Jacob Hoye - Smoke Snort Swallow Shoot: Legendary Binges, Lost Weekends, and Other Feats of Rock n Roll Incoherence

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Introduction

jacob hoye

Theres simply nothing quite like a vividly recollected drug story. Ive always relished in their telling, just as David Letterman rejoiced when Richard Harris (the original Dumbledore) or Peter OToole shared with him their drunken misadventures. Theres something about the extremity, the depravity, the guts, to push something as near to the edge as humanly possible.

For a number of years, I knocked around the idea of doing a collection of remarkable drug stories by regular people, the kinds of wilder tales Ive cajoled friends into sharing around a late-night fire, or while playing music, or at a spirited lunch. When you get someone talking about that first experience, for example, theres so often a joy in the telling that is palpable and transferable. Maybe its my dad and all his stories from the Sixties. Maybe its all the music Ive ingested over the years and the friends Ive made. Maybe its the books I read, from Jim Carroll and Hubert Selby to William S. Burroughs and Denis Johnson. Whatever the sources, I always find myself circling back to stories like these. People with long histories of experimentation tend to remember at least a handful, often much more, of those times in vivid detail. Ive bonded with more than a few over these recollections. Sadly, an original collection was difficult to assemble. But as I was catching up on a number of musician memoirs that I had been meaning to read over the previous couple of years, I saw a new way to achieve this idea.

Marilyn Mansons deranged trip on LSD was the piece that made me think an anthology of rock star drug stories could be achievable. It wasnt just a sustained piece with a complete narrative, it was wonderfully composed, a modern gothic full of humor and horror. After that, it was simply a research project to see who else had similarly sustained stories that might shock and entertain. The hope was always that these would be the kinds of pieces to make readers laugh. I was never keen on stories loaded with misfortune and regret. There are plenty of books full of those, and some quite good. Nevertheless, I prefer reading about the wonder, the ride up as opposed to the ride down, which is so often laden with other baggage. Give me Keith Richards, Aerosmith and Mtley Cre. Im definitely going to lean in closer if your story begins with a line like this from Lemmy: We were all sitting around waiting for the speed to arrive.

Moderation is key in life but these are not stories about regular life. Sex, drugs & rock n roll is not about moderation. Go ahead check it out. And remember. They did it so you dont have to.

Prologue / Marilyn Manson

drugs

There is a stereotype among people who have never gotten high that anyone who has ever done drugs, no matter what that drug is, is an addict. The truth is that addiction has little to do with what drugs you use or how often you use them. There are other factors, like the extent to which you let them run your life and your ability to function normally without them. I make no secret of my drug use. But at the same time I have nothing but utter contempt for anyone who is addicted to drugs. It is the people who abuse drugs that make the people who use them look bad. Here are a few simple rules to help you determine whether you are a user or an abuser of cocaine, pot and other substances. Consider yourself an addict if

YOU ACTUALLY PAY FOR DRUGS.

YOU USE A STRAW AS OPPOSED TO A ROLLED-UP DOLLAR BILL.

YOU USE THE WORD blow.

YOURE A GUY AND YOURE BACKSTAGE AT A MARILYN MANSON CONCERT

(UNLESS YOURE A DEALER OR A POLICE OFFICER).

YOU OWN MORE THAN ONE PINK FLOYD RECORD.

YOU DO COCAINE DURING A SHOW. (IF YOU DO IT AFTER A SHOW, YOURE OKAY.

IF ITS BEFORE, YOURE TEETERING ON THE BRINK.)

THE MERE MENTION OF COCAINE MAKES YOU PASS GAS OR THE SIGHT

OF IT MAKES YOU WANT TO TAKE A SHIT.

YOUVE WRITTEN MORE THAN TWO SONGS THAT REFER TO DRUGS.

YOU GET KICKED OUT OF A BAND FOR BEING A DRUG ADDICT.

YOURE FRIENDS WITH A MODEL.

YOU LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS.

YOU PAY FOR YOUR GROCERIES WITH ROLLED-UP DOLLAR BILLS.

YOUVE EVER BEEN IN DR. HOOK OR KNOWN THE LYRICS TO A DR. HOOK SONG.

THE EMBOSSED NUMBERS, PARTICULARLY THE 0S, 6S AND 9S, ON YOUR

CORPORATE CREDIT CARD ARE FILLED IN WITH A MYSTERIOUS WHITE POWDER.

YOURE ALONE IN YOUR HOTEL ROOM ON TOUR AND YOU DO DRUGS.

YOU DO DRUGS BEFORE 6 P.M. OR AFTER 6 A.M.

YOU HATE EVERYBODY. (IF YOU LIKE EVERYBODY, YOURE ON ECSTASY AND

IM AGAINST YOU.)

YOU KNOW THE NAME FOR THE FLESHY CREVICE BETWEEN YOUR THUMB

AND INDEX FINGER.

YOUVE EVER SAID, THIS IS MY LAST LINE OR, CONVERSELY, WHICH LINE

IS THE BIGGEST?

YOU INVITE PEOPLE TO STAY AT YOUR HOME WHILE YOURE ON DRUGS.

YOU TELL ANYBODY ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD WHILE YOURE ON DRUGS.

YOURE NOT THINKING ABOUT TITS RIGHT NOW.

YOU SAY, I ONLY DO THIS WHEN IM WITH YOU.

YOU HAVE YOUR BODYGUARD WATCH THE DOOR WHEN YOU GO TO THE

BATHROOM.

YOURE A GUY AND YOU TALK TO A GIRL WHO HAS A BOYFRIEND FOR MORE

THAN FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE SHE HAS DRUGS.

YOURE A CHILD ACTOR.

IF YOU MAKE THIS BOOK INTO A GAME AND DO A LINE EVERY TIME DRUGS

ARE MENTIONED, THEN NOT ONLY ARE YOU AN ADDICT BUT YOU MAY BE DEAD.

RULES IVE BROKEN: 1, 4 (but that doesnt count), 5, 6 (and I came back onstage with the dollar bill hanging from my nose), 7, 8 (Ive written dozens), 12, 13, 14 (unless Ive cleaned it out because Im crossing a border), 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21 (but only for this book), 24, 25.

Chapter One / Marilyn Manson

dirty rock star

The urge towards love, pushed to its limit, is an urge towards death. Marquis de Sade

excerpt from

The Long Hard Road Out of Hell

authors

Marilyn Manson and Neil Strauss

copyright 1998 by Brian Warner and Neil Strauss

reprinted by permission of ~ HarperCollins Publishers

Marilyn Manson is the lead singer and songwriter for Marilyn Manson, one of the most
controversial bands of all time.

The place is Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The date is July 4, 1990. The thing in the palm of a hand stretched out in front of me is a tab of acid, and in a moment it will obliterate all these facts.