‘Behind everything was this lingering drug situation’: Chris Stein on Blondie’s heyday

‘Behind everything was this lingering drug situation’: Chris Stein on Blondie’s heyday

In an extract from his new memoir, Under a Rock, the musician reflects on the practical problems of fame in the late 70s: crowds, cocaine and getting caught with it

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We were really big stars now and it was very weird. I’m a very optimistic person and through this all, I always perhaps egomaniacally assumed that everything we did would be successful. At the same time the pressures were immense and for me getting stoned definitely buffered me from a lot of tensions and helped me tunnel- vision more of it.

Debbie met Jane Fonda, and one afternoon, Jane and Kris Kristofferson, who were filming Rollover, came to our apartment and we sat around smoking weed and watching The Tin Drum. I would just keep smoking indefinitely, and by then I always had really great pot. I generally leaned towards indica if I could get it.

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