The poppy plant that heroin is produced from is now and has been for a lot of decades illegal to grow, my mother used to have them growing by our front door when i grew up until she was told by police it was illegal to have them
Acid is not a dirivative from a plant it's chemically enhanced to produce what we call acid i believe the cia was experimenting with acid as early as the 50's.
Poor guy, touring with Led Zep and he goes and reads a book! Was he that weak willed he couldn't have a few beers, while others did whatever, and rage without being frightened he might be influenced? Sad really ...
Lying sack of shit!... Ian Anderson was the biggest SPEED and COKE head of the era!...Look at his early 'cranked' on stage performance and tell me that fu*ker isn't bustin on something! PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSEEEEEEEEEEE ! gimme a break!
@leonakita Obviously you've never met a high-strung person before. Bet you think Zappa was on drugs, too. Oh, well. Why would you deny what some one's saying just because they look a certain way? Or is it that you need druggies around you to justify your use? Not accusing, just wondering.
@soonernation69 you sir are a moron and would not know good music if it smacked you in the nose you are probably a kiss fan thats booring music all show no quality
Heroin is actually a man made drug.Germans tried to find a pill and made it,a pill for losing weight. back in the 1930s.So is LSD(ACID) tested by USAF first on prisoners,then on Vietnam soldiers.. and one drug which is used again when children are showing symptoms of a disorder...efedrine.
He kept his head while those around him were losing theirs. And now, he rests and enjoys retirement and the fruits of his labors - as well as the rewards of a self-controlled lifestyle.
Ian is a very humble man in most interviews, but in this one he simply is forced to tell it like it is. I thought he did a very good job of not sounding condemning or judgemental. A class act all the way, as usual with Mr. Anderson.
the key words he always uses is "i never did what are popularily called drugs".. now, we all know he smoked tobacco, so i would assume he also doesnt consider marijuana a drug. and clearly he understands that all the anti drug people all take some form of drug themselves, merely not calling it a drug, or considering that drugs issued by doctors that manipulate their behavior or mood, is not being on drugs. what it boils down to is that most people consider only certain drug use, "being on drugs"
I always wondered why people who have everything would take drugs. Just enjoy the ride!! The best thing in the world happened to you. Have fun!! Having groupies would be heaven.
Good for you Jethro! At least you're still alive, have most of your brain cells and still can tour after all these years .The others are fat and bald and cannot pay anything like they did in the past. Look who's dull now! Tull has always been one of my favorites. Uncle Ted's another rocker who's still around because he stayed sober.
@lightsofrose Led Zep doesnt have a flute player bitch. They dont make 45 min songs either. I just got done watching a video on all these songs Zep shamelessly ripped off.
@lightsofrose - I am sure you mean "they". I am a Zeppelin fan from the get go, and a Tull fan as well. IDC who smoked what or popped what or shot what- the lyrics, the melodies, that;s what it's about. I'm not too old to rock and roll and I'm too young to die!
@ghostfacedude93 Dude, People smoke weed to enhance life not escape it, being drunk fucking blows ( Though I'll never touch alcohol to the point of were i am drunk, nor do i like ciggarettes ) Marijuana is not a drug.. <--Research it asswipe, before you reply.
Well sorry to burst your bubble but Cocaine isn't a man-made drug, like you said. In fact its from the same family as plant as caffeine. Thusly implying Cocaine isn't a drug - fuck yeah.
And I suppose when you say man-made narcotics your thinking about Heroine, Acid, Opium, Peyote - right?
@TheoGallagher In your examples, only cannabis, and peyote are plants. Cocaine, heroin, and LSD (Acid) are derived or synthesized from plants. And there are other toxic ingredients such as, but not limited to, petrol, and sulfuric acid which are thrown into the mix. I'm sure most would consider these as man-made drugs. I would challenge anybody to grow LSD, cocaine, or heroin. Just sayin'.
@34lespaul First of all, go and look these drugs you've mentioned up on the internet. In a few minutes you will see that all of these examples are DIRECTLY derived from: ergot fungus, coca plant, and opium poppies. Of course there is chemical processing along the way, but chemicals alone don't make these complex alkaloids.
@TheoGallagher Yes the ingridients are all derived from nature.But the ...processing is manmade.And now that we do not need the plants,we can make synthetic whatever.The fact that Afghanistan produces more than 75 % of Opium which is the base of Heroin does not exclude the fact that we know how to produce heroin.-And when you say chemicals do not make these alkaloids...chewing sometimes does.Ever heard about Yemen and Kat.It takes a lot to chew,but it is a drug..
@TheoGallagher You sir are a moron. Marijuana, Peyote, and Mushrooms are the only drugs that you take in their natural forms. for example you pick a bud directly off the plant and can smoke it just like that there is no processing involved. SO sorry to burst YOUR bubble but Cocaine is a man-made drug if you were talking about eating strait Coca leaves than you would be correct. But the effects of the non man-made natural form "Coca leaves" is completelty different from that of "Cocaine"
Cocaine is made using toxic chemicals so is heroin if you were to use poppy in its natural form it wold have much much mildier effects than that of Heroin. Cocain and Heroin are man-made drugs but Weed Peyote and Mushrooms, Coca and Poppy are not drugs at all they are medicines put here by God for a purpose. Coca is a natural energy boost, Opium poppys work as a mild pain reliever, and Marijuana has many medicinal ussues including stress relief and cancer. Just thought i should clarify
@ahoffhoffman Yes, God DID put these mind altering substances on earth for a very good purpose -- to open the minds of simpletons like your self, who, without the aid of these natural hallucinogens would remain 'without a clue' . Unfortunately, I believe that you may have exploited these substances beyond their helpful role, and they have actually DECREASED your over all intelligence. Anyways, facts are facts... no point arguing over things that have been proven scientifically.
@TheoGallagher Haha So the guy that thinks Heroin and Cocaine aren't man-made drugs attempts to attack my intellegnce by trying to sound smart don't be sour that you we're proven wrong by the real FACTS, have fun smoking your "all natural" crack rocks bud. Answer this for me: Without man making it there would not be a substance called Heroin. so how are gonna try and sit here and tell me Heroin is a natural substance . Get the fuck real. you know im right because u have nothing to say,suckit.
@ahoffhoffman I have plenty to say. Firstly, get your head out your ass, then go and find a Opium Poppy. Cut it open. 'Ahhh what is all this white goo coming out?'. The Base for Heroine, you twat. And when you say 'Answer this:' Please, at least try and provide a question - not some statement. Oh well.
Well, weed has been illegalzed in order to sell their cotton. Today the majority of clothes are made of cotton and clother made out of hemp are very rare. The early germans of germania knew weed as the plant of god. Have you heard of someone who has died because of smoking too much? Where are the dangers? All my friends smoke Ganja and they're healthy, wise and caring people. Weed is a gift, it is medicine for body and soul. Indeed the healing of the nations.
@heikosunfire okay, sure.... just read the comment first eh? Kind of looks silly when you just start ranting on about a subject which we were not even hinting towards.
I think he was referring to unprocessed plants. Cocaine, heroin, and the other drugs you listed all go through very specific, chemically altering processes in order to become the final result, whereas marijuana can just be grown and smoked as it is.
@TheoGallagher in fact all drugs are derived from plants I dont know why so many people have this notion that drugs are man made. the process to obtain that drugs may be complicated in some cases but they all exist in nature. even shit like aspirin which is found in tree bark and 5-meo-dmt the strongest hallucinogenic know to man which is found in large vines growing in the amazon jungle.
@TheoGallagher Cocaine has to be made by man, cocaine is man made. Chewing cocoa leaves is not the same as doing cocaine. You can't smoke a cocoa leaf. You can smoke a marijuana leaf. Peyote is not man made. Heroin is made from the poppy.
@davidratcliffe1 okay... this argument has reached its logical conclusion now. no longer are we fighting over opinions, but actual facts. In about five clicks of your mouse you can find out yourself
@TheoGallagher Acid isn't a plant you dumb fuck. Show me the plant that produces LSD. If it occurs in nature, it hasn't been found yet, although it's possible that it may be found eventually. LSD is made in a lab by expert chemists and I mean EXPERT, on a Ph.D level of knowledge. It's not for amateur douchebags on motorcycles who make speed. That's the reason high quality LSD is so rare, only the most expert chemists can make it. Heroin is a derivative of opium but does not occur naturally.
@metamorphosis67 Ergot. Acid Comes from Ergot. Ergot is a fungus found on Wheat. But, I suppose your right; Wheat is made in a lab, by EXPERTS, y'know, the ones on the Ph.D level. Its not made by YouTube douche-bags - and yes, if your extremely narrow mind couldn't figure it out; I was talking 'bout you.
@TheoGallagher well yea cocaine has shit from the cocoa plant in it, but it doesn't actually become cocaine until a cocoa plant is mixed will diesel fuel and whatnot. With a marijuana plant you can just cut a bud off and smoke that bitch, though it's best to let it dry up first. \m/
@steve9563 The coca plant from which cocaine is made (one of several species of Erythroxylaceae) is not the same as the cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao) from which chocolate and cocoa are made
@TheoGallagher Holy cow, u r confused! Coca & opium aren't man-refined drugs, just man-extracted from plants. Cocaine & heroin go thru much pharm-like processing, are very refined & so received by the body as a foreign substance, burdening the liver, not to mention the one who lives.
@esssssssification Marijuanna is not a drug its medicine and its a plant that grows on are earth drugs are something you make homemade u cant make weed drugs are also something your addicted to every1 has there own drug has far has marijuanna its a fking plant and when u happen to set it on fire there are some effect hungry happy sleepy
holy shit, its only his opinion, who gives a fuck!!! some of the comments on this page are so holier than thou, like the majority of you never had a drink or smoked a joint,i could imagine being a rock star, being exposed to everything, how hard it would be not to party, lighten up, who cares!!!!
Exactly. My working relationship with Ian Anderson is, he performs as a member of Jethro Tull, and I listen to the music. I like the music of Jethro Tull, and couldn't care less if Anderson huddled up somewhere with a book while his contemporaries did who knows what; that's not my business.
@5jerry1 exactly, its the music thats the most important thing, too many people get hung up on musicians personal lives, their entitled to live their own lives, ROCK ON BRO!!!
@007Crusoe yea, it seems like coke music.....the later stuff gets real fast and babbly.....lol......oh well, ian likes him some coke -- it's a shame he couldn't just say, "we were more into coke and reading novels".
@vinnie999 So he says. His drug was SEX. Destroyed many women's lives and his 8 kids. In any case he should be banned from rock and roll for being a fucking redneck. I Saw him live in the 70's when he was less likely to pop off about political shit he knew nothing about. The Nuge is a big let down and not w/the spirit of rock and roll. He hates fags, Jews, blacks and anybody who is not in agreement w/him.
Black Sabbath not on drugs, their second appearance at Pirates World in Dania Florida, Tony was so stoned he couldn't play his solos and could barely handle the chords. Very disappointing .
Ian's anti-drug stance was nothing compared to Zappa's. Frank was practically militant about it. Ian and Frank were at odds with at least half of the people who came to their concerts and who bought their records. Ian has come out even more about it lately, stating how he loathed some of the behavior that went on at many of his concerts in the heyday.
Bullshit. i call bullshit on Ian A not doing drugs. What the hell happened to his nasal passages between 1972 and 1978 if he was not using inhalants? His vocal power and bass resonance is leaking out his nose by the time of Barriemore's last stand.
@rokarolla Details may be scarce online, but in actuality Ian has had a history of throat infections and throat surgeries as far back as the late 1970's. Sure, he smoked ciggies and probably the occasional joint as well but I doubt this had much to do with the disintegration of his voice. The huge change in the mid 1980's was due to throat surgeries.
@BabyPuma124 hahahah really? Nicotine, aka more addictive than heroin and 400, 000 die a year from cigs. More than all illegal and legal prescription drugs/alcohol, car crashes, ect....put together!
Believe or not, other guys who were not on drugs were Grand Funk Railoard. I love rock and roll, I love Jethro Tull music, etc (Led Zepelin, Black Sabbath, Beatles), and I just love the idea that we do not need drugs to like and make that kind of music.
@fantorjhs You know, the BIGGEST surprise you find about that time period is that the bands that you would think did drugs the most were actually ANTI-DRUG, and others, like Ten Years After and even milder folkies, like John Sebastian, were BIGGER drug people!
@notfragile33 Yea, I know I tell people constantly that Pink Floyd didn't do drugs other than Syd Barrett really, and nobody will believe me that Zappa never did drugs unless they actually new the man.
@DavidKinner I just think Ian Andersen was so wise beyond his years! Hard to believe he was only in his early-20s at the time! Such an "old soul" in a young body!
@DavidKinner Zappa said that he smoked a couple of times in the early '60s and didn't enjoy it, so for the whole time he was recording he certainly was not on drugs, you're right there. I think Pink Floyd experimented but were not regular drug users.
@fantorjhs -- Another great rocker who was anti-drug was Frank Zappa. He also had no tolerance for any musician who got too wasted to perform and would fire any band member who would be unable to perform at his best ddrug use.
@joesatriani1200rulez I know, and the Beatles were, are and always will be my favorite band. Specially John Lennon. However I do not think they were always "stoned" when they wrote their music. Rememmber in the 60's drugs were seen in a different way. Young people did not know about drugs the way we know now. NO DRUGS, but I dont want to tell no one what to do. Sorry for my English.
@joesatriani1200rulez From what I've read in a few places, the Beatles were stoned at parties, had experiences, and wrote about them afterwards. They tried writing/recording high once and the end result was so awful that they vowed never to do it again. In the Beatles Anthology George states that he looked at LSD under a microscope and thereafter went completely clean, and John and Yoko quit (at least the harder stuff) together in 1970.
Anybody who doubts Ians stands on drugs is invited to simply visit a website called "Tullpress" which assimilates decades of articles on Jethro Tull, and as far back as 69 you can find interviews with him explaining why he does not use them. One that comes to mind is from the example of Jimi Hendrix, one of their earliest supporters, got Tull their first huge gigs on the continent in 1/69, Ian mentioned the bloodsuckers around Jimi who so clearly evidenced drugs as being a bad path.
The ironic thing is that the other bands and stuff say that a lot of their music was fueled by drugs and orgies and alcohol...now compare an album like "Sticky Fingers" to "Aqualung"...both released the same year. "Aqualung" is much more musically complex, progressive, and creative, with a very polished (for the time) production quality that shows a lot of attention to detail. "Sticky Fingers", while a great album, is more lazily written with a low production quality, even for its time.
@RichieEastside i have never heard of aqualung but i'm sure sticky fingers is a more creative, progressive, and accomplished album. the production quality isn't "low", the producers purposely made it murky and raw to acheive a guitar sound keith richards was looking for during that time. it's not that hard to make a clean and musically complex record, almost anyone can do it with education. and i don't know how you can call songs like "brown sugar" and "can't you hear me knocking" lazy.
@nankerphelge718 Well before you make judgments like that I'd recommend listening to the Aqualung album. Take an hour or two and sit down and digest it, you can find most of the music here on YouTube I'm sure. You'll be glad you did. =)
@RichieEastside i looked up the singles and it's kind of pretentious bullshit, but it's ok. it's basically just classic rock stuff, with maybe exceptional arrangement and guitar playing. not even close to the rolling stones.
@nankerphelge718 If you're trying to say that songs like "My God" or "Mother Goose", or "Up To Me" or "Wind Up" are below the level (in terms of musicianship, creativity, and lyrical content) of tracks like "I Got The Blues", "Sway", or "Brown Sugar" then I just don't know what to say to you.
I'm not trying to insult "Sticky Fingers", I think that's a great record, but I don't see how anybody who knows music can even put it on a level close to Aqualung, but to each his own I guess.
@RichieEastside keith richard invented a guitar style by tuning his electric guitar to open g, taking off the low e string, and blending full open augumented chords with those riffs. stones' musicainship is pretty undisputed, you can't really argue with that, and the lyrics are not important for the music they were doing. they just needed filler candid gritty lyrics and it was fine.aqualung is epitnome of pretentiousness, it's self conscious and the singer obviously takes himself too seriously
@nankerphelge718 I'm not denying that Keith is great guitarist, I've seen him play live and the Stones always put on a great show. I'm simply saying that when you compare the Aqualung record to the Sticky Fingers record, Aqualung shines more in terms of creativity and progressive musicianship. Sticky Fingers is essentially the same early 70's blues rock that any artist at the time could have done, but Aqualung was something very new and influential, even the Sex Pistols cited it later on lol
@RichieEastside ok well you obviously don't know fucking anything about music haha. you think you know more just because you listen to "classic rock" and you are just saying things coming out of no where. i mean, name one song that sonically predates the sticky fingers (jumpin' jack flash) sound. break down, in music theory, how Aqualung has more "progressive musicainship" then keith richards. you are retarded.
@nankerphelge718 A good example would be Tull's first major record, "This Was" from '68. Although, it should be noted, that (where the Stones were more influenced by Blues) Tull was more influenced by Jazz, but they're very similar records if you consider where they bands were coming from at the time. Also in 1970 Tull released "Benefit" which is still a very relevant record (compare it to Coldplay's "X&Y") and it used guitar sounds that Keith Richards hadn't even dreamed of yet.
@RichieEastside doesn't sound anything like jumpin' jack flash, which was also from 68'. you just like tull a lot and you have no idea what you are talking about. you keep refrencing tull over and over, stop. i bet you you did bad in school and you smell like shit.
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ian anderson rambles and uses the words led and zeppelin but does not actually make any sense
JubeProductions 3 hours ago
well said, ian.
teamEP789 2 days ago
Ian Anderson is a dick.
mikepa67 3 days ago
The poppy plant that heroin is produced from is now and has been for a lot of decades illegal to grow, my mother used to have them growing by our front door when i grew up until she was told by police it was illegal to have them
dictator54 5 days ago
Acid is not a dirivative from a plant it's chemically enhanced to produce what we call acid i believe the cia was experimenting with acid as early as the 50's.
dictator54 5 days ago
Poor guy, touring with Led Zep and he goes and reads a book! Was he that weak willed he couldn't have a few beers, while others did whatever, and rage without being frightened he might be influenced? Sad really ...
Kevinulla 6 days ago
Smart dude...sure, drugs are impressive...if you're a teenager
toncuz 1 week ago
Always dug Ian & Tull, but unfortunately Ian is a hypocrite. Ian drank/drinks alcohol. Alcohol is a psychoactive drug. Alcohol is a drug.
thepopularopinion1 4 weeks ago
boring bloke
thendara69 1 month ago
Ian Anderson - what a douche, even back then...
1dilligas2 1 month ago
Lying sack of shit!... Ian Anderson was the biggest SPEED and COKE head of the era!...Look at his early 'cranked' on stage performance and tell me that fu*ker isn't bustin on something! PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSEEEEEEEEEEE ! gimme a break!
leonakita 1 month ago
@leonakita Obviously you've never met a high-strung person before. Bet you think Zappa was on drugs, too. Oh, well. Why would you deny what some one's saying just because they look a certain way? Or is it that you need druggies around you to justify your use? Not accusing, just wondering.
myrtlepalmwasher 1 month ago 2
Why bother to reply since all we get is just hate.
69MC97gc 1 month ago
Theo,I always love and spread the truth.I was wrong ,you are ...
69MC97gc 1 month ago
@69MC97gc
Thank you - your are now among a more sensible crowd
TheoGallagher 1 month ago
Ian Anderson: an engaging and well-spoken man.
FreeFavl 1 month ago
yea good he was a teetotaler, thats the only thing he was good at tull sucked ass
soonernation69 1 month ago
@soonernation69 you sir are a moron and would not know good music if it smacked you in the nose you are probably a kiss fan thats booring music all show no quality
tubelarz012 1 month ago
@tubelarz012 piss of asshole, calling me a moron because i dont like shitty ass flute playing anderson? and no im not a kiss fan!
soonernation69 1 month ago
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TheoGallagher 1 month ago
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@soonernation69 Oi, Ducky, Don't be silly. Uncle Andy's Flute was dynamite.
TheoGallagher 1 month ago
Heroin is actually a man made drug.Germans tried to find a pill and made it,a pill for losing weight. back in the 1930s.So is LSD(ACID) tested by USAF first on prisoners,then on Vietnam soldiers.. and one drug which is used again when children are showing symptoms of a disorder...efedrine.
69MC97gc 1 month ago
@69MC97gc Heroin is taken from Opium Poppies - which are all natural. So thus you are proven wrong.
LSD is derived from Ergot Fungi - which grows on wheat and yeast. And again, you are proven wrong. ta-da.
TheoGallagher 1 month ago
He kept his head while those around him were losing theirs. And now, he rests and enjoys retirement and the fruits of his labors - as well as the rewards of a self-controlled lifestyle.
Ian is a very humble man in most interviews, but in this one he simply is forced to tell it like it is. I thought he did a very good job of not sounding condemning or judgemental. A class act all the way, as usual with Mr. Anderson.
IIEpizza 1 month ago
Ian Anderson is a pompous ass. Holier than thou bullshit.
Umberto2 1 month ago
@Umberto2 maybe hes just smarter than the rest!
carrier3232 1 month ago
Borem at the forum..
scmclark 2 months ago
the key words he always uses is "i never did what are popularily called drugs".. now, we all know he smoked tobacco, so i would assume he also doesnt consider marijuana a drug. and clearly he understands that all the anti drug people all take some form of drug themselves, merely not calling it a drug, or considering that drugs issued by doctors that manipulate their behavior or mood, is not being on drugs. what it boils down to is that most people consider only certain drug use, "being on drugs"
longfootbuddy 2 months ago 2
I always wondered why people who have everything would take drugs. Just enjoy the ride!! The best thing in the world happened to you. Have fun!! Having groupies would be heaven.
mjpitche 2 months ago
@mjpitche Do you drink tap water? Some people would call that living dangerously.
p0llenp0ny 2 months ago
Ian Anderson and Frank Zappa: the two most insane musicians to never use drugs. Love em
aaronrose606 2 months ago
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SvrLegendMark 2 months ago
Good for you Jethro! At least you're still alive, have most of your brain cells and still can tour after all these years .The others are fat and bald and cannot pay anything like they did in the past. Look who's dull now! Tull has always been one of my favorites. Uncle Ted's another rocker who's still around because he stayed sober.
phillytom750 2 months ago
@phillytom750 Jethro? You mean Ian?
Kedbuka 2 months ago
@Kedbuka Man I was kidding around. People used to say to me who really didn't know the band - I like Jethro Tull, he's play a good lfute.
phillytom750 2 months ago
Very smart guy his drug was creative music and enjoying life not living in a drug induced stupor.
rag5206 2 months ago
in another interview, Robert Plant called him Jethro "Dull"
lightsofrose 2 months ago 5
@lightsofrose Led Zep doesnt have a flute player bitch. They dont make 45 min songs either. I just got done watching a video on all these songs Zep shamelessly ripped off.
dwc311 1 month ago
@dwc311 if I'm a bitch, then your a low life bastard
lightsofrose 1 month ago
@lightsofrose - I am sure you mean "they". I am a Zeppelin fan from the get go, and a Tull fan as well. IDC who smoked what or popped what or shot what- the lyrics, the melodies, that;s what it's about. I'm not too old to rock and roll and I'm too young to die!
karenortegainkw 1 month ago
@lightsofrose right on!! fuck him...
randallfansler 1 month ago
@lightsofrose Plant should know, he hasn't made one album above mediocre since Led Zeppelin split up. Yawn.
metamorphosis67 1 week ago
Poor Ian
He has my sympathy
Poor bastard, missed EVERYTHING
lowlander333 3 months ago
@lowlander333 Does saying that make you feel better about doing drugs when a legend wouldn't do them?
brydon10 3 months ago
What happens on tour is forgotten after the tours. I hate stories out of school!
54Tangerine 3 months ago
@vcx9dfne lol so many amazing, famous bands did drugs its not even funny
YourParentsRDivorced 3 months ago
Jimmy Page sounds like a - - - hard partyer, I guess
SupernalOne 3 months ago
I guess everybodys got to be stoned or drunk out of there minds too have fun these days...
ghostfacedude93 3 months ago
@ghostfacedude93 Dude, People smoke weed to enhance life not escape it, being drunk fucking blows ( Though I'll never touch alcohol to the point of were i am drunk, nor do i like ciggarettes ) Marijuana is not a drug.. <--Research it asswipe, before you reply.
BiGfootOwNs 3 months ago
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@BiGfootOwNs I never said it was a drug! in fact i didn't even mention weed. i said exactly this,
"I guess everybodys got to be stoned or drunk out of there minds too have fun these days"
when i said "stoned" i was referring to actual Drugs! like coke and other man made narcotics used to get high.
I know about cannabis and that it grows like any other plant, and in fact is not a drug!
i should've explained my self better so you wouldn't have got confused
ghostfacedude93 3 months ago
@ghostfacedude93
Weed isn't a drug cos' its a plant? Cool.
Well sorry to burst your bubble but Cocaine isn't a man-made drug, like you said. In fact its from the same family as plant as caffeine. Thusly implying Cocaine isn't a drug - fuck yeah.
And I suppose when you say man-made narcotics your thinking about Heroine, Acid, Opium, Peyote - right?
Well they too are all plants too.
TheoGallagher 2 months ago 6
@TheoGallagher In your examples, only cannabis, and peyote are plants. Cocaine, heroin, and LSD (Acid) are derived or synthesized from plants. And there are other toxic ingredients such as, but not limited to, petrol, and sulfuric acid which are thrown into the mix. I'm sure most would consider these as man-made drugs. I would challenge anybody to grow LSD, cocaine, or heroin. Just sayin'.
34lespaul 1 month ago 2
@34lespaul First of all, go and look these drugs you've mentioned up on the internet. In a few minutes you will see that all of these examples are DIRECTLY derived from: ergot fungus, coca plant, and opium poppies. Of course there is chemical processing along the way, but chemicals alone don't make these complex alkaloids.
TheoGallagher 1 month ago
@TheoGallagher Yes the ingridients are all derived from nature.But the ...processing is manmade.And now that we do not need the plants,we can make synthetic whatever.The fact that Afghanistan produces more than 75 % of Opium which is the base of Heroin does not exclude the fact that we know how to produce heroin.-And when you say chemicals do not make these alkaloids...chewing sometimes does.Ever heard about Yemen and Kat.It takes a lot to chew,but it is a drug..
69MC97gc 1 month ago
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TheoGallagher 1 month ago
@TheoGallagher You sir are a moron. Marijuana, Peyote, and Mushrooms are the only drugs that you take in their natural forms. for example you pick a bud directly off the plant and can smoke it just like that there is no processing involved. SO sorry to burst YOUR bubble but Cocaine is a man-made drug if you were talking about eating strait Coca leaves than you would be correct. But the effects of the non man-made natural form "Coca leaves" is completelty different from that of "Cocaine"
ahoffhoffman 1 month ago 2
Cocaine is made using toxic chemicals so is heroin if you were to use poppy in its natural form it wold have much much mildier effects than that of Heroin. Cocain and Heroin are man-made drugs but Weed Peyote and Mushrooms, Coca and Poppy are not drugs at all they are medicines put here by God for a purpose. Coca is a natural energy boost, Opium poppys work as a mild pain reliever, and Marijuana has many medicinal ussues including stress relief and cancer. Just thought i should clarify
ahoffhoffman 1 month ago
@ahoffhoffman Yes, God DID put these mind altering substances on earth for a very good purpose -- to open the minds of simpletons like your self, who, without the aid of these natural hallucinogens would remain 'without a clue' . Unfortunately, I believe that you may have exploited these substances beyond their helpful role, and they have actually DECREASED your over all intelligence. Anyways, facts are facts... no point arguing over things that have been proven scientifically.
TheoGallagher 1 month ago
@TheoGallagher Haha So the guy that thinks Heroin and Cocaine aren't man-made drugs attempts to attack my intellegnce by trying to sound smart don't be sour that you we're proven wrong by the real FACTS, have fun smoking your "all natural" crack rocks bud. Answer this for me: Without man making it there would not be a substance called Heroin. so how are gonna try and sit here and tell me Heroin is a natural substance . Get the fuck real. you know im right because u have nothing to say,suckit.
ahoffhoffman 1 month ago
@ahoffhoffman I have plenty to say. Firstly, get your head out your ass, then go and find a Opium Poppy. Cut it open. 'Ahhh what is all this white goo coming out?'. The Base for Heroine, you twat. And when you say 'Answer this:' Please, at least try and provide a question - not some statement. Oh well.
TheoGallagher 1 month ago
@TheoGallagher
Well, weed has been illegalzed in order to sell their cotton. Today the majority of clothes are made of cotton and clother made out of hemp are very rare. The early germans of germania knew weed as the plant of god. Have you heard of someone who has died because of smoking too much? Where are the dangers? All my friends smoke Ganja and they're healthy, wise and caring people. Weed is a gift, it is medicine for body and soul. Indeed the healing of the nations.
heikosunfire 1 month ago
@heikosunfire okay, sure.... just read the comment first eh? Kind of looks silly when you just start ranting on about a subject which we were not even hinting towards.
TheoGallagher 1 month ago
@TheoGallagher
Ok, sorry. Thought you are one of these brainwashed anti-marihuana people. My fault. Peace!
heikosunfire 1 month ago
@TheoGallagher
I think he was referring to unprocessed plants. Cocaine, heroin, and the other drugs you listed all go through very specific, chemically altering processes in order to become the final result, whereas marijuana can just be grown and smoked as it is.
portero36 1 month ago 2
@portero36
Regardless, Dopey Did say he thought Weed Wasn't a drug 'cos it was a plant.
TheoGallagher 1 month ago
@TheoGallagher in fact all drugs are derived from plants I dont know why so many people have this notion that drugs are man made. the process to obtain that drugs may be complicated in some cases but they all exist in nature. even shit like aspirin which is found in tree bark and 5-meo-dmt the strongest hallucinogenic know to man which is found in large vines growing in the amazon jungle.
lordofwar528 3 weeks ago
@TheoGallagher Cocaine has to be made by man, cocaine is man made. Chewing cocoa leaves is not the same as doing cocaine. You can't smoke a cocoa leaf. You can smoke a marijuana leaf. Peyote is not man made. Heroin is made from the poppy.
davidratcliffe1 2 weeks ago
@davidratcliffe1 okay... this argument has reached its logical conclusion now. no longer are we fighting over opinions, but actual facts. In about five clicks of your mouse you can find out yourself
TheoGallagher 2 weeks ago
@TheoGallagher Acid isn't a plant you dumb fuck. Show me the plant that produces LSD. If it occurs in nature, it hasn't been found yet, although it's possible that it may be found eventually. LSD is made in a lab by expert chemists and I mean EXPERT, on a Ph.D level of knowledge. It's not for amateur douchebags on motorcycles who make speed. That's the reason high quality LSD is so rare, only the most expert chemists can make it. Heroin is a derivative of opium but does not occur naturally.
metamorphosis67 1 week ago
@metamorphosis67 Ergot. Acid Comes from Ergot. Ergot is a fungus found on Wheat. But, I suppose your right; Wheat is made in a lab, by EXPERTS, y'know, the ones on the Ph.D level. Its not made by YouTube douche-bags - and yes, if your extremely narrow mind couldn't figure it out; I was talking 'bout you.
TheoGallagher 1 week ago
@TheoGallagher well yea cocaine has shit from the cocoa plant in it, but it doesn't actually become cocaine until a cocoa plant is mixed will diesel fuel and whatnot. With a marijuana plant you can just cut a bud off and smoke that bitch, though it's best to let it dry up first. \m/
steve9563 4 days ago
@steve9563 I really have had enough of these pointless arguments. Look it up for yourself.
TheoGallagher 4 days ago
@steve9563 The coca plant from which cocaine is made (one of several species of Erythroxylaceae) is not the same as the cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao) from which chocolate and cocoa are made
allanfmarsden 2 days ago
@TheoGallagher Holy cow, u r confused! Coca & opium aren't man-refined drugs, just man-extracted from plants. Cocaine & heroin go thru much pharm-like processing, are very refined & so received by the body as a foreign substance, burdening the liver, not to mention the one who lives.
reforest4fertility 1 day ago
@BiGfootOwNs of course its a drug. as bad as any other
esssssssification 2 months ago
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@esssssssification Marijuanna is not a drug its medicine and its a plant that grows on are earth drugs are something you make homemade u cant make weed drugs are also something your addicted to every1 has there own drug has far has marijuanna its a fking plant and when u happen to set it on fire there are some effect hungry happy sleepy
SvrLegendMark 2 months ago
You drank and smoked like a chimney Ian, stop kidding yourself.
casualtySR 3 months ago
yeah, he'll prob live for ever. ( What a bore).
tchekitout 3 months ago
du bist ein trottel,artz
ottofischer52 3 months ago
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Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n Roll.
Blackeze 3 months ago
jethro dull
artz139 3 months ago
holy shit, its only his opinion, who gives a fuck!!! some of the comments on this page are so holier than thou, like the majority of you never had a drink or smoked a joint,i could imagine being a rock star, being exposed to everything, how hard it would be not to party, lighten up, who cares!!!!
jroxx11211 4 months ago
@jroxx11211
Exactly. My working relationship with Ian Anderson is, he performs as a member of Jethro Tull, and I listen to the music. I like the music of Jethro Tull, and couldn't care less if Anderson huddled up somewhere with a book while his contemporaries did who knows what; that's not my business.
5jerry1 2 months ago
@5jerry1 exactly, its the music thats the most important thing, too many people get hung up on musicians personal lives, their entitled to live their own lives, ROCK ON BRO!!!
jroxx11211 2 months ago
I have a new appreciation for Ian Anderson.
GlenDeanII 4 months ago
Drugs and booze are terrible.
Ariel62073 4 months ago
@007Crusoe yea, it seems like coke music.....the later stuff gets real fast and babbly.....lol......oh well, ian likes him some coke -- it's a shame he couldn't just say, "we were more into coke and reading novels".
posthumanhero 4 months ago
fact- drugs are a good thing
YourParentsRDivorced 4 months ago
@YourParentsRDivorced Which ones?
hippojuice23 3 months ago
@hippojuice23 PCP
YourParentsRDivorced 3 months ago
Ted Nugent never did drugs either
vinnie999 4 months ago
@vinnie999 So he says. His drug was SEX. Destroyed many women's lives and his 8 kids. In any case he should be banned from rock and roll for being a fucking redneck. I Saw him live in the 70's when he was less likely to pop off about political shit he knew nothing about. The Nuge is a big let down and not w/the spirit of rock and roll. He hates fags, Jews, blacks and anybody who is not in agreement w/him.
eqsmooth 4 months ago
@eqsmooth long live Nugent - and FUCK YOU and YOUR fucking image of what a rock star is in YOUR fucking dirt ass world....... no offense, cunt
wolfatnight 4 months ago
Wish Peter Green had followed the same path
aes53 4 months ago
Black Sabbath not on drugs, their second appearance at Pirates World in Dania Florida, Tony was so stoned he couldn't play his solos and could barely handle the chords. Very disappointing .
davidratcliffe1 4 months ago
"i didn't" my ASS
lexi2263 4 months ago
Jethro DULL
MrSistermaryelephant 4 months ago
@MrSistermaryelephant have you listened to all of their albums? good shit, too bad you don't know good music when you hear it
low72 4 months ago
@MrSistermaryelephant Either you never had the immense pleasure of seeing Jethro Tull or you have a tenuous relationship with reality.
jaythehistorian1 4 months ago
hypocrite
wildoscar416 5 months ago
...so on the other hand.. Ian Andersen didn't mind making lots of $Money off the "illusion" that he was a psychedelic injesting & inspired Hippie!!!
Shamagogue 5 months ago
smart attitude
gr8vibes2 5 months ago
Riveting, Ian. Your band isn't called Jethro Dull.
p0llenp0ny 5 months ago
Others: Ted Nugent; Paul Revere and The Raiders; and YES, after their first couple of years.
SeattleLA 5 months ago
Ian's anti-drug stance was nothing compared to Zappa's. Frank was practically militant about it. Ian and Frank were at odds with at least half of the people who came to their concerts and who bought their records. Ian has come out even more about it lately, stating how he loathed some of the behavior that went on at many of his concerts in the heyday.
Panglos 5 months ago
@Panglos FZ had to bury a GTO or two, no? The Alice Cooper Group's party scene was hard on some of Frank's gf's I think. Burying young friends sucks.
rokarolla 5 months ago
Bullshit. i call bullshit on Ian A not doing drugs. What the hell happened to his nasal passages between 1972 and 1978 if he was not using inhalants? His vocal power and bass resonance is leaking out his nose by the time of Barriemore's last stand.
rokarolla 5 months ago
@rokarolla Details may be scarce online, but in actuality Ian has had a history of throat infections and throat surgeries as far back as the late 1970's. Sure, he smoked ciggies and probably the occasional joint as well but I doubt this had much to do with the disintegration of his voice. The huge change in the mid 1980's was due to throat surgeries.
DarkeningSkies1 5 months ago
@DarkeningSkies1 Fair enough.
rokarolla 5 months ago
@rokarolla you are a fucking moron and a loser...wow, are you dumb..lmfao
bustballz 5 months ago
@bustballz your opinion doesn't matter.
rokarolla 5 months ago
ted nugent never did drugs and is very anti-drug to this day!!!
jroxx11211 5 months ago
i'm 46 ,... all there is - is coffee now ,...
GreenhouseEffectGE 6 months ago
@GreenhouseEffectGE Yes ...depressing isn't it ?
justcallmeassinine 5 months ago
Que nocotine?
Pumarisi124 6 months ago
tobacco is not a drug.
BabyPuma124 6 months ago
@BabyPuma124 o hell yeah it is a drugs, nocotine is the drug
Luukeeeehh 6 months ago
@BabyPuma124 yes it is, it contains nicotine, which is a drug. idiot
AcidAndTool 5 months ago
@BabyPuma124 hahahah really? Nicotine, aka more addictive than heroin and 400, 000 die a year from cigs. More than all illegal and legal prescription drugs/alcohol, car crashes, ect....put together!
rsohlich1 5 months ago
this is not Ian Anderson speaking
PierreC2 6 months ago
@PierreC2 Where did you get that weird comment from?
bruffie 6 months ago
"took myself off and read a book somewhere"
Awww a man after my own heart.
telegramsam 6 months ago
I so agree with Ian! Oh my, that man is awesome.
GeXeS 8 months ago
chocholade is drug
tomaskejr 9 months ago
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romo1882 7 months ago
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romo1882 7 months ago
Everyone in pinkfloyd had/has tried LSD, syd Barrett just did it regularly. Zappa has admitted to smoking marijuana a few times.
CHANCHOFACE 9 months ago
bullshit
9540525 9 months ago
I always had a feeling Ian Andersen was rather mature for his age, and he was YOUNGER than Jimmy Page!
notfragile33 10 months ago 7
pictures of young womens anatomy? Are they serious? lol
SexyRaww 11 months ago 2
Temporarily famous haha
BigDITKA11 11 months ago
when you´re a man of vision and "word" drugs only dublicate the "sight to behold"
which makes the vision less colorful.But:when your will or your Language needs
a "moving body" because your throat does not trust your heart you can use a catalyst
so that it moves your fuckin´ass-because that´s what you want-only with a functioning
body you don´t have to care for your so called "heart" and recieve the "big heart"-which IS your vision-understood?TWO is drugs-ONE is vision.
Rahoorkhuitable 11 months ago
Believe or not, other guys who were not on drugs were Grand Funk Railoard. I love rock and roll, I love Jethro Tull music, etc (Led Zepelin, Black Sabbath, Beatles), and I just love the idea that we do not need drugs to like and make that kind of music.
fantorjhs 11 months ago 12
@fantorjhs You know, the BIGGEST surprise you find about that time period is that the bands that you would think did drugs the most were actually ANTI-DRUG, and others, like Ten Years After and even milder folkies, like John Sebastian, were BIGGER drug people!
notfragile33 10 months ago
@notfragile33 Yea, I know I tell people constantly that Pink Floyd didn't do drugs other than Syd Barrett really, and nobody will believe me that Zappa never did drugs unless they actually new the man.
DavidKinner 9 months ago
@DavidKinner I just think Ian Andersen was so wise beyond his years! Hard to believe he was only in his early-20s at the time! Such an "old soul" in a young body!
notfragile33 9 months ago
@DavidKinner Zappa said that he smoked a couple of times in the early '60s and didn't enjoy it, so for the whole time he was recording he certainly was not on drugs, you're right there. I think Pink Floyd experimented but were not regular drug users.
fuzzballzz36 5 months ago
@fuzzballzz36 I think Pink Floyd did in their early years, but not so much when they really got famous. Their early work is so underrated though.
DavidKinner 5 months ago
@fuzzballzz36 I'm pretty sure Robert Fripp from King Crimson, isn't a drug user either, he is another one of those like Zappa that is just weird. lol
DavidKinner 5 months ago
@DavidKinner You're right there too. he's always claimed not to use drugs.
fuzzballzz36 5 months ago
@fuzzballzz36 Psychedelic music is best made by people who are just naturally really fucked up individuals. lol
DavidKinner 5 months ago
@notfragile33 They were too high. Loud music scared them and prog-rock was too complicated. XD lol
fuzzballzz36 5 months ago
@fantorjhs
Yeah but you must see what good drugs has given us?
Without drugs there would be no Led Zepp or Black Sabbath.
AndersonTheMelonMan 4 months ago
@fantorjhs -- Another great rocker who was anti-drug was Frank Zappa. He also had no tolerance for any musician who got too wasted to perform and would fire any band member who would be unable to perform at his best ddrug use.
WytZox1 4 months ago
@fantorjhs And Grand Funk Railroad is in the same class as the Beatles? If anything, they are a case FOR drug usage
wpfairbanks 3 months ago
@fantorjhs the beatles were quite stoned when they wrote, and so were most of the 60's bands
joesatriani1200rulez 3 months ago
@joesatriani1200rulez I know, and the Beatles were, are and always will be my favorite band. Specially John Lennon. However I do not think they were always "stoned" when they wrote their music. Rememmber in the 60's drugs were seen in a different way. Young people did not know about drugs the way we know now. NO DRUGS, but I dont want to tell no one what to do. Sorry for my English.
fantorjhs 3 months ago
@joesatriani1200rulez From what I've read in a few places, the Beatles were stoned at parties, had experiences, and wrote about them afterwards. They tried writing/recording high once and the end result was so awful that they vowed never to do it again. In the Beatles Anthology George states that he looked at LSD under a microscope and thereafter went completely clean, and John and Yoko quit (at least the harder stuff) together in 1970.
LPC1200 3 months ago
@LPC1200 john and yoko were heroine addicts in the 70's
camtheman65 3 months ago
@camtheman65 can see why john used heroin considering the bow-wow he was married to, Yoko-OH-NO!!!!
BLUESMANRONCHICAGO 2 months ago
Anybody who doubts Ians stands on drugs is invited to simply visit a website called "Tullpress" which assimilates decades of articles on Jethro Tull, and as far back as 69 you can find interviews with him explaining why he does not use them. One that comes to mind is from the example of Jimi Hendrix, one of their earliest supporters, got Tull their first huge gigs on the continent in 1/69, Ian mentioned the bloodsuckers around Jimi who so clearly evidenced drugs as being a bad path.
tullist 11 months ago
Jethro "Dull"
vinnypimentel 11 months ago
@vinnypimentel maybe you should listen to their music
whitemanwaydownsouth 11 months ago
@whitemanwaydownsouth just for note: I'm a super jethro tull fan. I have an acoustic band that makes a lot of Tull cover. thanks.
vinnypimentel 11 months ago
@vinnypimentel it's spell Tull stupid.....your brains cells are all dead from drugs
budmangt2 9 months ago
@budmangt2 don't think so
vinnypimentel 9 months ago
The ironic thing is that the other bands and stuff say that a lot of their music was fueled by drugs and orgies and alcohol...now compare an album like "Sticky Fingers" to "Aqualung"...both released the same year. "Aqualung" is much more musically complex, progressive, and creative, with a very polished (for the time) production quality that shows a lot of attention to detail. "Sticky Fingers", while a great album, is more lazily written with a low production quality, even for its time.
RichieEastside 1 year ago
@RichieEastside i have never heard of aqualung but i'm sure sticky fingers is a more creative, progressive, and accomplished album. the production quality isn't "low", the producers purposely made it murky and raw to acheive a guitar sound keith richards was looking for during that time. it's not that hard to make a clean and musically complex record, almost anyone can do it with education. and i don't know how you can call songs like "brown sugar" and "can't you hear me knocking" lazy.
nankerphelge718 1 year ago
@nankerphelge718 Well before you make judgments like that I'd recommend listening to the Aqualung album. Take an hour or two and sit down and digest it, you can find most of the music here on YouTube I'm sure. You'll be glad you did. =)
RichieEastside 1 year ago
@RichieEastside i looked up the singles and it's kind of pretentious bullshit, but it's ok. it's basically just classic rock stuff, with maybe exceptional arrangement and guitar playing. not even close to the rolling stones.
nankerphelge718 1 year ago
@nankerphelge718 If you're trying to say that songs like "My God" or "Mother Goose", or "Up To Me" or "Wind Up" are below the level (in terms of musicianship, creativity, and lyrical content) of tracks like "I Got The Blues", "Sway", or "Brown Sugar" then I just don't know what to say to you.
I'm not trying to insult "Sticky Fingers", I think that's a great record, but I don't see how anybody who knows music can even put it on a level close to Aqualung, but to each his own I guess.
RichieEastside 1 year ago
@RichieEastside keith richard invented a guitar style by tuning his electric guitar to open g, taking off the low e string, and blending full open augumented chords with those riffs. stones' musicainship is pretty undisputed, you can't really argue with that, and the lyrics are not important for the music they were doing. they just needed filler candid gritty lyrics and it was fine.aqualung is epitnome of pretentiousness, it's self conscious and the singer obviously takes himself too seriously
nankerphelge718 1 year ago
@nankerphelge718 I'm not denying that Keith is great guitarist, I've seen him play live and the Stones always put on a great show. I'm simply saying that when you compare the Aqualung record to the Sticky Fingers record, Aqualung shines more in terms of creativity and progressive musicianship. Sticky Fingers is essentially the same early 70's blues rock that any artist at the time could have done, but Aqualung was something very new and influential, even the Sex Pistols cited it later on lol
RichieEastside 1 year ago
@RichieEastside ok well you obviously don't know fucking anything about music haha. you think you know more just because you listen to "classic rock" and you are just saying things coming out of no where. i mean, name one song that sonically predates the sticky fingers (jumpin' jack flash) sound. break down, in music theory, how Aqualung has more "progressive musicainship" then keith richards. you are retarded.
nankerphelge718 1 year ago
@nankerphelge718 A good example would be Tull's first major record, "This Was" from '68. Although, it should be noted, that (where the Stones were more influenced by Blues) Tull was more influenced by Jazz, but they're very similar records if you consider where they bands were coming from at the time. Also in 1970 Tull released "Benefit" which is still a very relevant record (compare it to Coldplay's "X&Y") and it used guitar sounds that Keith Richards hadn't even dreamed of yet.
RichieEastside 1 year ago
@RichieEastside doesn't sound anything like jumpin' jack flash, which was also from 68'. you just like tull a lot and you have no idea what you are talking about. you keep refrencing tull over and over, stop. i bet you you did bad in school and you smell like shit.
nankerphelge718 11 months ago
@nankerphelge718 lol ok then...well that seems like a good place to stop the discussion.
RichieEastside 11 months ago
Perhaps this why Ian is still in business after 45 years, ya think.
albionsseed 1 year ago
The US currency should be Led Zeppelin.