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PEOPLE & ARTS Wednesday 10 OctOber 2018
Eagles' Joe Walsh tells his addiction story at gala evening

By LEANNE ITALIE caine," Walsh said, until he
Associated Press hit rock bottom. "I burned
NEW YORK (AP) — Joe and all the bridges. Nobody
Marjorie Walsh were hon- wanted to work with me. I
ored Monday night by the was angry. ... I turned into
nonprofit Facing Addic- this godless, hateful thing."
tion with NCADD for their That's when he sought the
support of the recovery help of Alcoholics Anony-
movement and their efforts mous. There, "I met some
to raise awareness about old timers," he said, his
drug and alcohol abuse. voice cracking at times.
And they got a little help "Gradually they showed
from their friends, namely me that I'm not a unique
the Eagle's brother-in-law, individual, one-of-a-kind
Ringo Starr, Vince Gill and person. I'm just an alcohol-
Michael McDonald, during ic, and for the first time in
a fundraising gala support- my life I felt like I was some-
ing the work of the recent- where where I belonged."
ly combined advocacy Walsh said he chose to
groups offering a range of drop the traditional ano-
services and programs fo- nymity of AA members to
cused on prevention, treat- help others, and because
ment and reform. "most of the world knew I
The soon to be 70-year- Honoree Joe Walsh performs at the Facing Addiction with NCADD (National Council on Alcohol- was a mess anyway."
old Walsh, with a lift from ism and Drug Dependence) gala at the Rainbow Room on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, in New York. Walsh and his wife, who is
Gill, McDonald and the Associated Press the sister of Bach Starkey,
younger Butch Walker, en- helped launch Facing Ad-
tertained the crowd under many of whom have been kids, and because of that I "a couple beers," he could. diction on the National
the twinkling chandeliers touched in some way by was terrified. I was truly ter- "That planted the seed. I Mall in Washington, D.C.,
of the Rainbow Room with addiction. He told of his rified because I felt stupid thought alcohol was a win- in 2015. The National Coun-
a few rock standards, in- rocky childhood in the 1950s and alone and that no- ner." In college he came cil on Alcoholism and Drug
cluding Walsh's "Life's Been struggling against what are body understood. ... In my across cocaine and other Dependence was founded
Good," as Ringo and his now recognized as atten- late teenage years I tried to substances and soon be- in 1944. Ringo, also a recov-
wife, Barbara Bach Starkey, tion-deficit disorder, obses- play guitar in front of some gan writing well received ering addict and alcoholic,
watched from a table near sive-compulsive disorder people and I couldn't do albums. "And later on when didn't perform but told The
the small stage. and Asperger's syndrome. it. I was so scared. I could I did an album that didn't Associated Press in an in-
Walsh, sober for 25 years, "There was no awareness not do it. I hyperventilated. do so good I thought, well terview before the evening
told his own story of alcohol of what that was. ... You I started shaking. I started obviously I'm not drinking got under way that he, too,
and drug dependence, as were just difficult. I was dif- crying." nearly as much as I need wants to help people be-
did his wife when she intro- ficult," he said. "I was differ- But Walsh said he eventu- to." "My higher power fore they hit rock bottom.
duced him to the crowd, ent that way from the other ally discovered that after became vodka and co- q

Twenty One Pilots score again with terrific 'Trench'

By MARK KENNEDY of the gate with the throb- No one out there makes
Twenty One Pilots, "Trench" bing bass line of "Jump- music as thrilling as this.
(Fueled By Ramen) suit" with insecurity in the "Trench" is a more low-key
It's going to be hard for lyrics ("I can't believe how album — "Cut My Lip" and
Twenty One Pilots to top the much I hate/ Pressures of "Neon Gravestones" are
success of their last album. a new place roll my way"). slow burners — and Joseph
Every tune on "Blurryface" Then it's on to Dun's kinetic and Dun show maturity in
went gold, platinum or, in drumming on "Levitate," not overworking songs, too.
some cases, multiplatinum a blissed-out and terrific The last track, "Leave the
— the first album to do so in "Morph" and The Killers-like, City," is a piano-driven gem
history. But if anyone's go- falsetto-fueled "My Blood." with understated drum-
ing to do better, it's these Further ahead, there's the ming and ghostly vocals.
two guys from Ohio. reggae-tinged "Nico and Of course, it wouldn't be
"Trench," the 14-track, fifth the Niners," the '80s-sound- a Pilots record without
album from vocalist Tyler ing "The Hype" and the opaque lyrics that connect
Joseph and drummer Josh complex, constantly shift- the songs — "jumpsuit" and
Dun (as well as songwriting ing "Bandito." "neon" — and the album to
help from Paul Meany), is We reach peak Twenty a larger fantasy narrative
every bit as good as "Blur- One Pilots on "Pet Chee- that has spooled out over
ryface," continuing the tah," an exhilarating and several albums and onto
band's genre-bending daffy tune that name- websites. We'll leave all
trademark of tackling vari- checks Jason Statham as those clues — references
ous styles and showcasing it mixes techno, rap and This cover image released by Fueled By Ramen shows "Trench," to Dema and the bishops
a knack for songwriting. rock, along with a healthy the latest release by Twenty One Pilots. and Nicolas Bourbaki — to
The band comes fast out dose of reggae and house. Associated Press the fans on Reddit.q