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September 20, 2006

Keith Richards: Don't Do Drugs

Modern drugs, that is. These newfangled substances are no good, according to the Stones axeman. As told to Q (via Gigwise):

"I think the quality's gone down. All they do is tryand take the high out of everything. ... I don’t like the way drugs now are working on your brain area instead of just through the blood stream. That’s why I don’t take any of them anymore.”
That's easy to say when you have a steady supply of Swiss replacement blood! (That's probably my second favorite classic rock urban legend, behind Rod Stewart having his stomach pumped for swallowing too much semen.)

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Haha yeah I heard the same thing about the blood transplant from the guy that owns Sketchers (don't ask).

Posted by: omg at 09/20/06 12:56 PM | Reply
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I love that Keith Richards' DIY psychopharmacology is born from an understanding of the human body that is arbitrary and sounds like something out of an Alchemist's textbook from the middle ages. "The problem with the drugs these days is that they get your humours all out of wack. I also hate how flies are spontaneously born from rotting meat."

Posted by: matthewaaron at 09/20/06 1:09 PM | Reply
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Rod Stewart? It was Marc Almond round here (which is at least more plausible)

Posted by: Simon at 09/20/06 1:12 PM | Reply
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i heard the same about michael jackson and his stomach...

Posted by: Julio Enriquez at 09/20/06 1:30 PM | Reply
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Actually according to a very good source, a memphis musician that went with him to Germany when the transfusion was done, that whole blood replacement thing is true. Seems Keith had some sort of abcessed lesion on his leg that would not heal with antibiotics because his blood was so toxic from heroine abuse.

When the transfusion was done, Richards demanded they only use Aryan blood. I shit you not.

Posted by: Rachel Hurley at 09/20/06 1:55 PM | Reply
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Modern drugs no good for him? Good thing he stocked up before, eh?

Keith Richards doesn't even need to do drugs anymore. At this point, he's probably pickled himself so effectively that he'll never die, either. After we're all gone, it'll just be Keith, the cockroaches, and Cher.

Posted by: Grace at 09/20/06 2:32 PM | Reply
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From the new Blender:

Rod Stewart responds to the rumor he had his stomach pumped from swallowing too much semen: “It was brought about by a publicist I employed -- that I had to fire. I was on tour at the time, but it didn’t worry me. There were loads of rumors flying around at the time: ferrets up people’s bum holes ... all kinds.”

Posted by: scott at 09/20/06 2:38 PM | Reply
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they don't make palm trees like they used to either

Posted by: Philco Brothers at 09/20/06 6:43 PM | Reply
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yea and fuck you too. drugs are cool and if you dont do them then you can go fuck yourself

Posted by: me at 10/01/06 1:24 AM | Reply
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hey there im 45 llooking for a man keith will do ahah just kidding I seen the stones in the 80s at rich stadium they were one of the best bands ive have seen george and the boys were there also and jerney it was great .thanks for the site for comments

Posted by: mary warriner at 05/17/07 8:21 PM | Reply
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