'We have to kill cancer before it kills us' So far they have raised nearly $15,000 out of a $100,000 goal. The initial treatment, which Norton received in mid-January, costs $15,500, while subsequent treatments, which Norton has to get every three weeks, cost $11,500 each.Ī friend started a fundraiser for the drummer in hopes that the community could chip in the help Norton with this treatment. "I may be a rock and roll drummer, but I'm a pensioner too," Norton says. As a result, the cost is "out of reach" for him. The only downside was that the program was not covered by any level of government or insurance, according to Norton, as the the treatment is still considered experimental. that "even though the doctor's telling me I'm dying, I feel great." 'I may be a rock and roll drummer, but I'm a pensioner too' His weight climbed back up to around 174 pounds and he tells V.I.A. He started the program and made a comeback to exercising and daily drum practice. He began looking for alternatives to chemotherapy and found the BC Cancer Personalized OncoGenomics (POG) Program. "I felt that the chemo was almost worse than cancer," the drummer admits. Nearly five months later, Norton's oncologist told him that his cancer had metastasized and moved into his lungs, making it inoperable. 'Even though the doctor's telling me I'm dying, I feel great' The chemotherapy went until near the end of 2021, after which the drummer began to recover and eat again. "The best possible food you can imagine just tasted like crap." Over the span of just three and a half months, Norton says he dropped 70 pounds, primarily because he was unable to eat. Norton's first surgery took place two days after his diagnosis, which was then followed by radiation treatment and a second surgery. The drummer's life changed "overnight," he tells V.I.A. "I went from being the healthiest person you could run into, to then I was immediately in the hospital." On Feb. 11, 2021, he was diagnosed with rectal cancer. Norton's rock and roll roots go back decades he joined his first band as a student at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in the mid-60s, which essentially morphed into the Rocket Norton Band a few years later.Įven at 70 years old, Norton continues to drum two hours each day and works out in the gym twice a day, running up hills, and abstaining from smoking and drinking alcohol.
The hit was recorded in Vancouver by Norton and his band, Rocket Norton Band.
Vancouverites may recognize the tune "Summer in the City," which topped the charts in the summer of 1977. Vancouver's Rocket Norton has had an incredible life.
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