Dave Mustaine Reveals Amazing Advice Bruce Dickinson Gave Him On Fighting Cancer

During a Megadeth show on the 31st of January, 2020 in London, Dave Mustaine took the opportunity to talk about how he was cured of cancer. According to him, 51 radiations and 9 chemotherapy sessions were necessary. Now, Dave has opened up about one of the most positive influences that helped him during these troubled times. One of the people that gave him good advice was Bruce Dickinson, the legendary Iron Maiden lead singer. Dave has gone into more detail about how Bruce Dickison was able to help him and get his mind on the right track.

Here’s what Dave Mustaine had to say:

“After I was diagnosed with it, I thought, ‘I want to call Bruce’ it’s not like I have a whole Rolodex of rock friends that sing heavy metal music that have throat cancer, [laughs] so my choices were limited. I was pretty proud of Bruce after speaking with him. Although we’re not super close, I consider him to be someone I look up to. He basically told me the same thing I just told you: surround yourself with good, upbeat, positive people, places and things and try not to cause any unnecessary stress on yourself.  When you’re a frontman in one of the biggest bands in the galaxy, you don’t really have to tolerate the frontman of the other bands very much, but he’s always been super kind to me and very, I don’t want to say “gentlemanly,” because I don’t want anyone to think that he’s not a bad motherf***er!

Read the full interview at Forbes.

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