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What is it with musicians and drugs?

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Originally posted by: LordMaul
I think it's a lot more simple than you guys are purporting it to be. All this psychology BS is irrelevant.

Why do musicians use a lot of drugs like heroin and cocaine and whatnot?

Because they CAN.
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I think this is more true than not. There are plenty of great musicians out there who don't do drugs. Music is just one of those jobs you can do under the influence, much like visual art and writing, and I think most artists just do drugs because they can do it and still succeed.
 
Alcohol is a drug. Get over it, whoever thinks otherwise. :roll:

I think because you aren't working some 9-5, you never have to worry about getting tested, so you can smoke some reefer every now and then not worry about it. Or do other things.
 
Originally posted by: TheNewbie
It's like the most famous musicians were all junkies, I was going to list some of them but then I realized the list is endless, they were all on drugs.
Do drugs make you THAT much more creative, or its just the type of people who happen to be good musicians who also have a big craving for getting stoned. :Q
I personally never tried drugs before (or planning to) so I don't really know.
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Actors do drugs too. Mayors have been known to be crackheads. Heck, we've even had presidents who were coke fiends or smoke pot (though he never inhaled). Models do drugs. Writers do drugs. Lawyers and doctors do drugs. One of the biggest coke dealers in the US back in the 80s was a dentist. Top tele-evangelists who advise the president do drugs. Kids do drugs. Middle-income, suburban parents do drugs. Low income trailer park folks do drugs. hmmm i think i see a pattern here. Who doesn't do drugs?
 
Originally posted by: Looney
Originally posted by: TheNewbie
It's like the most famous musicians were all junkies, I was going to list some of them but then I realized the list is endless, they were all on drugs.
Do drugs make you THAT much more creative, or its just the type of people who happen to be good musicians who also have a big craving for getting stoned. :Q
I personally never tried drugs before (or planning to) so I don't really know.
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Actors do drugs too. Mayors have been known to be crackheads. Heck, we've even had presidents who were coke fiends or smoke pot (though he never inhaled). Models do drugs. Writers do drugs. Lawyers and doctors do drugs. One of the biggest coke dealers in the US back in the 80s was a dentist. Top tele-evangelists who advise the president do drugs. Kids do drugs. Middle-income, suburban parents do drugs. Low income trailer park folks do drugs. hmmm i think i see a pattern here. Who doesn't do drugs?
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You don't.
 
Just part of the culture thing. My favourite artists tried them, but practically stopped shortly after beginning (so they say).

On a side note, do "emo" **bands do drugs, or is it more effective to hold onto their .....emo-ness?
 
Give yourself all the money in the world, all the time in the world, and be really REALLY bored. It's just a matter of time.
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
drugs don't make you more creative, that is a myth/excuse by the weak
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Cocaine, for example, does not meake you more creative. LSD on the other hand? You can hardly control the creative process on LSD - insights and revelations come thick and fast, some real some not, then images generated in your mind manifest themselves in reality, sights and sounds are changed and enhanced, etc etc.
 
Concerts = parties= drugs. Lower class people with lots of money go to drugs to escape. have fun, or to fill a void. It's not as common as it was in the 70's, but it's still there. Hell, my college band had pot floating around everywhere. It comes with the territory.
 
Originally posted by: Imp
On a side note, do "emo" **bands do drugs, or is it more effective to hold onto their .....emo-ness?
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I don't think so. Those bands are a bunch of fsckin pussies.
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
drugs don't make you more creative, that is a myth/excuse by the weak
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Research has shown marijuana use corellates with brain waves associated with creativity. There's research going on that isn't funded by the government, ya know.
 
whenever musicians + drugs are put together this quote comes to mind -

If you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, then go home and burn all your records, all your tapes, and all your CDs because every one of those artists who have made brilliant music and enhanced your lives? RrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrEAL fcuking high on drugs. The Beatles were so fcuking high they let Ringo sing a few songs.

-Bill Hicks
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Originally posted by: homercles337
Originally posted by: Aflac
Originally posted by: homercles337
Originally posted by: Doctor Nyse
Originally posted by: homercles337
Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Because the most passionate music often comes from the most flawed people.
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Dear god youre a dope. There is nothing flawed about how the limbic system responds to reward.

What is it with the greatest american writers all being drunks?
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Flawed meaning those who, despite their concerted efforts, are unable to breathe easily / rest their heads / conquer their demons / find satisfaction / be at peace or at least understanding with something / let go of something / etc etc..
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Youre not a doctor. That much is *obvious*.
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Who says you have to be a doctor to make that kind of conclusion?
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Conclusion is shit, not a doctor, post is shit, poster is a god damn idiot. Need i say more?

Edit: *Again* There is nothing flawed about how the limbic system responds to reward. Are you "flawed" because you get a hard on for LCDs?
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You obviously have no idea what you're talking about.

There's no refuting that your precious limbic system responds to reward. Flawed is obviously referring to the reason WHY you seek that rewarded feeling (which, by the way, beside addiction, you are completely aware of). And yes, if you get a hard on for LCDs then yes - there is something within you that enjoys the thrill of something bigger and better than that which you've already attained - limbic system or not. In this case.. a screen helps feed that. And in your case, overpriced vehicles. The only difference is, of course, most artists musicians and writers tend to seek the completely unattainable; love, life, ease, understanding, etcetera. I think if you get a hard on for LCDs or cars then you probably aren't going to be making much profound work in your days.

Cheers.


 
Originally posted by: Doctor Nyse
Originally posted by: ch33zw1z
Originally posted by: Doctor Nyse
Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Because the most passionate music often comes from the most flawed people.
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There you have it.

I'm a musician & artist and while I don't use drugs, I use quite a bit of alcohol.
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alcohol is a drug, so you actually DO use drugs. You drink coffee...drug use. It's all relative to your perspective on intoxicants and how acceptable it is to you in social aspects.
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Well, based off of your own logic, you aren't really in any position to tell me if what I use is a drug or not.
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Well, what exactly would your definition be?
 
Bourassa M; Vaugeois P. Effects of marijuana use on divergent thinking. Creativity Research Journal 13(3/4): 411-416, 2001. (16 refs.)
This research sought to evaluate the effect of marijuana use on creativity as defined by the term divergent thinking. Another objective was to verify if there was a difference in the creativity of regular users (60 participants) and that of novice users of marijuana (60 participants) under 3 experimental conditions: without marijuana, with placebo, and with marijuana. The 4 divergent thinking factors (fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration) were measured by the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (Form A, Figural scale). The results showed that the use of marijuana had no positive effects on divergent thinking (creativity) in novice users and reduced it in regular users.
Copyright 2001, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
 
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