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Thread started 09/15/04 1:25pm

Marrk

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artists who've done drugs (allegedly)

name some!

Stevie Wonder
David Bowie
Prince
James Brown
Kurt Cobain
George Clinton
Mick Jagger
Sid Vicious


your turn! biggrin
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Reply #1 posted 09/15/04 1:30pm

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these all died.

Many people believe that artists stand a higher chance of suffering and dying from drug overdoses and related health issues than the rest of the population. Evidence supporting this has been controversial, and many believe that there is little or no connection. This is a list of artists who died from drug overdoses, drug abuse–related illnesses, and accidents caused largely by intoxication. (Deaths caused by alcohol and caffeine are included.)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Nick Adams - actor
Dave Alexander - of The Stooges
Rick Allen - of Asylum
G.G. Allin - punk musician, heroin
West Arkeen - of Outpatience, and songwriter, heroin
Howard Arkley - painter
Arlus - of the Blunt Stitches
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Deford Bailey - country musician
Chet Baker - jazz trumpeter and singer
Florence Ballard - of The Supremes, cardiac arrest strongly exacerbated by long-term drug abuse
Honore Balzac - caffeine poisoning from drinking over forty cups of coffee a day
Lester Bangs - musician, writer, overdose of painkillers, possibly accidental
Jean-Michel Basquiat - painter
Ludwig van Beethoven - classical musician, note: alcohol abuse led to the serious health problems that caused his death
Bix Beiderbecke - jazz musician
John Belushi - of the Blues Brothers,actor, and comedian - heroin and cocaine
Bunny Berigan
Sonny Berman - jazz musician
Wes Berggren - of Tripping Daisy
Dave Bidwell - of the Pink Fairies, Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown
Matty Blag - of Blaggers I.T.A
Mike Bloomfield - blues guitarist, heroin
Tommy Bolin - of Deep Purple
John Bonham - of Led Zeppelin, inhalation of own vomit; believed to be alcohol-related
James Booker - musician, heroin
Erik Brodreskift - of Borknagar
Herman Brood - musician
Dennis Brown - musician
Lenny Bruce - comedian, heroin, found dead with a needle in his arm
Robert Buck - of 10,000 Maniacs
Tim Buckley - rock and roll musician, heroin
Lester Butler - harpist, of the Red Devils, heroin
Paul Butterfield - American blues musician
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Toy Caldwell - of Marshall Tucker Band
Alex Campbell - musician
Skip Candelori - of Turning Point
Herb Caro - saxophoneist, clarinetist, heroin
Leroy Carr - blues musician
Michael Clarke - of the Byrds
Steve Clarke - of Def Leppard
Will Clay - of The Toys
Montgomery Clift - actor
Kurt Cobain - Nirvana singer and guitarist, heroin and gunshot wounds
Brian Cole - of the Association
Allen Collins - of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Cowboy - of Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Carl Crack - of Atari Teenage Riot
Darby Crash - punk musician, of the Germs, heroin
Todd Crew - of the Drunk Fux and Jetboy
Robbin Crosby - of Ratt, contracted and died of HIV as a result of long-time heroin addiction
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Dalida - singer, barbiturates
Dorothy Dandridge - actress, singer
Jesse Ed Davis - guitarist, session musician, heroin
Jeanine Deckers - the Singing Nun
Sheik Sayid Darwish, Egyptian composer and father of Arab popular music, cocaine
Rick Dey - of the Vejtables, February Sunshine, the Wilde Knights and the Merry-Go-Round
DJ Screw - musician, codeine
Tommy Dorsey - jazz musician and bandleader, choked to death while sleeping with the aid of drugs
John Dougherty - of Flipper
Nick Drake - musician
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Jeanne Eagels - actress
John Entwistle - of the Who
Rick Evers - drummer and songwriter
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Chris Farley - comedian
Pete Farnden - of the Pretenders
Rainer Fassbinder - playwright, director
Keith Ferguson - of the Fabulous Thunderbirds
Zach Foley - of EMF and Carrie
Tom Foote - of the Devices and the Loco Gringos
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Rory Gallagher - of Taste
Jerry Garcia - of the Grateful Dead, cardiac arrest strongly exacerbated by longtime heroin abuse
Paul Gardiner - of Gary Numan's Tubeway Army
Judy Garland - American actress
Duck Geottel - of Skinny Puppy, heroin
Andy Gibb - singer, younger brother of the Bee Gees; cardiac damage strongly exacerbated by cocaine and alcohol abuse
Candy Givens - of Zephyr
Dwayne Goettel - heroin
Stacy Guess - of the Squirrel Nut Zippers
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Paul Hammond - of Atomic Rooster
Bobby Hatfield - of the Righteous Brothers, heart attack triggered by cocaine overdose
Tim Hardin - heroin
Wynonie Harris - blues singer, alcohol poisoning
George Harrison - of the Beatles, heavy tobacco user, died of lung cancer
Alex Harvey - of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, liver damage caused by alcohol abuse
Eddie Hazel - guitarist, of the P-funk collective
Helno - of Les Negresses Vertes
Margaux Hemingway - actress
Jimi Hendrix - rock and roll musician, respiratory arrest caused by barbiturate overdose
Gregory Herbet - of Blood, Sweat & Tears
Bob Hite - of Canned Heat
Randy Jo Hobbs - musician
El Duce Hoke - of the Mentors
Michael Holiday - singer
Billie Holiday - jazz singer
Hollywood Fats - musician
Gary Holton - of Heavy Metal Kids
James Honeyman-Scott - of the Pretenders
Shannon Hoon - of Blind Melon
Tim Hovey - actor
Baby Huey - singer
Phyllis Hyman - singer
I
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Lorri Jackson - musician
Tom Jans - musician
Brian Jones - of the Rolling Stones, drowned, very likely due to alcohol and barbiturate intoxication
Rob Jones - of Wonder Stuff
Janis Joplin - rock and roll and blues musician, heroin
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John Kahn - of the Jerry Garcia Band
Jeff Kaplan - of Kaleidoscope
Wells Kelly - of Orleans
Beverly Kenney - singer
Kenny Kirkland - noted pianist, heroin
Hoi Klinskih - of Sector Gaza
Paul Kossoff - of Free
Lance Krantz - drummer of Detox
Eddie Kurdziel - of Redd Kross
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Peter Laughner - of Pere Ubu; acute pancreatitis
Bruce Lee - actor, of The Green Hornet, possible drug use - disputed.
Rudy Lewis - of the Drifters
Bela Lugosi- actor
Frankie Lymon - doo wop singer, heroin
Phil Lynott - of Thin Lizzy
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Steve MacKay
Billy MacKenzie - of the Associates
Mike MacTavish - of the Lost Souls
Steve Marriott - of The Small Faces and Humble Pie, drug related fire
Big Maybelle
Jad McAdam - of Lino
David McComb - of Traffic
David McCombs - of the Triffids, heroin
Jimmy McCulloch - guitarist
Pig Pen McKernan - of the Grateful Dead
Robbie McIntosh - of the Average White Band, heroin
Clyde McPhatter - singer
Joe Meek - record producer
Jonathan Melvoin - of the Smashing Pumpkins, heroin
Mighty Spoiler - calypso music singer
Miss Christine - of the GTO's
Amadeo Modigliani - painter, alcohol poisoning
Marilyn Monroe - actress, singer
Ken Montgomery - of D.O.A
Roy Montrell - session guitarist
Keith Moon - of the Who
Jim Morrison - of the Doors, heroin and alcohol (cause and fact of death disputed)
Billy Murcia - of the New York Dolls
Brent Mydland - keyboardist, of the Grateful Dead
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Papoose Nelson - blues musician
Jerry Nolan - of The New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers
Bradley Nowell - of Sublime, heroin
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Hugh O'Connor - actor, of In the Heat of the Night TV series
Lani O'Grady - actress, of Eight Is Enough
Frank O'Keefe - of the Outlaws
Johnny O'Keefe - singer
Brian O'Leary - actor
Charlie Ondras - of Unsane
Michael Owen - of the Ruts
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Charlie Parker - jazz musician
Gram Parsons - country musician, of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers
Joe Pass - jazz musician
Jon-Jon Paulos - of the Buckinghams
Art Pepper - jazz musician
Kristen Pfaff - of Hole, heroin
Esther Phillips - singer
John Phillips - musician, of the Mamas and the Papas
River Phoenix - actor
Jeffrey Lee Pierce - of the Gun Club
Rob Pilatus - of Milli Vanilli
Dana Plato - actress, of Diff'rent Strokes
Elvis Presley - singer
Freddie Prinze - comic, actor (Chico and the Man), self-inflicted gunshot wound while under the influence of Quaaludes
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Glenn Quinn - actor (Roseanne, Angel)
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Dee Dee Ramone - of the Ramones
Alex Ramsdell - jaz pianist
Johnny Ray - musician
Wallace Reid - actor
Elis Regina - singer
Rob Graves Ritter - of Thelonius Monster, Gun Club, the Bags, 45 Grave
Peter Rosen - War
Michael Rudetski - keyboardist, Culture Club
David Ruffin - of the Temptations
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Stefanie Sargent - of 7 Year Bitch
Bon Scott - of AC/DC, inhalation of own vomit
George Scott III - bass guitarist
Phil Seaman - singer
Jean Seberg - actress
Edie Sedgewick - actress
Will Shatter - of Flipper, heroin
Eddy Shaver - of Shaver
Bobby Sheehan - of Blues Traveler
Judee Sill - musician
Hillel Slovak - of Red Hot Chili Peppers, heroin
Elliott Smith - singer
Richard Sohl - of The Patti Smith Group
Epic Soundtracks - of Swell Maps
Layne Staley - of Alice in Chains
Willian Stewart - doo wop singer, of Johnny Bragg & the Prisonaires
Bob Stinson - of the Replacements
Neil Storey - of the Dragon
Rory Storm - musician
Screaming Lord Sutch - singer
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Dallas Taylor - of the Danderliers
Vinnie Taylor - of Sha Na Na, heroin
Gary Thain - of Uriah Heep
Johnny Thunders - of the New York Dolls, alcohol and methadone
Georg Trakl - playwright
Steven James Turner - of Clock DVA
Dick Twardzick - pianist
U
V
Townes Van Zandt - musician
Sid Vicious - of the Sex Pistols, heroin
Gene Vincent - rock and roll musician, liver damage caused by alcohol
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Dave Waller - musician
Dinah Washington - singer
Freddie Webster - jazz trumpeter
Brett Whiteley - painter
Keith Whitley - country musician, alcohol poisoning
Danny Whitten - of Crazy Horse, heroin
Hank Williams - country musician, overdose of painkillers, born with painful back deformation
Alan Wilson - of Canned Heat
Dennis Wilson - of the Beach Boys, exact cause of death unknown, alcohol-related drowning is a strong possibility
Andrew Wood - of Mother Love Bone

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Reply #2 posted 09/15/04 1:33pm

sosgemini

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sad

so sad that jonathan is on that list.....


sad
Space for sale...
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Reply #3 posted 09/15/04 1:45pm

pacey68

Don't quote me on this but... I heard a rumour that Keith Richards may have tried drugs once or twice lol
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Reply #4 posted 09/15/04 1:53pm

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pacey68 said:

Don't quote me on this but... I heard a rumour that Keith Richards may have tried drugs once or twice lol












hmmm

tA

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Reply #5 posted 09/15/04 1:53pm

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He's not dead (God forbid shake ) but I have to add Jimmy Page!!! biggrin



This gives me another chance to post a pic of the man. yay! evillol

Here you can see the progression of his heroin addiction....

A healthy Page


eek




Look how skinny his legs are. shake

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Reply #6 posted 09/15/04 2:03pm

jayaredee

Here's some that may shock, we all know the obvious

Elton John
Michael Jackson
Clay Aiken
Britney Spears
Cher
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Reply #7 posted 09/15/04 2:05pm

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BTW theAudience, those Keith pictures are freaking me out. boxed
"I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven
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Reply #8 posted 09/15/04 2:09pm

theAudience

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People Who Died

Teddy sniffing glue, he was 12 years old
Fell from the roof on East Two-nine
Cathy was 11 when she pulled the plug
On 26 reds and a bottle of wine
Bobby got leukemia, 14 years old
He looked like 65 when he died
He was a friend of mine

Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died

G-berg and Georgie let their gimmicks go rotten
So they died of hepatitis in upper Manhattan
Sly in Vietnam took a bullet in the head
Bobby OD'd on Drano on the night that he was wed
They were two more friends of mine
Two more friends that died

Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died

Mary took a dry dive from a hotel room
Bobby hung himself from a cell in the tombs
Judy jumped in front of a subway train
Eddie got slit in the jugular vein
And Eddie, I miss you more than all the others
And I salute you brother

Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died

Herbie pushed Tony from the Boys' Club roof
Tony thought that his rage was just some goof
But Herbie sure gave Tony some bitchen proof
"Hey," Herbie said, "Tony, can you fly?"
But Tony couldn't fly, Tony died

Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died

Brian got busted on a narco rap
He beat the rap by rattin' on some bikers
He said, "Hey, I know it's dangerous, but it sure beats Riker's"
But the next day he got offed by the very same bikers

Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died

Teddy sniffing glue, he was 12 years old
Fell from the roof on East Two-nine
Cathy was 11 when she pulled the plug
On 26 reds and a bottle of wine
Bobby got leukemia, 14 years old
He looked like 65 when he died
He was a friend of mine

Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died

G-berg and Georgie let their gimmicks go rotten
So they died of hepatitis in upper Manhattan
Sly in Vietnam took a bullet in the head
Bobby OD'd on Drano on the night that he was wed
They were two more friends of mine
Two more friends that died

Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died

Mary took a dry dive from a hotel room
Bobby hung himself from a cell in the tombs
Judy jumped in front of a subway train
Eddie got slit in the jugular vein
And Eddie, I miss you more than all the others
And I salute you brother

Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died


~~Jim Carroll

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Reply #9 posted 09/15/04 2:10pm

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HOLY SHIT!!! THE SINGING NUN DIED FROM SOMETHING DRUG RELATED????
jedi

Do not hurry yourself in your spirit to become offended, for the taking of offense is what rests in the bosom of the stupid ones. (Ecclesiastes 7:9)
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Reply #10 posted 09/15/04 2:10pm

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minneapolisgenius said:

BTW theAudience, those Keith pictures are freaking me out. boxed





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Reply #11 posted 09/15/04 2:11pm

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minneapolisgenius said:

BTW theAudience, those Keith pictures are freaking me out. boxed

They're 'posed to. nod

Love the walking skeleton that was JP. disbelief

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theAudience said:

People Who Died lyrics

I totally forgot about that song! thumbs up!
"I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven
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Reply #13 posted 09/15/04 2:14pm

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theAudience said:

minneapolisgenius said:

BTW theAudience, those Keith pictures are freaking me out. boxed

They're 'posed to. nod

Love the walking skeleton that was JP. disbelief

tA

peace Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

Well, it worked. shake

Yeah, and Page really WAS a walking skeleton. sad
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Reply #14 posted 09/15/04 2:15pm

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minneapolisgenius said:

BTW theAudience, those Keith pictures are freaking me out. boxed


This is one I was really looking for...

..."The Ironic Shot", and just went a little berserk after that.

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Reply #15 posted 09/15/04 2:16pm

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"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all."
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theAudience said:

minneapolisgenius said:

BTW theAudience, those Keith pictures are freaking me out. boxed


This is one I was really looking for...

..."The Ironic Shot", and just went a little berserk after that.

tA

peace Tribal Disorder

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That one is actually very funny because he still looks damn cool.



and then THIS one, is just plain wrong! eek
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Reply #17 posted 09/15/04 2:18pm

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Marrk said:

minneapolisgenius said:

BTW theAudience, those Keith pictures are freaking me out. boxed







UNCLE KEITH!

WHERE YOU BEEN?

P o o |/,
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Reply #18 posted 09/15/04 2:21pm

andyman91

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I was surprised to learn George Michael did a bunch of Extacy in the 80's
Also, was shocked to see a photo of Britney where her pupils were way wider than her companion's.

Perry Farrell & Jane's Addiction
Anthony Keidis & RHCP
Elvis P
Elvis C
Jimi Hendrix

This is too easy!
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Reply #19 posted 09/15/04 2:22pm

andyman91

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forgot my favorite, and one of the most complete addicts ever

John Lennon
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Reply #20 posted 09/15/04 2:44pm

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Maybe the thread title should be changed to "Artists who HAVEN'T done drugs". hmmm
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Reply #21 posted 09/15/04 2:48pm

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minneapolisgenius said:

theAudience said:

People Who Died lyrics

I totally forgot about that song! thumbs up!

Gotta show these folks i've got a little punk cred. wink

(very little) boxed

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theAudience said:

minneapolisgenius said:


I totally forgot about that song! thumbs up!

Gotta show these folks i've got a little punk cred. wink

(very little) boxed

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hehehe

Not more than Ashley Simpson and Avril though.

evillol

razz

(chain pulling reaction at work here)
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Reply #23 posted 09/15/04 3:06pm

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Cocaine is a helluva drug Keith
Straight Jacket Funk Affair
Album plays and love for vinyl records.
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Reply #24 posted 09/15/04 3:10pm

Anxiety

HELLO:

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Reply #25 posted 09/15/04 3:20pm

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Anxiety said:

HELLO:


fallofffallofffallofffallofffalloff

We forgot about her??!!!


falloff
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Reply #26 posted 09/15/04 3:47pm

TheRealFiness

Jimi Hendrix - rock and roll musician, respiratory arrest caused by barbiturate overdose

wrooooonggggg
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Reply #27 posted 09/15/04 4:35pm

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minneapolisgenius said:

Maybe the thread title should be changed to "Artists who HAVEN'T done drugs". hmmm


Seriously!
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Reply #28 posted 09/15/04 4:40pm

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THE QUEEN OF COCAINE....

STEVIE NICKS! If you saw Vh-1's behind the Music the 10 zillion times it aired, you would know that! razz
Let the rain come down...17 days....
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Reply #29 posted 09/15/04 4:53pm

Thumparello

Sly's done plenty.

Vanity snorted alot of coke. Morris Day also. Prince's eyes were pretty wide open in the 80's, he looked pretty high Dirty Mind-1999 era.

I sure people on this board have done there share. Everybody does drugs!

If you have an ailment you do drugs of some sort to rid of it. Users and abusers....you choose.
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