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.
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Ron White. The only funny one in blue collar comedy
I don't know. I may not have liked all of the stuff he did, but the larry the cable guy bit had some good ones, and foxworthy's bit about drug side effects was well done.
Larry and Foxworthy had a couple good bits but that was about it for me. I found White at least was consistently funny.
Love his skits
They call me... Tater Salad
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
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.
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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.
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.
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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
You mean the guy who drank himself to death after performing at Sturgis during COVID?
Chris Jericho? Oh the "to death" part hasn't materialized yet, just the 80lbs of booze weight.
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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. 😁
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Alestorm. They play pirate drinking metal, so it's pretty on brand
I'm pretty sure they are not drunk during shows. IIRC they got rid of one guy who couldn't hold his drink.
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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.
Ron White i believe
Ron White is sober now. Also retired from comedy, I believe. Probably true in his heyday.
He was in South America and tripped on ayahuasca, never drank again I believe.
Buddy of mine went to see Joe Cocker and dude passed out at the mic before singing anything. They refunded everyone.
Weirdly, killed by lung cancer instead...
I wonder what would everyone do if instead he sang out of tune?
I don't know, man, I think I might just stand up and walk out on him
oh baby now!
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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.
I was listening to Knowledge Fight which isn't a regular listen for me, and it sounds to me like that Alex Jones dude is just shit faced at all times.
Dylan Moran, maybe not drunk necessarily but he is always drinking wine on the stage during his sets from memory.
Moran quit smoking in 2014 and became teetotal in 2018, but has since resumed drinking.
Good for him
As a kid I didn't get the drunk Dean Martin jokes on Bugs Bunny. Watching him on old roast videos, yeah, he was fucking hammered 24/7.
Go check some Don Rickels roasts! The man was fucking brutal, thought Sinatra was going to cap his ass on the spot when Don joked about Frank's mob ties. Kissing Sammy Davis Jr., "Did I get any black on me?"
Dean Martin was faking it. He barely drank, and was not a partier. It was all an act.
I remember an interview, where he broke kayfabe and hinted to the interviewer something to the effect of "do you think I could be as successful as I am if I drank that heavily?"
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Was Sid Vicious ever sober?
Pepper Coyote.
Apparently, the drunker he is by the end of the set, the funnier "No Cock, Like Horse Cock" gets. Unfortunately when I saw him live, he gave away all his booze to the audience! 😩
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Eddie Vedder drinks his share of wine on stage but I'm not sure if he's shitfaced. I think it would be hard to tell given his style of singing(i very much like his singing, not bashing him).
I call it Drunk Nirvana. I do not like it
It's OK to be wrong
Plenty of old-school metal bands, or well actually just a fair majority of metal bands in general I guess were/are quite partial to drinks/drugs.
Alice Cooper used to be a raging alcoholic. He managed to turn things around though and helps others with their addictions.
The Replacements have a history of playing shows completely wasted. There’s particular Saturday night live episode where they ended up getting banned from playing on ever again.
Till Schweiger. Got i hate him. He always plays his drunk arrogant egoistic asshole self
The Kills used to put on some of the sloppiest and rowdiest drunk concerts, they were dope. They've since gotten sober, and while the music is better, I miss the messy shows.
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