R.U. Sirius - Everybody Must Get Stoned: Rock Stars On Drugs

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to my wife, Eve, for love and support, and for laughing out loud while reading the book, always reassuring for an author (unless hes trying to be serious).

Many thanks to Michael Aldrich and the Aldrich Archives for loaning me hundreds of back issues of High Times . I also owe a debt of gratitude to Steve Bloom for putting me in touch with photographers and for sending me an advance copy of his terrific book, Cannabis Culture.

Thanks to all the photographers, particularly Steve Double, for coming through in a pinch and in a hurry.

Thanks to Mark Pesce for turning me on to Shpongle and to Annalee Newitz for doing the same with Diet Pill by L7. Also, extra thanks to my agent, battlin Laurie Fox for her tenacious dedication, and to my editor Mike Shohl for getting off on the book.

Thanks to all the artists who kept me company on my iPod while I wrote this book: AC/DC, Adrian Belew, All-American Rejects, Alice Cooper, Alkaline Trio, Al Kooper, Allen Ginsberg, Anarchy Online, Angelique Kidjo, Animal Collective, The Animals, Antihouse, Anton Maiden, Aquatherium, Arcade Fire, Archie Shepp, Arctic Monkeys, Arvo Part, ATOI, Augusts Pablo, Avantgarde, B.B. Seaton, Barry Adamson, Bauhaus, Beach Boys, Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, The Beth Lisick Ordeal, Bill Dixon, Billie Holiday, Billy Idol, Bjrk, Blackalicious, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Blonde Redhead, Blondie, Blue Boy, Blue yster Cult, Boards of Canada, Bobby Darin, Bob Dylan, Bo Diddley, Bonanza (the cast of the TV show), Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Box of Frogs, The Bravery, Brian Eno, Bright Eyes, Bruce Ruffin, Bruce Springsteen, Buckethead, Bucky Sinister, Buddy Holly, Buffalo Springfield, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bun B, The Byrds, Cabaret Voltaire, Calvin Johnson, Captain Nemo, Carl Orff (composer), Carlos Villareal, Cat Powers, Cee-Lo, Cell, Channel 69, Charles Ives, Charlie Parker, Cheap Trick, Cheb I Sabbah, The Chemical Brothers, Chris Brown, Chuck Berry, The Clash, Classified, Claus Muzak, The Clientele, The Cloud Room, CocoRosie, Colossus, The Cramps, Crash Baptists, Cream, Crosby Stills and Nash, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Cowboy Junkies, The Cure, Current 93, Daft Punk, Dandy Warhols, Danger Mouse, Daniel Johnston, Daniel Lanois, Danny Saber, Dan the Automator, Darwin Chamber, Dave Allen and the Elastic Purejoy, David Bowie, David Byrne, David Holmes, Dead Boys, Deborah Harry, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Deltron, Dem Hoodstarz, Depeche Mode, Descendents, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Devendra Banhart, Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Dictators, Digable Planets, Dinah Washington, dINbOT, Dirty Pretty Things, DJ Casper, DJ Gillies, DJ Spooky, Dr. Dre, Dr. Octagon, Donovan, The Doors, Doris Henson, Doves, Dream Evil, Dream Wave, Dwarves, The Eagles, Echo and the Bunnymen, Edvard Grieg (composer), Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Eluvium, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Entrancing Iris, Erik Davis, Everly Brothers, Evolution Control Committee, Fiery Furnaces, Fiona Apple, Flaming Lips, For Against, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Franz Ferdinand, Funkadelic, The Future Sound of London, Gamelan Sangburni, Gang of Four, Garbage, Gene Pitney, Generation X, Genesis P-Orridge, George Clinton, George Gershwin (composer), George Harrison, Georges Bizet (composer), Geraldine Fibbers, Ghetto, Ghostface Killah, Go Gos, Gogol Bordello, Gorillaz, Grateful Dead, Gui Boratto, Guided by Voices, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Guitar Wolf, Gustav Holst (composer), Half String, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Hard-Fi, Harmonia, Harold Budd, The Heartbreakers, Hidden Chipsters, Hole, Hologram, Hooverphonic, Howling Wolf, Husker Du, Ice vs. Palace, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, The Incredible String Band, Interpol, Into the Third Power, I See Hawks In L.A., Jack Kerouac, James Brown, James Chance, Jammin Unit, Janes Addiction, Janis Joplin, Jeff Beck, Jeff Buckley, Jefferson Airplane, Jeffrey Clarke, Jens Lekman, Jermaine Dupri, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jesus and Mary Chain, Jet, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Joe Jackson, John Cale, John Coltrane, John Fahey, John Giorno, John Lee Hooker, John Lennon, John Zorn, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Josephine Foster, Joy Division, .J.S. Bach (composer), Junkie XL, Junkie XL and Don Davis, Junko Yanagida, Juno Reactor, Kanye West, Karsh Kale, Kate Bush, Keith Richards, The Killers, King Crimson, Kings of Leon, The Kingstonians, The Kinks, Kiss, Kitachi, K.M.F.D.M, Knownothing, Kool Keith, Kraftwerk, Kronos Quartet, Larry Harvey v. R.U. Sirius, Latimer, Latyrx, Laura Nyro, Laurie Anderson, Led Zeppelin, Lee Scratch Perry, Leftfield, The Legendary Pink Dots, Leo Kottke, Leonard Cohen, Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel, The Libertines, Little Richard, Lloyd Dice, London Funk All-Stars, Loop Guru, The Loose Acoustic Trio, Lou Reed, Low Pop Suicide, L. Subramananiam, Ludwig van Beethoven (composer), Madonna, Magic Dirt, The Magnetic Fields, The Mammals, Manufacture, Marianne Faithfull, Marilyn Manson, Mark Kozelek, Mars Needs Women, Massive Attack, MC5, Meat Beat Manifesto, Michael Franti, Mick Jagger, Mike Gordon, Mike Koglin, Mike Patton-John Zorn-Adam Beebe, Miles Davis, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Mind Gear, Ministry, Mission to Burma, Missy Elliott, Mistah F.A.B., Mobb Depp, Modest Mouse, Mondo Vanilli, Monkey Mafia, Morrissey, Mortis, Mos Def, Mothers of Invention, Mott The Hoople, Muddy Waters, Mudhoney, Murcof, Murray Attaway, Muslimgauze, My Bloody Valentine, Nappa, N. Lannon, Negativland, Neil Gaiman, Neil Young, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Nelly, Nevermore, The New Pornographers, New York Dolls, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nick Drake, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Oasis, Ohio Players, Okkervil River, Orbital, Ornette Coleman, Otis Redding, Outkast, Paris, Paris Hilton, Parliament Funkadelic, Party Dogs, Pastor Jack and Fling!, The Patti Smith Group, Paul Kantner-Grace Slick-Jefferson Starship, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings, Paul Oakenfold, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Paul Simon, Paul Wall, Pavement, Peter Gabriel, Peter Lang, Pharoah Sanders, Philip Glass, Philip Glass and Kronos Quartet, Phil Ochs, Photek, Pink Floyd, Pixies, P.J. Harvey, Plume Latraverse, Porno for Pyros, Prince, Prince Paul, Program The Dead, Psychic Surfers of Zuyuva, Psychic TV, Psykosonic, Public Enemy, Pulp, Pulp Fiction (soundtrack), Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Quintron, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Radio Birdman, Radiohead, Radiohead and Bjork, The Ramones, Ravi Shankar and Zakir Hussen, Ray Manzarek, Red House Painters, R.E.M., The Replacements, The Residents, Rex Navarette, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Richard Thompson, Rob Brezny, Robert Earl Keen, Robert Fripp, Robert Johnson, Robert Pollard, Robyn Hitchcock, Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians, Rod Stewart and The Faces, Rollercone, Rolling Stones, The Ronettes, Root Boy Slim, Roxy Music, Roy Orbison, Rufus Wainwright, St. Lunatics, Sam Cooke, Sarah Vaughn, Scweez, Sean Lennon, Secret Machines, Sex Pistols, Shane MacGowan and Nick Cave, The Shangri-Las, Shocking Blue, Shooter Jennings, Sigur Ros, Simon and Garfunkel, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Sir Douglas Quintet, Six Organs of Admittance, Sleater-Kinney, The Slits, Sloan, Sly and Robbie, Sly and the Family Stone, Smashing Pumpkins, Snoop Dogg, Soft Machine, Sonic Youth, Sonny and Cher, South Park (TV show Christmas album), Space Captain, Spearhead, Spencer Davis Group, The Spill Canvas, Spoon, Squeeze, Steely Dan, Steve Earle, Steve Kimock Band, Stevie Wonder, The Streets, The Strokes, Susan Cadogan, Syd Barrett, Talking Heads, Talvin Singh, Tatu, Tekno-logic, Television, Terorutoa and his Tahitians, Terry Southern, Thelonius Monk, They Might Be Giants, Thievery Corporation, Throbbing Gristle, Thurston Moore and Lydia Lunch, The Tiger Lillies, Timothy Leary, Tommy Gee, Tom Waits, Tom Waits and Elvis Costello, Tool, Too Short, Tori Amos, Toxic Coma, Traffic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, T. Rex, Tricky, Tupac Shakur, Turn Me On Dead Man, Ulrich Schnauss, Underworld, U-Roy, The Vandals, Velvet Acid Christ, Velvet Underground, The Vibrators, We Are Scientists, Ween, Weezer, The Weirdos, White Stripes, Wizard of Oz (soundtrack), The Who, Wilco, William S. Burroughs, Wipers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer), World Entertainment War, Yoko Ono, Zero 7, Zoviet France