Poll: Can You Always Accept Musicians’ Blame On Drugs and Booze?
By Seraphina L.
Rock n’ roll, sex and drugs have all rolled into one when it comes to being a musician. Boozing it up is the activity that probably comes in second after making their music. However, there ARE musicians out there doing their thing without having obliteration in their daily itinerary.
This weekend, one of 2009′s biggest blog sensations, Wavves had a meltdown at the Primavera Sound Festival. He blamed it on his mental health (from a grueling tour schedule), ecstacy, valium, xanax, and his current drinking problem. His apology was posted on his site but has now been taken down. You can read the entry we found from a cached version after the jump.
Mixing different types of alcohol is already dangerous enough. So mixing those types of drugs? Not a smart move and definitely not professional. How long will we able to accept musicians’ excuses for their lack of professionalism? Can we always accept their blame on drugs and booze when it is their decision to start with? Vote below and let us know!
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from Wavves’ Ghost Ramp blog:
Friday, May 29, 2009
Primavera/Europe
I think in the back of my head I knew I wasn’t exactly mentally healthy enough to continue to tour the way I have been since February. Honest truth is this has all happened so fast and I feel like the weight of it has been building for months now with what seems like a never ending touring and press schedule which includes absolutely zero time to myself. I’m sorry to everyone who has put effort into this and to everyone who supported me. Mixing ecstasy valium and xanax before having to play in front of thousands of people was one of the more poor decisions I’ve made(duh) and I realize my drinking has been a problem now for a good period of time. Nothing else I can do but apologize to everyone that has been affected by my poor decision making. I made a mistake. Not the first mistake I’ve made and it for sure wont be the last. I’m human. Don’t know why I chose the biggest platform I could imagine to loose my shit, but that’s life. You live and you learn.
Posted by NATHAN at 11:22 PM
They’ve cancelled the rest of their European tour dates and we hope Nathan takes this time to recuperate. We definitely still want to hear some more bad ass tunes from Wavves in the future.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 4:23AM
A drug, broadly speaking, is any substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function. Drugs are not good to us ..
Thursday, June 4, 2009 6:00AM
[...] Poll: Can You Always Accept Musicians’ Blame On Drugs and Booze? [...]
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 4:02PM
[...] like the duo, WAVVES, is back on track. After a humiliating breakdown at the Primavera Sound Festival, Nathan Williams and his band member, Ryan Ulsh, are out to prove [...]
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 1:36PM
[...] After grabbing some free ice cream from the VIP section, I tried to find a good spot for the Wavves’ set but it was almost impossible. Distracted by my chocolate dipped vanilla drumstick, I settled in front of the sound-system tent and watched Nathan Williams and Zach Hill nonchalantly step out on stage. That was about the same time I noticed the “No Crowdsurfing” signs posted on the right side of the stage. A chuckle turned into laughter as I began to see kids – yes – crowd-surfing toward the end of the set. One particular crowd-surfer held up two peace signs and Williams gladly gave a peace sign back. Ice cream, humor, lo-fi noise punk goodness made me a happy girl. It was also nice to see that the duo had finally pulled their shit together after Primavera Sound Festival. [...]
Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:45AM
Thank you for great post!
Friday, August 6, 2010 12:09PM
[...] the band and chuckle at a few funny statements. Wavves have redeemed themselves shortly after their meltdown at Primavera Festival in back in 2009 but are continuing to achieve victory after victory with each show they’ve [...]