hyper2What entertainer consistently performs drunk or otherwise intoxicated?
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Could be any kind of performer be it comedian, podcaster, actor, etc.
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“entertainer”
He’s ordered a fully equipped makeup studio installed in the Pentagon. If a dressing room is not the sign of an entertainer, what is?
I mean, I’m not really disagreeing because US politics is like wrestling drama lol
he’s a clown, that counts i guess
“Secretary of WAR!” - screams Pete drunkenly, probably
After twelve drinks the Probably War Crime and Definitely War Crime buttons look basically the same, and there’s a fucking lot of them
Real Americans maintain a constant BAC of 0.1776! He’s a PatriotTM damnit!
This was my first thought as well
I remember back when I was young, there was one of them country guys who did stand up, and he always had either scotch or whiskey during his routines. He belonged to the you might be a redneck…group.
Ron white. Huh I thought he was dead.
Ron White. The only funny one in blue collar comedy
I don’t know. I may not have liked all of the stuff he did, but the larry the cable guy bit had some good ones, and foxworthy’s bit about drug side effects was well done.
Larry and Foxworthy had a couple good bits but that was about it for me. I found White at least was consistently funny.
Love his skits
They call me… Tater Salad
And now he’s sober.
Still alive and on the wagon.
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According to his wiki page he quit drinking after an Ayahuasca trip.
Hey, good for him. The pictures of him do seem better.
My high school music teacher went to a Dragonforce concert circa 2008. He said they were completely wasted, didn’t sound anything like the album, and barely knew where they were. Just an absolute waste of time. He got an autograph from one of them (must’ve paid for a VIP ticket or something) and they wrote “wish I didn’t have to meet you, asshole.”
He liked them a lot less after that
Guns and Roses pulled that shit on me on ’91. Couldn’t even tell what song Axle was on he was so fucking wasted. And the acoustics were awful.
We were tripping acid and got turned around on the road trip to OKC, missed some opening band called Smashing Pumpkins.
For what it’s worth, Axl Rose is basically the poster child for diva musicians. There are entire AV companies that specifically refuse to work with GnR because Axl is such a renowned asshole in the music industry. Basically every person who has met him for longer than 15 seconds has some sort of horror story. He’s basically the reason the “musician trashes hotel room” stereotype exists. He has like 30 or 40 arrests on record, largely for asshole behavior like drunkenly grabbing women in public, throwing things at people, etc… But the record label treats him like a golden child because the band still draws crowds.
Source: I work in the music industry.
Heh. Sweet summer child.
Keith Richards and the Rolling Stones, Keith Moon and the Who, and Led Zeppelin would all like a word.
OK that’s just bullshit. Bands have been trashing hotel rooms since the 70’s. The Who were the most famous for this.
Good on you the smashing pumpkins aren’t all that good
I went in 2007 and they sounded exactly like their album, they out on an incredibly show, and I got high-fives from a couple of them as they were running through the crowd. I’m sorry his experience wasn’t good, but I can provide another perspective. My friends and I all had a wonderful time.
Doug Stanhope
came here for this
“shut up I’m pouring funny down my throat”
Thing is, he might be a mostly-functional alcoholic, but he pulls it off. Is he drunk during his routine? Maybe, probably. But goddamn, is he on point the whole show. I’ve had the chance to see him a few times, and would absolutely do it again if he ever came anywhere within a four hour drive of me.
Will always remember him talking about it with phony aa boy jim Norton. On jim quitting drinking at 18 Doug said “oh so you didn’t even flesh it out”
Never seen any of his routines ever be messy. Absolute functional.
You could say this about most standup comedians. The sober ones are the weird ones!
“I’m Doug Stanhope, and that’s why I drink”
Joe Cocker is famous for being pretty fucked up almost all the time. I watched a documentary, going to a concert of his was like maybe he’ll be able to do more than one song.
Random quote from the interwebz
Well… his recordings are great?
The singer of Smash Mouth seemed to really hate that people only cared about All Star. His latest shows were) had some drunk rants. He’s dead now
You mean the guy who drank himself to death after performing at Sturgis during COVID?
Chris Jericho? Oh the “to death” part hasn’t materialized yet, just the 80lbs of booze weight.
somebody
edit: don’t know what’s more pathetic. my attempt to start the meme or the fact that !SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works holds a grudge for some dumbass reason.
someBody
I didn’t read the book and didn’t know what that name meant, so I’m amused to find out that’s a characters name and not just an out of place reference to some Slutty Barf Fest party in the Hitchiker’s Guide to the Universe universe
He’s dead? Thats nice.
I’m an 80’s boy, and a documentary was made about my rock stars and their drinking habits (among other things).
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
As an extra aside, I can’t imagine that Lemmy spent any day sober since leaving Hawkwind until the day he died. When he was told he was sick and needed to stop drinking, he gave up whiskey and started drinking a case or more of wine every day. God, I miss Lemmy. 😁
Yeah, Lemmy wasn’t acting. He was living it.
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Alestorm. They play pirate drinking metal, so it’s pretty on brand
I’m pretty sure they are not drunk during shows. IIRC they got rid of one guy who couldn’t hold his drink.
I’ve seen them live a few times, and the singer at least was hammered every time. This was 10+ years ago though, so they might have calmed down a bit since then
I see them every year and have talked with them 5+ times, while they are totally hammered at meet and greets and get drunk with fans after the show they seem sober enough before starting to drink.
Ron White i believe
Ron White is sober now. Also retired from comedy, I believe. Probably true in his heyday.
He was in South America and tripped on ayahuasca, never drank again I believe.
He got sober in the 90s, but Elton John was notorious for using shit-tons of cocaine back in the day and was an alcoholic as well.
The “Musician” category is cheating
It’s literally the question I asked.
I was listening to Knowledge Fight which isn’t a regular listen for me, and it sounds to me like that Alex Jones dude is just shit faced at all times.
Bizzy Bone from Bone-Thugs-n-Harmony. Dude was a serious alcoholic. Saw his show back in like 2012 or 13, I forget the exact date, and he was completely shitfaced. He carried a handle of vodka and a bucket up onto the stage with him and alternated between drinking straight out of the bottle and then coughing/spitting/possibly puking into the bucket between songs. People in the crowd were like wtf man. It was disgusting. He had a fucked up childhood, so I’m not surprised he hit the bottle hard, but damn.
Dylan Moran, maybe not drunk necessarily but he is always drinking wine on the stage during his sets from memory.
Moran quit smoking in 2014 and became teetotal in 2018, but has since resumed drinking.
Good for him
Buddy of mine went to see Joe Cocker and dude passed out at the mic before singing anything. They refunded everyone.
Weirdly, killed by lung cancer instead…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cocker
I wonder what would everyone do if instead he sang out of tune?
I don’t know, man, I think I might just stand up and walk out on him
oh baby now!
I think this is what Feelin Alright is about
Shane MacGowan. Exhibit A: Irish Rover (he comes in around 0:38)
Legendary. Bear in mind that a lot of The Pogues’ lyrics are about getting hammered.
I see your Irish Rover and raise you A rainy night in Soho with Nick Cave.
As a kid I didn’t get the drunk Dean Martin jokes on Bugs Bunny. Watching him on old roast videos, yeah, he was fucking hammered 24/7.
Go check some Don Rickels roasts! The man was fucking brutal, thought Sinatra was going to cap his ass on the spot when Don joked about Frank’s mob ties. Kissing Sammy Davis Jr., “Did I get any black on me?”
Dean Martin was faking it. He barely drank, and was not a partier. It was all an act.
I remember an interview, where he broke kayfabe and hinted to the interviewer something to the effect of “do you think I could be as successful as I am if I drank that heavily?”
No way! And all these years later I learn this.
Rickles had ZERO chill. fuckin hilarious though.
Was Sid Vicious ever sober?
Eddie Vedder drinks his share of wine on stage but I’m not sure if he’s shitfaced. I think it would be hard to tell given his style of singing(i very much like his singing, not bashing him).
I call it Drunk Nirvana. I do not like it
It’s OK to be wrong
Pepper Coyote.
Apparently, the drunker he is by the end of the set, the funnier “No Cock, Like Horse Cock” gets. Unfortunately when I saw him live, he gave away all his booze to the audience! 😩
Unabashedly one of my favorite songs.
One show, they brought him a wheelchair near the end of his set. He was still performing amazingly, but couldn’t stand.
Sleep
Plenty of old-school metal bands, or well actually just a fair majority of metal bands in general I guess were/are quite partial to drinks/drugs.
Alice Cooper used to be a raging alcoholic. He managed to turn things around though and helps others with their addictions.
Till Schweiger. Got i hate him. He always plays his drunk arrogant egoistic asshole self
The Kills used to put on some of the sloppiest and rowdiest drunk concerts, they were dope. They’ve since gotten sober, and while the music is better, I miss the messy shows.
Last day of magic oozes drunk I love you but fuck you
Didn’t know about that but checks out with those early albums that’s for sure.
Why is that something enjoyable as a show? Sounds awful to me.
It was still solid musically, just had more edge and agony to it. Matched the tone of the music. Now the show is just so sterile and spot on. I guess as a degenerate, it was nice to see them rage a bit
Interesting, thanks
The Replacements have a history of playing shows completely wasted. There’s particular Saturday night live episode where they ended up getting banned from playing on ever again.
I haven’t kept up with him, but Doug Benson used to.
Stompin’ Tom Connors
The Ontario Provincial Police don’t think too much of Bud
Me … on our podcast.
“entertainer”
Janis Joplin?
100% was thinking of her when I posted. Janis <3
It’s funny that in Spain an actress did a JJ impression in a show and the “jury” said she didn’t do it right because her English was awful. I disagree: she nailed the live performances.
The video of the show
Brother, that was pretty rancid and an insult to Janis LOL
Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom. RIP D:
Big bird, probably…
I perform everyday for people and I’m rarely sober, does that count?
I saw Shane MacGowan (and the Popes) at some festival or other. The dude was clearly shit-faced, hardly able to stand, and slurring like crazy as he babbled at the crowd. But, once the music kicked in, he sang like he always sings. I guess that probably means he’s always shit-faced.