Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has revealed the solid advice a fellow heavy metal legend gave him during his cancer battle. Mustaine was diagnosed with throat cancer in February 2019, eventually being declared cancer-free the following October. Speaking exclusively in the new issue of Metal Hammer to promote his new book, In My Darkest Hour, the thrash metal hero reveals that none other than Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson gave him some inspiring words during his ordeal.
Dickinson himself was diagnosed with and later cleared from throat cancer a few years earlier, and offered Mustaine some useful thoughts on the matter. "Bruce had some fantastic stuff to say as a cancer survivor," Dave tells Hammer. "There's a big difference between someone saying, 'You're in my thoughts and prayers', versus somebody who goes into detail about his treatment and tells you about the outcome. I needed hope, and he gave me it."
