Keith Richards: `I Snorted My Father'

Breitbart via Drudge report ^ | April 03, 2007 | AP

[RDTF]

LONDON (AP) - Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all. In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father's ashes mixed with cocaine.

"The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father," Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine NME.

"He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared," he said. "... It went down pretty well, and I'm still alive."

Richards' father, Bert, died in 2002, at 84.

Richards, one of rock's legendary wild men, told the magazine that his survival was the result of luck, and advised young musicians against trying to emulate him.

"I did it because that was the way I did it. Now people think it's a way of life," he was quoted as saying.

"I've no pretensions about immortality," he added. "I'm the same as everyone ... just kind of lucky.

"I was No. 1 on the `who's likely to die' list for 10 years. I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list," Richards said.

[firebrand]

Perversity knows no bounds. And it loves to pop up where you don’t expect it. That’s part of the fun.

[martin_fierro]

the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father's ashes mixed with cocaine.

That's some Family Line there.

[martin_fierro]

Keith Richards: `I Snorted My Father'

Father Nose Best.

[FReepaholic]

...He’s only 63? He looks like he died about 10 years ago and somebody forgot to tell him. ...

Hell, he's looked like he's 63 for the last 30 years.

[Maneesh]

No Question that he is a sick puppy and is a bad role model as a human being. However he is one of the best rhythm guitar players ever to live and is an inherent part of the Rolling Stones. The Stones are and will be part of rock’n’roll folklore and one of the best bands of all time (especially their stuff in the 60’s and early 70’s). I have seen Richards play several times and he is awesome at live shows. Any sane person would never emulate him in anything except guitar playing and if I ever to not listen to music from degenerate people I would have no music left to listen to. Pink Floyd, Velvet Underground, The Doors, Hendrix, The Who et all have messed up minds but boy were they great musicians. Can we just enjoy the music and not pass moral judgment on everyone. Now if they start political discussion in their concerts like Springsteen or some of our Hollyweird wackjobs then yes I do have a problem and will not see anything by Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, George Clooney or Danny Glover just for starters.

Keith Richards has only been a musician so let’s enjoy his amazing talents while he lives.

[NRA2BFree]

Oh man, how high do you have to be to do something like this, and then admit it? What an imbecile. LOL!

[SmoothTalker]

That is one of the sickest things i’ve ever heard. What a way to disrespect the memory of your father. Disgusting.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

That’s the best photo of Richards.

[BallyBill]

Snorting Keith Richards ashes would probably get you stoned for a millennium.

[I see my hands]

Cartman to Kieth: Cocoa?

[battlegearboat]

I heard it made him coo coo for coconuts.

[CheyennePress]

>>Snorting Keith Richards ashes would probably get you stoned for a millennium.<<

Or cause acute renal failure/hepatic necrosis. Kind of a gamble either way, eh?

[Comstock1]

I have never agreed with a post more. I love Rock music, but sometimes the musicians behind it are some seriously disturbed folk. Of course not at messed up in the head as some of the Folk folk—Joan Baez are you listening?

Then again they say it’s the singer, not the song.

Back to the topic: Eeeewwwww!

And he looks like an old pair of boots.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Damn, Keith. Your face is starting to look like a dry lake.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Damn, Keith. Your face is starting to look like a dry lake.

[TAdams8591]

So absolutely gross and irreverant.

[RDTF]

oh man, not twice! Yikes! LOL

[Hildy]

Keith Richards should will his body to science..cuz whatever he has...should be bottled..this dude should have been dead so long ago..I say more power to him.

[Hildy]

You know he’s going to play Johnny Depp’s Dad in the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Can’t wait!

[Fierce Allegiance]

I want my ashes made onto a fireworks shell and shot out over the ocean.