Keith Richards Snorts Father.....
 

Rolling Stones' Keith Richards Admits Snorting Father's Ashes Mixed with Cocaine
By Ray McDonald
04 April 2007

Keith Richards says he once snorted his father's ashes mixed with cocaine. Speaking to the British music magazine "NME," the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist acknowledges ingesting his father's cremated remains.

"My dad wouldn't have cared," he said, "it went down pretty well, and I'm still alive." Richards' father, Bert, died at age 84 in 2002.

The famously hard-living Richards told NME that his survival was the result of luck, and he cautioned young musicians not to emulate him.

"I was number one on the 'who's likely to die' list for 10 years," he said. "I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list."

http://www.voanews.com/english/Enter...4-04-voa33.cfm

By M&C News Apr 4, 2007, 17:00 GMT

Rolling Stone guitarist Keith Richards has said the comments he made during a magazine interview concerning snorting his father’s ashes mixed in his cocaine were meant as a joke.

Rolling Stones representative Bernard Doherty, of LD Communications, issued a statement on behalf of Richards saying the comment was “an off-the-cuff remark, a joke, and it is not true.” Doherty further states the comment should be considered an “April Fool's joke.”

Doherty and Richards have not mentioned why the rocker felt the need to make the comment in the first place. The interview, which appears in the music magazine NME, became a hot topic on the Internet and in the media on Tuesday.


In the interview, Richards, 63, is quoted as saying: “The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father.” The performer further states: “He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared ... It went down pretty well, and I'm still alive.”

Richards also comments on several modern rock acts and refers to them as crap, posers, rubbish. He also jokes about still being alive despite making it on the 'Who's Likely To Die' list for the past ten years

http://music.monstersandcritics.com/...ther%92s_ashes

He said he did WHAT?!?

Quick...issue a public statement saying that he meant it as a joke!!!

But did he get high?

I joke...

Hey nothing wrong with Richards did. If that is what he wanted to do, go for it. If you are that heavily into drugs and you for some reason think snorting your father's ashes will do something for ya by all means.... hmmm never know he could have snorted his dad's essence and wisdom... who knows.

Personally though I couldn't do such a thing.

I still hate Keith Richards though, what he and Mick did to Brian Jones in the 60's was just wrong and sadistic.

I'm more interested in his position on modern music. I find it ironic because, personally, I think the Stones are one of the more over-rated rock bands in history.

Right on up there with U2 - but not quite.

I like them. As individuals. But their music...eh.

I dont really think Keith cares about what other people think...doesnt come across as the type to do "damage control" and issue an apology. But you never know.

I think if thats what he wanted to do, he's not hurting anyone but himself. It is a little sick though.

He has now issued a statement saying it was a joke and he can't believe that people would fall for it.

What a dumbass.

Night owl?

Oh, yeah...how *is* the baby doin'? ;)