If you ever wondered what the career of a roadie might be (particularly in the nutso days of the 80's), check out this article. I was reading large part of the article laughing to myself, wondering how this guy is still managing to draw breath.

He's contracted gonorrhea (six times), crabs (four times), syphilis (three times) and herpes. For more than a decade and a half, with lab-rat consistency, Hickey carpet-bombed his cortex with enough pills to stock a hypochondriac's medicine cabinet. At 15, he established himself as Boston's hardest-working rock serf, unloading equipment for bands like Motorhead and Twisted Sister at almost every club in town. At 17, he lived a louder, crueler, dramatically less uplifting version of Cameron Crowe's rock 'n' roll heartwarmer Almost Famous, joining Megadeth on tour as a roadie...

Now I know that not all roadies are even vaguely like this guy, but it does make for interesting reading.