Queen On Drugs

[QUOTE] [b]Jazz 78 wrote:[/b]
Let's not forget the gig in '74 when Brian met up with Joe Perry from Aerosmith backstage and got trashed on a bottle of Jack Daniels white the rest of the members of both bands were arguing who would go on first.[/QUOTE]

Brian said that was the last time he drank before a gig xD

So you're asking us if we THINK they did drugs.

Insightful.

Roger's great line at the beginning of the These Are The Days Of Our Lives documentary:

"There wasn't much sex and dru... well, there wasn't much drugs."

:)

[QUOTE] [b]Gregsynth wrote:[/b]
The first one is the 2nd Osaka show of 1976 (they had a party between two gigs on that day)[/QUOTE]
Other than Mercury messing the words to one song, what indicates he was actually drunk on stage? He seemed to keep it together otherwise.

I have just learned that the 'drunk' Osaka gig was on the exact day I was born!

(and there has been occasions in my life when I wished I had never been born at all... but that's another story for another day..)

[QUOTE] [b]STELIOS wrote:[/b]
"Peter also mentioned how he, Freddie, and the New York daughters were out one night. Freddie had taken some many drugs that he jumped into a trash can and screamed "I'm trash. I'm trash"."
Perhaps this was the night before that day that David Richards said Freddie came into the studio and bursted into tears.He had woken-up that morning into a dumpster having no idea how he got there and said he had lost control with his lifestyle or something like that.
That interview of Richards (a 2006 radio interview as i believe)
was on you tube but its no longer available.[/QUOTE]

I believe the dumpster story happened in Germany.

[QUOTE] [b]vonkeil wrote:[/b]
An interview with Mr. Taylor, apparently on...something. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XidUQQyezug[/QUOTE]


Definitely.

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[b]The Real Wizard wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]Gregsynth wrote:[/b]
The first one is the 2nd Osaka show of 1976 (they had a party between two gigs on that day)[/QUOTE]
Other than Mercury messing the words to one song, what indicates he was actually drunk on stage? He seemed to keep it together otherwise.[/QUOTE]
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Freddie was making awkward/wrong note choices on songs throughout the show (like swooping down randomly to the third octave), plus I heard him mess up piano chords/notes on songs like Bo Rhap and a few other songs. He also was doing this weird phrasing where he would sing slightly ahead or behind the backbeat on songs and slightly slur some lines.

He might have not been completely blitzed, but if your first gig was at 2:00, then you throw a party between the next show (which was at 6:00) you can still have some effects from alcohol!

He does seem to get stronger as the show progresses, so maybe he went on stage a bit out of it, but then the adrenaline from performing might have sobered him up!

[QUOTE] [b]malicedoom wrote:[/b]
Roger's great line at the beginning of the These Are The Days Of Our Lives documentary:
"There wasn't much sex and dru... well, there wasn't much drugs."
:)[/QUOTE]

Of course, this is relative to what other bands were doing. No member of Queen ever had drug addictions as far as public knowledge would indicate. Freddie and Roger were probably the heaviest drug users, and Brian the least heavy, if at all. He's claimed he'd never even take prescription medicine.

[QUOTE] [b]jpf wrote:[/b]
Per Peter Freestone when Freddie was living in New York City
Freddie would have Peter go "shopping" for him. Peter would go to an apartment where he would use Freddie's "shopping list" and purchase all of the drugs he would need for him and his friends that weekend. Peter said there were tables set up with every drug you could imagine. He would browse and tell the "grocer" what he wanted.
Freddie did far more drugs than just cocaine.
Peter also mentioned how he, Freddie, and the New York daughters were out one night. Freddie had taken some many drugs that he jumped into a trash can and screamed "I'm trash. I'm trash".
On top of that Freddie was a heavy drinker. I wouldn't doubt that he was an alcoholic.
As far as Roger goes I believe his choice of drugs was cocaine. He said he hated pot. He was a heavy drinker.
John had a DUI arrest.
Brian is a drinker. I don't know to what level.[/QUOTE]

Is this based on ANY evidence or just you making 2+2=7 ?

I believe Brian May and Roger Taylor had to be on drugs to consider playing with Adam Lambert at Knebworth.

V.

[QUOTE] [b]4 x Vision wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]jpf wrote:[/b]
Per Peter Freestone when Freddie was living in New York City
Freddie would have Peter go "shopping" for him. Peter would go to an apartment where he would use Freddie's "shopping list" and purchase all of the drugs he would need for him and his friends that weekend. Peter said there were tables set up with every drug you could imagine. He would browse and tell the "grocer" what he wanted.
Freddie did far more drugs than just cocaine.
Peter also mentioned how he, Freddie, and the New York daughters were out one night. Freddie had taken some many drugs that he jumped into a trash can and screamed "I'm trash. I'm trash".
On top of that Freddie was a heavy drinker. I wouldn't doubt that he was an alcoholic.
As far as Roger goes I believe his choice of drugs was cocaine. He said he hated pot. He was a heavy drinker.
John had a DUI arrest.
Brian is a drinker. I don't know to what level.[/QUOTE]
Is this based on ANY evidence or just you making 2+2=7 ?[/QUOTE]
What part of "Per Peter Freestone" didn't you understand?
He spoke about Freddie's drug and alcohol issues in his book.

[QUOTE] [b]bigV wrote:[/b]
I believe Brian May and Roger Taylor had to be on drugs to consider playing with Adam Lambert at Knebworth.
V.
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haha, true!

It so sad that Freddie was a very big drug user. He was getting everything from this life, and this is what killed him. We all need to learn a lesson from this. That every poison can be a medicine, but only in small dosages. Like Blessed CBD, it uses only 0.3% of cannabidiol, which makes you more relaxed and won't give you bad side effects.

I used to go to a gay club in Earl's Court, London in the early 80's called Copa's. Freddie and his entourage (sometimes including UK DJ Kenny Everett) were there occasionally as it was a few minutes from Logan Place.
He drank very large vodka and tonics.
Roger was also know to be fond of vodka. His preference was Stolichnaya.
Roger was arrested after a bender with Rick Parfitt from Status Quo in Monaco in 1983. Rick was known to be a coke user so I would imagine Roger also indulged.
Re Freddie, it was widely reported that back stage at Live Aid was snowing with cocaine and Freddie's performance was pretty intense, more than any other gig I've seen. He seemed totally wired.