Musicians and drug use?

[Jordan.]

I don't advocate drug use, but I'd be lying if I said I've never consumed a certain type of plant species. As far as music, I find music so much more "enhanced" and "deeper" after smoking.

I don't mean to offend, I'm just wondering about what percentage of musicians would you say use drugs? Again, I am not suggesting a definitive correlation.

 

[mr.shawn37]

Oh, sorry. It's a local post-rock kind of group. I had never heard the name outside of them, so I thought it may have been related.

 

[Bill S]

What do you base that off? Do you have any proof of the 1% that don't?

 

[MeltandFlow]

well, uh, if you want to be techinical about it, then the actual amount is 100% because, like, asprin is a drug and everyone gets headaches.

 

[MathNerd]

Straight edge, lul.

 

[I ♥ The Ramones]

Ah yes

 

[Amor ♥]

music is a drug, so 100%

 

[Shend]

they are all hook on dope.. that's how they make great music

 

[First Name ramani]

this. totally this.

rock star addicts only seem to be more prominent because they draw mass media attention prior to their collapses

 

[Simple Words]

Well, considering the crap they put in the water these days, I think probably EVERYONE

 

[rockstarbeau7]

You're braindead.

 

[Leo Sun Pleaserr]

DepenRAB on what you define as drugs.

Including only illegal drugs, I'd say around 70%

The other 30 being straight edge, country pop, christian rock, indie, progressive metal. My god, sober people make really sh*tty music.

 

[absosarahlutely]

I am assuming you're just completely omitting any "old school" hardcore, like SS Decontrol and the likes? That would make up for a decent amount of musicians, even though lots of them ending up "breaking edge." Still, the anti-drug bit was their driving force.

 

[yourangel24]

alcohol is a drug

 

[kimalison11]

I'd like to see any jazz soloist play high.

Drugs = good for improvisation
Drugs = bad for anything in 7/8

 

[Kyle]

I take it you're from Toronto, or do you coincidentally have no idea who Holoscene is?

 

[Sammy K]

I miss you dude, we're both back so why aren't you on MSN anymore?

 

[ShowxNoxFear]

I'm pretty that it would also mess up any live show. How many videos have you seen of hair metal singers or whatever else so drunk they can't even remeraber the lyrics? This is why I am against substance abuse. It's just ridiculous, and yeah jazz is too crazy to have all these coked out or whatever else people hopping around stage or in the studio.

 

[hammuraby_1]

I don't know what "Holoscene" is, actually.

 

[fradon44]

i wouldnt be suprised if it reflected a similar distribution as you see in the average population. although rock stars addicts seem a dime a dozen you have to think about the amount of other musicians there are. for every college drop out playing in an indie rock band there is a clarinet player that was in the marching band at harvard, you just never hear about them.