I've been a rock star since you were very young. But I've never encountered anything as powerful as cancer.

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2004–present: Lucky cancer diagnosis Academy Awards and Fearless Love
Etheridge began 2004 with the release of her eighth album Lucky on February 10. Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29 1961) is an American rock singer-songwriter and activist. Lucky performed similarly to Skin selling fewer than 500000 copies peaking on the Billboard charts at #15 and spending 13 weeks on the charts.

Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29 1961) is an American rock singer-songwriter and activist. She has also been an iconic gay and lesbian activist since her public coming out in January 1993.