help me win this bet...Metallica

[antigonemuse]

can anyone come up with any proof that metallica used herion??? after mustaine left... I am having a heated debate, and I very well may be wrong...

[RThompson]

can anyone come up with any proof that metallica used herion??? after mustaine left... I am having a heated debate, and I very well may be wrong...

Damn. I'm not sure whether they were known users or not. But I do know they wrote a lot of songs that seemingly reference heroin (and coke and alcohol and...), i.e. Master of Puppets to name one album (and for me, Metallica ended somewhere around 1991.) But I'll look for something on it.

[ZodiacKiller]

I personally watched Mustaine shoot up something backstage after their show here on the "Peace Sells..." tour. This was back in '85, I think...

He must've been fucked up before the show, too, 'cause he wacked his forehead on the mic, mumbled something like "I hit my fuckin' head on this fuckin' mic", and played the entire show with a bloody face. And this was before black metal, corpsepaint, and all that.:cool:

I swear every bit of this is true. I seen that shit, man.

Edit: oops, just realized this has nothing to do with the question asked. Sorry...

[RThompson]

It's all "Yes" or "No" or "I don't know" without a cool post-story like that. Not off topic at all... or at least unappreciated by one. :D That was Mustaine, I'm sure.

[antigonemuse]

haha.... some how I would not doubt the truth in that... but didnt peace sells come out after 85

[red26]

I recall whats his face uhh , shit well he was talking about shooting up Yeagarmeister or whiskey er sum shit like that. I still got my harvester of sorrow e.p. given to me by a voodoo priestess. Strange days people... strange days.

chop your breakfast on a mirror

[ZodiacKiller]

haha.... some how I would not doubt the truth in that... but didnt peace sells come out after 85

You may be right...my memory from that long ago is a little hazy. I could probably look back into my big box full of eight billion ticket stubs.

I saved as many as I could, my most prized being:

Pink Floyd, Milwaukee County Stadium, 1977, "Animals" tour (I was 13)

Kiss w/ Judas Priest, Milw Auditorium, 1979, "Dynasty" tour

Black Sabbath w/ Van Halen, Milw Arena, 1978, "Never Say Die" tour (Sabs last ever tour w/Ozzy, VH's 1st arena tour)

Yep, I been kicking around awhile, but I've had some fun....

:git:

[antony]

i didn't see this thread before but my answer is NO. metallica never used H. I have no proof, but it doesn't seem like they'd have time with all the drinking they do/were doing.

if they were, i'd wish they'd start up again, cuz they suck balls since ...And Justice for All.

[reddragon3668]

You may be right...my memory from that long ago is a little hazy. I could probably look back into my big box full of eight billion ticket stubs.

I saved as many as I could, my most prized being:

Pink Floyd, Milwaukee County Stadium, 1977, "Animals" tour (I was 13)

Kiss w/ Judas Priest, Milw Auditorium, 1979, "Dynasty" tour

Black Sabbath w/ Van Halen, Milw Arena, 1978, "Never Say Die" tour (Sabs last ever tour w/Ozzy, VH's 1st arena tour)

Yep, I been kicking around awhile, but I've had some fun....

:git:

I bet those ticket stubs are worth some money. I envy you! I was kid then too and I would have killed to any of those bands live.

[shaunclo]

I am a big Metallica fan, and no they never used H. But they were BIG TIME alchoholics. That was their D.O.C.

[ZodiacKiller]

I bet those ticket stubs are worth some money. I envy you! I was kid then too and I would have killed to any of those bands live.

Really? Ticket stubs worth money? I had no idea, but I wouldn't sell 'em anyway---too much sentimental value.

[antony]

Really? Ticket stubs worth money? I had no idea, but I wouldn't sell 'em anyway---too much sentimental value.
thats why they're worth something. especially the good bands. they wished they'd been there and want to lie to their friends, or lost um and want um back. or they just really love the band.

[HistoryofMadness]

Tearful Metallica singer recounts drugs battle (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060513/music_nm/metallica_dc_1&printer=1;_ylt=At5egl0A3dKsV9_PTu8exMyYExkF;_ylu=X 3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-)

By Dean GoodmanSat May 13, 3:50 AM ET

Metallica frontman James Hetfield fought back tears on Friday as he recounted his public battle with addiction, and labeled the sex, drugs and rock' n' roll ethos as a "horrible myth."


The 42-year-old singer/guitarist was being honored at a Hollywood fundraiser for the MusiCares MAP Fund, which provides access to addiction recovery for members of the music community.


The event, which also honored concert promoter Bill Silva, culminated in a three-song set by Hetfield and Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, along with Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney. They dusted off the Alice in Chains songs "Would?" and "Them Bones," and finished with the Metallica ballad "Nothing Else Matters."


Other performers included Tom Waits, Velvet Revolver, Jason Mraz and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.


Guests included Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, Motorhead frontman Lemmy, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist Kirk Hammett, and Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis. They reclined on couches scattered throughout the Music Box @ Fonda and imbibed alcohol-free refreshments, thus avoiding the risk of any public relapses.


Hetfield began his speech asking for a moment of silence "for the people who didn't make it, that aren't with us, who could be and I think should be."


He recounted the old saw that "dying is easy, living is hard," and offered his own recovery as proof that addiction is survivable.


Five years ago, things were different, he recalled, expressing gratitude to the award-winning documentary "Some Kind of Monster," which depicted Metallica's virtual dissolution as Hetfield began a lengthy rehabilitation to treat drug and alcohol abuse.


"I think that movie helped some people, and it took the black veil away, it took the mystique and the mystery out of the rock myth 'sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll,"' he said.


"What a horrible statement, to me. It is a myth. And to have those things attached to music, which is the best drug in the whole f' world, moves me like no other. And I thank God that I discovered that gift early on."


He alluded to his constant daily struggle, connecting with real emotions such as fear and love.


He also paid tribute to his bandmates and producer Bob Rock for saving his life daily, as well as wife Francesca and their three children, 7-year-old daughter Cali, 5-year-old son Castor, and especially 4-year-old daughter Marcella, whom he tearfully described as the glue that kept the family together during his darkest days.


Other performers chimed in with bons mots during the evening. Waits congratulated Hetfield, saying "getting sober's not for sissies."


And Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland dedicated the band's acoustic cover of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" to "everyone from Gram Parsons to Kurt Cobain."


The event raised about $300,000 for MAP MusiCares, which is part of the National Academy of Recordings Arts and Sciences, the group that organizes the Grammy Awards.
Reuters/VNU