![]() ![]() ![]() “I hope there’s one person who reads this and is like, ‘I need to get checked out,’ when they find out about it,” he said. The suffering part of it, the physical suffering after the surgery, I’ve never felt pain quite like that,” he said.Ĭommerford hopes sharing his experience may help others. “I’ve been trying to find support groups, and it’s hard to find people and hard to talk about it. He said he takes a lot of pride in taking care of himself, “but it’s something where either you’re lucky or not.” While watching the ceremony on TV, recalls Commerford, “I saw onstage and wondered, Where’s Andy Taylor and why do they have this other guy in here?! Then it was like, ‘Andy Taylor is suffering from Stage IV prostate cancer and is unable to make it.’”Ĭlick below to watch the members of Duran Duran talk about Taylor at the Rock and Roll induction ceremony:Ĭommerford toured with metal-meets-rap Rage Against the Machine over the summer and said his bandmates knew about his condition. “Many families have experienced the slow burn of this disease, and of course, we are no different so I speak from the perspective of a family man but with profound humility to the band, the greatest fans a group could have and this exceptional accolade.” “Just over four years ago, I was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic prostate cancer,” Taylor wrote in a prepared induction speech. At that time, it was revealed that Taylor, who was no present, had been battling health issues. In November, Duran Duran-best known for pop hits such as “Hungry Like the Wolf” from 1982 and ”Ordinary World” from 1993-was inducted into to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Los Angeles. Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor, 61, and Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Commerford, 54, separately revealed they are each battling prostate cancer.Ĭommerford admitted he did not intend to share his diagnosis with the world, but, as NBC reports, he felt compelled to do so when he learned Taylor had shared he also has cancer. ![]()
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