Skunk Anansie’s long-time bass player Cass Lewis has revealed that he was diagnosed with stage four cancer while recording the band’s just-announced new album, The Painful Truth.
Appearing with his bandmates, including singer Skin, guitarist Ace and drummer Mark Richardson, Cass said he thought his “f***ing cards had been marked” when he received the diagnosis.
Rock musician said he kept his diagnosis and treatment from his bandmates while they were working on their new album, ‘The Painful Truth’.
The musician shared the news with fans and journalists at an emotional Q&A and playback of the rock band’s seventh record – their first in nine years – in London on Monday (24 February).
"During the process of recording I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and so I was having chemo while we were making the album,” he said.
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