And have written songs about their disorder!
I know Nick Drake wrote alot of songs about his mood disorder!
Kurt Cobain & Ian Curtis made reference to mental illness in their lyrics ¡
And have written songs about their disorder!
I know Nick Drake wrote alot of songs about his mood disorder!
Kurt Cobain & Ian Curtis made reference to mental illness in their lyrics ¡
Syd Barrett, poor old Syd. Peter Green. Brian Wilson. Are the 3 obvious ones that spring to mind.
Kristin Hersh
Wild Man Fischer
Roky Erickson ( 13th Floor Elevators and others )
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Woolly Wolstenholme (Bi-polar)
Ted Nugent (not diagnosed but one crazy motherfucker)
Cobain wasn't a mental, just a drug addict.
Well, he committed suicide (allegedly) so there must have been something "wrong" with him.Originally Posted by 80s were ok
Session drummer Jim Gordon, who most famously played with Derek And The Dominoes (and wrote the piano section of Layla) was eventually diagnosed as schizophrenic after he murdered his mother. I read an interview once where I think it was Eric Clapton who said even when they were working on the Layla album, Jim would appear to "talk to people who weren't there", but everyone figured it was just a side effect of whichever drug they believed him to be on (since everybody did drugs back then) and paid no attention to the possibility that it was a symptom of something much more serious.
I believe Skip Spence is also said to have had mental problems, which were made worse by conspicuous drug use.
I also recall reading that Jaco Pastorius was believed to have been bipoloar, or maybe was diagnosed near the end of his life, his condition also exasperated by drug use.
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I should add some narrative too. Very important to the progressive rock community and brilliant keyboardist for Barclay James Harvest who tragically committed suicide three years ago.
For Kurt, it's pretty obvious to anyone he had mental health issues.
Keith Moon certainly has come up
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I blame Wynton, what was the question?
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Did Moon have a mental illness, and did he write songs about it?
Most of us. It's just not always officially diagnosed.
Vivian Stanshall. He was institutionalized for a while. I believe he died in a fire in his house or apartment. While not actually writing songs about his illness, his music and spoken word stuff gave a pretty good indication that he was out there.
Lou
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GG Allin... well, assuming you believe he was an artist.
Kurt was diagnosed as bipolar.
According to his rehab roommate, Gibby Haynes, Kurt was profoundly depressed.
Jim Morrison had borderline personality disorder.
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Daniel Johnston & Ray Davies - bipolar disorder
Deep Soul singer James Carr. His voice was seemingly bottomless. An up-from-the-church powerhouse the likes of which have never been equaled.
"Pouring Water on a Drowning Man" and the disturbingly presciently titled "You Got My Mind Messed Up" were fantastic, jaw-dropping singles. But it was his stunning version of the cheatin' song standard "The Dark End of the Street" that really cements his legacy.
His career was cut short by mental illness, interrupted here and there by doomed comeback attempts before his death.
Even those who are not fans of soul should check Carr's work out...his voice was a once in a lifetime thing to hear.
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Nick Drake?
Amy Winehouse
QFT
Ozzy is fucking nuts no matter how you look at it. Partially drugs I'd say, but I think they just pushed him further!
JG
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Is alcoholism a mental illness? Or just a symptom of mental illness?
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
T.S. McPhee (Groundhogs). The band's 'Split' album supposedly dealt with his schizofrenic tendencies, specially during a German tour.
Malcolm Mooney, Can's first vocalist, would also qualify.
This from Wikipedia:
"Mooney left Can in 1970 on the advice of his psychiatrist, and returned to the United States[1][3] as it was believed that this would be beneficial for his mental health".
I guess his lyric writing would also qualify as writing about his illness, it being so weird an sometimes improvised.
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