10 Musicians Who Surprisingly Didn't Die From Drugs

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Жыл бұрын

These musicians dabbled in destructive habits. For this list, we’ll be looking at artists who struggled with a heavy dependency on illegal substances. Our countdown includes Eminem, Steven Tyler, Elton John, and more! Did we forget a performer that grappled with addictive behaviors? Let us know in the comments below.
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@allanfinkelstein122 Жыл бұрын

WHAT ABOUT DEMI LOVATO!!!

@nazbaluyot9245 Жыл бұрын

Never knew eminem took drugs

@54raynor Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Eminem’s sponsor in AA is none other than Sir Elton John.

@GunnaGunner- Жыл бұрын

How about: 10 musicians who over came their drug addiction

@mojo3318 Жыл бұрын

That's a good one.

@KevyNova Жыл бұрын

Not as clickbaity.

@shakeandbake2395 Жыл бұрын

I mean, there's been LOTS of celebrities w drug problems. Plenty it isn't a surprise they cleaned up though bc it never got that serious. Then you have people like Ozzy Osbourne and Nikki sixx, or RDJ looking at actors, where it's a genuine wonder how they made it through that part of their life

@allshallperish1100 Жыл бұрын

That’s pretty much every musician

@yadielenielbellecolon982 Жыл бұрын

That a Great idea 👍💗

@jeffbloch2305 Жыл бұрын

Keith Richards literally took every drug in the book. It’s a miracle that he’s alive and well into his 80s.

@freya8133 Жыл бұрын

He's 79.

@ChekhovBla Жыл бұрын

He is an immortal witch. Not many ppl know, but he is Baba Yaga (or Babushka Yagushka to friends)...

@kauangabriel3657 6 ай бұрын

@@ChekhovBla😂

@GMDTurbo Жыл бұрын

Nothing on this planet can kill Ozzy Osbourne.

@starscreamthecruel8026 Жыл бұрын

Lets hope he doesnt get abducted by aliens then

@gogoyubari366 Жыл бұрын

That's what they said about Lemmy.

@jarrettowens6073 Жыл бұрын

Someone in my bible study told me that Ozzy has a genetic condition that makes him able to survive all that abuse.

@brenclean8918 Жыл бұрын

i believe he got it right when he bit that bat on stage, which was probably Dracula, and he is now a vampire and immortal

@WatchMojo Жыл бұрын

@Jrsw82 Жыл бұрын

Being middle-aged now and having abused drugs and alcohol and cigarettes for two decades which is half my life I can really agree with what Slash said I didn't want to stop but it was either stop or die I'll have two years clean and sober next month 👍

@WatchMojo Жыл бұрын

Good for you!

@christieburris Жыл бұрын

🎉🎉🎉🎉

@Scarlett_Azure Жыл бұрын

Keith Richards is an Immortal being

@tonyraney4167 Жыл бұрын

He’s a Vampire 🧛‍♂️!

@freya8133 Жыл бұрын

And immoral.

@tiananesbitt7156 Жыл бұрын

Just as I said! 🤙

@andrewpappas9311 Жыл бұрын

It still amazes me that Keith is still around, like I’m still convinced that he’s immortal now

@daromirfirunsson Жыл бұрын

Dave Gahan from Depeche Mode was dead for two minutes because of a speedball and survived several suicide attempts.

@MrJacobrezac Жыл бұрын

How in the world is Joe Walsh not on here? He did a tour with Ozzy and neither of them remember it.

@briankirop9316 Жыл бұрын

Why does this feel strange and somewhat wrong😂

@AnotherRandomPasserby Жыл бұрын

Right?!

@shaquillecovington Жыл бұрын

Bc it is wrong

@latonyajefferson9699 Жыл бұрын

I think it's because for the most part, we are all taught that living a drug-fueled lifestyle is a sure fire way to shorten your expected life span. (Side Note: this is a correct assumption the vast majority of the time.) To see these people make it to old age (and beyond) just seems like they've somehow made a deal with the grim reaper to stick around longer than they honestly should have. It makes you question yourself about whether living a moral and healthy life all this time was all it was cracked up to be in comparison to these (seemingly) nigh immortal people. We've all known someone who we felt lived 10 or 20 years longer than they should have, but it was something like their unbridled meanness, stubbornness, or bad habits that kept them around longer than they were wanted.

@shaquillecovington Жыл бұрын

@@latonyajefferson9699 i respect that response. I think the wording of the title comes across wrong.

@Te-Rebel Жыл бұрын

I laughed when I saw the title... sadly

@DukesMusic84 Жыл бұрын

Mental health is EVERYTHING. Always remember that. Be grateful for every day and never forget the importance of sobriety. It HAS to be said, these are 10 very lucky people.

@lynnenewell2016 Жыл бұрын

Today is my 37th year of being sober!

@DukesMusic84 Жыл бұрын

@@lynnenewell2016 That's almost as long as I been alive, congrats

@jonmel Жыл бұрын

You probably could do just one on Keith Richard’s

@WhyteSpaceO Жыл бұрын

Wow, this list is really messed up.

@sarcasmxkate 11 ай бұрын

How Frusciante survived is mindblowing. I mean, obviously most of this list is surprising, but Frusciante allowing himself to not care about public image is almost shocking. What a story he has and what deity he has on his side must be wildly powerful. He looked like death. What a recovery.

@josemiguelcastiblancogomez7723 Ай бұрын

Thanks God ❤

@KevyNova Жыл бұрын

Mick Fleetwood had the biggest band in the world in the ‘70s and made millions and millions of dollars but by the early ‘80s, he was living on a couch in his parents’ basement and didn’t even own a drum set. He said it all went up his nose.

@l.salisbury1253 Жыл бұрын

Needs a volume two! Include: Iggy Pop, Marilyn Manson, Marianne Faithfull...

@elizabethvillanueva1483 Жыл бұрын

Demi Lovato

@gergelynemethkiss5295 Жыл бұрын

Steven Adler.

@aannnnaa1403 11 ай бұрын

Dave Gahan was declared dead for some minutes

@54raynor Жыл бұрын

Slash isn’t even the member of GNR who is most surprisingly still alive. In the mid-1990s, bassist Duff McKagen was drinking so much that his pancreas exploded, leaving him with severe internal burns that would have killed him had he not gotten to the ER. He would have died within a month had he not given up the booze.

@davidmellish3295 Жыл бұрын

Yeah but Steven Addler was the worst out of GNR

@denielsink2105 8 ай бұрын

You needed to put on list Lemmy because even Ozzy Osborne admited he took more drugs than him and he was ok. Even the story when they'd been performing on rock festival AND nobody slept , took drung , on the 4th day Ozzy was walking like a dog with mouth and a tongue . But Lemmy was energetic, with undistortion speach and Osborn asked Him "How did you do this.?" on what Lemmy told "I don't know". So you NEEDED put Lemmy on the list. Also Osborn told "After atomic apocalypse will survive cockroaches and Lemmy" this speaks volumes.

@dragontamer03 Жыл бұрын

Crazy title WatchMojo …

@dragnusu4411 Жыл бұрын

With Ozzy I'm reminded of one of his lines from the 2023 Superbowl commercial for Workday: "I've done my share of bad things, also your share of bad things!"

@candycoatedchump Жыл бұрын

did they like take DNA sample from Ozzie to figure out how he's still alive from all the stuff he's taken?

@rustyrelicsfarm2406 Жыл бұрын

Yes and it's spelled Ozzy.

@stacyfabiszewski4633 Жыл бұрын

Thank goodness for everyone on this list, realized and opened their eyes, I am so happy that everyone didn't die and survived. I'm proud of everyone on this list. God bless you all 🙏❤️🤗

@stone1andonly Жыл бұрын

The album that was based on The Heroin Diaries (and performed by Nikki Sixx's band Sixx A.M.) featured the song Van Nuys, talking about the people and the community where a lot of his substance abuse took place and the immense cost in lost lives.

@godkinghell15 Жыл бұрын

Holy crap that's where I from

@shankarneelgogoi17 Жыл бұрын

Strange topic....

@syria0110 Жыл бұрын

I remember WM making this video YEARS ago, but then a couple of the people on that list ended up dying after it was published (Lemmy from Motörhead comes to mind)

@tarastrasburg1245 Жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention Brian Wilson.

@jaredquinney204 Жыл бұрын

I'm very glad that these musicians survived drugs and alcohol addiction

@mmdehnmm 9 ай бұрын

Dave Gahan from Depeche Mode was also clinically dead, got clean and is back to making music and still performing!

@kadenkobza Жыл бұрын

the fact that most of these people were in grunge and rock says something.

@mage1439 Жыл бұрын

If you watched interviews with John Frusciante when he was doing heroin, it's amazing he came through. He seemed already gone during these interviews, and it didn't look good.

@For2ty Жыл бұрын

I must say this is the best top 10 ever!❤😂

@mojo3318 Жыл бұрын

I had no idea all these musicians did drugs, especially Elton John! It's a good thing they didn't die from them. I didn't know that was Elton singing "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" in the movie. And one of their father's ashes? Oh dear! I'm so sorry for the father! Also, I've seen Steven Tyler on "Two and a Half Men"! I like Stevie Nicks's bangs!

@jarrettowens6073 Жыл бұрын

2:38 I had no idea he did drugs.

@MrMuesli 8 ай бұрын

Have you forgotten Dave Gahan? He was already dead because of drugs but still survived.

@dave1986R 3 ай бұрын

I said this in the comment’s section for the first video of musicians who did not die from drug abuse, and I’ll say it again. Dave Mustaine and Steven Adler should have been on this list. Mustaine was fired from Metallica because of his drinking and drug abuse and was also pronounced dead after a show with Megadeth in the early ‘90’s. Steven Adler was the first original member of Guns N’ Roses to be fired because his heroin addiction rendered him unable to play drums. He also suffers a cocaine induced stroke in the mid ‘90’s. Duff McKagan deserves an honorable mention for surviving alcohol induced pancreatitis.

@Belgiannnn Жыл бұрын

I actually read the Heroin Diaries. Shit was harrowing. He apparently stitched that whole book together based on letters and things he hand wrote throughout his experience.

@elizabethvillanueva1483 Жыл бұрын

I think what I'm surprised about the most is that Demi Lovato wasn't mentioned on this list!

@aaronscrewface Жыл бұрын

That's because Demi Lovato is barely an addict in comparison to everyone on this list.

@aaronscrewface Жыл бұрын

You're sorta comparing thumbtacks to railroad spikes here......

@WhyteSpaceO Жыл бұрын

@Aaron Screwface an addict is an addict there aren't levels to it

@andrewjodon1433 Жыл бұрын

@@WhyteSpaceO maybe not. But she's still not as bad as the people here considering at least half of the artists on this list were bad to the point they SHOULD have died. Unless I've been out of the loop lately I'd like to think she's not at that point. Especially when You're comparing her to people like Ozzy Osbourne, Keith Richards, and Steven Tyler.

@casualfoxx Жыл бұрын

@@WhyteSpaceO as a former opioid addict I would like to inform you that you are extremely wrong about that and there are many levels to addiction!

@lansesteiner3563 Жыл бұрын

Belinda Carlisle, Boy George, Courtney Love

@user-fu2mi1nd5l 28 күн бұрын

Townshend, Page .....

@amandafranklin1914 Жыл бұрын

While he's nowhere near as famous as the people on this list, Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy is one I often think of. I remember that time in the early 2000's when his fans were trying to raise money to get his teeth fixed. Heroin use had ruined them.

@rogerphilhower8448 Жыл бұрын

Let's be honest more than 3/4s of the British 60s hard rockers pickled themselves so bad with drugs and alcohol that they will be around for years to come

@user-fu2mi1nd5l 28 күн бұрын

All that 'pickling did no favors for Bonzo and Moonie

@LieutenantIKim Жыл бұрын

Watchmojo already did this list 9 years ago, and almost all of the artists on that list are still alive

@livy9169 Жыл бұрын

Jeez Watchmojo...chillout

@andreadelbene6488 Жыл бұрын

No Dave Gahan on this list? Seriously?

@allanfinkelstein122 Жыл бұрын

WHAT ABOUT DEMI LOVATO!!!

@bryanfarley8395 Жыл бұрын

I thought Brian Wilson from the beach boys would’ve made the list

@royalfelguard Жыл бұрын

James Hetfield should've at least been an honorable mention.

@robpaxson4455 Жыл бұрын

Jerry Garcia called Aerosmith the druggiest people he’d ever seen…nuff said

@user-fu2mi1nd5l 28 күн бұрын

RIP Captain Trips

@jacobdockter3436 Жыл бұрын

i mean damn Mojo you so cold with this title lol

@brandijo7632 Жыл бұрын

Scream Queen 👑 Hey! Let's give a shout out to Stevie! The White 🤍 Witch 🪄 Herself, who was on one of my favorite Seasons of AHS Coven (Sidenote, Her and Misty Day are my friends and R in my Coven movie 🎥 Stevie Knicks, didn't really find her voice till after she joined Fleetwood Mac, I'm still looking 4 mine. And I didn't find myself till I found Evan and The Andersons..... With Jessica Lange as well, and if you know Practical Magic 🪄 we like 2 stay up late having Midnight Margarita's!

@brandijo7632 Жыл бұрын

Scream Queen 👑 And The Anderson Clan, Glad Ozzy's still around! We like 2 call them The Rockstar Version of us, We loved the PVR commercial,

@thekaraokejen Жыл бұрын

@WatchMojo Just to let you know, Keith Richards was playing “Paint It Black,” not “Paint It Paint.”

@Lanwarder 4 ай бұрын

The fact that you aren't allowed to name specific drugs isn' helping people stay sober in my opinion

@toddlenz404 3 ай бұрын

Yes, there are more. Alice Cooper, David Crosby (The Byrds/CSN/CSNY), Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship), Paul Rodgers (Bad Company/The Firm), Pete Townsend (The Who) Joe Perry of Aerosmith. All have long term recovery. David Crosby died in 2023, clean and sober, after 37 or 38 consecutive years. Steven Tyler recently relapsed after having ten years (again) of abstinence.

@arami187 Жыл бұрын

Now do Wrestlers! #1- Jake the Snake

@rosario508 Жыл бұрын

Actually #1 is Ric Flair

@msoi215 Жыл бұрын

God sent Sharon into Ozzy Osbourne's life to save him from himself

@user-fu2mi1nd5l 28 күн бұрын

GOD?????

@christineparis5607 Жыл бұрын

Jay Leno said we need to make planes like Keith Richard's, he was amazing at not being killed by his many unhealthy habits...he did kick the hard drugs, but still drinks like a fish...I think, not sure now..

@davidmellish3295 Жыл бұрын

He still drinks but it's nothing like how it used to be,he's even stopped smoking after 60 years of it.

@christineparis5607 Жыл бұрын

@@davidmellish3295 Wow! He's a real machine!! I pull weeds in the yard for a half an hour and practically have to be hospitalized! I wish I had some of that wiry, Dartmouth background! People from there (like Keith!) are just made of iron, it's amazing.

@davidmellish3295 Жыл бұрын

@@christineparis5607 well I'm only a 15 miles from Dartford and I'm the same as you 😂 I don't think it's the area,just the fact that Keith clearly has some amazing DNA,( or maybe he sold his soul ?) Who knows,but yes he's incredible, he should have been dead years ago,60 years of smoking,15/20 years of heroin,40+ years of cocaine, 60 + years of drinking, then there was everything else in between, acid,weed,partying, women etc etc It will be a sad day when he finally passes,it makes me sad that in 20 years there won't be any legends left,thankfully we have KZfaq ( the closest thing to a time machine) so their memories and performances live on

@christineparis5607 Жыл бұрын

@@davidmellish3295 You expressed your comment so well! I feel the same, I had to take opiates for several years after cancer surgery and got sick of it, wanted to stop, but I was on some really powerful stuff. I read Keith's book, and thought, "Well, he just written how to get off drugs, I'm going to do it the Uncle Keith way!" and I did! Just cold turkeyed off and very happy not to be subject to others about managing my own pain issues! I've always been incredibly impressed that anyone could get away from years of anything! I've really never wanted to take a bunch of addictive drugs, but since I have, I'm thankful that nothing terrible happened and I was born without an addictive personality.

@RobynRichardsFan1 Жыл бұрын

This is a new low for you guys regarding lists. Consider deleting.

@markstansbury6795 Жыл бұрын

Keith Richards or is it Sir Kieth Richards? This guy is immortal! This guy is one tough sob. Im surprised Ace Frehley is not on here.

@jamesmclaughlin2072 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe you did not mention Boy George. He was very well known to have a massive heroin habit.

@TKDoomslayer Жыл бұрын

Well Elton John would obviously be part of this and he became clean too and that's godly amazing

@JonnySuite13 Жыл бұрын

Each time a celebrity dies, Keith Richards gets the Quickening, think about it.

@harleyshouse431 Жыл бұрын

LOL. I knew number one before I clicked play.

@1TakoyakiStore Жыл бұрын

Surprised Brian Wilson wasn't on this list.

@Revcharge Жыл бұрын

i swear this is a remake of their previous list. they just removed the word "top" from the title and excluded Lemmy.

@dylanlittle7084 Жыл бұрын

How the he'll don't you include David Crosby on this list?! Yeah he's dead but amazingly drugs didn't kill him

@bamacopeland4372 Жыл бұрын

Keith Richards definitely has to be on there. I hope he donates his body to science, so the scientist can run a whole bunch of tests to see how the fuck the man lived as long as he did with all the drugs he took.

@darkknight7545 Жыл бұрын

Keith Richards should be all 10 of these entrants and the other nine be honorable mentions

@whenfatkillsfat803 Жыл бұрын

Hey, Mick! Look at who I outlived today!

@metern 10 ай бұрын

Is it just me who thinks Seven Tyler looks like Jack Sparrow nowadays? 🤣

@RIP19851 Жыл бұрын

Making money is enabler for those stars in every aspect of being a celebrity I am glad a lot of them got cleaned and stayed cleaned

@mickyp2006 Жыл бұрын

No mention of Lemmy? Really?

@brandijo7632 Жыл бұрын

Scream Queen 👑 And The Andersons... We loved 😍 The Reality 😂 Show so much Evan got me an Osbourne Family autograph. (The whole family signed it) Digging a lil deeper to back when I was in Highschool, Ozzy Osbourne/Lita Ford Close your Eyes was always my favorite Ozzy song. Then it became me and Evans song, We loved it So much that we got an Autographed Lita Ford Plaque, That has a pink guitar 🎸 pic, and an actual Concert ticket 🎟️ THIS goes with R Ozzy Osbourne Family autograph

@richardhudson4649 Ай бұрын

The 2 names which are not named but feel like they should be are: Al Jourgensen of Ministry Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode

@josh72456 Жыл бұрын

From list I know Slash, Eminem, Steven Tyler, Ozzy Osbourne, Stevie Nicks, Elton John and Keith Richards.

@kieranmitchelle7948 Жыл бұрын

Shane mcgowen? How the hell is he not on this list

@robertodell3056 Жыл бұрын

Where was Iggy Pop?

@albertmurillo7522 Жыл бұрын

David Gahan of Depeche Mode died and was revived after a heroine overdoes

@ashleyarebalos3741 Жыл бұрын

What about how come some artists aren't in prison?

@jarrettowens6073 Жыл бұрын

1:34 I love his song Psychosocial.

@safahmie 9 ай бұрын

I understand that taking drugs to hide makes a lot of sense I have been sober for two years and have not left my house to hang out with anybody

@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshield Жыл бұрын

This is proof to me that we live in some kind of alternate timeline

@WatchMojo Жыл бұрын

@JacksonOwex Жыл бұрын

1:47 Well, as someone who ALSO grew up in Iowa, there isn't much to do besides drink and do drugs. I know very few people who actually avoided it!

@victorbjorkman5483 Жыл бұрын

Why isn't lemmy on this list?

@danieldjarovich6981 8 ай бұрын

Well, the list mentions Howard Stern, Corey Taylor and Ozzy, but no Lemmy Kilmister, Dave Gahan, Phil Anselmo (yes, I know that he is "sketchy", blah-blah-blah) and Johnny Cash? Meh......

@MikeOutstandin Жыл бұрын

This title tho🔥🔥

@leobacelli3459 Жыл бұрын

Do you know the very first time I started listening to music by George Thorogood in his song bad to the bone I couldn’t help but notice they were smoking a cigar and every time I looked up his profile on Wikipedia I’m surprised he’s still alive, because smoking has a way of killing people, especially if it’s not other drugs, like cocaine and heroin

@taurus_1977 Жыл бұрын

Flavor Flav should have been on this list

@spencerdavies2231 Жыл бұрын

Do you think they were buying the same drugs as the public were, from the streets. No way, they were getting the best, most pure. There was a documentary 20 years ago called the drug laws don't work where they had one addict buying smack from street dealers and the other using medical diamorphine which in theory are both classed as heroin and the difference was massive in their lifestyles and careers. So these guys are just fortunate that they had better drugs

@tjwash5118 Жыл бұрын

Um.. if they aren’t dead yet how do we know they haven’t died of a drug overdose? Things can change real fast in a relapse.

@jonbois9802 Жыл бұрын

The balls on watch mojo

@kawonewilliams1949 Жыл бұрын

Shouldn't it be "died YET....."

@abeldisla.5488 Жыл бұрын

If the Bat which he bite in a concert didn't kill him, this is a proof that Nothing on Earth can hurt Ozzy. Also Keith Richards fell down from a Coconut Tree and Still Alive m

@yadielenielbellecolon982 Жыл бұрын

Good Video🙊🤯😍💕🤩😁

@matthewcox9993 Жыл бұрын

I love Elton, but Bernie was the songwriter for him

@leesashriber5097 Жыл бұрын

Keith Richards is going to out live us all.

@simba8276 Жыл бұрын

This is a crazy topic. Lmaooooooo yo

@PRODUCEDBYKEV Жыл бұрын

We still have Sly Stone & George Clinton with us. Sly is still thought of as royalty (to me, anyway). George is still relevant & active.

@joegagnon2268 3 ай бұрын

5:17😆

@yanizsiswantyo8911 Жыл бұрын

Your forgot Steven "popcorn" Adler from GNR

@TheNicobeCompany 6 ай бұрын

it is so crazy

@brunobuzzatti1134 7 ай бұрын

Man... So many people talking who dont know a thing about drugs.. I dont mean you should learn about it, but it's always the same, if you dont know, dont talk.