Mike Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Keith Richards says he snorted his father's ashes By Associated PressLONDON (AP) - Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all. In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father's ashes mixed with cocaine. "The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father," Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine NME. "He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared," he said. "... It went down pretty well, and I'm still alive." Richards' father, Bert, died in 2002, at 84. Richards, one of rock's legendary wild men, told the magazine that his survival was the result of luck, and advised young musicians against trying to emulate him. "I did it because that was the way I did it. Now people think it's a way of life," he was quoted as saying. "I've no pretensions about immortality," he added. "I'm the same as everyone ... just kind of lucky. "I was No. 1 on the `who's likely to die' list for 10 years. I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list," Richards said. (Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 keep tryin', Keith. You'll kick off some day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry David Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 This headline was a great laugh! It reads like a Monty Python skit! HILARIOUS. And, eerily, probably true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 I´m sure he told himself "Hey, I never tried this before... let´s have a sniff..." . Or it´s just a lie. Morbid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 I have a hard time believing this, but if it's true, he's even more of an idiot than I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 KEITH RULES!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 God bless Keef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Rock and roll...sex, drugs, and ashes?? This being Keith Richards, most people probably didn't even blink an eye. Definately number one bad boy of rock and roll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Keith is a little bit like the Mummy...if he sucks someone dry, he just gets more life force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 The Richards Family (Dad some 20 years before being sniffed by his son Keith) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 He sniffed his father, as his father sniffed his father before him, as his father sniffed his father before him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 This whole thing would be really creepy if it was anyone but Keith. Somehow he makes it cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 I dunno, I don´t think everything he does is funny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvish Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Hmmm....now I'm tempted to mix a bit of my dad in my coffee. He probably wouldn't sweeten it, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 I used my father's ashes in the cat's litter box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvish Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 I snuck some of my dad's ashes into my sister's luggage when she went to Jamaica last month. She didn't wanna take him because she was worried customs would think he was drugs. Little did we know he was actually snortable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 I could never do such a thing, my father would hate to see me sniffing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Keith's Dad is a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 I was talking about this with some friends today. Everyone else was grossed out. I think it's freaking awesome, if it's true. Maybe it's because even before this, I had decided that when I die I would be cremated and each of my friends and family would do a line of me. I'm sick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Maybe it's true, maybe it isn't. I could easily see it being a PR stunt. I could just as easily see Keith lining Dad up on the table. Keith is Keith. Rock on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry David Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 (edited) Okay, Keith has spoken. Says it was a joke. Actually Pops is under a tree and happy about that. I still am glad they printed it because I got lots of chuckles out of it. For some reason, I find Keith's adventures hysterical. He stated that the only reason he would do coke at this time in his life would be if he wanted to kill himself. What is this? Keith growing up to be an adult? Edited April 5, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Father Nose Best... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 He stated that the only reason he would do coke at this time in his life would be if he wanted to kill himself. What is this? Keith growing up to be an adult? No. Keith growing up to be 63... at some age you cannot take any more cocaine nor heroine again. Your body just won´t react the same way. His liver could collapse in just three days, he wouldn´t feel the same when on dope (he would fel actually bad) and it would really be a bad trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Father Nose Best... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Father Nose Best... How comes I missed another wonderful post by RonJon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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