Fafara and Foss both remember it as a complete flop. The group played three songs for six people and then left. But the groundwork was set for the future and, as Fafara pointed out, it was better than playing with junkies. No one can get to rehearsal or do anything. Any drug that takes over your body is wrong, any drug that you can't perform your daily functions on is wrong.
Some people smoke weed and then sleep all day.
I can smoke weed and run a marathon. People's chemistries are different. During those three years, the band became tighter but not necessarily richer. If it wasn't for a kind-hearted porno star, the group probably wouldn't have made it. She kept us fed.