'Everybody Must Get Stoned' Author Talks 'Beer, Cunt, and Horn Music'
BroBible: We think of “Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘N’ Roll” as a line right out of the ‘60s, but isn’t it a sentiment that’s been around in some form or other, in most cultures, for a very long time? How and when did drugs become a prominent part of American rock music?R.U. Sirius: Sure. The obvious one is “wine, women, and song” which has been a hedonistic slogan in many cultures going back many centuries, particularly (but not exclusively) European cultures. The variations on that slogan are sort of fun. The Danes celebrated “beer, cunt, and horn music” and they also got cannabis into the mix at some point.
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Jerry Lee Lewis was absolutely the most crazy-ass speed-psychosis driven motherfucker in rock history. The Jerry Lee stories are some of my favorites.
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R.U. Sirius: The Beatles were turned on to pot by Bob Dylan in the summer of ‘64, so they weren’t getting stoned before the historic Ed Sullivan appearances and it’s generally accepted that they didn’t get high while touring until the last tour in 1966. They had a hilarious poolside trip with Peter Fonda and members of The Byrds on that tour. They did lots of speed pills and alcohol during their early days in Hamburg, Germany. They were pretty much a punk band in Germany, although no one used that label at the time.
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Sid Vicious shooting up piss and vomit with his speed may take the cake, although the story about what Ted Nugent did, along with using meth, to avoid the draft may be even more disgusting.
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Someone should lock Jagger in a room somewhere and force-feed him 1,000 mics of acid. I mean, the Mick Jagger who wrote “Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing in the Shadows” and “Paint It Black” and “Memo From Turner” was a provocative artist. The guy you see prancing around stage now is an athlete.
