# Acid Casualties **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-casualties/181683 "2003-06-13T21:57:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-casualties/181683/1 "2003-06-13T21:57:50Z")
Towards the end of the 60’s there were a few famous and near famous artists that suffered meltdowns most probably influenced to a large extent by the person’s prodigous LSD habit. **Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)** **Roky Erickson (13th Floor Elevators)** and **Skip Spence (Moby Grape)** Since that time, I haven’t really noticed others suffering specifically from LSD related problems… sure, others (Mariah Carey, for instance) have snapped, but I can’t think of any recent “acid casualties”… well maybe **Dan Treacy (Television Personalities)**. I’m sure muscians haven’t stopped taking acid, and in some cases lots of it, so any ideas why there aren’t more freakouts? Or have I just not been paying attention? ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-casualties/181683/2 "2003-06-13T22:00:36Z")
Was Dan Treacy ever found? I heard recently that he disappeared a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-casualties/181683/3 "2003-06-13T22:17:02Z")
I haven’t heard of Dan Treacy being found. Interesting side note though: TVP had a song called “I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives”, and more recently The Mr. T Experience put out a song called “I Know Where Dan Treacy Lives”… although I think they’re lying. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-casualties/181683/4 "2003-06-14T02:18:56Z")
“I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives” is actually the song that got me into the band. I’m a big fan of Mr. Barrett’s (although not of post-Syd Pink Floyd), and when I heard the TVP’s song, I fell in love with them too, as you can see from my signature. I haven’t heard of the song by the Mr. T Experience, I’ll have to check it out. It’s sad enough that Syd Barrett had to go mad, but at least he’s safe at home with his family and his art. * * * I just found this article URL=http://www.newsreview.com/issues/chico/2002-08-22/shelfmusic2.asp]here from August 2002. It’s a review of the new compilation **Fashion Conscious (the Little Teddy Years)**, and in the last paragraph, it mentions that Dan Treacy is home and alive. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-casualties/181683/5 "2003-06-14T02:20:33Z")
Sorry about the coding. The review is [here](http://www.newsreview.com/issues/chico/2002-08-22/shelfmusic2.asp). ---
**Author:** ![rmbnxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@rmbnxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rmbnxs)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-casualties/181683/6 "2003-06-14T05:49:07Z")
Peter Green