Chin for a Day Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I agree. Also he said the meds were originally prescribed for other problems he had. It's no surprise he didn't want to give too much information. I thought I had read it was sleeping pills, which would be the Rohypnol and Xanax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero_Of_The_Hour Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 The RS guy asked him what drugs he used and he said "I don't want to say. They were perscription for anxiety and sleep problems". So he basically did say which perscription drugs he was using (or what problems he took them for anyway if not exact brands though most people can work out the rest lol) right after he said he didn't want to say! I for one got the distinct impression he really didn't want to say which drugs he was taking...and he didn't tell us the half of it. He had to feed the nosey media and get people of his back. Which is fine. His business. Who cares. I read somewhere, I think it was in the Cometbus book but Im not sure. Anyway I read that they went to parties and people would tell them to do meth so they did but they snorted it like coke. I didnt know you could snort meth. Billie also said in the RS interview that they would go to parties and take speed. It gave him courage to write songs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I got it that he didn't want to mention exact brand names because he said he was massively into pill popping. However, there's something to what you're saying. Meth (and coke maybe as well) fucks up your sleep pattern/makes you restless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evredika Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 OMG, did you know, that the "Why do you want him?" was NOT about Billi's stepfather??? Ahh, I stop reading those stupid "facts" about GD on the net like NOW.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 When Billie wrote Geek Stink Breath (and came up with the idea for the video) he was obviously talking about straight up meth which he has said he was using. That likely is why he lost a few teeth hence the video!! Uh...Billie wasn't losing his teeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero_Of_The_Hour Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Uh...Billie wasn't losing his teeth. Somebody said further back about him having crappy teeth before he had them "fixed" and then it was discussed if he likely ever snorted etc meth. I assumed they meant he had missing teeth or teeth that were rotting/suffering the effects of use. I just know the video is about the effects of meth on your teeth etc and Billie said he used meth at the time the video came out. My point was less to do with Billie's teeth and more about answering the original question which is that yeah he used meth. i'm not sure why everyone wants to pretend like billie is a way more hardcore drug user than he is he was obviously doing a lot of pills and drinking when the trilogy came out and maybe coke, but meth? no. i've known a lot of meth users in my life and he never looked or acted like one. why does this matter anyway? The original question by a curious person was did Billie (and the others) use meth and the simple answer is yes. He said so in interviews. I see no reason why anyone should care. I also see no reason to pretend it didn't happen. It's probably never going to happen again. It's his past. He dealt with it. I'm proud of him for NOT being all Oprah about it. They are adults capable of dealing with their own shit. We should only care about the music anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 GDCNN NEWS UPDATE: Well known self confessed drug abuser may have taken drugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero_Of_The_Hour Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 GDCNN NEWS UPDATE: Well known self confessed drug abuser may have taken drugs. Why can't I like this more than once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNICORN VOMIT Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 We should only care about the music anyway. What about what shirt Im wearing. My hair. Where is the love. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin for a Day Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 What about what shirt Im wearing. My hair. Where is the love. Yes, I agree, fashion is very important. Almost as important as the music. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I'm only here for the wedding ring updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNICORN VOMIT Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I'm only here for the wedding ring updates. Do you want to pick one up at pawn broker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Do you want to pick one up at pawn broker. What would a crustacean salesman be doing selling jewellery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNICORN VOMIT Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 What would a crustacean salesman be doing selling jewellery? Are you drinking again "prawn"/pawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unextraordinarygirl Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Go to the seafood store and see a prawn broker. LOL It was funnier in my head. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNICORN VOMIT Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 \\rr There are always fake flyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fuzz Posted June 1, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2015 Somebody said further back about him having crappy teeth before he had them "fixed" and then it was discussed if he likely ever snorted etc meth. I assumed they meant he had missing teeth or teeth that were rotting/suffering the effects of use. I just know the video is about the effects of meth on your teeth etc and Billie said he used meth at the time the video came out. My point was less to do with Billie's teeth and more about answering the original question which is that yeah he used meth. I'm not arguing anything about his drug use, it's something they've clearly talked about in the past. No doubt they used speed - they've talked about it before. I was just clarifying that the gory teeth pulling part of Geek Stink Breath wasn't Billie Joe's - it was a friend who was getting their teeth pulled. You were a bit too quick to jump to "That likely is why he lost a few teeth hence the video!!" That's how unconfirmed info starts getting spread around - so just clarifying for others reading. Though yes, anyone who doesn't think they did meth only has to read the lyrics to Geek Stink Breath http://www.greendayauthority.com/music/song/54/ And if that wasn't direct enough, from Rolling Stone interview after rehab http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-rolling-stone-interview-billie-joe-armstrong-20130314#ixzz3bm78Fzgo "There was a lot of nihilism going around. Dropout kids, people that felt like outcasts — they were coming into this scene. Things like scarification, bad tattoos, drinking booze, snorting methamphetamine — nobody thought of it as addict behavior. We knew everybody that was doing that. And we were doing it as well. We'd be at a party at someone's house where bands were playing. Someone would have speed, and we'd do it. Then I would start writing songs when I got home. It wasn't a necessity. The song was already there. The courage was what I needed. The fear was always there, even when we were doing American Idiot." 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solongfromthestars Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I don't think anyone is denying that Billie used meth or other hard drugs in the past or is even saying it matters, just seemed a bit unfounded/unfair to speculate that he did during the trilogy era when he hasn't said that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 GDCNN UPDATE: Aforementioned notorious drug abuser may not have heavily abused drugs in the period leading up to his rehab stint, but he obviously did because duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 GDCNN UPDATE: Aforementioned notorious drug abuser may not have heavily abused drugs in the period leading up to his rehab sting, but he obviously did because duh. I don't think anyone is denying that Billie used meth or other hard drugs in the past or is even saying it matters, just seemed a bit unfounded/unfair to speculate that he did during the trilogy era when he hasn't said that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 GDCNN NEWS UPDATE: Moderator completely misses point, now in serious danger of being ranked poorly in the quarterly review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero_Of_The_Hour Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 My favourite thing about Green Day fans? 99% of them live by the rules that 1) you can NOT take anything Billie says onstage or in interviews seriously (duh). 2) Billie talks shit all the time and it must be dismissed immediately 3) if he is not simply full of shit or just ranting onstage or in an interview then he must be joking. These rules apply to basically everything he says unless it is about how the band will never ever break up (ever unless coffins are involved-fans love that shit), how he has never ever looked sideways at another human since getting married (aww -fans really love that shit) and of course how he didn't say he was using hard drugs when he was forced by managers to go to rehab after fucking up the bands album promo & tour because he was totally fucked onstage. Well seems legit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solongfromthestars Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 My favourite thing about Green Day fans? 99% of them live by the rules that 1) you can NOT take anything Billie says onstage or in interviews seriously (duh). 2) Billie talks shit all the time and it must be dismissed immediately 3) if he is not simply full of shit or just ranting onstage or in an interview then he must be joking. These rules apply to basically everything he says unless it is about how the band will never ever break up (ever unless coffins are involved-fans love that shit), how he has never ever looked sideways at another human since getting married (aww -fans really love that shit) and of course how he didn't say he was using hard drugs when he was forced by managers to go to rehab after fucking up the bands album promo & tour because he was totally fucked onstage. Well seems legit I don't think that's what anyone is doing, either. It might have been harder drugs for all we know, no one is saying that's impossible. I just know from being close to alcoholics that booze on its own, let alone combined with pills can mess someone up and land them in rehab, so I don't see any reason to believe otherwise. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fuzz Posted June 1, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2015 My favourite thing about Green Day fans? 99% of them live by the rules that 1) you can NOT take anything Billie says onstage or in interviews seriously (duh). 2) Billie talks shit all the time and it must be dismissed immediately 3) if he is not simply full of shit or just ranting onstage or in an interview then he must be joking. These rules apply to basically everything he says unless it is about how the band will never ever break up (ever unless coffins are involved-fans love that shit), how he has never ever looked sideways at another human since getting married (aww -fans really love that shit) and of course how he didn't say he was using hard drugs when he was forced by managers to go to rehab after fucking up the bands album promo & tour because he was totally fucked onstage. Well seems legit You should look up the word "conjecture". You do it a lot. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero_Of_The_Hour Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 You should look up the word "conjecture". You do it a lot. It's a requirement on here. It's the "C" in GDC. Just doing my part like everyone else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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