Post by nonrabbit on Jul 14, 2017 18:50:18 GMT
Ian was a smoker.
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Smoking and the Voice
Gary James interview for Classic Bands.
"Q - It was back in 1984 that you were having problems with your voice while you were playing the Universal Amphitheater. You told the people sitting in the front row, "I have a message for you people in the front row who are smoking marijuana. I've had a real problem with my voice and I'd appreciate it if you'd put that stuff out now!"
Anderson - "...I'm not preaching a moral message telling people what they should or shouldn't take. I'm just saying it is damn inconsiderate to blow your smoke into the face of the person who has to breathe, take four breaths for every one you take, because I'm doing two hours of aerobics on stage. If you went down to your local gym for a workout and if you found people smoking anything in your close vicinity, you would get pissed off too."
Anderson - Well, a strange irony is, there are some singers who rather quite defensively claim that cigarette smoking helps their voice. I've heard it said a few times. Believe me, it doesn't, because if you smoke cigarettes, whether you are a singer or not, if you smoke enough of them you are going to end up with emphysema and a few other problems that definitely won't enhance your singing. Generally speaking, I think if you are a singer, avoid taking much alcohol, don't smoke at all and keep out of smoking environments. That's what most of us in an ideal world would have done all along had we known then what we know now..."
Full Interview
The Peterson Pipe
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Uber Rock interview 26th February 2012
(referring to Spinal Tap)
"Did you think 'Stonehenge' was Jethro Tull?
Anderson - "No, 'Stonehenge' was definitely Black Sabbath and the getting lost in the stage fog was an Ian Gillan moment. Smoking the Peterson pipes and the name Derek Smalls, the character of Harry Shearer - they were Jethro Tull moments. Derek Small being a character you will find on the 'Thick As A Brick' album cover and the 'Passion Play' album cover, and the Peterson pipes were to the best of my knowledge only smoked by three members of Jethro Tull! All of which I pointed out to Harry Shearer when I interviewed him on a live show some years ago, to his acute embarrassment, he'd forgotten where he got it from!
Full Interview
www.peterson.ie/