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The Srokes' Albert Hammond Jr has opened up further about his struggle with drug addiction and how it affected the band.
Recently admitting that he had been shooting Heroin, Cocaine and Ketamine 20 times a day, in a recent interview with The Talks, the now solo artist revealed how the band reacted to his heavy drug use and how deep the issues had gotten.
Speaking of his experiences whilst abusing drugs, he said "You know, I reached points where I was insane, hearing voices because I was up for so long, moving stuff around and locking myself in my room for long periods of time. I became in love with that very dark side of it, I became in love with the process of intravenous use, even more so than the drugs, just the process of pushing something in there."
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When asked about how his bandmates felt in regards to his drug problems, he explained that they would speak to him as a friend, not a band member and how they were concerned that he was just going to kill himself. "Everyone just told me as a friend, 'I don't want to see you like this. Forget the band.' "
He continued, "I wasn't going to kill myself on purpose, but you reach a point where you really just don't see it and you just don't care."
Now clean, Albert Hammond Jr is focusing on his music, having told Gigwise that he's been inspired by the likes of Arctic Monkeys and Yeah Yeah Yeah's on his new record, AHJ (out now).
Read our full interview with him here.
