ArchAngel1024
Prog Metalish
I'm getting sick of bands that have some level of drug origins or haven't stayed sober.
Tool's Maynard Keenan was quoted as saying "I think psychedelics play a major part in what we do, but having said that, I feel that if somebody's going to experiment with those things they really need to educate themselves about them. People just taking the chemicals and diving in without having any kind of preparation about what they're about to experience tend to have no frame of reference, so they're missing everything flying by and all these new perspectives. It's just a waste. They reach a little bit of spiritual enlightenment, but they end up going, 'Well, now I need that drug to get back there again.' The trick is to use the drugs once to get there, and maybe spend the next ten years trying to get back there without the drug."
Which I find frustrating.
Les Claypool let me down too. (I always figured he was just eccentric)
"This song, it is about a journey that myself and a good friend had a couple years ago, and.... I'll just say it, we were on hallucinogenic drugs. Sorry Dad. (introducing the song "Over The Electric Grapevine")"
I would think that the guys on G3 are (maybe not satch since the new album) but Vai worked under Zappa (who is known to have fired a friend for wanting to write about pot) for years, so I would think he is, Paul Gilbert seems like he's a sober guy, and teaches enough that it seems VERY unlikely to me. Petrucci doens't seem like he would be either, but I can't cite anything on him.
Does anyone know of any technically sound bands that are sober?
(BTBAM?)
Tool's Maynard Keenan was quoted as saying "I think psychedelics play a major part in what we do, but having said that, I feel that if somebody's going to experiment with those things they really need to educate themselves about them. People just taking the chemicals and diving in without having any kind of preparation about what they're about to experience tend to have no frame of reference, so they're missing everything flying by and all these new perspectives. It's just a waste. They reach a little bit of spiritual enlightenment, but they end up going, 'Well, now I need that drug to get back there again.' The trick is to use the drugs once to get there, and maybe spend the next ten years trying to get back there without the drug."
Which I find frustrating.
Les Claypool let me down too. (I always figured he was just eccentric)
"This song, it is about a journey that myself and a good friend had a couple years ago, and.... I'll just say it, we were on hallucinogenic drugs. Sorry Dad. (introducing the song "Over The Electric Grapevine")"
I would think that the guys on G3 are (maybe not satch since the new album) but Vai worked under Zappa (who is known to have fired a friend for wanting to write about pot) for years, so I would think he is, Paul Gilbert seems like he's a sober guy, and teaches enough that it seems VERY unlikely to me. Petrucci doens't seem like he would be either, but I can't cite anything on him.
Does anyone know of any technically sound bands that are sober?
(BTBAM?)