Bands that were off their heads on drugs but made great music

https://youtu.be/lVIev94s7Mo

Jane's Addiction , blew poodle haired glam rock out of the window

Although considering how much heroin and crack they were using it's amazing they are still alive

The Happy Mondays.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8maBsuhHr4

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The Happy Mondays.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8maBsuhHr4

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Totally out of it

Great riffs

https://youtu.be/W-zmtmgswHw

You introduced me to my mind !

In ozzy case it made things worse

So many
Jefferson Airplane
Pink Floyd
Fleetwood Mac (originals)
etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZaqYkkYK4I
they were off their heads - whether it was drugs was another matter. Amazing Live - Blur cite them as a major influence as do Napalm Death, Radiohead and Marillion to name but a few. Had the privilege of seeing them live a long time ago - will never forget it - what a riff

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZaqYkkYK4I
they were off their heads - whether it was drugs was another matter. Amazing Live - Blur cite them as a major influence as do Napalm Death, Radiohead and Marillion to name but a few. Had the privilege of seeing them live a long time ago - will never forget it - what a riff

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Fine band

Aerosmith in the seventies

Totally out of it

Once got the pilot of their private jet to fly a load of Coke and heroin from boston , their home town to some hillbilly town in the deep south because the local supplies were so bad

Sweet emotion is a fantastic song

They went crap once they detoxed

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So many
Jefferson Airplane
Pink Floyd
Fleetwood Mac (originals)
etc

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The Beatles were out of it for years

A lot of drugs were taken while this was bing made apparently.https://vimeo.com/136632917

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The Beatles were out of it for years

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Iron Butterfly
The story is that for Their song "In the garden of Eden"
But they were so high/drunk when they tried to record it, all they could mumble was
"inna gadda da vida", and it stuck.

A lot of drugs were taken while this was bing made apparently.https://vimeo.com/136632917

https://vimeo.com/136632917

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Aerosmith in the seventies

Totally out of it

Once got the pilot of their private jet to fly a load of Coke and heroin from boston , their home town to some hillbilly town in the deep south because the local supplies were so bad

Sweet emotion is a fantastic song

They went crap once they detoxed

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Talking of Aerosmith and crap: didn't Steven Tyler soil himself on stage?

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Talking of Aerosmith and crap: didn't Steven Tyler soil himself on stage?

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That wouldnt surprise me

The Velvet Underground

Alice In Chains

Most of the album dirt is about heroin addiction

https://youtu.be/zTuD8k3JvxQ


I believe , them bones , are me

Some say , we are born , into a grave

Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd.

If we are talking about alcohol then it's got to be The Faces.

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https://youtu.be/lVIev94s7Mo

Jane's Addiction , blew poodle haired glam rock out of the window

Although considering how much heroin and crack they were using it's amazing they are still alive

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I saw them at The Astoria in London in early '91. I didn't think they were that good to be honest

All of the truly great 60s bands produced great music whilst off their collective trolley. Off the top of my head: Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Love, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Traffic, and the Moody Blues. Probs loads I have forgotten here. Also Hawkwind were off their tree on LSD when they produced a lot of their best 70s music.

Man, the Welsh band used to say "We may not be the best but we smoke more dope than anyone else".

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Man, the Welsh band used to say "We may not be the best but we smoke more dope than anyone else".

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Bananas...

Primal Scream.
Think they're clean these days (or at least claim to be)

Hawkwind.
Marah.
Butthole Surfers


And me

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Man, the Welsh band used to say "We may not be the best but we smoke more dope than anyone else".

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Indeed always a good gig , no wonder some tracks went on for days