They play a part for some bands yes, and I know that can't be denied, I've seen it ( hard drugs too ). But if you put it that the drugs make a musican a better musican by taking them, then I think your wrong, if your no good before you take anything .. then your certainly not going to be any better after. I've seen artists totally incoherent with excess, booze and drugs, no good to man nor beast and I've seen artists come in clean and just play magic. I think people confuse what is seen as a recreational thing such as drugs with something that is talent enhancer .. to be honest it's not.

//Here is the final word "drugs rules!"//

If you weren't any good before you took drugs, you'll be even worse once you start taking them = drugs just put a wee spin on what you were originally doing.

As a side note - after meeting brian wilson at one of those record signing things, I had to question whether it was worth it. I love his music (s'pesh pet sounds) but the guy is fucked (his management were giving him lollies to motivate him to keep signing cds), it was really sad to realise the guy had lost the ability to relate to people through the process of making a handful of wonderful albums on drugs.

//1. Does drugs equal better performance
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Does they? I think it's neither here nor there. Could you paint something really good on drugs if you couldn't paint? Often the depression of doing something as transient as making music might lead to drugs.

some people take drugs to hide a bit. so to sabotage the performance. god, i've seen so many talented people, who don't believe in themselves, go get boozed and drugged up so that they can produce "if only they were straight" music.

it's amazing how many musicians are real introverts, and the idea of performing music super-freaks a lot of them out.

so that's some - the other third take drugs to have a good time. a bit of fun can be had, but it's not often much for an audience - half an hour of the same bluesy riff can get a bit much. but if you are the one in it, it can feel like you are making the best music of all time.

then the other third i guess are those who think they can't be inspired with out it.

lots of crossover, but shit if i'm in the studio and paying brilliant helpful people to record stuff, i wanna be as straight as possible. but for a bit of fun and time wasting, drugs might be used. but then again, play half an hour of bluesy riffy stuff with your band, and you have a lot of dumb fun anyway.

i save up all my stimulants to have with indian food. now, that's a rush and a life experience. and i think the way many drugs were designed to be used originally.

drugs are good