Secret affairs, rampant cocaine abuse, and a guitarist skipping out on the band to join a cult is just the tip of the iceberg.
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The original Fleetwood Mac was led by guitarist Peter Green, who is widely considered to be one of the best English blues guitarists of all time.
Green left the band in 1970 after developing an LSD habit that compromised his physical and mental health. "Somebody gave him some bad acid," Christine McVie told Rolling Stone in 1997. "It freaked him out. I saw one Peter Green leave and a completely different one come back - pale, wan, depressed. A little mad, really." Around the same time, Green felt very conflicted about the money he was making as a rock star while there were children in the world going hungry, so he gave away most of his money and possessions, and tried to convince the band to work only for charity, keeping only enough money to cover their basic expenses. This did not go over well with the other members of the group.
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Founding member Jeremy Spencer abruptly left the group in 1971 to join the Children of God cult.
Spencer skipped out on the band before a gig at the Whiskey a Go Go in Los Angeles, and wasn't found for days. He refused to rejoin the band, which forced them to scramble to find a replacement for their de facto frontman. Peter Green briefly rejoined Fleetwood Mac in the aftermath of Spencer's departure, but made matters worse by alienating audiences by refusing to play anything but extended jams and openly mocking the audience.
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Guitarist Danny Kirwan left the band after a bizarre episode in which he went flipped out while the band was tuning up, ran into a bathroom, and smashed his head against a wall before destroying his guitar.
Needless to say, Fleetwood Mac had a very hard time with guitarists in the early days of their career.
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