{"id":184,"date":"2011-02-27T19:03:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T19:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/losangelesrockstartherapy.com\/Entertainment-Industry-Therapist-and-Counselor\/?p=184"},"modified":"2019-02-02T07:10:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T07:10:34","slug":"band-dynamics-coping-with-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockstartherapy.com\/Entertainment-Industry-Therapist-and-Counselor\/addiction\/band-dynamics-coping-with-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Band Dynamics – Coping with Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Albert Hammond Jr: “I was hardcore junkie”<\/h2>\n

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The guitarist is known for being in rock band The Strokes, but has also released two records on his own. His last offering \u00bfC\u00f3mo Te Llama? hit stores in 2008, but memories of it are mixed for Albert.<\/p>\n

He was taking drugs at the time it was recorded and his addiction has affected his relationships with The Strokes bandmates Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti. The group took time out after the release of their 2006 LP First Impressions of Earth and the subsequent tour as relations had become so strained, largely down to Albert\u2019s drug use and feelings of dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt that point [the end of the tour] I was a year into doing pretty hard drugs, but I still wasn\u2019t that crazy yet. Super craziness came at the end of my first solo record and the beginning of my second one,\u201d Albert told Q. \u201cI was a full-on junkie by the second solo record. Everyone says those records sound happy, but I was a total f**king junkie. I\u2019m just telling you factually what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Albert refuses to discuss which substances he took, although he did check into rehab in 2009. That decision delayed work on the latest Strokes album Angels, which was released last month.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe don\u2019t need to get into that,\u201d he replied, when asked what drugs he was taking. \u201cI came close to some pretty heavy sh*t, man. I never thought I\u2019d do that, but I\u2019ve definitely seen the dark part of my soul\u2026 I like it there! I can\u2019t be there, but it has it\u2019s\u2026 it definitely gave me something. I can\u2019t quite put my finger on it\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Albert now feels better equipped to cope with life and can see why he turned to drugs in the first place. He claims he \u201cchecked out\u201d when The Strokes began recording First Impressions of Earth, but didn\u2019t talk to anyone about it. Taking substances was his way of dealing with it, and this eventually had a profound effect on the whole group.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m living in a different place and that\u2019s why I can speak about it,\u201d he explained. \u201cI became a drug weirdo because of my own anger and when you\u2019re angry with yourself and you\u2019re ingesting a lot of drugs, it doesn\u2019t help any sense of dialogue and you just feel isolated.\u201d<\/p>\n

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