Rage Against The Machine bassist suffers from prostate cancer | Music

Rage Against The Machine bassist Tim Commerford has prostate cancer. He told the music site ROTATION. His prostate has since been removed. Commerford was diagnosed shortly before he was due to tour with the band.

It turned out that something was wrong. “I wanted to take out insurance,” says the 54-year-old bassist. However, a health check showed that his PSA was elevated. “I didn’t get the insurance.”

Commerford monitored his PSA level for a year and a half. “He’s always gone up a bit,” he looks back. “Eventually they did a biopsy and found I had cancer, so they took my prostate out.”

Afterwards, the musician is disappointed that he didn’t take the symptoms seriously enough. He thought it wasn’t that bad.

Now it is examined every six months. The last result was good. According to Commerford, it’s an exciting time for him, but he has a lot of support from his partner.

“My father died of cancer at the age of seventy and my mother died of cancer at the age of forty.” Commerford thinks he can live for at least another ten years. In his time left, he hopes to write a hundred songs. “It will be a long journey, I hope.”