first off, the drumming on "Appetite for destruction" is excellent and underrated

that being said, when I saw this yesterday, that was the saddest video ive seen on the net in a while. The dude has made some irreparable damages to himself and its devastating

WTF happened to Jeff Conaway? I don't even recognize him. Looks like life has kicked him in the nuts and shat on his face. Poor guy.

This guys "band" opened for a friend of mine out in SF. Adler had to borrow a drumset from someone because he didn't even have one. He looked like skeletor, only even skinnier.

/smack is a helluva drug.

Also remember Adler suffered a stroke a short while back.

The saddest thing about him now is that he looks like Robert Plant is about half his age!

If Guns N' Roses kicks you out for doing too many drugs, you're really farked up.

I'm sorry, drug addiction has devastated so many lives, I just can't find sympathy for these undeserving millionaires who chose anyway to become addicted. That's just me.

Crown_of_Shoes: I'm sorry, drug addiction has devastated so many lives, I just can't find sympathy for these undeserving millionaires who chose anyway to become addicted. That's just me.

I dunno, drug addiction sucks no matter who you are, no matter who your family is, no matter how much money you have. Drug addiction takes everything you have. If anything, having a lot of money means you can kill yourself twice as fast. In the end, addiction takes everything you ever had. While I envy some of the success that some of them had and the options that they had, I don't envy what any addict has now.

First, it's not Guns N Roses, it's the Axl Rose Solo Project. GnR died around 1993. Second, Adler only recorded 1 1/2 albums with them. He hasn't been with GnR in almost 20 years. But the upside is that unlike everyone else from that era, he's sporting the same hair he rocked in 1987. Keep it real, Steve.

Crown_of_Shoes: I'm sorry, drug addiction has devastated so many lives, I just can't find sympathy for these undeserving millionaires who chose anyway to become addicted. That's just me.

No one chooses to become addicted. They choose to do drugs, which granted, is stupid in the first place but the millionaire addict is no different than the crack whore in any way that matters.

The extent of my drug use is smoking weed about half a dozen times, all more than 6 years ago but I can still feel sympathy for drug addicts. I don't care how big of a douchebag all of those people were, they don't deserve that kind of hell.

Mugato: they don't deserve that kind of hell.

I agree, but look at what a cliche it is for rock musicians. No doubt, you can't help but see the writing on the wall a mile away. You do it because it is cool, part of the culture, makes you feel good, and fark it because you are a self-destructive rocker anyway! Better to burn out, baby! And then this happens to you. And what, you act repentant? A victim? Cry me a river.

Barnacles!: WTF happened to Jeff Conaway? I don't even recognize him. Looks like life has kicked him in the nuts and shat on his face. Poor guy.

I saw him and thought "what the hell kind of drug did he do, cause I NEVER want to touch it".

BTW: The was the saddest video I've ever seen.

Is Busey just completely in denial, or is he just like Ed Norton's character in Fight Club, seeking out 12 step programs for kicks?

Here's a vid that features Steven. It's # 1 on the page. Very sad indeed. Link (new window)

Amber Smith is damn hot for a 36 year-old woman that's been addicted to painkillers for 17 years. And she's amazingly real and well-spoken.

I want her jeans genes.

Busey is such a cluster-f*ck. Why does he always act like he doesn't know who anyone is?

glenlivid: Amber Smith is damn hot for a 36 year-old woman that's been addicted to painkillers for 17 years. And she's amazingly real and well-spoken.

I want her jeans genes.

Busey is such a cluster-f*ck. Why does he always act like he doesn't know who anyone is?

This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?

I'm in the camp that that was just really, really sad. The one thing that doesn't get mentioned, and probably won't get mention on Snark, er, Fark: suppose you're born with a predisposition to addiction. Opportunity and talent present you with the career of a rock star, and you take it. But, along with it, comes the excesses that are constantly around the showbiz / rockstar comunity. Drugs - easily accessible, and offered. Social situations - the party lifestyle that not only supply but encourage the addict to behave as an addict. Many of them start young - and it's a lifestyle (I'm looking at you, Britney and Lindsey) that they grow up in, and are reinforced is acceptable. YES, it is a choice, but unless you've actually dealt with an addiction, you haven't a clue what it is to break it.

Even more devastating is the public's addiction to this sort of entertainment.

/heh

Anyone who makes an appearance on that show is a loser. Nobody forces you to do drugs until you're a mess.

"roll roll roll your joint, twist it at the ends"...

Adler reminds me of the guys in my old neighborhood that were addicted, and yet didn't die. I'll see them ever once in a while, and man... I thank god, and whatever powers that be, that I chose a different route.

mind over matter losers. if i was as rich as them, i wouldnt be addicted to drugs. i would bang supermodels spitzer hoes and jump out of airplanes RADDD

No Winehouse pics yet?

C~

I feel bad for Adler, he had a shiatty childhood, got into a successful band, got lots of money but no guidance to help him control himself. Drank himself into a stroke. sucks.

Jeff Conway should probably just be allowed to OD himself at this point. i mean the guy cant even farking walk. even keith ricahrds can walk.

WRF is Rodney King doing on a 'celebrity' show? He's a celebrity for getting himself beat by the cops? whatever, the guy seems to need to stop drinking.

the rest of them need a kick in the privates and to grow the fark up.

mrchowwow: No Winehouse pics yet?

C~

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: Anyone who makes an appearance on that show is a loser. Nobody forces you to do drugs until you're a mess.

You mean when you're a mess people force you to do drugs?

glenlivid: Busey is such a cluster-f*ck. Why does he always act like he doesn't know who anyone is?

That's because he has some form of retrograde amnesia. You have to remember,the guy has a brain injury from bouncing off the asphalt a few years back(he wasn't wearing a helmet when he wrecked his bike). Add his addiction to that, and you have the current incarnation of Gary Busey.

It's NOT Guns N Roses!!!!!

FARK!!!!

glenlivid: BTW: The was the saddest video I've ever seen.

Is Busey just completely in denial, or is he just like Ed Norton's character in Fight Club, seeking out 12 step programs for kicks?

Busey is nuts and has been for some time. The drugs are probably less of a problem than the motorcycle accident. They just complicate the problem. Honestly though, there is no way a group therapy can work with him in there.

As for the rest of them... Conway has been through therapy with Dr. Drew so often that the good doctor needs to just admit he's failed and suggest another physician.

Adler appears to be the victim of hangers on trying to cash in to what was once their cash cow.

And everyone else is desperate to do anything for attention, just like they were before they became famous.

I can honestly say I couldn't make it through the first episode and I can't imagine being able to watch it.

Stories with US-only videos make the 6 pound, 8 ounce baby Jesus get stabby.

Mugato:

No one chooses to become addicted. They choose to do drugs, which granted, is stupid in the first place but the millionaire addict is no different than the crack whore in any way that matters.

The extent of my drug use is smoking weed about half a dozen times, all more than 6 years ago but I can still feel sympathy for drug addicts. I don't care how big of a douchebag all of those people were, they don't deserve that kind of hell.

Wow - I see you're an expert on drug use, abuse and addiction.

There is a world of difference between a crack whore and a millionaire addict. True, the physical addiction may be the same, but there are a ton of other differences, starting with their ability to afford their habit.

As far as addiction goes, any reasonable person realizes when a drug (and don't forget, alcohol is a drug too) is becoming more of a "need" rather than something they enjoy. At that point, if you continue to use the way you have been you have definitely made a choice.

Sorry, but that's reality. All this 'addiction is a disease' nonsense is just that - nonsense.

I suppose you think if you go around screwing every crack-whore you can find while refusing to wear a condom and get an STD you'd argue that you didn't choose to get an STD, just like if you jump off of a skyscraper you didn't choose to kill yourself.

Nobody has mentioned the briefcase full of change and highlighters that Busey brought with him??? That made my YEAR!

mud_shark: Mugato:

No one chooses to become addicted. They choose to do drugs, which granted, is stupid in the first place but the millionaire addict is no different than the crack whore in any way that matters.

The extent of my drug use is smoking weed about half a dozen times, all more than 6 years ago but I can still feel sympathy for drug addicts. I don't care how big of a douchebag all of those people were, they don't deserve that kind of hell.

Wow - I see you're an expert on drug use, abuse and addiction.

I'd be interested in the qualifications you have to make this comment.


There is a world of difference between a crack whore and a millionaire addict. True, the physical addiction may be the same, but there are a ton of other differences, starting with their ability to afford their habit.

First of all (obviously) people don't just use money for their addiction. Sure, different drugs generally tend to be used in different groups, i.e. the blow addicts GENERALLY tend to come from a different economic level than the crack and meth addicts. BUT THEY'RE ALL STILL ADDICTED. What would be that 'ton of other differences' between them?

As far as addiction goes, any reasonable person realizes when a drug (and don't forget, alcohol is a drug too) is becoming more of a "need" rather than something they enjoy. At that point, if you continue to use the way you have been you have definitely made a choice.

Once again, I don't think you have any evidence to back this up. Part of addiction is either not realizing you have a problem, or not being able to stop. Either one of those already negates the ability to be 'reasonable' when addicted. Of course the addict, if they realize they have a problem, is already realizing the damage of the need over the high, and knows they need help. Do you really think all addicts are able to stop by themselves? Do you not agree with many of them need help with treatment? Be aware, though, if you are 'treating them', you're accepting another issue.

Sorry, but that's reality. All this 'addiction is a disease' nonsense is just that - nonsense. >

Unless you think all addicts are just doing it because they just want to, and they can stop anytime they want, without treatment (which, honestly, I find laughable), you have to accept that it is an illness.

mud_shark: Mugato:

No one chooses to become addicted. They choose to do drugs, which granted, is stupid in the first place but the millionaire addict is no different than the crack whore in any way that matters.

The extent of my drug use is smoking weed about half a dozen times, all more than 6 years ago but I can still feel sympathy for drug addicts. I don't care how big of a douchebag all of those people were, they don't deserve that kind of hell.

Wow - I see you're an expert on drug use, abuse and addiction.

There is a world of difference between a crack whore and a millionaire addict. True, the physical addiction may be the same, but there are a ton of other differences, starting with their ability to afford their habit.

As far as addiction goes, any reasonable person realizes when a drug (and don't forget, alcohol is a drug too) is becoming more of a "need" rather than something they enjoy. At that point, if you continue to use the way you have been you have definitely made a choice.

Sorry, but that's reality. All this 'addiction is a disease' nonsense is just that - nonsense.

I suppose you think if you go around screwing every crack-whore you can find while refusing to wear a condom and get an STD you'd argue that you didn't choose to get an STD, just like if you jump off of a skyscraper you didn't choose to kill yourself.

You don't know what you're talking about. I'm sure it's not the first time this has happened to you, but you probably have yet to acknowledge that you are wrong about a great many things. This is one of them.

Let me be a little more succinct since you probably need it. You're an intolerant know-it-all prick without any understanding of which you speak. You have a wayward idea in your head that somehow the conclusions you have reached about drug use are spot on and irrefutable. But instead, you are just a self-absorbed, giant farking unfeeling wanker who has no idea what is involved with people in the throes of drug addiction or how they got to that point in their lives.

Drugs are bad... M'kay?

I wonder what a vortex of man-boy antic suck were at the forefront when Axl, Slash, and Addler were together in their heyday. It does seem sort of disloyal that they would just cut him loose. But, then again, maybe he was beyond man-boy antics and just a complete lunatic. I too saw the interview with him. The funniest part to me was, despite his diminished brain capacity, he was the ONLY one astute enough who knew who Rodney King was, though he was talked out of being correct by those other two morons, the fat girl from Idol and Rod Stewart's waste of son. So it does show that maybe he does have a little brain left.

Seems like he did too much dancin with Mr Brownstone.

baufan2005: Seems like he did too much dancin with Mr Brownstone.

I think he raped Mr Brownstone.

GNR did the right thing by kicking him out. Enablers (like Adler's hot wife) allow addicts to continue their downward spiral, just more slowly. What's more sad: Adler's current condition, or the fact that he's been in the same condition for over 20 years?

glenlivid: I think he raped Mr Brownstone.

I don't know exactly why I lol'd, but I certainly did.

baufan2005: Seems like he did too much dancin with Mr Brownstone.

He probably used to do a little, but the little got more and more.

rexmichaels: Here's a vid that features Steven. It's # 1 on the page. Very sad indeed. Link (new window)

Steven Adler gets the "Keepin' it Real" award for 2008 with that video.

When I saw Adler drum at Rocklahoma in 07, he looked good and played well. Seemed ready for a comeback. I'm surprised he's in rough shape again.

Holy crap, "I did a few lines with my mom, then she went home, took her regular meds and never woke up." I think that right there might get me off drugs.