Final Project Progress

My topic is how fame can bring about the destruction of a rock star, and I'm currently reading Scar Tissue, which is about Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. So far, it's a fantastic book that truly gives insight into his life and has countless examples of the self destruction that fame creates. For instance, Kiedis writes, "When you're doing a lot of alcohol or cocaine, your thinking becomes skewed and you're willing to do a lot of thing you normally wouldn't" (Kiedis 157). This just shows that because the Peppers became hugely famous, they were able to drink, do drugs, and party every night for free. This is very useful for my final paper and it is also a sad fact of life. I saw an extreme example of over the top drug use when I saw what was left of the band Sublime last weekend. They used to be on top of the world in the early 90s, and then their lead singer, Bradley Nowell, died of a heroin overdose. They were playing a tribute tour for him and everybody just wished he could still be there, playing his famous songs.