Heroin addicts regret recreational use of Blur back catalogue
Rueful heroin addict Simon Williams, 46, has described his past use of Blurâs music as âpart of me growing upâ. The wasted former IT worker said he did not âtotally see it as a mistakeâ and that he had initially looked upon the band as âvery creative.â âYou have to understand the times,â Williams told us. âBritpop in 1995 was regarded as something harmless, positive even.â âOne day I came home to find a copy of Park Life on the coffee table. People were passing it around and having a listen. I was as curious as anybody else.â âIt started with just a few brief plays on my friendâs turntable, but it wasnât long before I found myself humming along.â âWhat started out as sympathetic humming, swiftly escalated into the tapping of my feet and an urge to move my body rhythmically.â âPretty soon I was listening to other Britpop acts like Pulp and even â God help me â Menswear.â âWhen Blur released their follow up, âThe Great Escapeâ, I was down to my last tenner. Iâd become withdrawn and spent most days hiding behind my fringe.â âPretty soon I was injecting Albarn directly into my cock. Thatâs when I realised I had a problem.â âThe hardest part is knowing that I got many of my friends hooked on Blur, either by CD or file-sharing. Some of them didnât make it.â Last night, Williams remained philosophical about his former life. âEven during the worst of my excesses, I was clear-sighted enough to recognise Think Tank as a crock of shit.â