Queen On Drugs

Was any of the members into drugs? If so, who and what did they use and did they ever have addictions?

Freddie, recreational use of cocaine.
John and Roger probably did some too, but I'm not certain.
Quite sure that Brian didn't use any.

nice question...
yeah, Freddie's cocaine habit is well documented
I'm pretty sure they all used in their Munich days - [i]cocaine is the rich man's drug
[/i]well, Brian, perhaps not, you may be right there :)

Wasnt John a heavey drinker around '86?

[QUOTE] [b]Biggzy10 wrote:[/b]
Wasnt John a heavey drinker around '86? [/QUOTE]

He had someone who made him drinks during shows during The Magic Tour, so yes you could say that.

Freddie also used "downers" ; think valium or other type of depressants and probably has tried everything else ("uppers") including LSD/XTC etc.

Right, Freddie went through his years with the coke but I personally don't think he had an addiction to it. It seemed more recreational during his party years. After he got sick it probably fall by the wayside. He seemed to be a vodka drinker from reports we hear of. Deaky was a big drinker and if you look at stills or live footage you can see Ratty had an entire set-up near his amps fully stocked ith beer and cocktails. Roger admitted in an interview he never like marijuana so I think he was a drinker. Maybe he dabbled in coke. Brian? God knows! I'd say pot was his thing. But if you think about it, you never in their entire career heard of them going into a rehab or having or ODing. They seemed to handle that party life somewhat cautiously.

I think it's pretty clear they were not heavy in drugs unlike most rock bands. Good for them.

I seem to remember reading an interview with Brian a few years back in which he said after his parents and Freddie died, and he had an affair, that he became addicted to perscription drugs. He went into treatment somewhere in America. Anyone else remember hearing this???

John and Roger were smokers and I refuse to believe for one second that a rock star in the 70's or 80's didn't at least get stoned now and then. Brian.. no way, not illegal drugs anyway.

Freddie.. god knows... 70's/80's disco music scene... can't even imagine...!

I dont consider pot to be a hard drug. Most people, not just rockstars, smoked pot in 70's and 80's.

[QUOTE] [b]DrumBrother wrote:[/b]
I seem to remember reading an interview with Brian a few years back in which he said after his parents and Freddie died, and he had an affair, that he became addicted to perscription drugs. He went into treatment somewhere in America. Anyone else remember hearing this???[/QUOTE]
Yes Brian went to a clinic in Arizona but not just for his addiction.He had clinical depression and at some point he had suicidal thoughts.

he went to America to get out of his depression, and here he had to take some medication, but he was very much against it because of his attitude to drugs.

I think Freddie was into XTC and poppers apart from cocaine.These drugs were a must in the gay scene of London and especially N.Y. so he must have gone the hole way.
And yes Roger said that pot was not his thing.When he first tried it he thought his head was going to explode.
Also that explains the Don't Lose Your Head lyrics. And we thought it was about Highland immortals.Nahhh...

I think it was more of a recreational thing too. I really doubt Brian ever really did drugs.

They all looked like they were healthy through the years. Except, of course, when Freddie became ill. And Brian was skinnier (than usual) after he got out of the hospital for Hepatitis.

At least they kept drugs off of the stage. There's only been a few incidents of drunk band members :-)