# Famous rock musicians who do not use alcohol or drugs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-rock-musicians-who-do-not-use-alcohol-or-drugs/669225 "2013-09-19T13:28:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-rock-musicians-who-do-not-use-alcohol-or-drugs/669225/61 "2013-09-22T01:43:41Z")
Seals and Croft were both Bahai. No alcohol or drugs A friend of mine from the band Exile said years ago they were invited to a party at the home of Jimmy Seals and their road manager, an alcoholic was aghast that there was no booze at thier party. Dan Seals was bahai as well but I don’t know how strict he was. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-rock-musicians-who-do-not-use-alcohol-or-drugs/669225/62 "2013-09-22T10:25:57Z")
To add to the Gene Simmons quotes, in his book _Sex Money Kiss_, he says something to the effect of, “I get as much pleasure from a cheese danish as some people get from a glass of fine wine. You take the wine, I’ll take the danish, and we’ll all be happy.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-rock-musicians-who-do-not-use-alcohol-or-drugs/669225/63 "2013-09-22T12:19:44Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’m pretty sure it was the Ozzy autobiography. Ozzy also told about sharing a studio with Yes while they were recording “Tales From Topographic Oceans”, and found out some of them liked to toke up once in a while, which was surprising to him because they publicly talked about how they were health-conscious vegetarians (except for Rick Wakeman, who ate meat and drank enough booze to make up for it). He offered them some of his own, and the ones who partook had to cancel their sessions for the rest of the day because it was a lot stronger than the ditchweed they were used to smoking. A few years back, former Yes vocalist Jon Anderson was doing an Unplugged?storytellers type show here in Austin. After one of his incomprehensible songs, some one in the audience called out, “What does that mean?” Anderson replied good-naturedly, “People always ask me what my songs mean. I don’t know what they mean.” He then giggled and took a puff on an imaginary joint. So, it’s fair to say that Jon and his bandmates smoked their share of weed and that the results sometimes showed up in the songs. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-rock-musicians-who-do-not-use-alcohol-or-drugs/669225/64 "2013-09-23T04:26:26Z")
Not verified, but I recall hearing Joan Jett is a vegan and abstains entirely from alcohol and drugs. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-rock-musicians-who-do-not-use-alcohol-or-drugs/669225/65 "2013-09-23T16:29:25Z")
In his “Behind The Music” episode, “Weird Al” Yankovic was described as a vegetarian who rarely drank and never used drugs. Some of his friends said, “We tried to get him to do drugs, and he refused. Probably a good idea, because they would make him normal.” 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-rock-musicians-who-do-not-use-alcohol-or-drugs/669225.md?page=3)