As I told you on the Fantasy Wanted!!!Thread I had a band called Oaktree for 15 years. We used to drink a lot during the gigs and there are quite a bunch of moments I'm really not proud of.

I even had a couple of shows I can't recall the last hour of but the audience loved it and as I was told later I did it in a perfect way.But I can't remember a fucking thing which made me mad about myself.

It took us some years to overcome this behaviour(our average age was 23-26 at the time)and a remarkable thing for us was to experience the fact you can play more intensive and closer together when you're sober. A beer or two might be alright before and after the show but if you do it pissed I know by now you loose the ability to really get a connection or feeling to the guys you play with.

I'm not against alc, I love a good glass of Irish whisky or dry red wine and I confess there are a fistful of events per year I'm drunk too(coz it don't takes much to get me there)but I don't like it on stage no more.

A month ago I've seen the Oysterband in Stuttgart with the singer coming on stage like a zombie. You could clearly see that he was pretty pissed. He had another 3 or 4 beers during the show with one of the roadies taking care only for his supply. The music was fine, he sang without any mistakes but the picture he gave to the crowd destroyed at least half of the pleasure they brought to us with their music.

To my opinion too much of anything can be no good.

menzze