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Geffen didn’t shoot heroin into Kurt Cobain’s arm and Island Records didn’t pour a 1.75L of whiskey down Amy Winehouse’s throat every day. Kurt and Amy did tha
by quickthrowman 2y ago
Geffen didn’t shoot heroin into Kurt Cobain’s arm and Island Records didn’t pour a 1.75L of whiskey down Amy Winehouse’s throat every day.
Kurt and Amy did that to themselves.
FWIW, I am a former heroin addict and alcoholic.
If you want an actual honest take on what’s fucked up about the music industry, Steve Albini covers it well in this essay: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-problem-with-music https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-problem-with-music
- lenerdenator 2y agoThey didn't, but at a certain point, one should realize that it's better for the artists (and thus, arguably, the long-term investment the label has made into their careers) to not have their problems made worse by commoditization.
- aerostable_slug 2y agoHer management notoriously tried to get Winehouse to stay alive and keep making music. She made a song about it [0]. I think simply getting a paycheck was quite a contribution to these artists' demise. Though he managed to not die directly as a result of the heroin that consumed his existence, the late Matt Dike autobiographically remarked (paraphrasing here) that the worst thing in the world for a junkie was unlimited resources. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehab_(Amy_Winehouse_song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehab_(Amy_Winehouse_song)
- quickthrowman 2y agoYou can’t force someone to stop shooting heroin or drinking excessively. They were addicts before show business, the money just made it easier to maintain an addiction. I would’ve never quit heroin or alcohol if I had virtually unlimited resources to acquire more drugs.