Rage In opposition to The Machine bassist Tim Commerford has revealed that he has been privately battling prostate most cancers.
The 54-year-old musician opened up about his well being with Spin journal on Monday simply two months after the enduring rock band was pressured to cancel their North American tour.
Tim obtained candid as he informed the publication: ‘I’ve been coping with some fairly critical s***.
Unhappy: Rage In opposition to The Machine bassist Tim Commerford (pictured performing in New York Metropolis again in August) has revealed that he has been privately battling prostate most cancers
‘Proper earlier than I used to be about to go on tour with Rage, I had my prostate eliminated, and I’ve prostate most cancers.’
Tim has all the time been in good condition as he has been performing for many years in sleeveless tops and even shirtless however the star talked about how the illness can come for anybody.
He defined: ‘I have been somebody that is taken plenty of satisfaction in being in form and taking good care of myself. But it surely’s one thing the place both you are fortunate or not.’
Bond: The 54-year-old musician opened up about well being with Spin journal on Monday two months after the enduring rock band was pressured to cancel their North American tour (pictured from left to proper in February 1993: Zack De La Rocha, Tim , Brad Wilk, and Tom Morello)
On the time of publication solely household, bandmates, and shut pals knew of Tim’s prognosis.
The bassist obtained candid about his situation as he mentioned that he has began to marvel if each feeling, bodily change, and just about something occurring in his physique or thoughts has to do with having most cancers.
He defined: ‘No matter it’s, it makes me marvel if it’s occurring as a result of I’ve most cancers. And prostate most cancers is a really, very, very powerful one as a result of it’s related to your sexuality.
‘It’s onerous to disconnect from that and once you’re pressured into that state of affairs, it’s a brutal psychological journey’: The bassist (pictured in September 2017) obtained candid about his situation as he mentioned that he has began to marvel if each feeling, bodily change, and just about something occurring in his physique or thoughts has to do with having most cancers
‘It’s onerous to disconnect from that and once you’re pressured into that state of affairs, it’s a brutal psychological journey.’
Tim mentioned he has been looking for assist teams however it hasn’t been a simple process on high of the very fact of how onerous it has been on his physique.
He defined: ‘The struggling a part of it, the bodily struggling after the surgical procedure, I’ve by no means felt ache fairly like that. I’ve metallic plates in my head and cadaver components in my physique.
‘I’ve executed plenty of harm via sports activities and mountain biking and this type of factor and I’ve all the time felt like I had a very excessive tolerance for ache, and that shit introduced me to my knees. After the ache went away, I nonetheless haven’t actually been capable of rise up, though I’m figuring out and doing s***, however psychologically, the harm is extreme. It’s very onerous for me to not break down and get emotional.’
Again in October, it was introduced that his legendary rock band Rage In opposition to The Machine wouldn’t be capable to proceed their North American tour after lead singer Zack de la Rocha tore is Achilles tendon.
‘I’d be on stage my amp in tears. Then you definitely simply type of flip round and suck it up’: Tim had surgical procedure simply two months earlier than kicking off Rage In opposition to The Machine’s North American tour in July, he’s pictured in New York again in August
Rage In opposition to The Machine’s North American tour had initially introduced in 2019 however the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the timeline again.
They kicked off the tour in July with assist of hip-hop duo Run The Jewels earlier than it was in the end postponed as soon as once more.
Tim revealed that only a couple months prior, he had surgical procedure as he mentioned: ‘Two months earlier than the tour, I had surgical procedure and my docs mentioned I wasn’t going to be prepared. That was brutal. I’d be on stage my amp in tears. Then you definitely simply type of flip round and suck it up.
‘Due to Zack’s harm, we had deliberate these little video interstitials that got here in between blocks of songs. We had been meant to go on stage, play some songs, go off stage, and on to the interstitials for a couple of minutes. It was seamless. Then he obtained harm and we couldn’t depart the stage. So through the interstitials, we’re simply sitting there. That was surreal. I’d typically sit down and attempt to not take into consideration sure issues. It was bizarre. I stored it to myself all through the touring we did and it was brutal.’
Freedom: Again in October, it was introduced that his legendary rock band Rage In opposition to The Machine wouldn’t be capable to proceed their North American Tour after lead singer Zack de la Rocha tore is Achilles tendon (pictured August 2022)
Tim has been with the band since 1991 earlier than they in the end break up up in 2000 attributable to artistic variations and de la Rocha’s departure.
They reunited seven years later on the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Pageant in 2007 and went on a number of excursions.
A dozen years later the group introduced they had been reuniting for the second time in November 2019.
