The Wee-Beasties singer Richard Haskins battled prison time, alcoholism and health issues. He's still got enough fight in him to try to obtain a pardon.
The Wee-Beasties' frontman Richard Haskins says now that he's gotten his life and health back to relatively normal, he's looking for a pardon.Denton punk rocker Richard Haskins has given up all the vices that plague so many musicians. He's given up smoking. He's stopped drinking. He's even got a better handle on his diet.
"I can't cry or show any sort of weaknesses, you know," Haskins says."I just buried all of those things." Haskins wanted to get back to work for himself and his kids, but having a felony on his record made it difficult to find work. So, he says he worked two jobs"under the table for years" while getting back with his band touring and performing.
"It's like a game-changer for me because I just changed a lot of things really quickly," Haskins says."I don't drink or do any shit like that anymore. I don't even smoke pot because if I smoke pot, I get hungry and I'm on a really strict diet. I quit smoking too." However, Haskins seems content with where he is and where he's trying to take his life now that he's free, clean and sober.
"I've been able to kind of pick her brain about stuff," Haskins says."I try to not abuse it because she's a fucking lawyer and I don't want to use somebody's services without paying for it but she's been so cool about helping me grasp this process."
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