A lot of bands & musicians mistakenly think it’s cool to be hard party’ers. Some mistakenly think getting drunk or really high will make you play better music or better live show performances. Sorry to say this but being a hard party’er is not cool in the world of music. Some bands would get drunk, wasted or high or both before the shows or after. They would even get drunk or stoned or both at band practices as well. This too can be a big career destroyer.

A lot of famous bands over the years have gotten into a lot of trouble with the drinking and the drugs. Many careers have ended because of it, and many musicians have died of it too. There are famous bands & musicians today that don’t even drink or do drugs anymore. Like James Hetfield of Metallica and Zakk Wylde, those guys were alcoholics and they sobered up.

In my opinion, drinking and doing drugs doesn’t make you a good musician. If you clean yourself up with the drugs & get sobered up with the alcohol, you could be a more focused musician. Cutting out the hard partying completely, will make you an even better player.

Bands mistakenly think you need to have fun by drinking and doing drugs just to put on a good time with music. Not true. You can still have a blast of a time by not doing that shit at all. I gave up the drinking. I used to be an occasional drinker. When I did go out drinking, I used to get drunk until I got myself puking. I don’t do it anymore though.

It maybe a free country but think how this could make you a better person and better musician if you give up the hard partying. People spend too much money on drugs and alcohol, it’s crazy.

I don’t party as much as I used to anymore. It’s stupid. I can still have a fun time playing music or listening to other bands without drinking or smoking weed. I get easily bored of partying ’cause other people want to act all stupid and weird when they’re fucked up. I would rather stay home, playing my guitar, watching movies, reading books or playing video games. Doing that stuff is way better than messing up the inside of your body.

I’m sick of the posts in facebook by bands and music fans, saying they’re gonna go to this show to get themselves wasted. Music does not always have to revolve around alcohol. Oh that reminds me, when I get a band someday, I’ll make sure the other musicians don’t do drugs or alcohol either. Maybe a few drinks is okay but as long as they won’t be alcoholics.

People need to grow up when it comes to partying ’cause they act like high school teenagers. I don’t drink at all anymore and proud of it too! Had to give it up because it’s not good for bodybuilding.

Kev