Filth (novel) Stork Nightmares" and "Porno". Other minor characters mentioned in passing throughout "Filth" include: Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson (from "Trainspotting", "Skagboys" and "Porno"), "Juice" Terry Lawson (from "Glue" and "Porno"), Danny "Spud" Murphy (from "Trainspotting", "Skagboys" and "Porno"), and "Post" Alec Connolly, a recurring character in "Glue". A film adaptation of "Filth" was released on 27 September 2013. It is directed by Jon S. Baird, from a script he also wrote. Filth (novel) Filth is a 1998 novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh. A sequel, "Crime", was published in 2008. It was adapted into a 2013 film of the same name,
Heroin War I. Use of heroin by jazz musicians in particular was prevalent in the mid-twentieth century, including Billie Holiday, saxophonists Charlie Parker and Art Pepper, guitarist Joe Pass and piano player/singer Ray Charles; a "staggering number of jazz musicians were addicts". It was also a problem with many rock musicians, particularly from the late 1960s through the 1990s. Pete Doherty is also a self-confessed user of heroin. Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain's heroin addiction was well documented. Pantera frontman, Phil Anselmo, turned to heroin while touring during the 1990s to cope with his back pain. Many musicians have made songs