{"id":69626,"date":"2026-07-31T12:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/warrants-steven-sweet-crumbling-inside-with-health-problems\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:29:14","slug":"warrants-steven-sweet-crumbling-inside-with-health-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/warrants-steven-sweet-crumbling-inside-with-health-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Warrant’s Steven Sweet ‘Crumbling Inside’ With Health Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Warrant<\/a>\u2019s Steven Sweet has offered details about his ongoing battles with a wide variety of health issues.<\/p>\n

The 60 year-old rocker has endured various problems in recent years, the most serious of which was a cancer diagnosis in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and it was deemed to be moderately progressive, which means not as bad as it could be, but worse than not,\u201d Sweet recalled during a recent conversation with\u00a0The Hair Metal Guru<\/a>\u00a0(as transcribed by Blabbermouth<\/em><\/a>). \u201cSo, they determined that the cancer was encapsulated. It was still just in the prostate \u2014 it hadn’t spread beyond, so I opted to have it surgically removed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn’t wanna leave any chance that there wouldn’t be a chance that I couldn’t survive or it would come back,\u201d the drummer explained. \u201cAnd I didn’t wanna struggle with any sort of treatments that would cause terrible side effects and still not be 100% confirmed that they would cure everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

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If fighting cancer wasn\u2019t enough, Sweet almost immediately had to go back for a different surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo weeks after I had my prostate removed, I did have another spinal fusion,\u201d he noted. \u201cI would have done it at the same time had they allowed me to do that. But because of issues with anesthesia and recovery things, they wouldn’t do back-to-back surgeries. That’s just a few that I’ve had. I’ve had more [health issues] since 2018, but not cancer \u2014 thankfully.”<\/p>\n

Steven Sweet Says He’s ‘Crumbling Inside’<\/h3>\n

Though he described himself as \u201cpretty good\u201d these days, Sweet also noted his tendency to downplay his health woes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to put on a good fa\u00e7ade,\u201d the drummer admitted. \u201cI’m crumbling inside in other ways. I still have massive shoulder issues. I have massive hand, arthritis issues. I had a hip replacement two years ago. What else? It’s always ongoing. I ruptured a bicep tendon, which means my bicep is half hanging on my arm now, so it just doesn’t end.”<\/p>\n

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Despite a laundry list of health problems, Sweet \u2013 who joined Warrant in 1986 and has played on six of their nine studio albums \u2013 has no intentions of retiring.<\/p>\n

“I’ll keep going as long as I can keep going,\u201d he declared. \u201cI mean, I can work through pain issues. It used to bother me more than they do now\u2026 John Elway won two Super Bowls with a torn bicep. So if he can do it, I can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Warrant is currently in the midst of their Turn Up the Good Times 2026 tour, with dates stretching through October.<\/p>\n

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