Dear Readers,
The western music of our time and youth age – it may be a blah blah at first sight but actually has some messages for us.
The rock lifestyle has always been popularly known as being associated with sex and drugs. Many of rock and roll's early stars (as well as their jazz and blues counterparts) were known as hard-drinking, hard-living characters. Musicians had always attracted attention from the opposite sex; Groupies, girls who followed, spent time with and often did sexual favours for band members. Drugs were often a huge part of the rock music lifestyle. In the 1960s psychedelic music arose; some musicians encouraged and intended listeners of psychedelic music to be under the influence of LSD or other hallucinogenic drugs as enhancements to the listening experience.
In the 1960s music reflected the tensions of the Vietnam War era and played an important role in American culture. The verbal content of rock songs turned toward rebellion, social protest, sex, and, increasingly, drugs. However, much of the rock and roll cachet associated with drug use dissipated as rock music suffered a series of drug-related deaths, including those of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana (official cause of death is suicide by shotgun wound to the head) and many. The social impact is so large that rock stars are worshipped worldwide. Drugs and rock music is a part of a common youth scene and that both some rock musicians and some rock fans are experimenting with many types of drugs.
Many rock artists, including Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Steven Tyler, Scott Weiland and others, have acknowledged battling addictions to many substances including cocaine and heroin. Samar too condemns the addiction of drugs and helps the society to keep drugs out of our Neighbourhood. For several decades drugs have been one of the major problems of society. This editorial aims to encourage readers to internalize the anti-drug message.
In the language of rockers we say “Stay away from drugs and keep rocking.”
Yours truly,
Editor
The western music of our time and youth age – it may be a blah blah at first sight but actually has some messages for us.
The rock lifestyle has always been popularly known as being associated with sex and drugs. Many of rock and roll's early stars (as well as their jazz and blues counterparts) were known as hard-drinking, hard-living characters. Musicians had always attracted attention from the opposite sex; Groupies, girls who followed, spent time with and often did sexual favours for band members. Drugs were often a huge part of the rock music lifestyle. In the 1960s psychedelic music arose; some musicians encouraged and intended listeners of psychedelic music to be under the influence of LSD or other hallucinogenic drugs as enhancements to the listening experience.
In the 1960s music reflected the tensions of the Vietnam War era and played an important role in American culture. The verbal content of rock songs turned toward rebellion, social protest, sex, and, increasingly, drugs. However, much of the rock and roll cachet associated with drug use dissipated as rock music suffered a series of drug-related deaths, including those of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana (official cause of death is suicide by shotgun wound to the head) and many. The social impact is so large that rock stars are worshipped worldwide. Drugs and rock music is a part of a common youth scene and that both some rock musicians and some rock fans are experimenting with many types of drugs.
Many rock artists, including Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Steven Tyler, Scott Weiland and others, have acknowledged battling addictions to many substances including cocaine and heroin. Samar too condemns the addiction of drugs and helps the society to keep drugs out of our Neighbourhood. For several decades drugs have been one of the major problems of society. This editorial aims to encourage readers to internalize the anti-drug message.
In the language of rockers we say “Stay away from drugs and keep rocking.”
Yours truly,
Editor
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