Randy Blythe

I don't think they think it's cool to be a drunken train wreck anymore. but we did from the heavy metal world. And our band is from that. And even in the more punk rock scene I come from, there's a long history of junkies and so forth.

Yeah. He was 21 years old.

Yeah. He was 21 years old.

Yeah. He was 21 years old.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. So that sort of mythos, I bought into that. Of course I drink. I'm in a heavy metal band.

Yeah. So that sort of mythos, I bought into that. Of course I drink. I'm in a heavy metal band.

Yeah. So that sort of mythos, I bought into that. Of course I drink. I'm in a heavy metal band.

And being a train wreck kind of was expected. So it got worse and worse, though. My band was doing better and better, and I was getting worse and worse until finally in 2010, we were in Australia on tour with Metallica. And I woke up one day, and I looked out on my hotel room balcony, and it was a beautiful day in Australia, Brisbane. And I was like, I don't want to live anymore.

And being a train wreck kind of was expected. So it got worse and worse, though. My band was doing better and better, and I was getting worse and worse until finally in 2010, we were in Australia on tour with Metallica. And I woke up one day, and I looked out on my hotel room balcony, and it was a beautiful day in Australia, Brisbane. And I was like, I don't want to live anymore.

And being a train wreck kind of was expected. So it got worse and worse, though. My band was doing better and better, and I was getting worse and worse until finally in 2010, we were in Australia on tour with Metallica. And I woke up one day, and I looked out on my hotel room balcony, and it was a beautiful day in Australia, Brisbane. And I was like, I don't want to live anymore.

It wasn't like I was suicidal. I just wanted to be erased from existence.

It wasn't like I was suicidal. I just wanted to be erased from existence.

It wasn't like I was suicidal. I just wanted to be erased from existence.

Yeah, done. And then I was like, maybe you stop drinking and doing drugs. Your life might get better. And it did. Yeah. So how did you stop? You just... I stopped and I talked to some of the dudes who were out on that tour who I knew were sober. James Hetfield and some of his guitar techs and stuff. Because they had talked to me.

Yeah, done. And then I was like, maybe you stop drinking and doing drugs. Your life might get better. And it did. Yeah. So how did you stop? You just... I stopped and I talked to some of the dudes who were out on that tour who I knew were sober. James Hetfield and some of his guitar techs and stuff. Because they had talked to me.

Yeah, done. And then I was like, maybe you stop drinking and doing drugs. Your life might get better. And it did. Yeah. So how did you stop? You just... I stopped and I talked to some of the dudes who were out on that tour who I knew were sober. James Hetfield and some of his guitar techs and stuff. Because they had talked to me.

We were on tour in Metallica for about a year over the course of two years back then. And every now and then they'd be like, dude, you might want to dial it back a little bit. Because it partied across America, Europe, then on into New Zealand, Australia. And I knew those dudes were sober. So I went there. I'm like, please. Help. They're like, just breathe, dude.