Vocalist Lou Koller of New York hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL, who has been undergoing chemotherapy after recently being diagnosed with an esophageal tumor, has shared a new video message in which he said: “Last day of chemo. This is it. Thanks for all your support. I’m doing pretty good. Gonna deal with this stuff, be sick for about a week and a half, and then start the healing. Gotta get my voice and body back in shape. Thanks, everybody. See ya.”In a message accompanying the video, Lou wrote: “Last day of chemo!!! After today I’ll have to deal with being ill for about a week and a half. Don’t know when the numbness in my fingers and feet will go away. It’s different for everyone. Same for my tastebuds. Don’t know when I’ll be able to taste food normally again. Right now I kind of taste what I’m eating but it’s over powered by a chemical/metallic taste. But it will all be just a memory soon. Thanks again for your support!”A benefit concert supporting Koller’s ongoing battle with esophageal cancer was held on November 23, 2024 at Irving Plaza in New York City. The “I’m In The Fight With Lou” event featured performances by VISION OF DISORDER, LIFE OF AGONY and MUNICIPAL WASTE, as well as veteran New York hardcore acts KILLING TIME and CROWN OF THORNZ. Notably, it marked VISION OF DISORDER’s first live appearance since 2018. It was also LIFE OF AGONY’s first show since the band’s transgender singer Mina Caputo — once known as Keith Caputo — announced that she had “cured” her gender dysphoria and was planning to “physically completely detransition” in 2025 before changing her name back to Keith Caputo.After Lou went public in late June 2024 with the news that doctors discovered a cancerous tumor in his esophagus, his brother Pete, SICK OF IT ALL guitarist, set up a GoFundMe campaign to help cover some of the costs of his cancer treatment and assist with living expenses while the group is off the road and unable to tour. That campaign has since raised more than $300,000, with fellow artists AFI, RANCID and DROPKICK MURPHYS contributing $5,000 apiece, and bands such as SNAPCASE and HOT WATER MUSIC also making generous donations.The long-running New York Hardcore band subsequently canceled its previously announced European tour dates.When Lou first posted about the diagnosis on social media, he said: “[Doctors] found a tumor in my esophagus that goes into my stomach, and I’ll have to be getting treatment all summer — and of course, with full support of the band. As soon as they heard it, they were, like, ‘Forget the tour. Just get healthy.’ … They’re all behind me staying home and us staying home.”Koller ended the message by saying: “I’ll hopefully beat this thing and see you at the end of the summer … or maybe the winter.”SICK OF IT ALL’s European tour was supposed to kick off in the Czech Republic on July 4, 2024.SICK OF IT ALL’s latest album, “Wake The Sleeping Dragon!”, was released in November 2018 via Century Media.