Keith Richards Snorts Dad

Keith Richards said in the latest edition of British magazine NME that "the strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father."

His father was cremated after his death and Keith ground up his ashes with a little cocaine and snorted them. He says,"It went pretty well, and I'm still alive."

Stupid, yes. Bad boy rocker image raised a notch, well yes to that too. I thought people only snorted people's ashes on episodes of Six Feet Under.

Keith did warn other musicians not to try and follow in his footsteps.

"I did it because that was the way I did it. Now people think it's a way of life."

His advice for young bands was, "who do you think you're gonna be? It's a matter of finding out who you wanna be. So to a band, I don't care how old or young they are, find out who you wanna be. If they wanna just be famous, or a star, that's easy, for a day or two, if you wanna be in a band then you'd better check out the shit all the way back."

He went on to tell NME "I've no pretensions about immortality. I'm the same as everyone...just kind of lucky."

Same as everyone? Well, if by everyone you mean people who grind up their loved ones ashes, mix them with coke, and snort them, then yes, you are like everyone. Otherwise I would gander to say that you Keith Richards are a rare and exotic bird to say the least.

Richards' spokewoman said it was a joke, but NME Magazine states it was "no quip, but came about after much thinking" by the rockstar.

"He didn't offer the information, I had to ask him a couple of questions to get the information," the interviewer Mark Beaumont was quoted as saying.

Other revelations from the interview were three things he would never do or try again.

Keith Richards will never try heroin again. "Because I've been there and done that, and it's fucking painful man."

Keith Richards won't climb coconut trees again. In April 2006, Richards was hospitalized for a mild concussion he suffered while vacationing in Fiji after falling out of a tree.

Keith Richards won't be trepanned again. He revealed that he had the invasive brain surgery after the fall. He said,"I've been trepanned. That's quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.

He also said about favorite new bands that he "ain't got any, they're all a load of crap." and that he would only want to be in the Rolling Stones.

Humble, subtle, and everything in moderation. Three other things Keith Richards will never do or try.

But still it's hard not to love him.

-NME.com