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The Economic Scale Of Heavy Metal And Drugs

posted Aug 2, 2004 at 12:57 PM by deathbringer.  (2 Comments)

Seb Hunter spoke with Entertainment Weekly about his memoir 'Hell Bent For Leather: Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict', profiling his time in failed bands Rag 'n' Bones and the Trash Can Junkies. Asked his most ridiculous tale of chemical excess, Hunter responded, "There's a sliding economic scale. The smaller your band, you take speed and mushrooms. Then you get a bit bigger and you take cocaine and so on, until you've got a full-blown heroin habit and that's when you know you've made it. We never really got behind amphetamine sulphate. We used to put speed in our tea like sugar. It's quite English."

Source: Rockdirt

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2 Comments on "The Economic Scale Of Heavy Metal And Drugs"

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1. KMADD writes:

Hey thats right. I don't know why these rockstars b**** about their addiction.
I mean if I had the money I would do those designer drugs as long Im not being a sponge or a robber.

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2. nin writes:

It's just that so many rock stars are not prepared to deal with the enormous wealth that they so suddenly encounter upon becoming famous. So they indulge themselves in worthless f***ing highs and end up f***ing things over for themselves pretty badly.

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