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3 unusual facts about Diary of a Drug Fiend


Diary of a Drug Fiend

The American band The Lemonheads recorded a song called "My Drug Buddy", based on this book, on their 1992 album It's a Shame About Ray.

Musician Marilyn Manson included a song entitled "Diary of a Dope Fiend" on his 1995 album Smells Like Children, which may have been, among other aspects of Manson's career, influenced by Crowley's writings.

Diary of a Drug Fiend, published in 1922, was occult writer and mystic Aleister Crowley's first published novel, and is also reportedly the earliest known reference to the Abbey of Thelema in Sicily.


Dope Hat

The song was remixed on their 1995 album, Smells Like Children, under the titles of "Diary of a Dope Fiend" (reference to the Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley) (a slower, more ominous version) and "Dance of the Dope Hats" (a faster and more synthesized version).


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