Why Did It Seem Like Every Rockstar From The Late 60's-Early 70's Was On Heroin?

[Bogey_J]

and some subsequently died from lady H

Ed reed, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin...Hell, even Jimi had a nasty heroin addiction near his end.

just how big was heroin in the 70's [among rock stars]?

[2Quik4U]

^ Very big.

It was weed and heroin in the 60s and 70s, then coke in the 80s, then ex in the 90s and 00s.

[Copper Scroll]

'Cause it feels good. sht

[Medalion44]

and some subsequently died from lady H
Ed reed, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin...Hell, even Jimi had a nasty heroin addiction near his end.
just how big was heroin in the 70's [among rock stars]?

i think you mean lou reed, and lou reed never shot junk despite writing the song 'heroin'. lou reed shot speed.

i think yer forgetting iggy pop, sly stone, miles davis, james taylor, richard hell, and...of course...the junkie of junkies...


keith richards.

[Copper Scroll]

i think yer forgetting iggy pop, sly stone, miles davis, james taylor, richard
Miles kicked his heroin habit in the early 50s. He was on coke in the 70s.

[Medalion44]

Miles kicked his heroin habit in the early 50s. He was on coke in the 70s.

haha, my bad.

didn't he actually lock himself in his folks house in st. louis to kick junk?

[Copper Scroll]

haha, my bad.
didn't he actually lock himself in his folks house in st. louis to kick junk?
East St. Louis, yeah. And fortunately, too, 'cause a lot of the music he was making when he was shootin up was stale compared to what came after he kicked.

[pl2584]

'Cause it feels good. sht

hell yeah why u think they give it out in hospitals.

[jadillac1181]

artist thought drugs helped them make beter music. When in actuality, common sense tells you that when you're motory and sensory skills are inhibited, you're talent isnt fully displayed

[RapMusicIsCool]

A lot of Jazz cats were on that heron, but that was more in the 40's-60's.

And Coke was HUGE in the 70's and just carried over into the 80's and became freebase, crack, etc.