FLEETWOOD MAC: The Madness Of Peter Green (The Munich Story Explained)

THANK YOU for this. Most sources beat around the bush on this story, but you’ve really put in a simple message. This is extremely important and hit me very deeply. Thanks again

Spiking is one of the most heinous things anyone can do

I met Peter when we were both on Loose Ends on Radio 4. He was a sweet, gentle guy. BIll Drummond of the KLF was on the same show, we both got Peter's autograph. Thanks for another great video, always compelling.

Spot on. It's heinous that the Grateful Dead crew would spike drinks with LSD. They saw it as comedy. There's a story in Phil Lesh's book about them spiking bottles of Heineken for the security when they played in Germany. He thought it was funny that he saw a police officer with a pool of piss at his feet and scared out of his mind. There's major karmic retribution for these actions.

I'm a recovering freelance pharmaceutical stuntman, and I've seen drugs destroy far more people than help them. If you're susceptible to it, then you're in trouble. I've seen people develop psychosis from speed, weed, and acid. It's pure luck that I'm not permanently altered, but when you're young, you think you're invincible, that nothing will happen, and it's only decades later when you look back and realise it. I enjoyed every stupid, hedonistic minute of it, but I escaped unscathed. I know people who are deeply messed up who didn't dive in with both feet like I did.

What effect did the electro shock therapy he was subjected to have on his condition? It arguably made things exponentially worse. Has there ever been any accountability or reckoning for the doctors (and the health system) who had him institutionalized and essentially ran experiments on him based on junk science that today we would consider abusive?

I love Peter Green and the music he gave us. A man of pure talent and those studio and live songs he did with them are hard to top.

I'm glad you're making videos like this. I am a music teacher, and try to convince my young students why taking drugs is not going to help anyone be a better musician.

Early Fleetwood Mac is some of the most important music of my lifetime, I was so blessed that my father showed me these things at a young age ❤

A few similarities between Peter Green and Syd Barrett here. So creative, so fluid, so in the zone and so not needing LSD to open them up any more.

My favourite era from Fleetwood Mac's career. I adore Peter Green and Danny Kirwan together and Jeremy Spencer is very talented, yet so underrated. Then Play On is one of my top favourite albums of all time. I'd also call it my favourite guitar album as it did make a very special impact on me when I was learning lead guitar. It was such a tragic shame through Peter's and Danny's mental health after the incident and their time with FM. Danny's being different to Peter's but it was still awful. Their signature, inspirational sounds of playing guitar still is mesmerising and always will be.

Brilliant as always James, and so true. I’ve always felt absolutely livid about the tragedy that fell on Peter Green. Such a major loss to music, and his story is truly heartbreaking. I believe he was a lovely chap but a tortured soul who as you say fell victim to his own success. Another great documentary and one everyone should watch, listen and take heed. Thank you mate. RIP Peter Green. 🙏🏻

I was playing in San Francisco 1966 to 69 acid was legal. People thought they could fly were jumping out of windows and there was all kinds of bad trips. This is I feel what happened to Peter Green absolutely one of the greatest blues guitar players ever and definitely the first in the UK. I spoke with jimmy page once and he had a great amount of respect for Peter green. His singing was also something that was spectacular complementing his musicality as a guitar player. I saw the band in maybe 67 at the shrine auditorium. It’s always been a heartbreaking Riddle what happened to Peter Green

Jan 17, 1970 I was in the Seattle's Eagle's auditorium right balcony right over Peter Green's head as they did Fleetwood Mac performed the Play On album performance.

Great research as always. Would love to see one on Syd Barrett

Even if you do take LSD illegally (not recommending it) you should at least know about it. Spiking people is disgusting. Period.

Great video as usual. Often bring up Peter's story on a Friday night down the pub. Generally no one is interested and just go back to discussing the footy but at least I try! Stellar video and well researched

Thanks James. This is the most insightful analysis of what happened to Peter that I've seen so far. For background, I turned 18 in in 1970, and being an aspiring Brit blues guitarist (still am) was a huge fan, had their first two albums. I had a similar experience with psychedelics after a horrendous trip almost destroyed my ego for a couple of years. Long story short, I made it out the other end, older and somewhat wiser. I dropped acid one more time after that just to see what would happen; maybe I wasn't that much wiser after all! Things to mention: I don't think you put enough emphasis on the part that money and success played. In my case, if I hadn't had to pull something together due to having to make some kind of living I'd have been on that same, long hard road downhill. Thanks again , Mark.

Good Day. Excellent & Sad. So many "great ones" have come and gone. I was born in 1952, and lived a time of wonderful musical happenings. I started playing drums in 1963 and music has always been a central part of my life. Thank You & Best Regards 🎶

Peter Green had such perfect tone and was a brilliant song writer