Was Sid Vicious ever sober?
this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2025
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Janis Joplin?
100% was thinking of her when I posted. Janis <3
It's funny that in Spain an actress did a JJ impression in a show and the "jury" said she didn't do it right because her English was awful. I disagree: she nailed the live performances.
Brother, that was pretty rancid and an insult to Janis LOL
I saw Shane MacGowan (and the Popes) at some festival or other. The dude was clearly shit-faced, hardly able to stand, and slurring like crazy as he babbled at the crowd. But, once the music kicked in, he sang like he always sings. I guess that probably means he's always shit-faced.
Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom. RIP D:
I perform everyday for people and I'm rarely sober, does that count?
Big bird, probably...
I remember back when I was young, there was one of them country guys who did stand up, and he always had either scotch or whiskey during his routines. He belonged to the you might be a redneck...group.
Ron white. Huh I thought he was dead.
According to his wiki page he quit drinking after an Ayahuasca trip.
Hey, good for him. The pictures of him do seem better.
Ron White. The only funny one in blue collar comedy
And now he's sober.
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My high school music teacher went to a Dragonforce concert circa 2008. He said they were completely wasted, didn’t sound anything like the album, and barely knew where they were. Just an absolute waste of time. He got an autograph from one of them (must’ve paid for a VIP ticket or something) and they wrote “wish I didn’t have to meet you, asshole.”
He liked them a lot less after that
I went in 2007 and they sounded exactly like their album, they out on an incredibly show, and I got high-fives from a couple of them as they were running through the crowd. I’m sorry his experience wasn’t good, but I can provide another perspective. My friends and I all had a wonderful time.
Guns and Roses pulled that shit on me on '91. Couldn't even tell what song Axle was on he was so fucking wasted. And the acoustics were awful.
We were tripping acid and got turned around on the road trip to OKC, missed some opening band called Smashing Pumpkins.
For what it’s worth, Axl Rose is basically the poster child for diva musicians. There are entire AV companies that specifically refuse to work with GnR because Axl is such a renowned asshole in the music industry. Basically every person who has met him for longer than 15 seconds has some sort of horror story. He’s basically the reason the “musician trashes hotel room” stereotype exists. He has like 30 or 40 arrests on record, largely for asshole behavior like drunkenly grabbing women in public, throwing things at people, etc… But the record label treats him like a golden child because the band still draws crowds.
Source: I work in the music industry.
Axl Rose is...the reason the “musician trashes hotel room” stereotype exists.
Heh. Sweet summer child.
Keith Richards and the Rolling Stones, Keith Moon and the Who, and Led Zeppelin would all like a word.
Good on you the smashing pumpkins aren't all that good
Doug Stanhope
You could say this about most standup comedians. The sober ones are the weird ones!
"I'm Doug Stanhope, and that's why I drink"
Joe Cocker is famous for being pretty fucked up almost all the time. I watched a documentary, going to a concert of his was like maybe he'll be able to do more than one song.
Random quote from the interwebz
I saw JC twice during the 70s & 1 of those performances Cocker was sooo fn drunk he went behind the drummer & puked, then passed out!
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The singer of Smash Mouth seemed to really hate that people only cared about All Star. His latest shows were) had some drunk rants. He's dead now
He's dead? Thats nice.
You mean the guy who drank himself to death after performing at Sturgis during COVID?
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I'm an 80's boy, and a documentary was made about my rock stars and their drinking habits (among other things).
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
As an extra aside, I can't imagine that Lemmy spent any day sober since leaving Hawkwind until the day he died. When he was told he was sick and needed to stop drinking, he gave up whiskey and started drinking a case or more of wine every day. God, I miss Lemmy. 😁
Yeah, Lemmy wasn't acting. He was living it.
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He got sober in the 90s, but Elton John was notorious for using shit-tons of cocaine back in the day and was an alcoholic as well.
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Ron White i believe
Ron White is sober now. Also retired from comedy, I believe. Probably true in his heyday.
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Bizzy Bone from Bone-Thugs-n-Harmony. Dude was a serious alcoholic. Saw his show back in like 2012 or 13, I forget the exact date, and he was completely shitfaced. He carried a handle of vodka and a bucket up onto the stage with him and alternated between drinking straight out of the bottle and then coughing/spitting/possibly puking into the bucket between songs. People in the crowd were like wtf man. It was disgusting. He had a fucked up childhood, so I'm not surprised he hit the bottle hard, but damn.
Dylan Moran, maybe not drunk necessarily but he is always drinking wine on the stage during his sets from memory.
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