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Drugs don't make the artist
The Advocate
Some credit heroin as one of the major influences that helped make some of the greatest musicians of all time who they were. I believe this is simply what killed them.
Drug use and rock music are what seem to be an inseparable pair. Some think that the use of drugs, specifically heroin, has helped some of the greatest musicians of all time find their sound. While it may be true that some of the best performers did drugs I don’t believe the avid use of controlled substances is what made them great. Besides, in most cases their drug of choice is what killed them.
I don’t believe drug use is what allows musicians to become icons. I believe the cause of their success is something else: who they were. These people were the type of artist who threw themselves whole-heartedly into their craft. This obsession may have been a sign of an addictive personality that ultimately led to their deaths, but this trait is also what allowed them to become great at their craft. The obsessive drive to delve into their art with everything that makes them feel alive.
Perhaps it is not the drugs that make musicians great. Perhaps it comes from the stubborn brilliance they possessed — or maybe it was a lethal combination of the two that did them in. I am not condemning drug use; it is not my place to criticize such things. I am simply arguing that perhaps some of our idols destroyed their future with the very substance some say granted their success.
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