bands better on drugs... bands better clean...

[Big KC]

thinking about this after hearing the new Ryan Adams and being pleasantly surprised... he's much better clean than high.... others???
 
 aerosmith - better on drugs
 chili peppers - better on the wagon

[Brian_Wallace]

I must be out of the loop.  I didn't know Ryan Adams was "clean."  Actually, I didn't think he was that "dirty" in terms of drugs to begin with.  I knew he drank a lot.
 
 Suede (better on drugs.)
 
 Oasis (better on lesser quality drugs.  Once they were able to get top-shelf blow it was all downhill ("Morning Glory"/Be Here Now/etc.))
 
 Ummm...Ozzy? (better on drugs.)
 
 Since my dad is a gym/health teacher and preaches "Just Say No!" I HAVE to come up with someone who was better clean...(I actually had a dream last night in which my father was buying $20,000 worth of heroin but I digress...)
 
 Oh, the first Black Grape album (Shaun Ryder.)  Better clean.  That was better than any Happy Mondays album.
 
 Brian

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

So the Chili Peppers have been on drugs the last 20 years?
 
 

Originally posted by Big KC:
  thinking about this after hearing the new Ryan Adams and being pleasantly surprised... he's much better clean than high.... others???
 
 aerosmith - better on drugs
 chili peppers - better on the wagon

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/weekend/music/8258912.html
 
 

Originally posted by Brian_Walalce:
  I must be out of the loop.  I didn't know Ryan Adams was "clean."  Actually, I didn't think he was that "dirty" in terms of drugs to begin with.  I knew he drank a lot.
 
 
 Brian

[Frank Gallagher]

Wait - who's high/clean? Us or the artist?

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
  Wait - who's high/clean? Us or the artist?

my question exactly... i'm assuming the question is about the listener's state of mind.  artists almost universally suck after rehab - y'all are feel free to offer up an example to the contrary...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

wrong on your assumption
 
   

Originally posted by sweetcell:
   

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
  Wait - who's high/clean? Us or the artist?

my question exactly... i'm assuming the question is about the listener's state of mind.  artists almost universally suck after rehab - y'all are feel free to offer up an example to the contrary... [/b]

[sweetcell]

i note a lack of proof/examples in your rebuttal.  i also note a general lack of explanation     i'm not saying it's always the case... i am saying that i can't think of any examples, which isn't a good sign for your position.  but please, show me otherwise.

[nkotb]

I think Rhett means your assumption about the listener's state of mind.  I'm pretty sure we're all talking about the band's drug use.
 
   

Originally posted by sweetcell:
  i note a lack of proof/examples in your rebuttal.  i also note a general lack of explanation         i'm not saying it's always the case... i am saying that i can't think of any examples, which isn't a good sign for your position.  but please, show me otherwise.

[tigersscareme]

the laughing hyenas.
 i liked watching larissa playy guitar and drink whiskey at the same time.
 
 
 wasn't quite the same when she was clean

[Frank Gallagher]

Absolutely no difference wether performing trashed or sober category winner.......
 
 (hushed silence and then drum roll)
 
 
 SHANE MACGOWAN!!!

[sweetcell]

he has performed sober?

[Big KC]

the band's state of mind, not the listeners.
 
 Pearl Jam - better sober
 Metallica - suck sober

[palahniukkubrick]

Bowie was better on drugs, as was Iggy.

[Eileen Fitzgerald]

Once David Gahan got clean, Depeche Mode tanked