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onewheelwizzard:

--- Quote from: The Thrill ---Personally I wouldn't say that Deep Purple is drug music. I don't really get that vibe from them, despite their jamminess at times. Also, Deep Purple with Blackmore, Gillan, Lord, Glover and Paice (Mk II lineup) was the greatest band ever in my books.

I didn't notice Led Zepplin on anyones list and they are definately a "drug band" if there ever was one :P I think Jimmy Page has gotta be one of the most whacked out musicians ever, had so many drugs in him he could barely play half the time.

Other bands I would include would be the Allman Brother's Band, Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, Guns 'n' Roses, even some ZZ Top fits the category. Alot of shred would fit into it as well, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson (more blues than shred, but he still shreds), Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, and all of the lesser known guys have their moments where they are pretty out there. Stevie Ray Vaughan was a big fan of his Leslie which gave alot of his songs a spacey sort of sound that would probably be pretty trippy if you were high.
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I mention Deep Purple because they were one of the first heavy psychedelic bands, and with Blue Cheer they paved the way for Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.  They might not have been as fixated on drug use as some of the other groups of the time (then again they might've ... one of their guitarists died of a drug overdose) but the sound is definitely a drug-influenced one.

I think the main reason why shredding and stuff like Aerosmith aren't on my list is my specific preference towards music influenecd by hallucinogens.  Shredding is too play-by-numbers for that.  I think the reason my personal drug-music choices are what they are is that players like David Gilmour or Jason Simon (Dead Meadow) can really take their music to some very strange places that shredding can't reach.  Jason Simon can make incredibly trippy music with just an acoustic guitar and his voice (and don't even get me started on Jack Rose's acoustic guitar playing ... that stuff is WAY out there).  Sure, you can space out or distort your sound as much as you like, but only some artists can actually take their music to the kind of places that drugs can bring musicians to.  Sometimes it is about the instrumental sound, but more often it's the way you play it.  The weird power to actually take their music to unfamiliar places isn't something I find in very many artists (certainly not everyone on my list can do it), and it requires more than just technical expertise and some distortion pedals (though those certainly help).  This is all dependent on my personal way of percieving music, though, which I'm willing to bet is very different from most peoples'.

Nemba:
Don't forget FRANK ZAPPA!

normz:

--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---
--- Quote from: nescience ---Khar, don't forget Placebo, as I know you're a fan.
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Oh damn no. I've left out loads, don't worry.
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why is it that all my english friends count placebo and weed as going hand in hand in their formative teenage years.... seriously is there some english law where all teenagers have to hide in attics, get high and suddenly feel that they can really 'relate' to what brian molko is trying to say

Rizzo:
Pretty much my entire collection is driven by heroin, speed or acid. I mean, industrial, middle years punk and experimental... fuck.
And lots of Type O Negative. Those dudes'll take anything.
And of those 30% of bands in my collection that aren't on something illegal are definately boozed out of their minds pretty regularly.
Pretty much the two exceptions are AFI and Minor Threat cause they're both straight edge.

Kai:

--- Quote from: Nemba ---Don't forget FRANK ZAPPA!
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Aside from the fact that... you know, he never did drugs in his life.

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