Aerosmith frontman's Hep C shock

[KiwiCoromandel]

Steven Tyler, lead singer of the US rock band Aerosmith, has battled Hepatitis C for three years and at one point underwent chemotherapy that "about killed me."

In an interview set to air on the celebrity television show Access Hollywood today, Tyler, 58, said he remained "pretty quiet about this".

He had been diagnosed with the disease about three years ago when Aerosmith was on a break from touring and recording.

"I talked to my doctor ... and he said now is the time, and it's 11 months of chemotherapy. So I went on that and it about killed me," Tyler said.

He said after the treatment the disease was now "non-existent in my bloodstream".

Hepatitis C can lead to chronic liver infection and cirrhosis. About one per cent to five per cent of people with the disease eventually dies from long-term infection, according to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

Aerosmith has been among rock music's most prolific bands since first breaking big in the 1970s with hit singles such as Walk this Way and Sweet Emotion. They suffered a lull in the 1980s, but rebounded with 1987 album Permanent Vacation, which included the single Dude (Looks Like a Lady).

Tyler also is the father of actress Liv Tyler.

source:Reuters

image: Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP/Vi:AEROSMITH frontman STEVEN TYLER who is currently battling hepatitis C at the premiere of "Be Cool" last year...

[slum_goddess]

i still have one of the little balsa wood aeroplanes (w/'Aerosmith' on it) he threw off the stage when opening for the Kinks ages ago. i think i said this before here. fuck it.