This is why Rockstars do Drugs w/ Billy Corgan

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Komentáře • 732

  • @Nabo42
    @Nabo42 Před rokem +1073

    I can't believe Bill has been doing his show for so long and hasn't learned to not talk over people.

    • @lamnuck
      @lamnuck Před rokem +20

      You mean like ... Oprah ? haha

    • @Nabo42
      @Nabo42 Před rokem +29

      @@lamnuck Or any of them really, these people are horrible interviewers lol

    • @lamnuck
      @lamnuck Před rokem +20

      @@Nabo42 I work with a guy like this . I learned that you have to talk over someone sometimes or you'll never get a word in. mic hogs, haha

    • @thestomachpuncher
      @thestomachpuncher Před rokem +8

      It’s partly regional communication style and the fact that the more emotionally involved and engaged in a topic someone is the more they tend to talk over one another. It can simply be a sign of an interesting conversation provided they aren’t trying to abusing shut down the other person from speaking.

    • @Buttcakes15
      @Buttcakes15 Před rokem +7

      Seems like how normal conversations go to me…

  • @mightbefire
    @mightbefire Před rokem +581

    Imagine how good this show would be if Bill would let AMAZING PEOPLE tell their AMAZING FUCKING STORIES!

    • @briweeks71
      @briweeks71 Před rokem +5

      Maybe the weed won't let him.

    • @Hapotecario
      @Hapotecario Před rokem +5

      @@briweeks71 unfortunately, bill maher is turning into a grumpy old man

    • @Ojb_1959
      @Ojb_1959 Před 2 měsíci +7

      Imagine how good this show would be if he wasn’t on it, ever.

    • @kennybeans6115
      @kennybeans6115 Před 2 měsíci

      @@Hapotecario
      Ever since Trump, these liberal snobs have been in a constant state of butthurt and it’s great to watch.

    • @jeremeyedward7086
      @jeremeyedward7086 Před měsícem +2

      For real

  • @Hollowsmith
    @Hollowsmith Před rokem +319

    If Bill Maher interviewed Bill Maher, it would be two guys each saying 5 or 6 words before the other guy impatiently interrupts because he's convinced whatever he's thinking is way more interesting than what his clone is saying.

  • @ricileigh88
    @ricileigh88 Před rokem +107

    Being interviewed by Bill feels like talking to a doctor about your problems, and they're correcting your grammer instead of listening.

  • @paulcarr2207
    @paulcarr2207 Před rokem +254

    Bill destroys every interview.

    • @C1schecter101
      @C1schecter101 Před 4 měsíci

      Facts the dude is a smart and yet stupid stupid asshole !!with in essence basically destroys his very potential for greatness

    • @marissac870
      @marissac870 Před 2 měsíci

      Oh hes the best worst

    • @ziggi4553
      @ziggi4553 Před 2 měsíci

      That comment could be taken two ways, both correct

    • @1TightMinute
      @1TightMinute Před měsícem

      Yes he does.

    • @TranceSFX
      @TranceSFX Před měsícem +2

      It's a conversation with 2 dudes. Not an interview bud

  • @DingleMcGilacutty
    @DingleMcGilacutty Před rokem +63

    Is every question Bill asks now rhetorical? Or, does he just enjoy hearing himself talk over his guests? Either way, I’m so glad Bill knows more about being a rockstar than rockstars do. Such a unique perspective.

    • @user-mm8vw1ow1x
      @user-mm8vw1ow1x Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yes

    • @MegaMkmiller
      @MegaMkmiller Před 10 měsíci

      John McEnroe said in his book, "You Cannot Be Serious!" that the roar of the crowd is totally addicting. Also, the attention from the media and hero-worship from the fans. I'm convinced the Stones went from drug addiction to simply switching one addiction for another. Or stopping one and continuing another. All of these ancient rock bands are addicted to the attention and roar of the crowd. I rather doubt U2 needs the money. For cryin' out loud they did their best work 35 years ago!

  • @Sallahaddin1
    @Sallahaddin1 Před 2 měsíci +23

    I'm glad that Billy finally allowed Bill Maher to talk!

  • @chrischris9157
    @chrischris9157 Před rokem +116

    This Bill guy really likes to hear Bill talk

    • @ronaldmilner8932
      @ronaldmilner8932 Před rokem +2

      Bill doesn't know what you mean.

    • @Nathan-gd7xq
      @Nathan-gd7xq Před rokem +5

      That's basically what this podcast is: Bill Maher talking at famous people.

    • @dhoop4052
      @dhoop4052 Před 2 měsíci

      Bill is the coolest dude Bill ever met.

  • @SeiyaSoiya-un4jj
    @SeiyaSoiya-un4jj Před rokem +91

    Motley Crue was right. Performing on stage in front of a ton of people is the biggest high ever. Afterwards it’s really hard to just “shut off” so you want to keep the party going.

    • @LannieLord
      @LannieLord Před rokem +15

      It's because your ENDORPHINS and Dopamine levels are THRU the roof. There is a real chemistry behind it . Also the testosterone levels and youth is on your side.

    • @pillsareyummy
      @pillsareyummy Před rokem +2

      I think Motley just liked to party in general. Look at Vince, poor guy ...

    • @Dan16673
      @Dan16673 Před rokem

      Very true. I wanted to keep playing often

    • @microplasticsinurblud
      @microplasticsinurblud Před rokem +2

      im surprised he didn't make the "drugs fuel artistic creativity" argument

    • @pillsareyummy
      @pillsareyummy Před rokem

      @@microplasticsinurblud I believe he'd agree with that argument, so long as they aren't abused.

  • @AnthonyL0401
    @AnthonyL0401 Před rokem +151

    Bill steps all over the story about LSD. RELAX, BILL.

    • @microplasticsinurblud
      @microplasticsinurblud Před rokem +17

      ikr instead of hearing an interesting macro dose trip story from the mind of a rockstar we get to hear about Bill's experience with poppers and weird sex

    • @AnthonyL0401
      @AnthonyL0401 Před rokem +14

      @@microplasticsinurblud Bill is the epitome of a malcontent narcissist. He is always butting his stupid asides into things. He thinks this is really in his basement club space. No, this is an interview for those of us watching and we would like to enjoy it. Billy even had to warn him he was stepping on the story. And then he called Billy Corgan a complete idiot basically.

    • @dimlamplight
      @dimlamplight Před rokem +7

      "You could have died" LOL. Bill is so naïve.

    • @Shlogger
      @Shlogger Před rokem +3

      @@AnthonyL0401 lol. there was a second there where Billy was like "Huh? Did he just call me an idiot?" then he let it slide cause it was the polite thing to do and he understood what he was trying to say. I mean we're definitely prone to make bad decisions and do some dumb stuff when we're young but idiot is kinda harsh. It's that same youthful exuberance that can and has created some amazing contributions across the board.

    • @AnthonyL0401
      @AnthonyL0401 Před rokem

      @@Shlogger And the worse part is that Bill Maher presents himself as a rebel and who wants to say whatever is true for himself, yet he has such rigid views especially as he's getting older. Bill is just truly an asshole, tbf.

  • @dr.badass702
    @dr.badass702 Před rokem +104

    Yes, let's get pedantic about the fact that paper LSD is technically a liquid, Bill

    • @G.GordonMidi
      @G.GordonMidi Před měsícem +13

      Plus he’s just wrong that all LSD is liquid anyway. It’s crystals that are made into a fine powder. He’s a know-it-all *and* he’s wrong. What a fun combination

    • @krusher74
      @krusher74 Před 6 dny

      such as ass!

    • @turdferguson2982
      @turdferguson2982 Před dnem

      Gel tabs....

  • @Hadouken9000
    @Hadouken9000 Před měsícem +17

    Meanwhile, Alice Cooper said that he wasn't "partying" like people imagine; he was drinking because it was boring and depressing to be alone in hotel rooms all day while he was waiting for them to set up the venue.
    There was also an interview with Harrison Ford where he openly admitted that he only really got to see hotel rooms, and traveling wasn't exciting for him. So it isn't a musician/rocker/rapper thing, it's a famous thing in general.

  • @nickfanzo
    @nickfanzo Před měsícem +9

    I was in a band for years from age 18-26. I was wasted 99% of the time, because hanging out with the guys was so much fun and the sitting after feeling after was so low in comparison. I was never big and famous, but we had access too, and some money. Honestly, they were the best times of my life, I lived many through many stories. I still miss the excitement.
    I’d recommend it, if you can keep control of it enough not to die, that is.

  • @bdsouza1977
    @bdsouza1977 Před rokem +80

    Mahr cant resist showing how much he knows. LOL.

    • @joshuachristofferson9227
      @joshuachristofferson9227 Před rokem +5

      *"doesn't know", you mean (cf. "25 hits of LSD will kill you")

    • @microplasticsinurblud
      @microplasticsinurblud Před rokem

      he doesn't know shit. LSD isn't always just liquid. it comes in crystal form as well. 25 hits won't kill you but taking that high dose of an unknown substance definitely can be lethal if it's not actually lsd. lsd 25 is one of the few drugs on the planet where you can overdose to that extent and still walk away without major physical harm. your mind is another story, but he seems alright all these years later. also no surprise he experimented with amyls

  • @AndrewsArchives
    @AndrewsArchives Před rokem +11

    "Hold on....let me tell the story...." - priceless

  • @joshuachristofferson9227
    @joshuachristofferson9227 Před rokem +174

    IDK which is dumber: that Bill thinks 25 hits of LSD will "kill you" or that Billy thinks 2 cupped hands full of liquid LSD is anywhere NEAR 25 hits (try "in the hundreds" unless it was seriously watered down).

    • @microplasticsinurblud
      @microplasticsinurblud Před rokem +34

      my favorite genre is people who don't know anything about drugs talking about drugs

    • @microplasticsinurblud
      @microplasticsinurblud Před rokem

      giving him the benefit of the doubt I think Bill was making the argument that taking that quantity of an unknown substance from a guy you just met can definitely kill you. if that was some DOM Nbome or Bromo he would be a dead man. also yeah a cupful of liquid lsd even watered down would be like 25mg at least or 250 hits. definitely, a couple sheets worth which would leave you in a psychedelic trance for days on end and might traumatize you to the point of no return mentally. but physically I think you'd be alright and there are stories of people taking thumbprints or dousing themselves in the liquid and coming back to reality. lucy is a kind substance that will take care of you if given the respect it deserves

    • @Digital_PeterGriffin
      @Digital_PeterGriffin Před rokem +23

      One hit of Cid is 100 micograms. One microgram is a millionth of a gram. Two handful s of acid would be like millions of hits or some shit

    • @danzwku
      @danzwku Před rokem +1

      Okay so would 2 cupped hands of LSD kill someone? As you say "in the hundreds" of hits?

    • @joshuachristofferson9227
      @joshuachristofferson9227 Před rokem +4

      @@microplasticsinurblud xcept that such things encourage draconian Drug Laws, but it is otherwise quite amusing LOL

  • @mneugent7658
    @mneugent7658 Před rokem +35

    I like that his example of another profession is industrial adhesives. A job where you could literally sniff glue all day.

    • @johnrawlings6610
      @johnrawlings6610 Před rokem +6

      I'm a blue collar worker and about half my coworkers are acohilics or partake in some sort of drug!

    • @VuotoPneumaNN
      @VuotoPneumaNN Před 2 měsíci +2

      Anyone who's worked in a major restaurant in a big city can tell you that most of the staff is on uppers all the fucking time.

    • @mneugent7658
      @mneugent7658 Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@VuotoPneumaNN Yet it still takes 25 minutes to make my nachos.

    • @VuotoPneumaNN
      @VuotoPneumaNN Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@mneugent7658 Not sure they serve nachos at Osteria Francescana

    • @mneugent7658
      @mneugent7658 Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@VuotoPneumaNN Well that's a shame then.

  • @cjbaker9703
    @cjbaker9703 Před rokem +17

    I took an Addy and perk one time and started playing the guitar and literally felt like I was playing like Jimi Hendrix and I filmed myself. The next day, yeah I definitely was not Jimi Hendrix lol.

    • @charlielucky4201
      @charlielucky4201 Před rokem +9

      Before I went to college, I'd only smoked weed once or twice and it was low quality small town brick weed. My first week of college I was introduced to really great weed by a guy across the hall. I went back to my dorm room, put on The Doors, and laid down in my bed. For the next two hours I was Jim Morrison. I never even got up out of my bed. I just lay there being Jim Morrison.

    • @tthheekk
      @tthheekk Před rokem +2

      Roflmao I fucking love this!!!

  • @redriver6541
    @redriver6541 Před rokem +16

    I'm seeing Billy everywhere these days..... I LOVE this man. I know it's Cliche....but his music influenced me greatly when I had several personal tragedies in my late teens. God Bless Him.

    • @krusher74
      @krusher74 Před 6 dny

      he;s very interesting on apd where the interviewer isn't an ass!

  • @madringking1119
    @madringking1119 Před rokem +18

    One reason why some rock stars started using drugs was to help keep them awake after being on the road for days on end with very little rest. And some to help cope with the pain

    • @lemsip207
      @lemsip207 Před rokem

      It's difficult to sleep on a tour bus even with bunks. I have slept in a sleeper carriage on an overnight train and woke up every time we pulled into a station. Sleeping in a cabin below deck on a ferry or ship is difficult too as it is so suffocating so I went upstairs to deck level lounges to try to sleep.

  • @alexsmart5452
    @alexsmart5452 Před rokem +7

    in 91 I went with friends to SF that just so happened to be over the weekend for the Bill Graham memorial concert(Golden Gate Park). We went and it didnt take 5 minutes for someone walking around with a glass bottle, an eye dropper, and a bag of sugar cubes to offer us a dose. We didnt want to be rude so...anyway I dont know how we got backstage(a friend said it was a roadie for Tracy Chapman of all people), but there were drugs everywhere. All free. Everything, anything.
    I work in the LA/Hollywood film industry and there are a LOT of drugs(more so a decade+ ago). Ive been to a lot of concerts and gotten backstage(the first 3 Lollapalooza for instance. Parties with famous actors and musicians) but that concert was on a whole never level.

  • @SonnyK248
    @SonnyK248 Před rokem +17

    Bill is clearly a connoisseur of LSD then 😂

    • @BlottaMcTablets
      @BlottaMcTablets Před rokem

      No. He's an idiot.
      LSD is not "always liquid". LSD is a crystalline powder, which is usually diluted into a shelf stable carrier liquid, such as ethanol.

  • @BryNeal1
    @BryNeal1 Před 3 měsíci +4

    as a "boots on the ground" industrial adhesive manufacturing worker... There are more of us than rock stars, but we're mostly just a bunch of potheads.

  • @GimmemuhReparations
    @GimmemuhReparations Před rokem +35

    I came home after drinking all night and ate a bag of mushrooms my girlfriend got me for my birthday. There were probably about 30 standard portions in the bag and I ate the whole thing before I went to bed. I woke up about 30 minutes later and lost my mind for the next several hours. The closes sensation I could compare it to would be sprinting along the edge of the Grand Canyon on a race-horse while being terrified of heights and not knowing how to ride a horse.

    • @TheOtherKine
      @TheOtherKine Před rokem +2

      That's it? I dream that kind of thing NIGHTLY and then I wake up shitting myself LMAO and I don't do drugs LMAO

    • @WithmeVerissimusWhostoned
      @WithmeVerissimusWhostoned Před rokem +3

      lol, I get mad scary dreams straight from hell when I go to bed sober

    • @miscwatching8993
      @miscwatching8993 Před rokem +3

      That's an amazing metaphor man, made me laugh out loud!

    • @csnide6702
      @csnide6702 Před rokem

      and you want reparations...?
      just be glad you are alive.......

    • @you0nlylivetwice
      @you0nlylivetwice Před rokem

      LOL, I did 2 portions one time after being like nothing with 1 and the 2 portions sended me to another galaxy hahaha, can't imagine someone surviving a whole bag.

  • @nerigarcia7116
    @nerigarcia7116 Před rokem +10

    When I was in my band playing in Hollywood, I realized to Billy's first point, that there is a lot of down time, a lot of time to waste that the draw or allure to drugs and alcohol was an easy time waster before you even get into the effects of it all. After that you crave to keep that feeling and it's all over. I was lucky enough to exercise some restraint but the allure was all too easy.

    • @xpicklepie
      @xpicklepie Před rokem +2

      I only drank when I was onstage. It numbed the cigarette smoke sting from eyes and made being onstage tolerable. I quit music years ago and haven't had a drop since.

    • @nerigarcia7116
      @nerigarcia7116 Před rokem +1

      @@xpicklepie As soon as I got out of music and out of that environment, it was easier for me to not to drink or smoke anymore. Part of the problem was my lack of discipline but the environment did not make things better.

  • @Berley_1234
    @Berley_1234 Před rokem +24

    to hide the pain of the reality that 1) you are a puppet of the music industry and 2) you are completely alone when not on stage

    • @pillsareyummy
      @pillsareyummy Před rokem +8

      I can't feel sorry for Rock/Pop stars, they're making huge amounts of money doing what they love. As Ozzy once said, "If you think you got it tough, go get a real job mate".

    • @Berley_1234
      @Berley_1234 Před rokem +1

      @@pillsareyummy oh i dont feel sorry for them either

  • @chrisdonegan2566
    @chrisdonegan2566 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Bill Maher at 2:15-“you could of died”😂😂
    What a rookie

  • @Bob-Sacamano314
    @Bob-Sacamano314 Před rokem +8

    i love when guys who didnt start smoking pot until they retired and never touched hard drugs in their life think they know what they are talking about when it comes to drugs.... "hey I wonder what happened if i ate this?" smelling salts? realllllll hard stuff bill

  • @jjgreen5206
    @jjgreen5206 Před rokem +15

    Billy is a guy who comfortable in his own skin and he’s not afraid to make fun of himself. That’s awesome

    • @aWomanFreed
      @aWomanFreed Před rokem +2

      There’s a lot of material

    • @brando7266
      @brando7266 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@aWomanFreeddidn't he bang Courtney love, ?

    • @VuotoPneumaNN
      @VuotoPneumaNN Před 2 měsíci +2

      You know very little about him, don't you? Most interviews and most durect accounts, plus much of his online behaviour actually paint the picture of a very insecure, backstabbing narcissist.

    • @ecycleus
      @ecycleus Před měsícem

      He a goof😅

  • @ericrice1914
    @ericrice1914 Před rokem +9

    I always thought that the drugs start with just trying to deal with playing on stage. I was in a band in high school and I would get so nervous that I could barely play my instrument. With hundreds and sometimes a couple thousand ppl and all their energy coming directly at you, it was like sensory overload. I started smoking pot and it worked like magic. On the other hand are lead singer was just the opposite. He was an extreme personality, didn’t know what the word nervous even meant.

    • @eddietat95
      @eddietat95 Před rokem +1

      I think at a high enough level (i.e. rockstars playing packed arenas) *most* (but not all) artists get used to the pressure and taking drugs becomes more about dealing with energy exertion (tiredness or what Corgan was talking about - the sudden low ofter performing) or even pain (mental or physical). Also, artists' performance really varies under the influence. Some can perform just fine drunk or on drugs (sometimes better), others are absolute trash.

    • @lemsip207
      @lemsip207 Před rokem +2

      Eddie Van Halen got into hard spirits and smoking in his mid teens as he was too shy even to perform with a school band.

    • @Markycarandbikestuff
      @Markycarandbikestuff Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@lemsip207 David Bowie famously suffered with stage fright, the time he did Soul Train he was off his head on coke, he also admitted to being physically sick before Live Aid in 1985. The lead singer with Steely Dan was bad with nerves too.

  • @bintibrindamour5328
    @bintibrindamour5328 Před rokem +5

    I think part of it is people who become musicians are excitement seekers and risk takers by their nature or they would have taken up a safe, stable profession like accounting.

  • @raider7829
    @raider7829 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I remember doing poppers! It was sold in a machine in a club. 😂😂

  • @stophumpingthelaser
    @stophumpingthelaser Před rokem +3

    when I was in college in Greece, this guy I knew actually brought some poppers back from the UK. So one day while we were hanging out in between classes, he comes to me he says, hey man try this…I had no idea what it was but I thought what the hell, I’ll give it a try. so I take just one small sniff. Next thing I know my mouth just opens wide and I’m laughing like an idiot for absolutely no reason for about a minute or two straight. After an hour I go to class and as I’m sitting down I start to laugh again for 10-15 mins. It was so weird and intense I still remember it like it was yesterday. I’m telling you those poppers are no joke…

  • @pachucodreams
    @pachucodreams Před měsícem +2

    Lol Maher's comment on LSD. "You couldve died from the acid!"

  • @julianterris
    @julianterris Před 21 dnem +1

    I guess that another reason they do them is that they're fun -at first -and they help you deal with the profound social disconnect that's a consequence of having very few people that you can relate to your stardom, or even make lasting friendships with -because everyone wants to screw you, physically or metaphorically. Then there's the grinding physical load. I think "the road" kills people.

  • @ivanbabic661
    @ivanbabic661 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Bassist form queens of the stone age says there's no better feeling than playing live and that's why people that take drugs is to replace that feeling it off stage. I have played in front of people and the feeling is truly amazing

  • @jamesdelcol3701
    @jamesdelcol3701 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Doc Ellis pitched a no hitter on LSD in the All Star Game in 71'. That must have been a great show.

  • @Cap683
    @Cap683 Před rokem +5

    The other side of the coin is that all sorts of people from all walks of life are ending up dead from drugs. When I scan the obituaries in the local paper and see that someone between say 20 and 50 years old "died at home", chances are high that it was an overdose. The musician and drug use is likely true but it would be interesting to see some statistics of drug deaths among musicians and the population in general.

    • @krusher74
      @krusher74 Před 6 dny

      i've read that artist and mucisians/artists have a higher than average percentage od narcisist/sciopaths etc and people with those conditions are higher risk takers than the average person.

  • @ATRTAP
    @ATRTAP Před rokem +6

    Billy Corgan is the top dog of rock stars presently.

  • @orionspur
    @orionspur Před 6 dny

    Imagine being exhausted for months on end, performing the same songs, over and over, in town after town, for audiences who cannot see you as a person. It is very, very depressing. The money fuels others to bring you drugs to dull your pain... so you can bring in more money.

  • @joegibbskins
    @joegibbskins Před rokem +6

    If you meet a person in a situation where they are fairly young and have the time to drugs and enough money to either do a lot of drugs without consequences, there’s a good chance they do a lot of drugs. Likewise if you meet a poor person who has time and doesn’t see their lives getting better even if they were sober and dedicated 100% of the time, there’s a good chance that they abuse drugs. It’s also pretty common in the middle class actually. New theory, people abuse drugs in every profession but no one cares unless it’s a celebrity that is getting destroyed by them

  • @robdixson196
    @robdixson196 Před rokem +2

    Creatives have a tendency to be mental, but musicians are a whole special category of mental. Just combine that with everything Billy said.

  • @bobsacramano2263
    @bobsacramano2263 Před rokem +24

    1. Musicians are artists, and drugs have always been used as a means of enhancing creativity.
    2. Concerts are just parties, and people tend to drink/use drugs at parties, performers or otherwise.
    3. Self-fulling prophecy. Drugs/alcohol are strongly associated with the culture of being a stage performer. To a degree, performers probably do feel like it's just what expected of them.
    4. As Maher alluded to, people are likely offering them stuff, everywhere they go, as a means of gaining their favor.
    5. To deal with the unique stress of being famous.

    • @lamnuck
      @lamnuck Před rokem +2

      Rush is one of the rare bands that grew out of the drug thing early

    • @lemsip207
      @lemsip207 Před rokem

      ​@@lamnuckThe Manic Street Preachers too.

    • @subg8858
      @subg8858 Před rokem +2

      Rock bands rarely have drug tests. I imagine that is another big difference.

    • @iunnox666
      @iunnox666 Před rokem +1

      @lamnuck I think it's more that they kept it pretty quiet and aren't really "partiers" per se.

    • @lemsip207
      @lemsip207 Před rokem

      But when you are an entertainer you are staff just as much as the catering staff and lighting crew so you are working not partying.

  • @matthewmartin9313
    @matthewmartin9313 Před 15 dny +1

    Bill was supposed to talk about rockstars doing drugs but instead told his friends own stories

  • @chadelles2586
    @chadelles2586 Před rokem +8

    Disposable income and too much free time. These two items go hand in hand.
    It is almost impossible to OD on LSD. Now it can leave your mind in shackles.

    • @tj03297
      @tj03297 Před 6 měsíci

      You mean shambles?

    • @permafriday
      @permafriday Před měsícem

      Both.

    • @permafriday
      @permafriday Před měsícem

      You can easily OD on LSD. Now, dying from an overdose... That's a different story.

    • @chadelles2586
      @chadelles2586 Před měsícem +1

      @@permafridayOverdosing is defined as ingesting enough of the drug to cause toxicity or death, it is not easy to do on LSD

    • @permafriday
      @permafriday Před měsícem

      @@chadelles2586 It can also be just taking more than what was intended, regardless of the level of toxicity.

  • @intothenimbus
    @intothenimbus Před 28 dny

    I feel that most artists live in this illusion that they need pain to create things they find beautiful, therefore they need situations and substances to take them out of reality

  • @yojimboeastwood5602
    @yojimboeastwood5602 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Remember the first time I got puddled. Phish lakewood 99 if memory serves

  • @BackwoodsFilms
    @BackwoodsFilms Před 2 měsíci +1

    I think Bill is too accustomed to his HBO show where he's either giving a monolog or the moderator of multiple guests. He doesn't know how to do have a one on one conversation with a person where he actually lets them talk for more than ten seconds without always interrupting and bringing the focus back to him.

  • @oldestgamer
    @oldestgamer Před 18 dny

    His first comment is correct, you get so high after a great gig that you want to continue that feeling after the gig, FTW!

  • @mattmontalto7511
    @mattmontalto7511 Před měsícem +1

    Just next level ironic that Bill is sitting there stoned drunk talking about why people do drugs 🤔

  • @eznir84
    @eznir84 Před rokem +2

    By reading the title I thought every rockstar is doing drugs with Billy Corgan 😅

  • @TheOtherKine
    @TheOtherKine Před rokem +3

    There's also the creative side. Most of them couldn't even come up with anything if they weren't high or drunk. They're really not that creative without "help"

  • @Suzibird307
    @Suzibird307 Před rokem +5

    I'm not a rock star, just a regular person. I've taken shit off people that I just met many times, when I was young.

    • @michaelsuder486
      @michaelsuder486 Před rokem

      Yea, people exchanging drugs is normal when youre young

  • @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns
    @Banana_Split_Cream_Buns Před rokem +4

    Only Bill Maher would drink an *inhalant* like amyl nitrate. Seriously, that's like saying "instead of sniffing glue, I almost ate glue".

  • @Nickecho7979
    @Nickecho7979 Před rokem +1

    When i first seen "This is why Rockstar do drugs w/billy corgan" I thought "How the hell did he do drugs with Jimmy-Janice & Amy winehouse?

  • @gasjet2000
    @gasjet2000 Před rokem +3

    Another reason for drug consumption among working musicians, and probably the entertainment industry in general, is because outside of the actual performance, that life is incredibly boring. Ninety-nine percent of your time is spent either in a van, in a strange hotel trying to sleep, waiting at the club between your sound check and your set time, and then waiting around after your set to get paid. It’s a lot of time to fill and there is almost always someone in every city eager to get you drugs and party.

    • @lemsip207
      @lemsip207 Před rokem

      Plus in the early days they often have to share single beds, sleep in the van or stay in grotty back street hotels. REM members used to take it in turn to sleep in the van.

    • @lemsip207
      @lemsip207 Před rokem

      The waiting around us valuable down time for relaxing, exercising or doing vocal exercises. You can't be on all the time.

  • @jeffbrown-hill7739
    @jeffbrown-hill7739 Před 11 dny

    I love that the comment section of Bill's own podcast is full of people pointing out how he won't shut up, even when a rockstar is telling him first-hand stories about drugs. His pomposity knows no bounds.

  • @captaingrub2228
    @captaingrub2228 Před rokem +5

    They skipped the most obvious reason which is that artist of all types often struggle with trying to coax out and sustain moments of inspiration and epiphany, and these are very slippery things to pin down (drugs can sort of simulate these states, however the longer you do this the less effective it is and you ended up chasing an ever receding creative state of mind).

  • @TroyCastellano
    @TroyCastellano Před 2 měsíci +1

    The real reason they want to get high is because they are always "on" so much. When they finally get a break/time off they just want to "check out" from it all. It's a way to shut it all off.

  • @jasonmartinez9051
    @jasonmartinez9051 Před 20 dny

    Another possibility for heavy drug use is that these performers can, at times, work under tremendous pressure. The entertainment industry has a whole can be brutal. Imagine being a musician working after getting 3 hours sleep the night before and unforgiving producers are raising their voices at you, "C'mon, Man. It's all on you! We're all waiting on you!" Hell, I can imagine wanting stimulants to wake up during the day or wanting relaxants to fall asleep at night. That's my theory. My 2 cents.

  • @jimbodavis1944
    @jimbodavis1944 Před měsícem

    If I wanted to listen to Bill with guests, I’d listen to Bill without guests (alone).

  • @chancefoy6287
    @chancefoy6287 Před rokem +15

    Bill clearly doesn’t understand anything his guests ever say Jesus

    • @brandongratta9040
      @brandongratta9040 Před rokem +5

      @@danacuff7982 he has to cut off soooo much lol. even to try to explain to a literal rock star about the differences in acid as if he doesn't know. like c'mon xD

    • @shanerjedi1138
      @shanerjedi1138 Před rokem +3

      Well maybe it would help his understanding if he wasnt stoned all the time?

    • @brandongratta9040
      @brandongratta9040 Před rokem +6

      @@shanerjedi1138 not even that, just listening more. You can be stoned and understand what people are saying. If you spend someone's whole story waiting to debate small bits of it you'll miss the big picture which is what seems to keep happening on these

  • @luisaspo
    @luisaspo Před 17 dny

    “LSD is always liquid”… like when a mother in law says a stupid thing and she thinks it was brilliant, but yet it’s imposible to tell her to shut up and don’t interrupt !

  • @FunkyDrumm3r
    @FunkyDrumm3r Před měsícem

    Imagine how unshocked Billy Corgan was when he heard about the interviewer's experience with popper

  • @BrockLanders
    @BrockLanders Před rokem +5

    I thought it might have to do with the fact that creative sensitive people (which a lot of musicians are) can more easily get overwhelmed by their emotions because they’re so intense. So you’ll do anything you can to get away from those turbulent emotions, which alcohol and drugs do for you temporarily. The problem is that it becomes a vicious cycle which leads to addiction.

    • @chrisg7731
      @chrisg7731 Před rokem +1

      Was looking for someone to say something like this.
      I’m a musician (not a famous one obviously) and a drug user. I think a lot of creative people who make art where they dump a ton of emotion and passion into it come from some pretty fucked up backgrounds, at least in the rock world. I’m a huge metalhead, and a lot of those guys had some fucked up lives, and the songs they make reflect that.
      Drugs are an escape from reality for me. I don’t want to be sober because then my thoughts are there telling me awful things and filling me with anger and self-hatred. So… I do drugs to quiet them down. It’s not safe or sustainable, but neither is self-resentment. A lot of us are constantly running from reality. Drugs let you stop running for a while. It’s a welcome break, but it’s delicate. You keep pushing the highs more and more because the escape feels amazing. And that’s how you overdose or drive drunk or do other dumb shit.
      Billy seems like he comes from a stable background and may not have the pain in his past that a lot of musicians I love have in theirs, so I don’t think he identifies with the escape aspect of drugs. Believe me, it’s there. Layne Staley wasn’t doing heroin because “he didn’t want the party to end.”

  • @brokentillman4346
    @brokentillman4346 Před rokem +2

    When bought in the bottle, it was called Rush.

  • @over-educated-sp
    @over-educated-sp Před 2 měsíci +1

    About two decades ago my best friend at the time was getting some amazing liquid Sid. I lived in SO, UT. He lived in Northern UT. My ex, and I arrived at his house. When he opened his door, he was like “stick out your tongue,” so I did. He then took out a lil bottle of breath freshener which was actually acid. He then squirted some in my mouth. THANK GOD IT WAS SOME OF THE GOOD STUFF. I’d always bring Molly with us, and dude always had the best Sid. Those were some fun times. There is no way in hell I’d touch any hard shit like that these days. Oh, to be young, and dumb.

  • @brucewilson1958
    @brucewilson1958 Před 3 dny

    Robbie Robertson said...The road is simply an impossible way to live.

  • @manifestgtr
    @manifestgtr Před 23 dny

    Two things above all else…availability/normalcy and pressure. The intrusive thought of “YOU’RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LAST PERFORMANCE…THE SHOW MUST GO ON” is a lot easier to manage, especially over the long haul, if you have some chemical invincibility running through your veins. Artists are sensitive people, man…it doesn’t take much to push a sensitive soul into the arms of some drug or another. When you pair that with a high pressure industry, the math becomes pretty obvious.
    EDIT: LOL!
    Maher: there was this thing, I guess you call em poppers now
    Billy: Amyl Nitrate… *pulls out a chart with the chemical composition*

  • @Brutuscomedy
    @Brutuscomedy Před 12 dny +1

    Bill sits there doing "drugs," that is both alcohol and nicotine. 👌

  • @kellyfeger
    @kellyfeger Před rokem

    The EDM, House and Techno scene have the best of the best.

  • @ExplisitHipHop
    @ExplisitHipHop Před 11 dny

    I used to smash pumpkins waiting for Myers on Halloween 🎃

  • @sitindogmas
    @sitindogmas Před rokem +2

    it was the just the time, me and my friends didn't really play music but damn we partied like we were rock stars, I mean massive amounts of everything we done. if you weren't there you wouldn't believe it. it amazing any of us survived or didn't go insane. we lost a few in the early 2000s

    • @Shlogger
      @Shlogger Před rokem +2

      I can relate. there's definitely times throughout the day when I'm hit with random memories and I think how the fuck am I still here? lol

    • @permafriday
      @permafriday Před měsícem +1

      The last two rehabs I did evaluations for didn't believe the amounts of drugs I would do in a sitting. We ran out of time on the portion where I recounted specific substances and amounts. I actually had to come back for a second appointment.

    • @sitindogmas
      @sitindogmas Před měsícem +1

      @@permafriday I've never told a therapist or counselor the amount of substances I've consumed, always felt that I would've been immediately dismissed and considered insane lol

    • @sitindogmas
      @sitindogmas Před měsícem

      @@permafriday rehabs are bs to me, they work for some, but you just gotta get you shit together lol, granted, with all the fear mongering and lack of honest education on and about drugs only add to the learning curve in our human condition. I recommend Dr Carl Harts book, Drug Use For Grown Ups ✌️💚

    • @permafriday
      @permafriday Před měsícem +1

      @@sitindogmas You should give it a shot sometime! It's worked out for me before.

  • @missrachael1709
    @missrachael1709 Před měsícem

    Not being a slave to the socially acceptable 9-5 mindset helps enormously. Peace.

  • @musashi-san____1409
    @musashi-san____1409 Před měsícem

    It is the social aspect at first. Hard not to partake when you are going to parties almost every day.

  • @masterofspellign
    @masterofspellign Před měsícem

    This is bill basically asking a question and then answering it the way he wants it to be answered

  • @4444doggs
    @4444doggs Před rokem +4

    Bill the only guy who can interview a famous person and make the interview about him. SMH…

  • @EricSmith9000
    @EricSmith9000 Před rokem +5

    If I had to sing the same song every night, I'd do drugs, too.

    • @BackwoodsFilms
      @BackwoodsFilms Před 2 měsíci +1

      What's the difference between a musician singing the same song every night and an average person getting up to do the same job every day?

    • @EricSmith9000
      @EricSmith9000 Před 2 měsíci

      @@BackwoodsFilms Depends on the job. If I were required to do the same thing at my job as I did 5 years ago, I'd probably do drugs. Also, you can do your job in different ways, but people want you to sing your hits as they remember them from your album.

  • @FindTheFun
    @FindTheFun Před měsícem +1

    "I guess it was what they now call poppers."
    Bill they've been calling them poppers since the 80's, man...

  • @trishaspencer9956
    @trishaspencer9956 Před rokem +1

    I let a random stranger drop a hit of acid in my eye at a Grateful Dead show, that was not smart but worked out for me 😊

  • @janiceg7661
    @janiceg7661 Před 13 dny

    Trying to keep the high going, money, and access. I can confirm consultants who also travel and live in hotels, and make decent $$$, it’s social, and also have access.

  • @jasoncthomas
    @jasoncthomas Před rokem

    The stuff you pop are called poppers and are Amyl Nitrate. This is prescribed to heart patients, as it dilates the blood flow. That stuff in the little bottle is called LockerRoom. It is Butyl Nitrate and was used as an air freshener.

  • @del7506
    @del7506 Před rokem +4

    Bill's insufferable.

  • @michaeldundrea1473
    @michaeldundrea1473 Před měsícem

    That was wayyyyyy more than 25 hits! More like a 100+

  • @billyshane3804
    @billyshane3804 Před měsícem

    Being in a band with Billy Coogan and his ego would drive most people to drugs.

  • @studebakerhawk4465
    @studebakerhawk4465 Před měsícem

    The liquid huffed from small bottle Maher talking bout sold as "Rush" in NYC if anyone is curious 🤷‍♂️

  • @philbinette2750
    @philbinette2750 Před 2 měsíci

    The industrial adhesive industry is sniffing glue all day, Bill....

  • @owlcu
    @owlcu Před rokem +5

    The REAL reason is that music is fantasy, just like painting or acting, and in order to sustain and explore that fantasy, most musicians (and artists in general) must step outside of "reality" in order to function. Because "reality" is meaningless without another perspective to define it. There, I said it.

  • @aorinz
    @aorinz Před 2 měsíci +1

    For a "rockstar" Billy sounds like an underage narc when discussing acid. It's endearing.

  • @sleepleZZZV3
    @sleepleZZZV3 Před rokem +2

    Poor rock stars, a lot of money but unhappy... I'm so sad for them😢😢😢

    • @LannieLord
      @LannieLord Před rokem +1

      Jesus ; look at Kurt Cobain. He would have been better off being a local band that never made it.

    • @timothymeadows8326
      @timothymeadows8326 Před rokem

      The old tale of the tragic artist

    • @brando7266
      @brando7266 Před rokem

      So u would rather be a nobody/ nothing than billy idol, most people will pick the rock star,

  • @burchified
    @burchified Před měsícem

    shoutout to the aeroplanes box set on the floor

  • @marklechman2225
    @marklechman2225 Před rokem +1

    Because they don’t have to wake up until noon.

  • @ST-xg3gy
    @ST-xg3gy Před měsícem +1

    Bill hates it when he has to stop talking. Bill, just let him finish his damn story. And no, acid is not "always liquid".

  • @moremartinthanmartin
    @moremartinthanmartin Před měsícem

    Thats insane. Like this is common sense, how is this even a question?
    Stand up comedians do the same thing. Chasing the high of being on stage, offstage.

  • @DrBeauHightower
    @DrBeauHightower Před měsícem

    You can't overdose on LSD though

  • @BrianGreene-rn9uz
    @BrianGreene-rn9uz Před 2 hodinami

    Both clips I have watched of Billy Corgan with Maher it gets awkward, Maher just has to talk over him. So much different to the Rogan interview.

  • @user-sj1ny1br3o
    @user-sj1ny1br3o Před 2 měsíci

    Billy seems like someone who's never done drugs in his entire life.

  • @wrenglish
    @wrenglish Před 2 měsíci

    Never realized that Billy looks physically huge compared to Bill 😮

  • @petermartin4142
    @petermartin4142 Před rokem +1

    Think of what you’re saying now bill……. Your old.😂

  • @cosmicgregg
    @cosmicgregg Před 2 měsíci

    Fuck yeah, that's what happened to me the first time I took LSD. I got puddled. Changed my life.