Chris Palko was born in Germany to American parents. He lived there until the age of four when his father, Bill Murray, was dishonorably discharged from the military police for selling and using heroin. The family was sent back to the US where they lived in New York. Murray would force Palko to pull homemade tourniquets (compressing device to control circulation to an extremity) and inject heroin.
When he was eight his father was arrested for threatening his family with a shotgun. Palko was kicked out of high school, beaten by his stepfather and began drinking heavily, smoking marijuana, using LSD and mescaline. He was sent to live with his uncle back in Germany where he continued to be beaten and was sent back to New York after a year.
He was arrested several times for drug possession and fighting in the streets. When he faced jail time for violating probation, his mother convinced the judge that he was mentally unstable, and he was sent to the Stoney Lodge psychiatric hospital for a two week evaluation. He eventually ended up staying in the hospital for eighteen months. After being misdiagnoses and placed on the untested drug 'fluoxetine' he became suicidal and made several attempts to kill himself including hanging himself with his shoelaces. He was illigally restrained over twently times for up to 13 hours by straightjacket.
When he was released at age 18 he started writing music under the name Cage. Its now over ten years later. I find his story absolutely captivating, I havn't had much time to get into his music but one song that caught my attention immediately is "I Never Knew You" a gritty tale of how curiosity can lead to obsession which can lead down a very grim path.
"I Never Knew You" by Cage - Directed by SHIA LABEOUF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Sxm6zx4e8
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