# Musicians on Heroin **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878 "2008-02-23T20:07:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/1 "2008-02-23T20:07:32Z")
I would like to see a list of musicians who made music while on heroin. Here’s a few that I know of: 1. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) (Died 1994) 2. Layne Staley (Alice in Chains, Mad Season) (Died 2002) 3. Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver) (Still crazy dancing in 2008) 4. Bradley Nowell (Sublime) (Died 1996) I am particularly interested in the vocalists, but feel free to include others. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/2 "2008-02-23T20:10:00Z")
Eric Clapton the the immortal Keith Richards come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/3 "2008-02-23T20:11:15Z")
John Lennon Janis Joplin Jimi Hendrix Keith Richards Lou Reed Phil Lynott Tommy Bolin Paul Kossoff (Free) …just for starters… ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/4 "2008-02-23T20:12:19Z")
David Gahan (Depeche Mode) - clinically dead in 1996, survived and still making music Dwayne Goettel (Skinny Puppy) - died August 1995 ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/5 "2008-02-23T20:12:32Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Eric Clapton the the immortal Keith Richards come to mind. [/QUOTE] Thanks. I will look into that. For those curious, I think musicians on heroin make some of the craziest music and I am always interested in trying to figure out what the heck they were saying (if they intended to really say anything of importance at all). [edit] Wow, they are really coming now. Thanks all! ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/6 "2008-02-23T20:16:59Z")
Shane Macgowan (lead singer - Pogues) - inexplicably still alive ETA: > [@](#): > > I am always interested in trying to figure out what the heck they were saying Good luck on that one when it comes to Macgowan. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/7 "2008-02-23T20:17:25Z")
Ray Charles Billie Holiday Miles Davis Chet Baker plus hundreds of other jazz musicians ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/8 "2008-02-23T20:18:08Z")
Evan Dando (The Lemonheads) Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon) Miles Davis John Coltrane ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/9 "2008-02-23T20:22:09Z")
James Taylor Walter Becker Steven Tyler & Joe Perry (“The Toxic Twins”) Oh yeah… Jimmy Page. For most of Zeppelin’s career. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/10 "2008-02-23T20:24:28Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] the immortal Keith Richards [/QUOTE] I would have chosen “undead,” but it’s the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/11 "2008-02-23T20:37:13Z")
Yoko Ono Sid Vicious (Lest you think heroin use makes you a good musician.) ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/12 "2008-02-23T21:04:56Z")
David Byrne used heroin at some point, but I don’t know if he ever wrote or recorded anything while under the influence. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/13 "2008-02-23T21:46:07Z")
J.G. Thirlwell, aka Jim Foetus (creator of industrial music in Foetus, also of Steroid Maximus). ---
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/14 "2008-02-23T21:59:23Z")
Celine Dion ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/15 "2008-02-23T22:03:30Z")
Jerry Garcia ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/16 "2008-02-23T22:40:01Z")
[QUOTE=These are my own pants] Celine Dion [/QUOTE] The old Celine, or the [new Celine](http://www.celinedion.com/anewday/english/)? Wonder what she did with the old guy. Isn’t he a junkie? It seems nobody’s mentioned the venerable James Brown! Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/17 "2008-02-23T22:41:58Z")
John Phillips David Crosby Jim Morrison Marianne Faithfull ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/18 "2008-02-23T22:46:19Z")
Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, Hillel Slovak (RHCP) Andrew Wood (mother Love Bone) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/19 "2008-02-23T23:00:38Z")
Charlie Parker Chet Baker ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878/20 "2008-02-23T23:18:48Z")
This list would probably be much shorter if you had asked for the ones that didn’t [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-on-heroin/438878.md?page=2)