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I spent quite a while talking to him.
He was anything but a "loser". He was talented in his own right. Very nice,friendly & down to earth guy,but quite a fragile guy.
In fact deep down I don't think he liked the "fame/attention".
I believe that is what lead to his suicide.
Just to get out of that life ,he would go and slum it up with people from all walks of life,to basically face reality again.
Who he was & where he came from - he never felt he was anything special.
His drug problems were just part of the whole music scene / culture back in those days.
Another good dude who died out of the spotlight with drug issues was Andy Wood.
In fact the song "Far Behind" was written as a tribute to & about Andy ,by Kevin (Candle Box).
That whole scene was pretty crazy & there were an abundance of so-called addicts.
We even lost Layne.
I will reserve my sympathies for those more worthy. Those who dont get a choice. Those dealt a bullshit hand in the card-game of life.
So is pouring a bottle of booze down your throat or popping pills,doing rails & smoking junk.
It seems like a lot of artists all have their own demons to escape reality.
Some even like Hank JR. are low enough to even promote the stuff.
He Od'd more then once also.
To each is own I guess.
Personally I wouldn't want to live in the spot-lite like those guys do.
I'm certain it takes their toll on them.
As for sympathy...
None needed for those guys.
They do indeed make their own conditions,just as the rest of us do.
And maybe they should stick up a photo of that child on the door of liquor store or a beer isle.
Why not donate this money to help children like that rather then pour booze down your throat?
Is an add they could use.
Might be an eye opener for some. Squashing that gateway.
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Okay, I can live with that.
We're just talking about famous musicians drugs and addicts.
Putting opinions out there.
There's certainly many ways to destroy ones self.
I've always thought alcohol was the worst gateway that really leads to self destruction when abused.
Opiates are also, pills or if they wish to inject it - just a more miserable shorter lifespan when they choose that life
with the hard stuff.
Pit Row
Prick #2 signing off !
Nothing good ever comes out of it - so people detest it / I dont like it either nor would I partake in injecting opiates.
But it's not who the real person is - they take that shit to change - but do make their own conditions.
Everyone who abuses any substance takes it to change temporarily /escape.
If it didnt change them while under the influence - they wouldn't take the shit in the first place.
Personally,I was never even a big Nirvana fan.
But I respect the person he was when he wasn't using.
I like some of the Meat Puppets covers he did though also.
SOMETHING IN THE WAY was also a neat tune he wrote - with a true experience he had I believe.
I always liked Mudhoney though...and that is who I went to see that night,when I seen them at the Fox in PDX
But I've always tried to understand that whole culture(music stars & drugs in general) and those people.
Just sucks that the drugs destroyed a lot of good dudes.
Or Dan Kennedy or Jeff Reynolds?
These were the 2 ex SEALS that OD'd from narcotics on the ship recently.
The stuff is everywhere and can effect some of the greatest & most talented dudes who've ever walked this Earth.
Even Navy SEALS - some of the most elite operators on the face of the Earth.
Personally I dont have sympathy for their addictions.
But I do indeed respect the men they were,when they weren't under the influence.
Why do you hate me? Does that make you a better person than I am?
As far as it goes, I think a lot of musicians who OD are considered better than they actually are. I firmly believe Sublime (Bradley Nowell) and Nirvana are 2 perfect examples of this. Sublime made its living off of stoners.
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