Queens of Stone Age frontman, Josh Homme, has revealed his 2022 cancer diagnosis in a interview with Revolver. Detailing his struggles throughout Covid-19 and the years following, not only dealing with the isolation of pandemic but also the deaths of friends, a heated custody battle with ex-wife Brody Dalle, as well as his cancer diagnosis.
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Homme recalled his experiences in the interview saying, “I never say it can’t get any worse,” he continued. “I never say that, and I wouldn’t advise it. But I do say it can get better. Cancer is just the cherry on top of an interesting time period, you know? I’m extremely thankful that I’ll get through this, and I’ll look back at this as something that’s fucked up — but will have made me better. I’m cool with that. There’s a lot of stuff I want to do. And there’s a lot of people I want to do that with.”
In the midst of this dark period, the singer credited music as one of the outlets that allowed him to process these life changing events. “I’ve got nothing against therapy,” said Homme. “I just don’t go because I play [music] instead. Over the last couple years, I’ve done a lot of therapy, but at the end of the day, I understand how to proceed, moving forward with the religion that I use — music.”
According to Consequence, Homme has since undergone successful surgery to remove the cancer and is still in his recovery process. Queens of Stone Age is set to embark on a 2023 North American tour kicking off August 3rd in support of their upcoming album In Times New Roman.
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