Tina Arena here in Australia was asked whether she'd like her son to become a muso like herself to which she replied "No Way' the reason being that the industry is Toxic, from my own years [30] odd I can only agree, if you combine that toxicity with the profound ego's of so many artists it's not really hard to see why some implode, living up to the legend or the image is a total drag and eventually people see through the smoke screen of the ego and there's not much there, oh dear, time to self destruct, again that's more of the same egocentic obsession, I see Hank Marvin quiet reguarly and he has a god in his life, that's what so many really need, sorry if that sounds like I'm a religious nut, I'm not, but seems to me that so many suicide because they feel there's nothing left, bloody shame that.........
1 2009-09-04 09:51:50
Re: WHY ARE SO MANY MUSICIANS SO SELF DESTRUCTIVE. (11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
2 2009-08-25 11:26:55
Re: FROM HEAVEN TO HELL (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Woodstock from my perspective was another of those WARHOL effect events, totally over rated and blown way way out of proportion to what it really was, my wife and I sure partied out and smoked a ton on mexican weed but the music was really pretty average and most of the legends etcetera were in peoples minds, yeah it was fun but shit we've been to way better events by far that barely got a mention, the WARHOL effect blurs the reality...........