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Ongoing History Daily: Babysitting Kurt Cobain

November 28, 2022November 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Heroin, Kurt Cobain, Pav Pavolic

By the time Nirvana took off with the Nevermind album, Kurt Cobain was deep into a heroin addiction and people

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Scott Weiland’s heroin

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Album Artwork, Heroin, Purple, Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots

While he was alive and a member of Stone Temple Pilots, Scott Weiland had a serious relationship with heroin. In

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The Smashing Pumpkins’ OD Problem

August 18, 2021August 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Heroin, Jimmy Chamberlin, Jonathan Melvoin, Smashing Pumpkins

Back in the 90s when they were at their peak, the Smashing Pumpkins had a serious drug problem, especially with

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Music News 

Read Flea’s op-ed about addiction and the opioid crisis

February 27, 2018February 27, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Addiction, Flea, Heroin, Opioids, Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Red Hot Chili Peppers know a thing or two about addiction to opioids and other hard drugs. One of

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Music History 

Forty Years Ago, Keef Was Busted for Smack in Toronto and the Rolling Stones Almost Died

March 3, 2017March 2, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Heroin, Keith Richards, Rolling Stones, Toronto

On February 27, 1977, the RCMP paid a visit to Keith Richards’ room at the Harbour Castle Hilton (now the

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The Book on That Time Keith Richards Was Busted by the RCMP in Toronto

March 31, 2015April 1, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment 1977, Before They Make Me Run, Heroin, Jason Schneider, Keith Richards, Margaret Trudeau, RCMP, Rollings Stones, Toronto

It was February 27, 1977. Working on some kind of tip, cops busted into Keith Richards room at the Harbour

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Music News 

808 State Member Going to Jail for Selling Crack and Heroin

January 11, 2015January 10, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 808 State, Crack, Darren Partington, Heroin

Darren Partington, a DJ with Manchester’s 808 State since 1989, has been jailed for trying to raise money to settle

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Music News 

A Weird Canadian Musical Connection to the Death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman

February 6, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Boogie Nights, Heroin, Michael Penn, Music Video, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Robert Aaron, Robert Vineberg

SPH was one of my all-time favourite actors.  Although he had roles with higher profile roles, his part as a

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