HEAVY ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AMONGST MUSICIANS
There is a longstanding interest in the connections amongst entertainers and entertainment with alcohol and different types of substance use and abuse. To date nonetheless, the article on entertainers’ relationship with alcohol has predominantly been quantitative and centered around superstars. For instance, alcohol, frequently in conjunction with different substances, has been observed to be a contributory factor in the untimely mortality of popular entertainers.
From examining entertainers’ autobiographies, Oksanen (2012) claims the “merely drunk and drugged” demigod “living fast and dying young” is never again adequate to be considered genuine, contending that surviving compulsion has replaced the ‘Cult of Death’ as a key subject in the entertainment industry, solidifying the “transgressive side of these books [that] sells them”. These collections of memoirs depict unreasonable drinking, alcohol addiction and alcohol recovery more ordinarily than the utilization of, and recuperation from, different substances.
The inquiry of self-choice was raised by Plant (1977) who explored the post-war writing looking at ‘alcohol addiction’ levels with occupations. Among the occupations with higher alcohol abuse rates were “musicians”, however, it was hazy then whether self-determination factors or employment weights were capable. All the more as of late, the philanthropy Help Musicians UK directed a review of expert performers which found that 45% of respondents detailed encountering issues with alcohol. Music researchers have recognized performers as ‘sensation-seekers’ and it has been recommended that the ways of life of gigging entertainers’ encourage expanded alcohol use in light of business-related emotional well-being issues. In any case, the exact routes by which entertainers’ drinking conduct is molded by their working conditions, instead of individual elements, stays obscure. The present undertaking endeavors to fill this vacuum, by leading subjective meetings with an example of gigging entertainers who perform in the bar/club scene of Glasgow, Scotland. This examination purposefully goes past rock-musicians, to incorporate different kinds of entertainer, DJs and variety acts who share a similar alcohol authorized spaces and maybe likewise comparative ‘transgressive hopes’. In any case, in our examination, it before long ended up evident that while the nearness of entertainers inside authorized premises may build the general population’s presentation to alcohol to some degree, being on authorized premises expanded entertainers’ introduction to alcohol to a substantially much greater degree.