http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/4366500p-5388546c.html
By JEFF WILSON Associated Press Writer
Published 8:45 a.m. PDT Thursday, September 12, 2002
LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Werewolves of London" rocker Warren Zevon, the singer-songwriter whose satire, cynicism and wit went on display in the 1978 album "Excitable Boy," has been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, his publicist said Thursday.
Zevon, 55, was told of the terminal diagnosis last month by doctors and he is spending time with his grown children, spokeswoman Diana Baron said. The entertainer lives in Los Angeles.
"He has been diagnosed with lung cancer which has advanced to an untreatable stage," she said, adding he's writing and recording as many songs as possible and will be in the recording studio next week.
Zevon said in a statement, "I'm OK with it, but it'll be a drag if I don't make it till the next James Bond movie comes out."
His career has spanned three decades, beginning with the release of l969's "Wanted Dead or Alive" album. His 1976 album "Warren Zevon," produced by Jackson Browne, won critical praise and his career soared with "Excitable Boy" featuring the single "Werewolves of London."
His signature song, "Werewolves of London" includes the lyrics: "I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's. His hair was perfect. Werewolves of London draw blood."
In 2000, Zevon ended a five-year recording absence with "Life'll Kill Ya."
He released six albums in the 1980s, including "Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School," "Stand in the Fire," "The Envoy" and "Sentimental Hygiene." In 1990, another collection of material from the "Sentimental Hygiene" album was released under the name "Hindu Love Gods."
Three more albums in the 1990s followed - "Mr. Bad Example," "Learning to Flinch" and "Mutineer." In 1996, Rhino/Elektra Records released the Zevon boxed set "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead."
On Oct. 15, Rhino Records will release "Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon."
His recent album "My Ride's Here" on Artemis Records features contributions from Irish poet Paul Muldoon, Hunter S. Thompson and Hiaasen, as well as a cameo from David Letterman.
The New York Daily News said: "These writers make cynically beautiful music together."
By JEFF WILSON Associated Press Writer
Published 8:45 a.m. PDT Thursday, September 12, 2002
LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Werewolves of London" rocker Warren Zevon, the singer-songwriter whose satire, cynicism and wit went on display in the 1978 album "Excitable Boy," has been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, his publicist said Thursday.
Zevon, 55, was told of the terminal diagnosis last month by doctors and he is spending time with his grown children, spokeswoman Diana Baron said. The entertainer lives in Los Angeles.
"He has been diagnosed with lung cancer which has advanced to an untreatable stage," she said, adding he's writing and recording as many songs as possible and will be in the recording studio next week.
Zevon said in a statement, "I'm OK with it, but it'll be a drag if I don't make it till the next James Bond movie comes out."
His career has spanned three decades, beginning with the release of l969's "Wanted Dead or Alive" album. His 1976 album "Warren Zevon," produced by Jackson Browne, won critical praise and his career soared with "Excitable Boy" featuring the single "Werewolves of London."
His signature song, "Werewolves of London" includes the lyrics: "I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's. His hair was perfect. Werewolves of London draw blood."
In 2000, Zevon ended a five-year recording absence with "Life'll Kill Ya."
He released six albums in the 1980s, including "Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School," "Stand in the Fire," "The Envoy" and "Sentimental Hygiene." In 1990, another collection of material from the "Sentimental Hygiene" album was released under the name "Hindu Love Gods."
Three more albums in the 1990s followed - "Mr. Bad Example," "Learning to Flinch" and "Mutineer." In 1996, Rhino/Elektra Records released the Zevon boxed set "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead."
On Oct. 15, Rhino Records will release "Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon."
His recent album "My Ride's Here" on Artemis Records features contributions from Irish poet Paul Muldoon, Hunter S. Thompson and Hiaasen, as well as a cameo from David Letterman.
The New York Daily News said: "These writers make cynically beautiful music together."
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