Addiction and artistry: 10 stars lost to drugs.

Addiction and artistry: 10 stars lost to drugs.

Brian Wilson

The Beach Boys artistic leader became increasingly erratic and unreliable after taking ever-increasing quantities of LSD in the late 60s as his band’s popularity declined. By the mid-1970s, Wilson was also addicted to cocaine and a Beach Boy in name only, as his brothers Carl and Dennis assumed leadership of the group. He was able to re-emerge clean and sober in the 1980s.


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Todd "Stereo" Williams, entertainment writer based in New York City. He co-founded Thirty 2 Oh 1 Productions, an indie film company.
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