David Bowie Helped Me Get Sober, Says Trent Reznor
As part of Rolling Stone's upcoming tribute package to David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor recalls touring with Bowie in the mid-90's, and how the musical legend helped him overcome his addiction to drugs and alcohol.
After detailing the experience of touring with his idol as part of the Outside tour, Reznor describes how his newfound fame pushed him to addiction. "On that tour, I was a mess, quite honestly," Reznor says. "This was the peak of Nine Inch Nails' newfound rocket ship of fame. It distorted my personality and became overwhelming: to deal with having everyone treat you different, to going from not being able to afford a gas bill to show up to arenas full of people, who kind of think they know you. … I wasn't fully aware of how bad it was getting, but I knew, in my heart, that I was on an unsustainable, reckless, self-destructive path."
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