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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Bails View Post
    Is alcoholism a mental illness? Or just a symptom of mental illness?
    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."

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    Ozzy is fucking nuts no matter how you look at it. Partially drugs I'd say, but I think they just pushed him further!
    Ozzy is possibly oligophrenic, he behaves and speaks very convincing in that way, but even more likely he seems to be an MDP patient.

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by ItalProgRules View Post
    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.
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    Both Peter Green and Danny Kirwan became mentally ill, sadly. There was magic when they were in Fleetwood Mac.

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    Didn't Springsteen also avoid the draft ....not sure if he feigned a mental ilness though ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rapidfirerob View Post
    Both Peter Green and Danny Kirwan became mentally ill, sadly. There was magic when they were in Fleetwood Mac.
    Indeed there was.

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    Does 'They're coming to take me away', the 1966 hit by Napoleon XIV, qualify?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Bails View Post
    Is alcoholism a mental illness? Or just a symptom of mental illness?
    Often it's neither of these.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ceuyoyi View Post
    Does 'They're coming to take me away', the 1966 hit by Napoleon XIV, qualify?
    Or the B side which is the song played backwards.

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    I'd say Jim Morrison was a little bit funky

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    Quote Originally Posted by dgtlman View Post
    I'd say Jim Morrison was a little bit funky
    But not as funky as James Brown.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JKL2000 View Post
    Often it's neither of these.
    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."

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    How about Robert Calvert? No sure he ever wrote about it.

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    Paul Simon and Billy Joel. They had to be cuckoo to think anyone would want to hear those crappy records.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R. Totale III View Post
    Paul Simon and Billy Joel. They had to be cuckoo to think anyone would want to hear those crappy records.
    Yeah, they're crazy.

    Crazy, multi-million-copy-selling insane.
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    Still Crazy After All These Years

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    Quote Originally Posted by dgtlman View Post
    I'd say Jim Morrison was a little bit funky
    Jim had borderline personality disorder.

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    Lou Reed underwent electro-shock therapy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ItalProgRules View Post
    Lou Reed underwent electro-shock therapy.
    Never knew that !!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ItalProgRules View Post
    Lou Reed underwent electro-shock therapy.
    before or after he met Laurie Anderson?

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    Quote Originally Posted by davis View Post
    before or after he met Laurie Anderson?


    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Lou Reed View Post
    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.
    Pretty sure that would discourage me!

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    Quote Originally Posted by rcarlberg View Post
    Pretty sure that would discourage me!
    Its still commonly used in psychiatric hospitals! Thankfully lobotomys arn't! The guy who invented that shit even won the Noble Piece Prize !

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