Andy Anderson, The Cure's drummer from 1983 to 1984, announced he has terminal cancer. Anderson revealed the heartbreaking news in a posting to fans and friends on Facebook. In the posting he stated that he'll be discussing chemo and radiation treatments with doctors and will be apprising fans with the news shortly, but the cancer is irreversible. Anderson thanks friends and fans for their support and well wishes and says he remains positive about his situation. Send Anderson your love and read his full posting via Facebook below.
Anderson played on The Cure's The Top and Concert: The Cure Live along with the Japanese Whispers songs "The Lovecats" and "Speak My Language" He also played drums on Blue Sunshine, the album from the Robert Smith/Steve Severin project The Glove; he then launched a successful career as a session musician playing with Iggy Pop, Glen Matlock, Sham 69, and many others.
Watch The Cure in concert featuring Anderson on drums along with The Cure's Top Of The Pops performance below:
"Hi guy’s, I am and I have Terminal 4 Cancer, and their is no way of returning back from that, it’s totally covering the inside of my body, and I'm totally fine and aware of my situation I've gone for a no resuscitation, with that, I have a next of kin, in place and there is no way I would want them to be looking me as a vegetable, if I were to survived a resuscitation, because it may well involve the possibility of sustaining cracked ribs and Brain Damage, and I would hate to lay that on anyone.
Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy will be discussed over the next few days, hopefully I’ll be able to get back to get to you in the next few days about the outcome, and please, No Boo, Hooing, here, just be positive, for me it’s just another life Experience and Hurdle, that one has to make yet another Choice in life, be cool, I most definitely am and positive about the situation , well that’s it for now, good folk, and thank you all for the well wishes I love them all, and are held very, very close to my heart dearly, and will stay with me for ever, any way, stay well yourselves and chat soon. Ax."
Published February 22nd, 2019