Could be any kind of performer be it comedian, podcaster, actor, etc.
Was Sid Vicious ever sober?
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. 😁
Yeah, Lemmy wasn’t acting. He was living it.
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I haven’t kept up with him, but Doug Benson used to.
I perform everyday for people and I’m rarely sober, does that count?
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.
Shane MacGowan. Exhibit A: Irish Rover (he comes in around 0:38)
Legendary. Bear in mind that a lot of The Pogues’ lyrics are about getting hammered.
I see your Irish Rover and raise you A rainy night in Soho with Nick Cave.
Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom. RIP D:
Janis Joplin?
100% was thinking of her when I posted. Janis <3
It’s funny that in Spain an actress did a JJ impression in a show and the “jury” said she didn’t do it right because her English was awful. I disagree: she nailed the live performances.
Brother, that was pretty rancid and an insult to Janis LOL
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
He’s dead? Thats nice.
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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edit: don’t know what’s more pathetic. my attempt to start the meme or the fact that !SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works holds a grudge for some dumbass reason.
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I didn’t read the book and didn’t know what that name meant, so I’m amused to find out that’s a characters name and not just an out of place reference to some Slutty Barf Fest party in the Hitchiker’s Guide to the Universe universe
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.
The “Musician” category is cheating
It’s literally the question I asked.
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?”
Rickles had ZERO chill. fuckin hilarious though.
Dean Martin was faking it. He barely drank, and was not a partier. It was all an act.
No way! And all these years later I learn this.
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?”
Doug Stanhope
You could say this about most standup comedians. The sober ones are the weird ones!
came here for this
“shut up I’m pouring funny down my throat”
Thing is, he might be a mostly-functional alcoholic, but he pulls it off. Is he drunk during his routine? Maybe, probably. But goddamn, is he on point the whole show. I’ve had the chance to see him a few times, and would absolutely do it again if he ever came anywhere within a four hour drive of me.
Will always remember him talking about it with phony aa boy jim Norton. On jim quitting drinking at 18 Doug said “oh so you didn’t even flesh it out”
Never seen any of his routines ever be messy. Absolute functional.
“I’m Doug Stanhope, and that’s why I drink”
The Ontario Provincial Police don’t think too much of Bud
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.
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.
