Mike Campbell explains why he never faced Tom Petty on heroin addiction

Tom PettyThe problems of substance abuse of the 1990s were a fight that had to fight alone.

Mike Campbellfor which the main guitarist was Tom Petty and HeartBreakers Since the establishment of the band from 1976 to Petty’s Death in 2017, it has opened about its regretted band colleague in a new memory and in a new interview, saying that Petty was stubborn when life came outside the group.

Campbell, 75 years old, said Independent That when Petty started using heroin in the 90s, she knew that the intervention would fall on the deaf ears.

“It would have been that way.” Tom, I’m worried about you. It hurts. Maybe you should think about cleaning, “Campbell said.” (Then) Tom would have said, “What the hell Mike should say about me? It’s my job. Leave it in peace.” You couldn’t talk to Tom in anything. ”

The rocker added that Heartbreakers followed a general rule that “when you are not on stage or in the studio, it is your business.”

“I had no touch-woman discussions,” he said. “We are guys.”

Petty first revealed the fight with addiction in the 2015 book Petty: biography by Warren Zanes. In the book, Zanes writes that Petty felt that drugs had played a “dirty trick” on him and avoided talking about the consumption of heroin for years, as he feared the example he would have put on the public.

Petty says in the book that she was a “clandestine drug addict” and that she was annoyed with Rick Rubin because she told her children about Petty’s drug use.

“You realize one day,”, I’m lost, “he says. “I wanted to give up. The use of heroin went against my cereals. I didn’t want to be enslaved to anything … I tried to go cold turkey and that will not work. It’s a bad thing. But you can’t.

Finally, Petty confessed to a doctor and was hospitalized and passed through a detoxification program that helped him hit the custom. He credited the support of his wife, Dana, helping him go through the difficult time.

The “American Girl” rocker was 66 years old when he died in 2017 due to an accidental overdose of drugs, including fentanel and oxycodone. His family said in a statement that he has to do with a number of health problems, including a fractured hip and that the “unbearable” pain of the injuries “was the cause for his use of medicines”.

Campbell, which is now the frontman The Dirty Knobs, described Petty’s death as “very hard” for the independent and said that “he is still sad”.

The musician launched his book Heartbreaker: a memory Tuesday, March 18th.

“This is my book,” he said in a statement. “It is the story of a poor child in Jacksonville, Florida, who realized a dream through music. It is a long journey through hard work, dedication and luck. The gifts of the guitar and writing the songs was my inspiration and purpose. It is a story, redemption and gratitude, I can do it. a love work.

If you or someone you know you are experiencing substance abuse please contact the Samhsa assistance line at 1-800-662-Help.