maybe all i need is a shot in the arm
so Jeff Tweedy has emerged from rehab for a painkiller addiction (aka Rush Limbaugh's Disease) as well as depression and all that that entails. while i'm happy for him, i'm worried for the music. the next Wilco album is due out June 22nd so it should be safe, but i'm willing to bet that the next one (if there is one) will be disappointing.
are there any instances of a band or musician kicking drugs and then becoming better? all i can think of right now are the numerous legendary drug-addled blues and jazz artists; the Beatles who got more interesting (if a bit self-indulgent) when they started dosing; Aerosmith who emerged from the haze of the 70s clean & sucky; and Huey Lewis & the News who finally hit their stride with "I Want a New Drug".
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You were never more fun than that week in the spring of 1997. But we still keep enjoy your straight edge self.
Posted by: jake | May 13, 2004 02:55 PM
yeah, my body is a temple now, provided that temple is used to store large quantities of lunchmeat.
Posted by: jamie | May 13, 2004 03:35 PM
Actually, one could argue that Motley Crue's "Dr. Feelgood" album was one of their better efforts, from start to finish, which came after they got sober.
He's gonna be your Frankenstein!
Posted by: Phillip | May 14, 2004 09:18 AM
the excpetion that proves the rule!
Posted by: jamie | May 14, 2004 04:21 PM
Come on, man?! Dude Looks Like a Lady! Love in an El-e-Va-Tah! Janie's Got a Frickin' Gun! Those are classics. Of a sort.
Posted by: Jim | May 18, 2004 11:50 PM