(Yes, I *know *ethanol alcohol is a drug. But most people say “alcohol and drugs.” Get over it.)
Seems rock-n-roll goes hand-in-hand with alcohol and drugs. The only two rock artists I can think of who (supposedly) have never partaken in these vices are Frank Zappa and Ted Nugent.
Any others?
Lots of others; YMMV depending on your definition of “famous”.
And now that I think about it, **Zappa **was certainly addicted to nicotine. So a couple bonus points will be awarded if the artist didn’t even smoke.
IIRC Zappa was not opposed to alcohol, and had tried marijuana but didn’t care for it.
Going a little off topic, but I’ve read that Jane Curtin was the only member of the original cast of Saturday Night Live who wasn’t using drugs.
Is that supposed to be a link? What to?
“Never”? As in, they’ve never even once had a drink?
Finding a list of folks who are teetotalers is gonna be a lot harder, IMO. Snowboarder Bo’s link doesn’t appear to have even a single person who qualifies, let alone lots of others.
Penn & Teller are rock n’ roll magicians who eschew drugs and alcohol.
AFAIK, Gene Simmons of Kiss is, and always has been a completely sober dude, as hard as that might be to believe for people unfamiliar with his personality.
What about Bruce Dickenson? I don’t think he would endanger his pilot’s license.
Alice Cooper WAS a very heavy drinker and drug user, but says he’s been completely clean and sober for 30 years- PARTLY because he did some lengthy stays in rehab and partly because he replaced those addictions with another: golf.
The way Alice puts is, he’s learned that he has a highly addictive personality, and that he’s inclined to go overboard and get unhealthily obsessed with whatever he gets into.
He says he’s now as addicted to golf as he once was to booze and drugs, but figures that’s a good trade. At least now he’s addicted to something that gets him some fresh air and exercise instead of to something that could kill him.
Beyond that… I can name many guys who say they’ve been 100% clean and sober for a long time, but none I can vouch have NEVER done drugs.
If I recall correctly, she was the only one who was married at the time, and she would be home with her husband while the others were out partying.
He drinks, though I’m sure he stays well within the bounds of the pilot rules. He is even involved in the new Trooper beer Iron Maiden is brewing and I’ve seen him drinking it.
I always understood that the band Iron Maiden drank, but not heavily. I don’t think they’ve been into drugs at all.
Adam Ant, according to his autobiography, never touched a drop of alcohol from his youth all through his pop star heyday (though subsequently he had a couple of drinking phases).
True that Zappa did not completely abstain from alcohol, and according to Howard Kaylan’s recent autobiography, he even on rare occasions joined in when the band was sharing a joint.
Ugh, drugs are cheaper.
Davey Havok, Ian MacKaye, and many others.
I was just coming in to see if Ian had been noted. Mr. Straight Edge himself.
Randy Bachman is another one.