Apart from sex and rape, rock music encourages drug abuse. As
far back as 1969, Time magazine (September 26) commented, "Rock
musicians use drugs frequently and openly and their compositions
are riddled with references to drugs." Songs such as Velvet
Underground's "Heroin" helped encourage some young people to
experiment with drugs, not infrequently with tragic consequences
(John Cale, Spin, May 1990 p. 30). As reported in Life magazine,
(October 3, 1969), Jimi Hendrix, whose basic philosophy was one
of unbridled sex and drug use, commented, "You can hypnotize
people with music and when you get them at their weakest point,
you can preach into the subconscious what we want to say." But
many famous rock stars have paid a price for their drug abuse.
Among the dead are Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, Sid
Vicious of the Sex Pistols, Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys,
Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison of The Doors, Elvis Presley, Janice
Joplin, Bon Scott of AC/DC, Frankie Lymon, Tim Harden, Phil
Lynott of Thin Lizzie and