The Mu-Mesons, Led by (at the time) Psychiatric Nurse and ex SPK member Jaimie Leonarder.
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/adlib/stories/s874828.htm
The Mu-Mesons, Led by (at the time) Psychiatric Nurse and ex SPK member Jaimie Leonarder.
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/adlib/stories/s874828.htm
“Pleasure and pain can be experienced simultaneously,” she said, gently massaging my back as we listened to her Coldplay CD.
from the BFC site: "Yes, alcoholism is a behavioral disorder and is so classified in the diagnostic manual of mental disorders. In this sense, it is a mental illness vs. a physical sickness. Recovery occurs through treatment that includes supportive, educational, group, family and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) therapy as well as psychotherapy. These target the mind, not the body.
So yes, alcoholism is a mental illness, highly treatable with excellent results. Left untreated, medical complications and alcohol-related problems and injuries account for one of the major causes of death in the United States and elsewhere where alcoholic beverages are used."
A lot of those ex-pats in the late 60s were avoiding the draft, and faking insanity may have been a part of that too, so I've always taken the Mooney story with a grain of salt.
I always liked Iggy Pop's story. He's in a room full of naked men about to get their draft physicals, and he goes into the men's room and beats off till he has a huge erection (The Igster's, er...unit is legendary) then goes back in and acts all ghey in front of the Army physicians. It worked, they sent him home.
And wasn't it one of the Allman Brothers who had a friend shoot him in the foot to get out of the draft? I know I read that someplace.
In retrospect, jetting off to Germany to sing for a rock band wasn't a bad alternative. Easier than having someone shoot you!
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Both Peter Green and Danny Kirwan became mentally ill, sadly. There was magic when they were in Fleetwood Mac.
Didn't Springsteen also avoid the draft ....not sure if he feigned a mental ilness though ?
Does 'They're coming to take me away', the 1966 hit by Napoleon XIV, qualify?
To clarify, here's something Mayoclinic.com says:
"It's possible to have a problem with alcohol, even when it has not progressed to the point of alcoholism. Problem drinking means you drink too much at times, causing repeated problems in your life, although you're not completely dependent on alcohol."
How about Robert Calvert? No sure he ever wrote about it.
Paul Simon and Billy Joel. They had to be cuckoo to think anyone would want to hear those crappy records.
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Lou Reed underwent electro-shock therapy.
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1956 actually. But his "mental illness" was "homosexual tendencies" so I'm not sure that outdated concept of mental illness fits this thread exactly. But shit, fucking electro-shock therapy!
I copied this from Wiki but I personally read PLEASE KILL ME, so I can vouch for the authenticity of the quote.
They put the thing down your throat so you don't swallow your tongue, and they put electrodes on your head. That's what was recommended in Rockland County to discourage homosexual feelings. The effect is that you lose your memory and become a vegetable. You can't read a book because you get to page 17 and have to go right back to page one again."
—Lou Reed quoted in Please Kill Me (1996)[11]
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