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Republic Of Loose are one of the most exciting bands to emerge from Ireland during the last decade with one of the most charismatic lead singers ever to bestride a stage in the country.
Jason O'Toole, 20 May 2008
But has there ever been a drug that hindered his creative process?
Pyro doesn’t have to mull the question over.
“LSD. Other drugs can mess with your body and mind but I think LSD is one drug that can really mess with your soul. I had very bad experiences with Acid. I took it six or seven times when I was young . I remember Fr Michael Cleary coming into school and saying the same thing: ‘Listen, lads, if you take one thing out of this class today I want it to be this – you can take any fucking drug – but I wouldn’t advise you to take any of them – but stay away from acid.’ He said it was the one drug to never go near.
“If anybody was going to take acid, I would say fucking don’t,” he adds. “I wouldn’t go near anything hallucinogenic. I haven’t taken heroin. When you see people taking heroin it’s almost like there’s a suicide vibe off it. I like drugs that celebrate life. I like life. I’m glad to be alive. God gave me a gift of life and I don’t want to fuck with it... Heroin is like taking a false leap, what’s the point in that? I don’t get the fucking point in it.”
And what about cocaine?
“I’ve written some deadly lyrics in that state (on coke). Anything can help you. Keith Richards was on smack when he wrote Exile On Main Street. Nobody wants to admit that it helped him write it, but it probably did. Any substance can help or hinder you. I think cocaine is a one way street in which you are fucked once you start off with it. It’s just basically about building up your ego and once your ego gets to a certain level it is just going to crash. And when it crashes you’re fucked. I try not to do it very much. I’ve seen it wrecking people’s lives. People are taking so much coke in this country that it’s fucking insane. It scares me.”
Pyro describes himself as a Libertarian. All drugs, he says, should be legalised. It makes his blood boil just thinking about how the government can dictate what you’re allowed to put into your own body.
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