Addiction and depression are, sadly, nothing new, in the music industry. As long as there have been rock stars there have been too early tragic demises, from Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin to Amy Winehouse and Prince.

Harold Owens, Senior Director of the Recording Academy’s MusiCares charity, has been helping the industry deal with addiction and depression for going on 29 years. He does think though that after so many years, things are changing.

The issues are unquestionably more at the forefront of the industry then they have been in years. After the shocking deaths May 18 and July 20 of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell and Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington respectively, addiction and depression are discussed constantly behind industry closed doors and on social media.

Read the full article by Steve Baltin about addiction from Forbes