Bands that were good when they were on drugs

Theres a couple of bands that wrote amazing music while destroying their lives by using heroin. Depeche Mode and Ministry come to mind. Now that they are drug free their music is not what it used to be. Doest anyone have any other bands like that.

Im not saying they should go back to using drugs. Just that their music was at their peack when they were using it. Im my opinion of course

jimi hendrix
janis joplin
average white band - Robbie Mcintosh
new york dolls - Johnny Thunders and someone else.
sex pistols - Sid Vicious
sublime - Brad Nowell
Flipper - Will Shater
blind melon - Shannon Hoon
nirvana - Kurt Cobain
alice in chains - Layne Staley
smashing pumpkins - Jonathan Melvoin
mother love bone - Andrew Wood
blues brothers - John Belushi
grateful dead - Jerry Garcia and Brent Myland
the who - Keith Moon


oh, wait... they never got a chance to get sober.

aerosmith - they went downhill after toys in the attic, as did janes addiction

Then again, there was the pretenders and red hot chili peppers who got better.

[Edited on Nov 05, 2005 by GuavaMadness]

Mars Volta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I don't know much about Ministry, but uhhh... Depeche Mode was cool in the 80s because it was the 80s. What bands that were cool in the 80s that are still cool now? Are there any?

I think their decline has pretty much nothing to do with drugs.

the Beatles were awesome when they got on drugs

how can you not say The Doors?

Jimi Hendrix got way better on drugs...
Ozzy is beter wasted too (lets consider Alcohol a drug)

Good point.

Maybe Metallica when they sobered up.

I think Depeche Mode is one of the few bands that didn't become shadows of their former selves.

I still think The Cure is fucking rad.

songs that made you hate the bands you used to love:
-jefferson starship: we built this city

Did Sonic Youth take drugs? They always said they never did drugs to write their songs but sometimes it is just so hard to believe. Im sure their first albums were some drugs around somewhere.

Everytime a musician gets sober, an angel loses its wings.

Stone Temple Pilots comes to my mind...

Aerosmith

All of them.

See I think, drugs have some done good things for us. I really do. And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us. Do me a favor, go home tonight, take all your albums, all your tapes, and all your CDs, and burn them. 'Cause you know what? The musicians who made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years? Reeeeeeeal fucking high on drugs. --Bill Hicks

There ain't nothin' funny about a drunk. You know, I was really starting to believe that there was something amusing and wonderfully American about a drunk. I ended up telling myself to cut that shit out. --Tom Waits

While all of that is probably true, the personalities of musicians aren't as especially compelling to me, personally, as the music they create - especially when they're on lots of drugs. The way I look at it, as long as they're doing all the drugs, they permit me to sit back and enjoy their art without my having to ingest a thing - although it doesn't usually hurt to be somewhat chemically influenced.

how about when metallica stopped drinking, got haircuts and started wearing suits. awesome shit there right?
sell outs? never...

No they didn't.

Why is it so hard for some people to grasp the concept of imagination at work in art?

I still think Duran Duran still kicks butt. Even for an "80's" band.

oh, c'mon now...

Thurston, Watt.. Thurston.. I think it's 10:30.. we're callin' from Providence, Rhode Island. Did you find your shit? You gotta watch the mota, Thurston.. Yr fuckin memory just goes out the window.