Old WASP guitarist Chris Holmes was diagnosed with throat and neck cancer. As a result, he canceled his appearance aboard this year rock monsters cruise. However, Holmes still expects to be able to complete its previously announced Canadian tour, which is scheduled to begin in Quebec City on May 5 and end in Vancouver on May 28.

News of the 63-year-old’s diagnosis was shared earlier today by his wife and manager, Cathy Sarah Holmes. She wrote on her instagram account: “This message is not easy to write due to its personal nature and we would prefer you to hear it directly from us before stories and rumors start circulating and out of respect for all of you who love and support Chris , we believe this is exactly what we need right now. Recently Chris was diagnosed with throat and neck cancer, but the medical team assured us that there were no metastases and that is good news. He should start a 7-week treatment as soon as possible.

“I know how much the Rock Monsters Cruise is for Chris and the group but the health of Chris is what we need to focus on right now for the next 7 weeks and we will be rescheduling the morc for a later date. thank you very much larry morand for your kindness and understanding in this regard, you are much appreciated and the world needs more people than you. Thank you also to the whole team who does a wonderful job following each group at every stage.

“The band camp will continue to operate during this time, but if there may be any delays, please accept my apologies.

“The best way to keep Chris positive is to continue to focus on the upcoming Canadian tour, the shows we have in September and the UK tour in October. do not forget Chris is strong and he is a fighter and he will come back stronger than before.

“Many of you in your own way show us every day how much you care, we are lucky to have you as friends, your strength keeps us going to keep fighting another day.

“Please we just ask for a little privacy while we process this at this time and Chris will come back to you stronger and ready to burn the stage with Etienne, Ollie, The ex and Florian.

“Continue to manage, Chris and Catherine Sarah Holmes“.

Holmes joined WASP in 1982 and remained with the group until 1990. In 1996, the guitarist returned WASP and remained with the band until 2001. Chris did not play with WASP because.

Last year, Holmes Recount SiriusXMit is “Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk” this WASP was “one band, one band” on the debut LP. “And after that, the second album, it wasn’t a band, it was a one-man show,” he said. “And it’s been a one-man show ever since. That’s how it is. Look at the records. That’s how it is in this band.

“WASP I never played gigs before I was in the band, so where does a band start – when they record or when they do their first gig?” he continued. “I arrived before the first gig , and it was ‘one for all, all for one.’ But then when the money came in and fame, people changed – they change really badly. And I never changed. I don’t change. I didn’t change my way of thinking, my way of being. I will not change. I am what I am.

“During the [making of the] second [album]I was told that the manager wanted to use Noirit is [Lawless, W.A.S.P. frontman] picture [on the cover]what the director didn’t tell me — Noir told me that.”

According to Chrishim, guitarist Randy Piperdrummer Tony Richard and Noir were all part of WASP initial management contract, but Noir was the only one to have signed with the label. “Everyone thinks we [all] signed to the label, but it wasn’t [like that]”, Holmes Recount “Tron-Nation”.

“I never heard of the company until about 10 years ago,” he explained. “How do you find out about the company? You have to be there with the manager and all that, so I was always kept out of that… I trusted somebody, and [I found out later that he was] stick a knife in my back. I only discovered it in 2010 or 2011.

“Once [W.A.S.P.] became [all about] one person, [my attitude was] ‘Hey, I’ll just do my thing, and leave it alone. I’ll play my guitar.'”

Despite the fact that he only got songwriting credit on a few songs from each of the first four WASP recordings, Holmes was adamant that his contribution was essential to the band’s overall sound.

“If I had stopped after the first album, the way I play guitar, the way I play is really important to writing these songs,” he said. “Tron-Nation”.

“If I hadn’t joined in the beginning, it would never have worked. Noir told me that the first day, when he came and told me about playing in WASP He says: ‘I have this group. It won’t work unless you’re into it. He said it to my face.”

In October 2020, Chris says he would never consider going back WASP unless Without faith or law agreed to pay him the publishing royalties he owed him. He said in Canada The voice of metal“A lot of people think I made money with WASP I never touched my royalties, nor even my compositions. Everything I’ve written, I’ve never been paid a penny. And you know whose fault it is? It’s my fault if I don’t know the company, how it is. I trusted someone.

“After each album, when the album is done, how they split the publishing with the publishing deals, the publishing houses – that’s where the money comes from,” he continued. . “I was never told when this meeting took place. Because the other guys in the band never wrote – I was the only one [other than Blackie]. So I’m the only one they have to screw up to get the whole post. So they never told me. Then when I dug into it around 2006 or [2007]I went in Sanctuary music, brought in a lawyer to find out where all my posts are, and I was listed as a session actor in all the recordings. And if you don’t know, and you aren’t told, and you don’t see, you don’t know. So I trusted lawless blackie about that. And when I found out, it really hurt me. It hurts me – it makes me see that he was sticking a knife in my back from day one, from the first album, and he didn’t tell me, and he was my best friend.”

Last month, Without faith or law beaten down Holmesthe claim that the guitarist was “screwed” to receive royalties on the WASP albums he played on. Without faith or law discussed Holmeshis tenure with WASP in an interview with “Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk”. Please respond to Holmesthe affirmation of in Christhe recently released documentary “Mean Man: The Chris Holmes Story” that he was financially exploited during his time in the band, Without faith or law said, “I don’t really know much about…I spoke to [former W.A.S.P. guitarist] Randy Piper Few years ago. I don’t really know what’s going on with the rest of the guys. And I don’t know exactly what you’re talking about Chris not to be paid.

“Chris, at two different points in his musical career, received settlements from this group; he signed documents as such, ” Noir Explain. “And he was paid pretty well.

“I didn’t see what you’re talking about. The answer I’m giving you now is based on what you just told me.”

the WASP the leader went on to confirm that he had not seen Chris‘s documentary and was again asked about Holmes‘s claims there’s money and songwriting credits he didn’t receive that are owed to him. Without faith or law just say, “That’s not true.”

At a press conference in November 2017 in Moscow, Russia, Without faith or law he was asked what he would say to those WASP fans who continue to call for the group to reunite Holmes. He replied, “People get divorced for certain reasons, and there are times when the kids want the parents to get back together, but sometimes that never happens. And that’s one of those [times]. Sorry.”