These 20 Rock Stars Partied Way Too Hard
Elton John
Living the life of a rock star is a lifestyle that many aspire towards. The money and fame alone are enough to make most people see it as one of the greatest ways to live. But many times times these rock stars party a bit too much. Check out some rock stars who partied way too hard.
It may come as a shock to some that Sir Elton John makes this list, when he was in fact known for getting pretty crazy in the prime of his career. He even claims that one time he took a total of 60 valuums all at once which would kill mot people, but he is still alive and performing today.
Jerry Garcia
The lead singer and guitarist for the band The Grateful Dead was Jerry Garcia. They are known as one of the wildest groups ever playing trippy style music for their fans. Garcia struggled with cocaine and heroin addictions for the majority of his career but unfortunately passed away from a heart attack in 1995.
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop was a rock star who was well known for his wild performances where he would often mutilate himself in front of his audience. Even though the rock star struggled with a heroin addiction he is surprisingly still well and alive today. It has been a few years now actually that he has been living a clean and sober lifestyle.
Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison had some pretty intense party habits which contributed to his young death at the age of 27. He would use LSD quite often and mix it with alcohol which is a very dangerous combination of drugs especially with Morrison suffering with chronic depression. His death even occurred at a party where he was found in a bathroom dead from an overdose.
Johnny Cash
One of the greatest of all time and most respected musicians to this very day is the one and only Johnny Cash. He was another star that was known for his addiction to pills and women. Fortunately Cash was able to achieve sobriety with a strong support staff and was able to live a full life before he passed in 2003 from diabetes related complications.
Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin was one of the first female rock stars to come along. With her success came the drug and alcohol abuse. She was known for not being able to stop her wild partying habits. Even though her legacy still lives on today she unfortunately passed away at the very young age of 27 years old.
Keith Moon
The band known as The Who had a drummer by the name of Keith Moon. Moon was known by many as one of the hardest partiers on the planet. Unfortunately for Moon most of his crazy stories derived from the fact that he was an alcoholic. He tried to treat his disease but it unfortunately ended up taking his life.
Jimi Hendrix
Even though Jimi Hendrix had a relatively short career he is still known as being one of the greatest musicians ever. He had a very bad problem with alcohol which did not help with his already short temper. He was known of getting into fights in public and even struck his own girlfriend once. His party came to an end when he was found dead one morning after drowning in his vomit.
Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe was a famous rock band who are known as rock legends today. Like many other bands on this list they were known for being some of the wildest partiers in history. Drugs and alcohol were very commonly used and mixed by all members of the band. Regardless of these wild habits all 4 members of the band are still well and alive today.
Led Zeppeln
Led Zeppelin was another band known for their extreme party habits. The popular group was known for trashing hotel rooms and even admitted to once riding a motorcycle in a hotel hallway. The band ended up splitting up in the 1980's after their drummer died from drowning in his own vomit.
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney was a band member of probably the best bands of all time, The Beatles. The band was well known for their psychedelic music and love of marijuana. Paul McCartney was perhaps the one who loved drugs the most though. He is now clean and sober and still performs today.
Ozzy Osbourne
One of the hardest partiers in rock history is no doubt Ozzy Osbourne. In fact if you listen to him speak you will find it hard to understand what he is saying, this is due from his intense drug use when he was younger. Even though the effects can still be seen on Ozzy he has since cleaned up his act and is still alive and well today.
Rick James
Rick James was a rock legend as well as a pop culture icon who was well known for his partying. His party came to end though in the 90's after he was arrested for kidnapping a girl and forcing her to do drugs and participate in sexual activities. A heart failure claimed his life in 2004 which came as a result of the many years of partying and drug abuse.
Music has definitely made some drastic changes since the age of rock n roll. Moat people will argue that those changes have been for the worse with less and less people listening to the radio. For those of us that lived through the rock n roll era, the memories of those great times will stary with us forever!
Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler is the lead singer of the band Aerosmith and has one of the most unique voices in the business. In his earlier days he was well known for his wild habits and would trash hotel rooms on a frequent basis. He has even been busted on several occasions for drugs. Although he has calmed down he is still very lucky to be well and alive today from all the drugs and partying he partook in.
Slash
One of the most talented musicians on a guitar in rock history has been the guitarist of Guns n' Roses, the one and only Slash. Like so many other rock stars he has been known for his drug use. For this man it was hallucinogens and his love for women. He has been very lucky being able to live the life stykle he has and still be alive and even performing today.
Sid Vicious
Sid Vicious was he lead singer for the Sex Pistols. Vicious was very infamous for his wild lifestyle. He was also known for cutting himself on stage and ripping his clothes off regardless of where he was at the time. After an insane night of partying he was found the next morning in bed aside his dead girlfriend who he had stabbed the night before. While he was awaiting trial he died from a heroin overdose.
Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks had a very intense cocaine addiction early in her career even though today she is still viewed as a music legend. Her addiction was so bad that she caused long term damage to her nostrils from how much cocaine she snorted. Amazingly enough she is still alive today and even still performs. She is now clean and sober and still making new music.
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings made his career in country music and was infamous for his crazy cocaine and pill addiction. He actually spent some time living with Johnny Cash who was also known for his pill habits. Jennings was strong enough to eventually overcome his addiction and would die late in his life peacefully while sleeping.
The Rolling Stones
One of the best and most successful bands of all time was the Rolling Stones. The original drummer for the band, Brian Jones, was found dead in his swimming pool and was well known for his LSD addiction. Keith Richards was known for his love of cocaine and is surprisingly still alive today.
Van Halen
The music of Van Halen was very popular and still is today. Every member of the band was known for being hard into some kind of drug, a few of the members of the group even eventually checked themselves into rehab. Despite their abuse with drugs all members of Van Halen are still well and alive today.