25 Worst Alcoholics in Music History

25 Worst Alcoholics in Music History
Are you ready to dive into the dark side of the music industry? In this video, we uncover the top 25 worst alcoholics in music history. From rockstars to tragedies, these stories will shock and amaze you. Watch now to learn more about the untold secrets behind fame and addiction.
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[@stevenrousseau9824]

I love that the commercial in the middle of this video was for whiskey😂

[@simonjester0074]

😂😂😂 🤔 😟😟😟

[@ivyhope660]

That's ironic!

[@gradygordon453]

No you dont, youre an alcoholic

[@chuckselvage3157]

As soon as i got up and left the lappy,an ad came on.

[@jm9841]

You are their target demographic.

[@jonvia]

Just because alcohol is legal in most countries, doesnt mean it shouldnt be classified as a hard drug. Drinking long term or excessively in a short time is as deadly as heroin.

[@Eddie-ud4bb]

I was just thinking that. Alcohol IS a drug & shouldn't be downplayed compared to other drugs

[@epiphonium]

I drink and I agree !

[@everettrhay4855]

Alcoholics Unanimous

[@epiphonium]

@@everettrhay4855 YES !

[@Vibeagain]

Ha! Ass

[@sinnerboy6009]

Ozzys gotta have one of the craziest immunity systems of all time 💀💀💀

[@VintageTVShows]

we suppose

[@baconation3771]

he passed but left a very shaky body-double

[@zeljkojajic403]

After Keith 😉

[@mikemonchuk7087]

He's been very lucky to have Sharon for her patience and positivity and support has been true honest and unwavering patience throughout his long life battle with drugs and alcohol. Ozzy's wife Sharon used to drinks and carry on close to what Ozzie would intake into his system at the beginning of their relationship which she new about being involved with Ozzie for years even before they eventually became the item they are today. Plus she's seen it all, with her Father- Sharon, being the record mogul producer and straight up mobster gangster Papa- Dapper Don Don Arden. He's the guy who taught Led Zeppelin's Manager a thing or 7 about the underbelly of the massively corrupt world of Music and Rock and Roll. And we know what Peter Grant of Led Zeppelin fame is all about and his road Manager partner Richard Cole.

[@lucalone]

Ozzy's liver is the 8th world wonder

[@zinoliopas]

The fact that Lemmy Kilmister and Ritchie Blackmore are not on this list shows how little you know about them....

[@robert6907]

Blackmore? Are you sure?

[@zinoliopas]

@@robert6907 Yes it is actually true. Search his wikipedia or read his book. Although he doesn't drink when touring... at home he drinks everyday

[@flextone444]

Or Eddie Van Halen

[@ricknowak4582]

Baby richie blackmore are you kidding me.

[@StokieDave]

I was going to say as Lemmy pretty much set the bar (No pun intended) at the highest point at one point.

[@vrijheidradio]

the list is not complete without Shane MacGowan from the Pogues

[@Kevin-zz9nc]

Dont forget Rory Gallagher.

[@wangson]

100%!! If he's not #1, then the list is absolutely useless...

[@jax2428]

I'm not a singer with a drinking problem, I'm a drinker with a song writing problem. - Shane MacGowan

[@StarchildeX]

@@wangson Agreed!

[@wangson]

@@jax2428 Shane will remain up there amongst the greatest lyricists to have ever had his majestic words put to some of the most raw, emotional and passionate music of the day! The Pogues were from and of a great place and great time to be creating music!

[@StephenHunts]

How Ozzy is still alive is truly God's work in keeping him with us. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Bliggick]

How in the hell is Dennis Wilson not on this list? His slow demise and ultimate end was all due to alcohol combined with other drugs.

[@VintageTVShows]

Next time for sure

[@joebarracuda6038]

What about Shane McGowan or Lemmy?

[@wangson]

@@joebarracuda6038 I'm just starting this video...they didn't put Shane MacGowan on the list!?!?! THEN THIS LIST IS CERTAINLY WITHOUT IT'S #1!!!

[@wangson]

@@joebarracuda6038 amen!

[@benbissell4025]

Big time! He was stone drunk when he fell off a boat in '83 and sadly, drowned.

[@henmat3000]

- James Hetfield has been in and out of rehab a few times over the years - Ace Frehley started drinking since he was 13 years old - Duff McKagan was 30 when his pancreas burst. He is sober now. - Joe Walsh has been sober since 1994 - Corey Taylor got sober in 2010. - Tom Waits joined AA in 1994 and got sober. - Zakk Wylde, involving blood clots prompted the guitarist to quit the bottle. - Ann Wilson, it wasn't until 2009 that the Heart singer decided to quit drinking cold turkey. - Lemmy Kilmister speaks for itself - DMC drank so much beer and malt liquor in his teens and early 20s that he almost destroyed his liver and pancreas. He quit after a doctor's warning: “You drink, you die.” Some get sober, some don't

[@D-Fens_1632]

Daryl McDaniels? Huh, don't think I ever knew that about him. For the deterioration to already be noticeable that young is nuts. It's incredible Lemmy made it to 70. I'm sure he had issues the last few years but all things considered he was a rarity.

[@ChrisTian-rm7zm]

"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on." Dean Martin

[@patgalvez4563]

lol been there

[@user-qb1sm3rk9r]

Dean Martin wasn't really a drunk though it was all an act.

[@davidjames6692]

@@user-qb1sm3rk9r Ha ha ha try reading Nick Tosches' definitive biography about him. One of the greatest rock books of all time.

[@salvatoreperez5113]

​@@user-qb1sm3rk9rAfter his son died Dean Drank alot

[@farpointgamingdirect]

Dean Martin was not a heavy drinker until later in his life after the death of his son. He NEVER drank on-stage. However, he was a heavy smoker

[@aldonapolitano5979]

Joey Bishop used to tell a story. He took a hit from Dean's ever present glass of bourbon discovered that it was iced tea. Calling Dino an S.O.B., he realized that Dean had been faking out audiences for decades. Mr. Martin himself said in an interview that there was no way he could have done all of those recordings, movies and live shows drunk. It would have killed him.

[@kendallevans4079]

@@aldonapolitano5979 Dino was smarter than he was given credit for!

[@johnmorton5810]

There was a recent bio documentary that basically gives lie to the claim that Dean Martin was an alcoholic. He was actually a very disciplined guy, who golfed every morning.

[@jgant6841]

That is indeed true, ​@@johnmorton5810 he was more into golf, than drinking. He would be the first of the Pack to retire for the evening. They all hammed up the drinking because it was the 60s.

[@jm9841]

Isn't it ironic that you would pretend to be that. My ex took me to the dr and got a fibro scan done on my liver. The dr actually said do you make up how much you drink your liver is fine. I said woo hoo lunch at the pub she ran out crying.

[@inout3513]

Lemmy, kieth richards just to name a couple who should have been in the top 5

[@ryanhodges7101]

Wow, just wow. I had no idea that Keith Moon had a drinking problem. Unbelievable. Sarcasm level 1000%

[@MikeGreenwood51]

He used to be notorius for drunkeness. But got prescription anti-alcohol drugs from a Doc. He was sober I believe for years with the medication but got pursuaded or decided to take some champagne at a big party. The combo killed him.

[@blossom1643]

Right. Keith Moon was Only the Poster Boy!😂✌️

[@ezsmith3765]

PROPER LIST 1 Jim Morrison 2 John Bonham 3 Keith Whitley 4 Amy Winehouse 5 George Jones 6 Ozzy Osbourne 7 Bon Scott 8 Hank Williams 9 Janis Joplin 10 Keith Moon

[@funecheeseofficial3576]

Forgot Warren Zevon

[@weirdkindofsexsymbol]

Zevon died from mesothelioma, as he had been a long-time smoker.

[@weirdkindofsexsymbol]

We can all make lists. Perhaps you should do your own video as opposed to poo-pooing on this person’s take on it.

[@ChrisTian-rm7zm]

Rory Gallagher

[@toddmontondo364]

Almost but kieth moon should definitely be top 3

[@baconation3771]

just glad to see I didn't make this list.

[@wangson]

HA!! Nice!!!

[@leeaycock8602]

Perhaps if the list was for, " The Top 26"? You can do it, pal. Rehab's for quitters.

[@martinleavitt6094]

🤟😎🤙

[@shaneransom9680]

Don’t turn your back on the bottle friend. It never turned its back on you.

[@SandorVitez]

Tell me about it, that's what Satan delights in, destroying lives, rock stars are a small percentage

[@Earlyterrorhead]

As a recovering alcoholic, I understand the sickness when you try to stop cold turkey,, the intense withdrawal from drinking vodka the only thing keeping you alive,, I've seen many of my friends pass away from liver problems I myself was getting to that point, day after day just to feel comfortable,,,2years sober and loving life,,

[@user-zy9nq3vb5s]

good on you 10 years for me 🙏

[@Earlyterrorhead]

@@user-zy9nq3vb5s congrats,,,i hope too have 10yrs as well,,🙏

[@blossom1643]

Bless you Darlin. Hang in there!✌️

[@Earlyterrorhead]

@@blossom1643 thank you love,,🙏

[@KennethKanife]

You can go to store buy hard liquor by the gallon while other drugs you go to prison for having just makes no sense

[@billalbritton4972]

Cigarettes and alcohol are the good drugs. They are taxed.

[@jessejames8900]

Makes perfect sense, keeping the population drunk and dumb

[@charlesrusso7523]

​@@billalbritton4972so is weed in states where it's legal

[@RonaldWilliams-lp3bg]

Yeah I definitely agree on that one

[@catbreath8361]

A pint a day? That really is not that much.

[@HiddenHandMedia]

That was my breakfast for a couple years

[@bigtime474]

Especially if you enjoy Irish Whiskey

[@h2bizzle]

I was thinking the same thing 😂

[@thomashugus5686]

Still 16 oz! That is still quite a bit

[@LittleBlueOwl318]

...of 180 proof VODKA? Yes, it is.

[@danielschaeffer1294]

Who isn’t on the list? Warren Zevon, Pete Townsend, Roy Buchanan, John Hiatt, Rory Gallagher… there’s a lesson here.

[@flonkplonk1649]

Lemmy !!

[@fin4710]

Pete Way of UFO should be near the top of this list but he's not even on it ..RIP Pete Way. And all others in this video..

[@atlasshrugged6435]

If you take a shot during each ad in this video you too will be an alcoholic.

[@VintageTVShows]

LOL

[@MrsJan1967]

Better check your facts on Dean Martin

[@G1806]

For sure,Dean had tea with ice on stage. He played the part well though mate . These Ai videos use the same superlatives,it’s trash but Sunday morning trash is enough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙏🏽

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

@@G1806 I read in a magazine in the late 90s an interview with his daughter, the first 3-4 martinies on his shows were alcohol free, after that, he would let it rip!

[@josephdonnelly3169]

Check your facts, he was on point

[@salvatoreperez5113]

Dean drank after his son died

[@BillySavedra-lp4kf]

Keith Richard's??????????????????????

[@guitarandmore69]

Heroin

[@epiphonium]

Yeah how did KEEF miss this list ?

[@guitarandmore69]

@@epiphonium Heroin

[@epiphonium]

@@guitarandmore69 yup !

[@silentxero5955]

I was thinking Keith would be #1

[@davidtower3093]

Alcohol will leave you laying in the dirt!!

[@VintageTVShows]

Agreed

[@thefamouspeopleus]

It's both fascinating and sobering to delve into the lives of these iconic musicians and see the toll that alcoholism took on their creativity, careers, and ultimately, their lives. It serves as a poignant reminder of the darker side of fame and the importance of seeking help for substance abuse issues before it's too late."

[@VintageTVShows]

Thanks for sharing

[@antrygis1]

Eddie Van and...Ozzy...and...Jimi was not an alch. He drank in Sweden and freaked from fatigue etc. and was jailed. He couldn't handle drink. Shame on you. Morrison? the worst. They say he drank a case of beer...on stage. I agree with all of them but not Hendrix. So wrong. Do your homework.

[@michaelmeltzer3397]

I agree but, Hendrix last night in London included a fair amount of wine and a big dinner. I belive his girlfriend gave him a few sleeping pills later and...the combination caused him to vomit in his sleep and aspirate.

[@RonaldWilliams-lp3bg]

Thank you that's the same thing I was thinking we all know Jimmy was murdered

[@RonaldWilliams-lp3bg]

​@@michaelmeltzer3397LOL yeah right we all know what really happened

[@johngore7744]

Jack Daniels is not a bourbon. It’s a whiskey. Old Grandad. Rebel Yell and Wild Turkey are bourbons. I should know I drank so much of it I went to AA in 2003 at 42 I’ve been sober 21 years this September. Cheers from Montreal

[@mad_cat_1st]

You have a problem with GENUS and SPECIES.

[@SandorVitez]

Congrats, I'm sure you had people in your life that didn't want to see you piss it away

[@shpeen8835]

Jack Daniels is Jack Daniels, sour mash corn "whisky".I struggle to call it whiskey next to Rye, Scotch and Irish. But I'm glad to hear you couldnt care less, congratulations

[@sn1000k]

Wrong. Tennessee whiskey is bourbon.

[@johngore7744]

@@mad_cat_1st but no longer with booze for 21 years. Lol.

[@markmiwurdz2248]

The actor W.C. Fields said (something like ) “I don’t drink water because fish have sex in it”. It will make you think the next time you have a glass of Adam’s ale.

[@whobitmyname]

How did Lemmy ever stay off this list?

[@unidentifiable1875]

Because technically speaking, it didn't "take" Lemmy out I suppose.

[@FloridaDave_]

Lemmy was more into speed but there was always the ever present Jack and Cokes...

[@adamnerd1236]

I have no idea dude

[@sickofthissh]

I started drinking vodka when I was 13, thanks grandpa, and smoking cigarettes. I went through periods of bee, wine, whiskey, but vodka is my favorite. I smoked marijuana while in high school. In the 1980's, while in college, I smoked marijuana, or ate it, and I smoked hash. I drink lightly everyday. I quit cigarettes 12 years ago after 37 years will be 63 years old in December 2024 marking 50 safe years of consuming alcohol. I am an addiction counselor. We did lose so many singers way too soon. Thanks to records and CDs, their voices can still be heard.

[@atatterson6992]

Blaming Gramps... nice

[@TooLooze]

@@atatterson6992 Haha

[@ubeuonly]

Thanks for sharing your miserable life of bad decisions that you made on your own

[@TooLooze]

@@johnm2617 I quit my 45 year ciggie habit when I was your age and have been smoke free for 15 years. Just know that after a week or so, the nicotine is out of your system, and the rest is habit. Check with your MD for new advances and good luck!!

[@Mike___Honcho]

clearly you have an addictive personality and you probably should not be an addictions counselor. anybody who drinks every day for 50 years could use some clarity and introspection.

[@davidbelway6076]

There's a tear in my beer cause I'm cryin for ya dear. Hank Williams.

[@Rusty-METAL-J]

Sr. & Jr.

[@marcusjacobsson7338]

A list like this without Shane MacGowan, George Jones & Ace Frehley is a joke

[@deanwheeler5969]

Watching this makes me want to have an alcohol free day...just got to find a place where I can get free alcohol 😂😂😂😂😂

[@GeoffWelch-pd4zg]

Who are the best Alcoholics in History????

[@alancrisp1582]

😂🍸 Are you kidding us ? That would run in to hundreds of thousands of famous artists, and millions of regular people !..

[@eltar67]

Gerry Rafferty?

[@c2itccase9]

I thought he might be on this list…among my favorite singers.

[@MisterWade74]

The narrator referred several times to Alice Cooper’s alcohol and drug abuse. I’ve read numerous articles and a couple of books about Alice Cooper and seen many interviews and at no stage has anyone mentioned his use of drugs other than alcohol. In fact Alice has clearly stated many times that he drank but didn’t do drugs. Would the creator of this video please provide sources for his information relating to Alice Cooper’s alleged drug abuse?

[@JonathanWillis-bq1td]

Alice went through a crack phase. And I am sure he took as much part as anyone considering the time. He's a smart guy, he didn't need all the drug hype.

[@MisterWade74]

@@JonathanWillis-bq1td sources please? "And I am sure" doesn’t really cut it. Cheers.

[@JonathanWillis-bq1td]

@@MisterWade74 Alice cooper himself. Look up interviews about while he was recording the "blackout records". Niki mentions it in The Dirt as well. If you're a fan its a period worth checking out. I loved those records.

[@MisterWade74]

@@JonathanWillis-bq1td Interesting. I love those records too, including some of the stuff Alice couldn’t remember writing or recording. I even like ‘My God’ and ‘No More Love At Your Convenience’ which are pretty cheesy. I have read and have a copy of ‘The Dirt’ but don’t recall the section where Nikki Sixx mentions Alice Cooper and drugs. Well if that’s the case then I guess Alice himself must’ve been full of shit in his two autobiographies and numerous interviews I’ve read and seen.

[@JonathanWillis-bq1td]

@@MisterWade74 He never went for that "Drug guy" persona and Ive admired that about him. I love those as well the vibe on those is so genuinely creepy. Even the goofy stuff.

[@memeco50]

Watching this video while enjoying your favorite drink 🍸. 🍻 Cheers

[@leeaycock8602]

Thanks for the focus on Pig. He and Janis were infamous drinking buddies, BTW

[@dadisaliveandwell]

Why do they always say "drugs and alcohol?" Every high school chemistry kid knew alcohol is a drug! So why do they keep saying it?!

[@VintageTVShows]

Sorry

[@thatguy9274]

Alcohol can be purchased legally. It's government supported addiction......(tax baby!!)

[@MikeGreenwood51]

My guess would be that those dying of alcohol and drugs died of alcohol and drugs. IE drugs other than alcohol. They could have just said. 'Died of a cocktail. But some may prefer to know what the cocktail's contents were.

[@kevprice6893]

It's so sad 😢really.. These people are so talented..genius level. I heard something that they are bordering on insanity due to boredom probably.. It makes sense... All of us however can become a alcoholic, junkie etc.. It's just having the strength of will to battle your demons if you want to...😢😢😢

[@kevprice6893]

I like a beer of course ..but aint got that craving for it.. Never had.. Don't smoke only had a cigar when I was 21 for a laugh with the lads& don't do drugs.. Hate with a passion drug dealers.. Parasites of the earth...!!!

[@nathanreed9643]

Why the hell is George Jones not on this list?

[@user-rt9zq8rs9k]

Oh , he's a wholesome country music guy . Not some long hair hippie .

[@lishamarlar4597]

🤣😂​@@user-rt9zq8rs9k

[@user-ju7zh2ub7u]

Ol' Jones has probably been called a lot of things but wholesome country star I doubt being one of them. Star,Yes, wholesome,?

[@bynde8638]

cause ChatGPT failed to write him in.

[@spencerscott7386]

That's literally what I said, damn near word for word. Instead of hell... mine started with an F.👍

[@D-Fens_1632]

Pigpen didn't really die from alcohol. It just exacerbated other conditions he was born with that were going to limit his life to begin with. After his initial health scare in 1971 he quit immediately and had some sober time before his passing.

[@SJUCityBoy]

My boss caught me sleeping on the job. I told him: "At least I showed up." Didn't know unemployment office was so crowded.

[@javierramirezp.3314]

Shane Mc Gowan (RIP)

[@Rammstein45]

As soon as I heard what the narration was like I quit watching.

[@timothysader7060]

Same here……. It’s absolutely ridiculous !!! This isn’t exactly “Breaking News” ….. SMFH

[@lowenbad]

I’m so sick of AI

[@RonaldWilliams-lp3bg]

Lol😂👍 damn

[@robonaught]

Shite innit

[@PanderFucker]

It actually isn't that bad of a video of you give it a chance. Quite informative.

[@neogeoriffic]

Regarding Jimi, are you a doctor? Not everyone overdoes drugs and alcohol to escape emotional pain. That's merely a stereotype. Some very happy and emotionally balanced people just enjoy getting wasted. Especially artistic types. Nerds like you wouldn't understand.

[@VintageTVShows]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts 🙂

[@tliltocatl4472]

"How many syllables should we emphasize in the narration?" " *YES* !"

[@stefanschleps8758]

Alcohol is the worst drug. It is only legal because of its profit margin. The legal hypocrisy has to end.

[@VintageTVShows]

Agreed

[@SandorVitez]

Just being a beeraholic caused enough damage, I never got into drugs, well marijuana is still classified A

[@doctornova3015]

uh, prohibition? as much as i think that alcohol should be illegal, it won't be again. can't put the genie back in the bottle.

[@MrStooge.]

It is easy to produce on a small scale unlike most other hard drugs.

[@user-ju7zh2ub7u]

I'm 60 and been on it all at 1 time or another. Never seen any drug get you any higher or crazier than good ol' Tennessee Moon.

[@nazariooodelima8055]

Tennessee moon?

[@TooLooze]

@@nazariooodelima8055 Very potent distilled alcohol, generally made at home or sold illegally.

[@stephaniecruvant9130]

​@@nazariooodelima8055...shine...

[@everettrhay4855]

Moon shine

[@bullcrap9409]

Nonsense. It’s just alcohol and noxious chemicals.

[@smooches1368]

I was aquainted with "Vinny" in Pontiac Michigan where he lived at the time, just before the release of the single "I'm eighteen". He funded the beginning of his career by selling quaaludes. He was as much a downer as his pills. Vinny was an occasional visitor to a home we hippies called "the Pontiac House". I never took quaaludes (I was religiously a pot head) nor ever liked Alice either.

[@josephjohnson1165]

My dad was actually at the same rehab as all the members of Aerosmith for alcoholism, not at the same time. He relapsed a few more times after, it's really about what you take from it.

[@StephenMaxey75]

How did Motley Crue not make the list lol

[@donaldcornchowder9112]

Because Motley Crue made shit, not music. Same reason a truck stop hobo desecrating the shitter isn't on the list.

[@robertneikirk5068]

Yeah this list is f--ked up. Motley Crue used to inject everything including alcohol

[@alancrisp1582]

😂 I will drink to that whiskey 🥃 please hold the ice ❄. Because it takes up ✌ too much room in the 🍸 glass 🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸!!..

[@7snap]

Clickbaiting Hendrix into this group is not only a lie, it's a good reason to give this a down vote.

[@rickbackous1041]

I knew someone in the music industry who got a record contract. He told me it was very obvious that it was the mission of the record companies to keep you intoxicated with free alcohol and drugs and happy with p#$$y so you will sign whatever papers they put in front of you. It is a very hard life being away from home all the time and the pressure to perform nightly, not to mention needing the creativity to write new songs for your next album. The music industry is NOT a bunch of guys sitting around a campfire having fun and playing music. Very high pressure and the weak will succumb easily.

[@marcbergeron8690]

White Room is a song by Jack Bruce not Clapton.

[@charlesrusso7523]

Crossroads is a Robert Johnson song

[@tediousmaximus1067]

I have so much in common with all the people in this video. I struggle with alcohol too. The only things I don't have in common are the money, the women and the fame. Dammit!

[@VintageTVShows]

Thanks for sharing

[@ZacharyShade]

Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom, who I expect no one outside the metal scene to be familiar with but still, should be number 1. He drank so much whiskey he literally dissolved parts of his liver and pancreas, leading to his internal organs basically eating themselves, before ultimately ODing on opioids and sleeping pills. Fucking brutal. Also, kind of insensitive to alcoholics and people with depression to just say every single person on this list drank cuz they were sad and more or less saying all their deaths were inevitable. People start drinking and using drugs for a variety of reasons and both addiction and depression are possible to deal with.

[@mike196212]

Hendrix---STILL the greatest rock guitarist---SHOULD NOT be on this list. He was NOWHERE near an alcoholic. Morrison was EASILY the worst and knew it. And,by the way,who were the ''best'' alcoholics? Just curious.

[@RigHauler]

How about Keith Richards from Rolling Stones? This guy should be among these folks for sure.😊

[@VintageTVShows]

Thanks for sharing … Next time for sure

[@therealsirdj5934]

Saying you only can write when you are drunk is a heartbreaking statement. Because you know it'll end bad

[@Rusty-METAL-J]

Bon Scott died from asphyxiation after passing out on his back and vomiting, shortly before I was born in November 1979 in the Caribbean. That's why Bon wasn't heared on vox on, Back In Black. His death opened the way for the Brian Johnson era of the band.

[@VintageTVShows]

Thanks for sharing

[@Rusty-METAL-J]

@@VintageTVShows you're welcome

[@miserablemozz8714]

No Keith Richards?

[@farpointgamingdirect]

Bon Scott was not the original AC/DC frontman. Dave Evans was the original lead singer.

[@UserUli]

Who cares for the first guys in a band? Every band has that era when they check out different people. Bon was their first real singer.

[@tommyguns9008]

Evan’s played bass

[@garrethboland]

Uh, Brian Wilson? The kid who practically single handedly took on The Beatles, shook up the industry with Pet Sounds, Good Vibrations, and then shelved what has become the most famous unreleased album of all time, SMiLE, to then vanish for decades, only to appear here and there in horrendous condition.

[@Snobdude]

A fellow musician and friend of mine died at the age of 40 drinking.

[@GggA.T.-music]

Sorry to hear. 😢

[@jrguitarco]

No mention of Gram Parsons.

[@djl9919]

lets not forget Gerry Rafferty/Keith Whitley/Steve Harwell/Gary Moore/Motorheads Lemmy & Phil Taylor.

[@SandorVitez]

I remember the Flying Burrito Bros. I wanted a marijuana embroidered jacket like his when I was a young teen, Mr space cowboy himself, Thank God I quit drinking

[@kevinkailher6131]

Dean Martins drinking was all part of the show,he didnt drink on stage

[@MelissaElwell-dn3sj]

It was actually apple juice

[@salvatoreperez5113]

​@@MelissaElwell-dn3sjAfter Dean's son died Dean drank more than anyone

[@kenash88]

"Epitomized the epitome." I'm gonna copy that, use it incessantly, and everyone will think I'm a smarty boy.

[@YoursTrulyThe1Pony]

It's amazing Ozzy Osbourne is still alive because of his heavy use of alcohol in the 80s

[@maxdurk9611]

Dean Martin was not an alcoholic. He barely drank. It all was an act.

[@VintageTVShows]

Thanks for sharing 🙂

[@danwurst6209]

Bahahaha

[@cinetobi]

You lost me with "drugs and alcohol". Also the narrator sounds drunk.

[@zetametallic]

He does actually...slurring😂

[@patgalvez4563]

I knew a guy that went to Joe Cocker concert where he passed out drunk on stage

[@sfikali]

Jeff Hanneman, Rory Gallagher, phil lynott, brian connolly,

[@philipdru9290]

I guess Keith Richards and George Jones are the professionals and can’t be ranked.

[@VintageTVShows]

Thanks for suggesting

[@flonkplonk1649]

And Lemmy Kilmister

[@wangson]

That you didn't include Shane MacGowan makes your list completely negligent and useless. Sorry. Shane clearly would've taken your #1 spot but he's not even included here. Incomplete.

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

I'm not promoting drugs but for me alcohol was the worse drug, as far as changing me and not for the better, I've been addicted to most drugs, but alcohol was the worse, just my personal opinion.

[@dezogajan3499]

Alcohol sucks, theres a lots of better and safer drugs

[@phatbackbeat6553]

Clapton lost his “magic” once he got “straight !”

[@charliedillon1400]

Definitely all of the Stones best albums were in the 70s heroin years.

[@MrStooge.]

Who noticed?

[@phatbackbeat6553]

@@MrStooge. Me .., and MOST guitarists who have an “ear” and have followed Clapton’s career. It’s great that he got “sober,” but it did cost him in his abilities and his approach to the electric guitar. He really didn’t put out anything impressive since the late 1970’s.., but he is still a live and that’s a lot more important..!

[@everettrhay4855]

He’s no ‘coholic, he’s just a devil for the drink.

[@wannaseethevid]

got 3 minutes and and I am like 'will you stop yelling at me? I'm outty

[@VintageTVShows]

sorry you felt like that

[@ericrosenburg657]

I heard Falco was a pretty good drunk.

[@drummer78]

The Band’s Richard Manuel

[@vladimirmihnev9702]

5 times the legal limit are rookie numbers. I don't think that alone can kill you.

[@tillwesenberg1178]

Clapton's still alive and doesn't even make the Top Ten in a list of dead people. Okay, some are still alive. I saw Townes Van Zandt on stage a few weeks before his death. Everybody in the audience knew that this was goodbye. Rest In Peace you beautiful soul. Dee Dee is missing, a lot of punkrockers in fact, James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine, Jeff Hanneman, Sammy Davis Jr., all of the LA Hairmetal scene, Joe Cocker, Mark E. Smith, Rob Halford, the ist is so long.

[@VintageTVShows]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts 🙂

[@sylviafoster9093]

Layne Staley,Phil Lynot,Scott Weiland also died from drugs and alcohol

[@romecottrell6444]

These folks had serious mental problems and alcohol addiction just brought out their 😈 demons .

[@choosetolivefree]

Alcoholism isn't the problem, it's only a symptom of the problem

[@UncleRosie]

Anyone who believes alcohol doesn’t assist creativity has never drank a song or wrote a drink. They’re one and the same and God help you if you’re on stage without it. Life on the big beautiful marble is as terrifying as it is beautiful. Grab the dice and let ‘em roll cuz nobody gets outta here alive.

[@VintageTVShows]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts 🙂

[@ErikVOfficial]

Uncle Seymour Washington sitting behind Townes Van Zandt (7:53) was giving life advice in part of the film shot that day that should have been in this video.

[@kevinkailher6131]

Eddie Van Halen should be on the list,not Dean Martin

[@nostreamavailable9090]

Gallagher is a right bell end, oasis suck balls

[@VintageTVShows]

What exactly?

[@markmiwurdz2248]

@nostreamavailable9090. In the town of Ballyshannon in Ireland, there is a statue of one of their first sons - Rory Gallagher. Can’t be a “bell end” if the locals put up a statue of him can he? Get back to us when a statue/memorial is erected to your good self in your home town. I am sure we will be waiting a long time………

[@michaelclark4043]

I can relate to the late CONWAY TWITTY'S song that goes, UP comes the bottle. DOWN, DOWN, DOWN goes the man. The pretty well drives home the point! 😢😮

[@filosphere]

Don't forget Tim Buckley and John Martyn

[@flyspith7686]

No LEMMY come on man ?? Seriously 😐

[@JGBreton]

here for lemmy comment

[@VintageTVShows]

But why man?

[@ezsmith3765]

So this list is suggesting that there’s 20 worse alcoholics in music history than Morrison, Joplin, Moon and Bonham????? Let’s see how many of those 20 are still alive. Hendrix was not a big drinker. You can tell that by looking at him.

[@spiritusmundi70]

They're not in any particular order, and I don't think they mean to imply that anyone is better or worse than another.

[@brandonjones8849]

Ozzy definitely has them all beat

[@larsrons7937]

Interesting collection. A great number are missing, I understand 25 is the limit, but... Shane MacGowan is left out ??? 27:17 - Billy Joel, the timestamp picture shows Elton John.

[@davidfrechtling787]

I need a drink after watching that.

[@VintageTVShows]

Lol

[@SharenVanFossen]

Amazing how many of them died at age 27.

[@jeffreybaier5312]

It's called the 27 club.

[@jeffreybaier5312]

It's called the 27 club.

[@jaywilkinson6292]

And this is mainly just in Rock N Roll here.

[@DiedraT.-qi2de]

Drugs and ackyhall have destroyed my life, But for reals the fact that musicians especially in rocknroll take living a lifestyle of drug and alcohol abuse serious and literally taking the abuse to higher and more extreme limits as the genre grows. It's sad, it's not completely needed, but it's unfortunately a side effect of living and writing such harsh realistic lifestyles that being a rockstar consists of

[@atatterson6992]

Glen Campbell

[@spaceghost-xc8ih]

Do not drink alcohol, it will ruin your life!! I can't believe it's still legal. That sh*t almost ruined me, it certainly ruined a few of the bands i was a part of. STAY AWAY!!

[@johnn58]

Alcoholism runs in my family. When I saw alcohol was negatively affecting my life I quit drinking. I guess I don't see why quitting is so difficult for so many people.

[@VintageTVShows]

Bht should try to quit

[@VintageTVShows]

May GOD help you