Randy Blythe

That was about the furthest we made it before we eventually wound up going in tour buses eventually. And we wound up going to California and so forth. So it was very exciting, but it's also a great place to really develop and hone a taste for alcohol and other substances. Because you're not beholden to getting up in the office. And if you are drunk on stage, that was expected. That's the norm.

That was about the furthest we made it before we eventually wound up going in tour buses eventually. And we wound up going to California and so forth. So it was very exciting, but it's also a great place to really develop and hone a taste for alcohol and other substances. Because you're not beholden to getting up in the office. And if you are drunk on stage, that was expected. That's the norm.

That was about the furthest we made it before we eventually wound up going in tour buses eventually. And we wound up going to California and so forth. So it was very exciting, but it's also a great place to really develop and hone a taste for alcohol and other substances. Because you're not beholden to getting up in the office. And if you are drunk on stage, that was expected. That's the norm.

So you could get away with things that people at a normal job simply could not get away with. Right? I mean... Alcohol is my one true love. I managed to never get strung out on drugs. I do not know how because I get a ton of them. But I used to stand on stage and be like, who's got the drugs? Who's got the pills? And like magic, people would... come up and hand me drugs.

So you could get away with things that people at a normal job simply could not get away with. Right? I mean... Alcohol is my one true love. I managed to never get strung out on drugs. I do not know how because I get a ton of them. But I used to stand on stage and be like, who's got the drugs? Who's got the pills? And like magic, people would... come up and hand me drugs.

So you could get away with things that people at a normal job simply could not get away with. Right? I mean... Alcohol is my one true love. I managed to never get strung out on drugs. I do not know how because I get a ton of them. But I used to stand on stage and be like, who's got the drugs? Who's got the pills? And like magic, people would... come up and hand me drugs.

And that's not something you can do in a normal job. If you were going to go into your job at a law firm, you can't just stand up on desk and be like, all right, I want some cocaine. And who's got it? You'd be fired immediately. HR would come in with a security guard and carry you out. So live existing in that sort of environment was a great place to develop my alcoholism.

And that's not something you can do in a normal job. If you were going to go into your job at a law firm, you can't just stand up on desk and be like, all right, I want some cocaine. And who's got it? You'd be fired immediately. HR would come in with a security guard and carry you out. So live existing in that sort of environment was a great place to develop my alcoholism.

And that's not something you can do in a normal job. If you were going to go into your job at a law firm, you can't just stand up on desk and be like, all right, I want some cocaine. And who's got it? You'd be fired immediately. HR would come in with a security guard and carry you out. So live existing in that sort of environment was a great place to develop my alcoholism.

And it was a lot of fun at first until it wasn't.

And it was a lot of fun at first until it wasn't.

And it was a lot of fun at first until it wasn't.

I mean, the part I'm talking about, as you mentioned, I really look at the history of where I'm going and so forth. And I... really love on going on tour i love going to go see where uh writers lived when they were back in their early days of their career for instance ernest hemingway a huge fan very obsessed with his

I mean, the part I'm talking about, as you mentioned, I really look at the history of where I'm going and so forth. And I... really love on going on tour i love going to go see where uh writers lived when they were back in their early days of their career for instance ernest hemingway a huge fan very obsessed with his

I mean, the part I'm talking about, as you mentioned, I really look at the history of where I'm going and so forth. And I... really love on going on tour i love going to go see where uh writers lived when they were back in their early days of their career for instance ernest hemingway a huge fan very obsessed with his

sort of lost generation period when he lived in Paris with Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein and all that stuff. So I'll go to Paris and I will walk the left bank and I will go have a coffee in the Dome or the Select, all the cafes where he wrote. And I'll go see where he lived and

sort of lost generation period when he lived in Paris with Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein and all that stuff. So I'll go to Paris and I will walk the left bank and I will go have a coffee in the Dome or the Select, all the cafes where he wrote. And I'll go see where he lived and

sort of lost generation period when he lived in Paris with Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein and all that stuff. So I'll go to Paris and I will walk the left bank and I will go have a coffee in the Dome or the Select, all the cafes where he wrote. And I'll go see where he lived and

Or I've been in Santiago in Chile and I will go to Las Chascona, which is Pablo Neruda's house in outside Santiago, one of his residences, and go through there and just look at the environment in which he created, in which he wrote. Or one of my favorite more modern authors, this guy Pat Conroy, who's a masterful storyteller from Beaufort, South Carolina.

Or I've been in Santiago in Chile and I will go to Las Chascona, which is Pablo Neruda's house in outside Santiago, one of his residences, and go through there and just look at the environment in which he created, in which he wrote. Or one of my favorite more modern authors, this guy Pat Conroy, who's a masterful storyteller from Beaufort, South Carolina.