I was thinking about NIN. If I'm not mistaken, I read an interview where Reznor said he didn't get heavily into drugs until after TDS . . . he kind of dove into the persona he created. I think NIN falls into the same category as Oasis - where 'recreational' drugs led to a burst of creativity which created a world that led to harder stuff which killed said creativity.
I think Depeche Mode also falls in that category. I think I also read that Gahan started doing smack after seeing Jane's Addition post-Violator and thinking to himself "I'm a rock star . . . I should do that." The rest (and Depeche Mode's glory days) is history.
Hey, Anyone here like The Smashing Pumpkins? We used to think that Gish (and Starla etc from the era) were products of a band on the same drug induced wavelength. But "despite all my rage I'm still just a rat in a cage" sounds like dead misguided sober poetry. I feel like Corgan sobered up and became so tedious he drove everyone else over the edge drug-wise. Just theoretical though. Billy?
