Name a famous artist that had a bad performance due to drugs/alcohol

I'll do Amy Winehouse since everyone is picking on her or worried about her lately.

It must be performers who actually MADE it to the stage. Calling the show for laryngitis or hung chow doesn't count.

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a performer might use as an excuse when the real fact is they are passed out under the bed in some hotel room or awake thinking the Feds are coming.

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in Charlotteville once.

Or a slow.. slur to the floor and zonk?

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One Halloween at the same place Dave Matthews shaved his head and performed drunk. He sounded better.

that IS bad!

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they were always at some level of inebriation when I say them. That was the only time it was that bad that I saw.

That is kind of my point here. It's part of the lifestyle I think. I bet many performers suck sober.

Now this guy... different story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlz0he9rtKw

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The first two were blitzed, Bret went into insulin shock (lack of drugs).

drinking mad whiskey as they played.

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never missed a note. Dave forgot lyrics, fell down, ran off stage to vomit, etc.

in fact.. I have an MTV video in head now from when MTV first came out.

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a 20 minute pause as she looked at the back of her hand :P

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...in the late '70s, due to Grace's being too drunk to finish. The one you're thinking of was probably a show in Germany show in '78 (?) There are others. She had a big drinking problem for quite a while.

And get hella airtime?

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...'im nodding off and such, and generally falling over-like. Fuckin' Pete had to dragoon a member of the audience to play the drums. But, er, it weren't quite the same wiffout Mooney, know wot I mean?

Sad, really.

The nods can be dangerous

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...I believe Moon's specific mis-step of the evening was an abuse of animal tranquilizers. Definitely a "nodder" in the parlance of the times. In any case, Moon's larger issue was booze.

By "up" I meant speed of some sort. Booze is key.

It seems abusing that and giving a bad performance is an oddity.

...whatever drugs he ingested (and he ingested 'em all), there was always likely to be about two inches of brandy or cognac on top of it, which only added to the impact. I don't mean two inches in a glass mind you, I mean two inches spread out over the top of all his vital organs.

If you compare Moon and John "Bonzo" Bonham, the two great alcoholic drummers in rock history, I think you'll notice that Bonzo was far better able to hold his liquor than was Keith. A pyrric victory, of course, as both died from alcohol-related issues far too young. Bonham was 32, and Moon was, what, 34? Fucking waste.

...where the influence of heroin on Jimmy Page is noticeable, particularly during some lengthy, tiresome, frankly smacked-out playing on "White Summer." The band's final show in Berlin, 7/7/80 is a good example of this.

Can't forget them!

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If so, isn't that basically your like/dislike for the genre? But yea, I'd have to guess he was whacked on something.

I'm suprized noone has named any Country singers yet hehe

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But Sid was LEGENDARY for being drunk on stage, even before
he started shooting heroin.

And his studio work (when he even bothered to show up)
on "Never Mind the Bollocks" was so substandard that Steve
Jones actually did the bass tracks on every song except
"God save the Queen".

too funny

but sad

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Smithereens...Lou Ann was too fucked up to even come out for the second set...

And looked up others.

Did Lewis and Russell appear in the same show? The times you witnessed, I mean.

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about 74; the previous time with him was 72 in Albq. and he was incredible.

Just wondering cause they are in the "good performances due to drugs/alcohol" thread :)

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I can't believe I'm the first to mention Britney. Or do people think she doesn't count as an "artist"?

...not assholes. It's nice to see she's shot to the top of the charts with her bullshit. God bless America, is all I can think to say.

Of course she is a famous artist. Why else would we know who she was :P

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Once passed out cold on stage during an Aerosmith show in Portland, Maine.

Had to do it :P

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and then passed out on the stage.

they're been dead to me ever since they broke my 15 year old heart, fuckers.

Yea, that is indeed a downside to all this talk. Kids have to see it.

Should we make it 21 years of age or more, so hearts don't keep getting broken?

Ban concerts on TV?

I kid...

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to buy that ticket and we only got one song and then--boom, it was over. No refunds.

That does suck.

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I seen some forgettable Doors shows where he was over the line drunk early and late in their careers

Hec, he lived on the line sober: I'm thinking. hehe

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Do you mean to say that there are famous artist that had bad performances that were NOT due to drugs/alcohol?

Sound hella better without each other. I like that they went for ir, but overall I dint like the album.

I LOVE them individually playing what they know.

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You have to love the man, but one record, was it Sketches of Spain, sounded like he was pretty gone. It wasn't minimalist, it was...lost. I was perplexed.

I've seen local punk/hardcore acts that were so blown up that they couldn't perform whatsoever, sure.

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I have since.

I was in reply fast mode like that search engine dude on X-Files and couldnt stop to be 'agooglin.

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:shrug: I consider Sketches of Spain a masterpiece. It's one of my favorite albums.

I know Miles is the man, so the performance threw me a bit. Whichever one it was.

I can imagine this happening.

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on Saturday Night Live in the mid 1980s.

I was amazed at how messed up he was! He looked super drunk, and maybe some other substances too. Or maybe it was all drugs!
However, his performance was not all that bad, considering how wasted he looked.

they look wasted sober.

That reminds me of that comedian.. he was on Lenno or Letterman.. tweeked to the gills on some upper. Coke, crank.. something. It was funny at first but then sad to watch.

grr.. I'll have to google. Had black hair, Richard something? Did a lot of High-strung Jewish jokes the best I rem.. brb

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EDIT: Richard Lewis

The second and final Band of Gypsys appearance occurred one month later (January 28, 1970) at a twelve-act show in Madison Square Garden dubbed the Winter Festival for Peace. Similar to Woodstock, set delays forced Hendrix to take the stage at an inopportune 3am, only this time he was obviously high on drugs and in no shape to play. He belted out a dismal rendition of "Who Knows" before snapping a vulgar response at a woman who shouted a request for "Foxey Lady". He lasted halfway through a second song, then simply stopped playing, telling the audience: "That's what happens when earth fucks with space—never forget that". He then sat quietly on the stage until staffers escorted him away. Various explanations have been offered to explain this bizarre scene—Buddy Miles claimed that manager Michael Jeffery dosed Hendrix with LSD in an effort to sabotage the current band and bring about the return of the Experience lineup; blues legend Johnny Winter said it was Hendrix's girlfriend Devon Wilson who spiked his drink with drugs for unknown reasons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix#Band_of_Gypsys

Thanks!

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half of them were on drugs or drunk and had a terrible performance.
Carly

I dont remember much about the Beach Boys. They seemed to be a happy tribe :)

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attend one of his performances once with my parents. They had front row seats. He was so drunk out of his mind that I was almost afraid he was going to fall off the stage onto my lap. I heard later from colleagues that he had spent the afternoon in our ER where they tried, unsuccessfully, to sober him up.

You were "of age" or as a little one this happened?

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to go to assist with my mother who was wheelchair-bound and needed a female with her to help her.

Front row.. that would be rather nerveracking.

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Have a good evening!

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oh wait, that was virtually EVERY performance he did!

Syd would arrive late to gigs or not at all, and when he did make it he usually stood onstage with his hands at his side, sometimes strumming the same chord over and over on his detuned, mirrored Fender Telecaster. He refused to lip-sync on both Dick Clark's American Bandstand and the Perry Como Show, and worse, during an appearance on Pat Boone, his response to the aging teen-idol's questions was a totally blank, mute stare.

guessing before right?

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Gilmour was brought in to play guitar on stage since he rarely did. Then they wanted to keep him on like Brian Wilson as their songwriter. That lasted for about three songs on Saucerful of Secrets until they just gave up one day and didn't pick him up on the way to the studio. He sat in the Abbey Road lobby for a few days waiting to be let in with guitar in hand.

which was pretty funny since he should have been speaking clearly, perfectly.
And his Eliza was equally funny- try Amanda Plumber lisping her way to high society. I didn;t love either of them , honey bunny.
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well to me he is

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Disclaimer: My performance may be effected by drugs/alcohol, but its after midnight and I ain't no artist :)

Jack Daniels on the piano. Let's just say Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin had nothing on that babe.

That was one sloppy show.

but if he appeared worse of than Morrison and Joplin, save yourselves!

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Disclaimer: My performance may be effected by drugs/alcohol, but its after midnight and I ain't no artist :+

Your utter non-knowledge of music in this thread is stunning.

omg.. this thread is still goin?

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He spent the last couple years of his life performing fucked up.

There are a couple classics that are being missed. Wonder what that says to popularity :P

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Disclaimer: My performance may be effected by drugs/alcohol, but its after midnight and I ain't no artist :+

in the 80s
His son Jordan says that he will never authorize a release of it.
I have a bootleg.
Rest in Peace, Mr Zevon.

and I'm beyond Google capabilities.

Assuming he OD'd?

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Disclaimer: My performance may be effected by drugs/alcohol, but its after midnight and I ain't no artist :+

Ever heard "Werewolves of London?"

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No-- he had cancer. And hated doctors, so by the time they found it it was too late.

I know what I like.. who did it.. who the lead singer is..

not my bag

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You're obviously an idiot. What are you, 15?

Heroin was MUCH better than booze for his artistic output.

For sure! Choose your poison

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Disclaimer: My performance may be effected by drugs/alcohol, but it's after midnight and I ain't no artist :+

Ronnie and the gang were so fucked up. WOW. Ronnie forgot lyrics.
Billy missed a couple of piano cues. During "Freebird" Allen dropped
his guitar. Hell, Artimus threw a drumstick backstage!

But, since it was, after all, 1976, I was so fucked up (some good
redbud, if **memory** serves) it was damn entertaining!

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glad thats a memory still hanging! Sounds like fun times. :P

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Disclaimer: My performance may be effected by drugs/alcohol, but it's after midnight and I ain't no artist :+

I figured someone would have mentioned by now.

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Disclaimer: My performance may be effected by drugs/alcohol, but it's after midnight and I ain't no artist :+

When he hooks it up he HOOKS IT UP, but when I saw him play he just droned his way through a set in a virtual monotone.

I wasn't a fan of his until later, or I would have been :(

The opening act was "The Band."

The Band rocked. Clapton was so screwed up that he couldn't play the guitar. His lyrics & pitch were so far off that it took a conscious effort to recognize the songs he was playing. He stumbled off stage after 45 minutes.

I'm so happy that he cleaned up his act. He's brilliant now.

when I saw him, and Mitch Hedberg was so shitfaced he could barely speak.

concert. I don't remember how it turned out.

early '60s, Bridgeport (?), CT. Messed up on H + blind = near-disaster!

This isn't one of them.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1153961246572674052&q=Elliot+Smith&total=2525&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

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