Axl and drugs

[Shallowdeep]

We all know back in their hay day the old GNR had problems with drugs. Adler being fired due to his addiction, but does anyone know how Axl failed to develop a herion addiction like the others.

I know Axl experimented a little with drugs, didn't he write My world after getting high on magic mushrooms. Or was it another song? But why didn't he experiment with harder drugs? or did he. And i remember a quote from Slash i think saying that Axl never been addicted to anything except maybe cigerettes.

[rocktar81]

didn't he write My world after getting high on magic mushrooms

WELL, I understand why the song is so horrible now...he should have eaten vegetables!  

[John Daniels]

none of the ex-members haven't said that Axl had a drug problem or even did 'hard' drugs. I believe he has done his share, weed, cocaine... but I think he hasn't had any serious drug problems or what so ever 'cause there haven't been any statements for pointing to that direction. we remember Illusion tours and ex-members... For Examble, Paris 92, Sweet child of mine, Duff fucked up that song (being high or drunk) and many more..Axl did his share everytime perfectly, and I don't think that he could had done the gigs as perfectly as he did if he would had been addicted to heroin or something..

[SLCPUNK]

I don't know about his drug use. But I saw him back on the UYI tour (with skid row) and he seemed like he was coked out of his mind. Doesn't mean he was, but...

[rocktar81]

drugs are ridiculous. that's not life. Freddy Mercury didn't take any drugs and he was the best.

[McGann]

drugs are ridiculous. that's not life. Freddy Mercury didn't take any drugs and he was the best.

I apologize in advance for the following sentence.  If you're easily offended, just skip it.
/Mike







Interesting.  I understand Freddy received frequent injections.

[jarmo]

Are you, as many people believe, a heavy drug user?

I have a different physical constitution and different mindset about drugs than anybody I've known in Hollywood, because I don't abstain from doing drugs, but I won't allow myself to have a fuckin' habit. I won't allow it. I'll have done blow for three days and my mind will go "Fuck no". I'll have the physical feeling of knowing my body needs it, and I'll just refuse to do coke that day. I'm not going to do it, because if I was going to do it, I know I won't be able to hit my goals with what I want to do with this band. I can't let myself get into coke as much as I'm into the band. The same thing with heroin. I did it for three weeks straight and had one of the greatest times in my life, because I was with a girl I wanted to be with in this beautiful apartment, and we just sat there listening to Led Zeppelin, doing drugs and fucking. It was great, 'cause at that time I had nothing to do but sit on my ass and make a few phone calls a day. I stopped on, like, Saturday, because I had serious business to attend to on Monday. I felt like shit, sweated, shook, but on Monday I was able to function. I can't hide in drugs. A lot of people can, but whenever I do any drugs - pills, booze, smack, whatever - to enjoy it, my life has to be perfect - no fuck-ups, nothing going wrong. Otherwise, when I'm high, I'll analyse the shit out of everything that's happening in my life and why things are going wrong. That's not enjoyable. And if I have shows to do, I won't touch drugs because it fucks up my throat. My advice is don't get a habit, don't use anybody else's needle and don't let drugs become a prerequisite to having a good time. Do things in moderation , and just be careful.

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=2

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RIP: Why does the world have this misconception about you, especially about you being a drug addict?

AXL: Didn't Presidential candidate Bill Clinton catch a lot of shit for admitting that he tried pot once? that's bullshit. How many cool people do you know who survived and lived during the '60s? GN'R got to the top of a mountain by using every pile of shit that ever happened to us. We were living that way, living our songs, and it started killing us. It was either die or change. Certain people who see that we're gotten control over ourselves, control over our physical shapes and our lives, write that we're sedate and predictable. They say we don't live on the edge anymore. Actually, I'm living on the edge and learning how to ride it instead of being dragged down by it.

RIP: I see what you're saying, but that doesn't answer my question about you.

AXL: Okay, first off, I'm on very specific, high-tuned vitamins. My body needs these vitamins. I'm also involved in extensive emotional work to reach certain heights with myself that doing hard drugs would interfere with. I'm doing several detoxing programs to release trapped toxins that are there because of trauma. Doing a lot of coke would get in the way of my work. Doing dope would definitely get in the way of what I'm trying to accomplish. Some pot doesn't really get in the way too much. It gets in the way of the work for, like, the next day, but sometimes it's a grounding thing. If I'm flipping out in the middle of Idaho, then a little bit of pot helps me be sedate. Also, coming off stage, going from such high energy into a very sedate world, is heavy - I don't care how many strippers you have. It's like going off a cliff in a car, and that's when I can use some smoke.

RIP: You don't even smoke that much anymore.

AXL: I know. About a year ago, while we were recording the records, I smoked a lot of pot. I was in a lot of pain, and that was the only way I could keep myself together enough to work. It was the the only thing that could take my mind off my problems, so I could stay focused and record. It helped keep me together. Now it would interfere with things.

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=10




/jarmo

[GNFNRS]

I remember reading an interview where Axl talked about doing his share of drugs but he would not let himself get addicted.  He talked about one time when he and a chick fucked and did heroin for a week staight.  Axl said it took him a few days to get over the withdrawl symptoms but after that he was fine.  If i remember correctly, he said something about his body being addicted but he would never let his mind get to that point.  This interview used to be in the article section of the main site if you want to look for it.  I guess it's probably from around 1990-91.

Edit:  I guess you beat me to it Jarmo.

[Mysteron]

drugs are ridiculous. that's not life. Freddy Mercury didn't take any drugs and he was the best.

I apologize in advance for the following sentence.  If you're easily offended, just skip it.
/Mike







Interesting.  I understand Freddy received frequent injections.

Come again?  

[noonespecial]

Well..maybe a snort or two of some meth would help the braided wonder get the album out, eh?  

Little drug humor, don't get your braids in a bunch...

[RZ4]

It's Freddie. Not Freddy. I hate when people write it like that.

[badapple81]

One of the old bandmates.. was Slash or Duff.. said that Axl was never addicted to anything.. except maybe cigarettes.

I think during the early days Axl tried his fair of stuff.. in one show in 87 he told the crowd how he ended up in hospital when all he wanted to do was sleep for a weekend.. he did say what he took. I think Axl was always in control of it and never let it become a problem like the other guys.

[thegame2000]

I thought the reason Axl got fired from the band for a couple days was because of his drug use.  Do I remember this wrong?

[jet]

He reminds me Mick Jagger. I mean Mick wasn't addicted to drugs, just used them to be in style. But he'd never lost his clear mind 'cause they're not worth it.

[AprilRose]

I thought the reason Axl got fired from the band for a couple days was because of his drug use.

 

where did you hear that?

[slurms_mckenzie]

i heard that too on Maximum Guns N' Roses, that in '86 or something Axl was way too firey or something and out of control so they sacked him but his stage presense n' all couldn't be beat so they let him back in... skip forward then 4/5 years and he's contracting everyone's asses! he's the man!

[John Daniels]

I thought the reason Axl got fired from the band for a couple days was because of his drug use.  Do I remember this wrong?

I remember that too, bit it hadn't nothing to do with drugs (I recall)

[D]

I am in an argument and i believe ive read that he was addicted to heroin but not as bad as some.. he kicked the habit etc

but was there ever a time he was addicted to it?

feel free to lock or move if u want, but I need to know.

[Pandora]

He said he was never addicted, meaning he could go on a one-week heroin binge and stop cold because he needed to be clean at that particular moment. That's all I know.

[journey]

"I'm not and never have been a junkie. The last interview in RIP Magazine got taken out of context about me talking openly about my drug use. That was over two years ago and was only for a few weeks when there was nothing to do. I was also very safe about it. That doesn't mean that at some point I won't get really sick of life and choose to OD. Then people will go, "He was always a junkie." That's not the case, but you can believe what you want, I don't give a fuck. No one's really gonna believe anything I say anyway as far as what I do or don't do with drugs, 'cause it's such a taboo subject. Lately I've been drinking champagne for fun, a few beers, you know. Right now drugs get in the way of my dreams and goals. I really don't want drugs around me now, I'm not necessarily against the use of drugs, they just don't fit in my life right now. Then again, I could be out on tour for six months and a blast might be what cheers me up that night. "

In other words, no.