favorite charities. The drivers will travel 832 miles in pairs in cheap cars to raise funds for ...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON To Speak At Scotland's GOLD AWARDS

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson will be a guest speaker at this year's Gold Awards in Scotland. The aviation specialist and master brewer will make his debut as an after-dinner speaker to a select audience of 300 at the September 8 event in Aberdeen. Damian Bates, editor-in-chief of The Press And...

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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN On LEMMY's Death: 'It Was Just Shocking'

Shredload conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Frank Bello before the band's June 14 concert at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Ireland as the support act for SLAYER. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about what it was like being on the road with MOTÖRHEAD as p...

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STATUS QUO Guitarist RICK PARFITT Suffers Heart Attack After Performing In Turkey

In the early hours of Wednesday, June 15, following the STATUS QUO gig at Expo 2016 in Antalya, Turkey, guitarist Rick Parfitt suffered a suspected heart attack. The 67-year-old rocker is being treated in a hospital in Turkey, and while his condition is serious, he has already demanded his customary...

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IRON MAIDEN's STEVE HARRIS Talks About BRUCE DICKINSON's Cancer Scare, Playing China For First Time

Ahead of IRON MAIDEN's barn-storming headline slot at last weekend's Download festival, bassist Steve Harris spoke to Planet Rock about how he has survived their 29 years of touring, that famous Ed Force One jet and how singer Bruce Dickinson's illness failed to derail the MAIDEN juggernaut. You can...

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DUNSMUIR Feat. CLUTCH Frontman, Ex-BLACK SABBATH Drummer: Debut Album Due In July

DUNSMUIR, the new project featuring CLUTCH singer Neil Fallon, former BLACK SABBATH drummer Vinny Appice, FU MANCHU bassist Brad Davis, and THE COMPANY BAND guitarist Dave Bone, will release its self-titled debut album July 22 via Hall Of Records. The effort will be released digitally exclusively on...