Why is it that artists like Hank Williams or Jimi Hendrix drugged themselves into  a early grave?
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It doesn't have much to do with musicians - it's a psychological escape from "pain" usually and is very widespread throughout history, just because it's self "medication" makes it no less valid - getting high is about getting "not - low".\n\nA few people use it for spiritual experience/altered states and heavy drugs (alcohol included) can be lethal so mistakes happen -  alcohol and heroin stop your breathing, coke and x-tasy stops your heart and frys your brain (really turns all the lights on at once and leads to neurosis etc eventually depending on the person) . . . \n\nPeople who make a lot of "negative" statements about the use of drugs don't usually know much about the history - they've been around forever, but refined coke and heroin and "designer" chemicals are (modern plagues) new, concentrated and can be very dangerous. \n\nMany of these people didn't commit suicide (as in purposely end their life at that moment). It's far more complex than most are willing to even think about. They just make a simple uninformed judgement, it's sad because it doesn't help the situation out there to be blindly against something  - even drugs - remember drugs can save lives too
885919
No, those are the acid heads! The necrophliacs, are Insane Clown Posse fans!\n\n"So what if she's dead!\nI still love her!\nWhat, does that make you FRESHER than her?"  ; )
445277
sry he died by over doss of drugs...very sad story. I love his music...he is a legend for life!
557154
Those artists were inspired by musicians who were all about the music. The blues was the last great musical form. From it came rhythm-and-blues, rock'n'roll and much of what followed in rock. You have to go back to the roots to truly get it. Bands today are often copies of copies, all the fire is gone after so any levels of remove from the real thing. Maybe someone will put together something we haven't heard before that rocks. I'm not too hopeful, but who knows?
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There are several contenders - \nJimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Keith Moon..... and those are just the DEAD ones!\n\nI think Keith Richards (and probably Ozzie Osbourn) would be pretty much up there with these guys - and should get extra points for actually having survived so far!
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A lot of times people do drugs, excessive drinking, etc. to help with their "past" issues. (it makes it worse on them, they just do not realize it.)  it was a time when they thought they had it all together, and at the time, their friends would accept their weird, strange and sometimes stupid behavior, to the other people... they were just party buddies. No one really cared about them. In a sense when people "fall back", they are looking for the security that they once had.  For us that Love these people, they believe that we nag at them to start fights, Which in reality "we" know that the person is better then the "past", they just do not see it that way.
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Basically, it was for the stoners, or "heads" as some of us were called.  It had a little sumpin' ta do with the transportation of an illegal substance.  If ya keep movin', it was thought ya had a better chance of not bein' known or found out!....He did some amazing artwork on album covers for bands such as Janis Joplin, Cheech & Chong, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, just to name a few!
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Yes its  a great shame this happens. And, then their fans look at what they are doing and say. thats cool. Guess its the pressure of fame. There is nothing quite like the high\nof appearing on stage in front of thousands of adoring fans.(or being on a highly rated tv show with many fans)\nComing off stage is like a depression and the drugs can be used as a substitute. Before they know it they need more and more drugs to re create that " high " feeling.Then before they know it they have become addicted and even need the drugs to get them up on stage.(or back in front of the cameras) Its a crazy situation which wrecks lives.
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I know a guy that did this years ago and freaked out because thought the grass was breathing and going to get him.  He started doing dangerous things while high and almost killed himself.\n\nNot a good idea.\n\nm
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no. They were in hell while they were alive, either real or imagined. however, by committing suicide they put those around them especially those who love them through hell on earth because of the guilty of not knowing for sure why they killed themselves. it sounds like you may be experiencing this type of hell right now. remember you can't change the past only the future don't let their pain continue to hurt you after they have left.
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It gives the dead a person a chance to wake up, just in case they aren't really dead. Historically (when medical knowledge was less developed) there was a fear of misjudging someone as dead and inadvertendly burying them alive.\n\nAn Irish song called Finnegan's Wake plays on this idea where the guy does wake up when hit with a bucket of beer or jug of whiskey.
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Opinions being what they are, he could be referring to Morrison...or Hendrix! The lyrics very much hint at both, so it's up to interpretation.\n\n"Digging how the guitar goes"..all Hendrix there\n"Or did the voodoo magic help"..Hendrix' "Voodoo Child", but        everyone knows Morrison dabbled in it.\n"Does everyone get hypnotized by your fire"...Morrison's "Light My Fire", and Hendrix used to set his guitar on fire.\n"Sure we're glad for the experience"...Hendrix, "Are You Experienced?"\n\nAt the end of the song, you can unmistakingly hear "Riders on the Storm"\nThe curious thing, is the name. Hendrix was Jimi, Morrison was simply Jim. Splitting hairs here??\nSo, take your pick...I think he's referring to both!!\n\nEDIT: Just found this on Blunts website..\n"His current favourite listening is Cat Power and Lou Reed's "Transformer" album, and "Back to Bedlam" has a similarly enigmatic quality. He won't explain what most of the songs are about, though he does admit that the deceptively bubbly "So Long, Jimmy" was inspired by Messrs Hendrix and Morrison. As for the rest, he says only, "You can get away with murder in a song"."\n\nSo there!!
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Because back in the old days people would sometimes "pass out" and as a result be buried alive. When they realized that people were being buried alive they started waiting three days to see if the person was really dead of if they would "wake" up
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Yeah, people tend to forget about the people who died. x.x It's the big hole in their theory.
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Well, it's perfectly normal to ask this question since this must seem like a very unusual social phenomenon to you.\n\nYou must be wondering why people would go crazy over someone who's already no longer in the loop like all the current celebrities like 50 Cents or all the rappers, popstars and female divas who are still alive right?\n\nSit back and read on, the explanation is pretty interesting...\n\nBruce Lee was a Kung Fu icon way back in the 70's.\nThis was a decade that brought Kung Fu to the world of the westerners through the many films and TV shows that Bruce Lee himself starred in. He did for Kung Fu what Elvis did for Rock & Roll.\n\nBut it is interesting to note that while there were many other people who were also in the limelight during that era doing similar things to what Elvis and Bruce did, none achieved the immortality of cult status that Bruce Lee and Elvis Presley enjoyed.\n\nOther people who have lived on with such tenacity even though they have departed from our world include Mother Teresa, Ghandi, Marilyn Monroe and others.\n\nSo you see, it is a very unusual social phenomenon indeed.\n\nYour observation, though casual, reveals that perhaps there is a formula to acheiving cult status that these people have unwittingly attained, conciously or otherwise.\n\nCertainly there were many unique factors contibuting to it. Maybe an early demise at the height of their popularity had something to do with it, but it would be superficial to attribute their immortality to a single factor. Many aspects of their lives and the way it intertwined with society during their careers/lifetime had an influence I'm sure.\n\nTheir life stories and circumstances are worth analysing to find out more. No doubt, if one's wish were to replicate success on such a phenomenal level as theirs, it would be no mean feat. But by studying their lives, we learn how to live ours; no doubt if your wish is to be an immortal, then perhaps they are our greatest teachers.\n\nCheers!\nALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE
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Yea, ME, If I got cremated the body would be burning for weeks, there is NOT a substance I have NOT tried, I no longer drink or do drugs (a little giggle smoke , but that's it), I've been clean for years now, it was purely experimental (a proper experiment should take 10 years), one day, I just could not take "Getting sick" anymore, so I quite on my own, there's nothing wrong with getting help though, I just knew inside that "I" had to do it, nobody else ! My problem, my responsibility ! I put the "KY-BOSH" right on it, people have said that "It was like an alien came down and took his body back to normal" . LoL !
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Guy is terrified at the idea of being buried alive (as were many people in that period).  Guy has elaborate bell-and-string device in his crypt so he can ring the bell even if he's dead.  Guy wakes up, thinks he's in a coffin (that doesn't have the bell), then realizes he's in a bunk in a boat.\n\nIt's been a long time since I read it, so take that at your own risk :-)