"Gene probabaly only charged him half price for the t-shirt." I spat out my drink and laughed heartily 😂

@DionysusAlS

4 ай бұрын

It's probably true.

@will.a.benjamin

4 ай бұрын

Guy is so greedy it wouldn't surprise me if it was true.

@physicalchemistry2481

3 ай бұрын

Gene Simmons was once a desperately poor kid in Israel. His mom made a life-changing decision to move to the USA. As a youth, Gene hustled, doing things like learning to type so he could get paid to type people's term papers and the like. When he learned of the vast fortunes being made by rock bands of his era, he saw his opportunity for success, started buying equipment, learned how to play, bought trucks, started touring, and he put everything into it. I believe Gene Simmons fairly earned every dollar he ever made, and the fact Gene has lived off the fat of the land for 50 years is a testimony to the geniuses that created the Constitution and the economic liberty it created, combined with a lifetime of dedicated diligent and brilliant work paying off. Gene lived the American Dream. I use Gene as an example to my kids. If Gene did it, you can too.

@DionysusAlS

3 ай бұрын

@@physicalchemistry2481 , you're teaching your kids to be money-grubbing, marginally-talented carpetbaggers? That's quite sad.

@pobsdad

3 ай бұрын

It was probably a faulty shirt destined for the trash can.

The Edge was probably concentrating so intensely on the two notes he had to play in his solo that he never saw the stage rim.

@joeblo5804

Ай бұрын

oooooooooohhhhhh ........ vicious. but funny ( and true) as anything I've read in a while 🤣

"The Edge not noticing the edge of the stage during I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". That's gold, Jerry, gold! (G. Costanza)

@zeprls

4 ай бұрын

That would be Kenny Bania

@davidclaycomb5496

4 ай бұрын

I’ve seen Bono fall off twice, on two different tours.

@indowneastmaine

4 ай бұрын

@@davidclaycomb5496Is that why he acts touched?

@midnightrider7648

3 ай бұрын

George didn't say that. The hack comedian banyia said it.

@gravynog

Ай бұрын

@@zeprls Thank you.

"Gene only charged him half price (for the t-shirt,)." That was priceless and undoubtedly true.

Abbie Hoffman interrupting the Who’s set at Woodstock to complain about John Sinclair being in prison, and Pete immediately braining him with his guitar (which was seriously out of tune for the next five or 10 minutes).

@lib556

Ай бұрын

I just wrote a comment about this. I should have read a bit first.... Hoffman had it coming. Good for Pete.

What about Stonehenge? You can't go past a stage prop in danger of being trampled by a dwarf

@anthonyscully2998

4 ай бұрын

it may have been a coincidence. i know that guest was influenced by saxon. i have picked up on references to the stones and led zep@@scottflowe2875

@krissykrupski4973

4 ай бұрын

I fear getting trod upon.

@Graystaff

4 ай бұрын

Or the time Derek couldn’t get out of his pod.

@krissykrupski4973

4 ай бұрын

Do you have any artificial plates or limbs? 😂

@leechurchill1965

4 ай бұрын

Know the difference between " and '.

#1 on any such list has to be, tragically, the The Station fire in Warwick RI in 2003, when Great White set the place on fire with their pyrotechnics during the opening number and 100 people died including their guitarist.

@real_Papa_Roach

4 ай бұрын

Easily the worst of the worst and not even mentioned here

@kingofallwhites

4 ай бұрын

This is a list of mishaps that resulted in injury or embarrassed. The Station fire was a horrific tragedy on another level with 100 deaths. The owners of the nightclub shared the blame for that one too with the sound proof panels they had installed that were flammable. It doesn’t belong on a list of Spinal Tap style goofs. You’ll notice The Who is in here too but not for the general admission crowd deaths in Cincinnati.

@kingofallwhites

4 ай бұрын

Didn’t include Eric Clapton or Elvis Costello and their racist tirades.

@darthmeow1370

3 ай бұрын

@@kingofallwhites The venue more than just shared the blame, they were responsible. The sparkler showers the band used were low temperature and could be used on bare human skin without pain or injury, they'd been used in countless other shows without incident.

@joeblo5804

Ай бұрын

@@kingofallwhites What racist tirades? clapton disliked immigration policies in the 70's which favored Casparian's ( from the island Caspiar in the Caspian sea) more than others..... and personally i can't stand those people so I agree with him. Costello called James Brown a "Jive ass something ( and brown could really "jive" on stsage so its a truthful comment) and called Ray charles a "blind ass something ( which is also true.... he was blind). Not sure what there is to be angry about................ and please don't get me started on the Besutolandinians...

Does Vince Neil being on stage count?

@classicalbum

4 ай бұрын

LOL

@jamesgonsalves3799

4 ай бұрын

😅😅

@michaelroberts3898

4 ай бұрын

@@classicalbum we have a winner lol

@Donathon-qx8kq

4 ай бұрын

He hasn't counted in years

Dylan at Live Aid:" I'd like to introduce Keith Richards & Ronnie Wood...but I don't know where they are" Maybe they didn't know either!!

"Gene probably only chsrged the guy half price for the T Shirt!" NOW THAT WAS FUNNY! 😆👍

@Duck_Dodgers

4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately it's probably true

@mikee2923

4 ай бұрын

That’s awfully generous. I’d have guessed at most Gene would’ve paid the sales tax.

Christopher Cross playing guitar for Deep Purple in 1970 at age 19 when Ritchie had a reaction to some sort of flu shot or something is also a good one, though it is mostly positive, not really any on-stage drama or such. He apparently killed it, literally a 'we need a guitar player' moment, he knew their music, the only time Richie has ever had to have someone stand in for him at a show. That's pretty phenomenal.

@jimmycampbell78

4 ай бұрын

There are great quotes from Cross himself about that, I'll reproduce them here: "Deep Purple booked their first show in the U.S. at the JAM Factory," recalls Cross. "But Ritchie Blackmore had a reaction to the flu shot, and he got sick. The show was sold out, and Joe Miller suggested to Jon Lord he use me to sub, and Joe would issue refunds to anyone who wanted. Ian Gillan was not for it, but Jon Lord made the call, and they said okay. "Eric Johnson was opening, so I used his Marshall and amp. I played the Deep Purple tunes I knew and some blues and got through it. I drove them to the airport, and when they left, I met Ritchie. He gave me his pick and was very nice. "It was such a thrill. He was such a great guitarist to me."

@joemiller9931

4 ай бұрын

@@jimmycampbell78 Who is Joe Miller?

@jimmycampbell78

4 ай бұрын

@@joemiller9931 He was the promoter/owner of the JAM Factory venue in San Antonio, Texas where Deep Purple were playing.

@gilldavidmour4199

4 ай бұрын

Christopher Cross is kind of the 'Forrest Gump' of rock and roll. I was told he sold Duane Allman his '59 sunburst Les Paul guitar. How about that?

@MisterTMH

4 ай бұрын

Not many people know that Christopher Cross was a great guitar player akin to Glen Campbell's ability.@@gilldavidmour4199

Pete Townshend impaling his windmilling hand on the whammy bar in a Who concert here in the States, believe that was 1990 in the Seattle area.

@sharkmanyt4431

4 ай бұрын

Well deserved, I cannot express just how much I hate the windmill move. It looks so stupid and it doesn’t add anything good

@lib556

Ай бұрын

That was 89. I was at the Vancouver concert immediately after that and saw his wrist was bandaged.

I saw The Clash in Philadelphia 1982.Joe Strummer had a mohawk haircut.Someone winged a nice ripe tomato from a good distance nailing Strummer on the side of his face.He never missed a word.

Keith Richsrds has More lives than a cat, incredible He's still around.

@littleaussierippa

4 ай бұрын

A joke that's been doing the rounds for years is that if the world is ever devastated by a nuclear fallout, the only survivors will be cockroaches and Keith Richards.

@erniericardo8140

4 ай бұрын

@@littleaussierippa 🤣😂😆

@LordHasenpfeffer

3 ай бұрын

@@littleaussierippaDon't laugh. Keith is set to receive some sizable inheritances from his children and grandkids.

@bluestriad

3 ай бұрын

Yes, and we should be concerned about what kind of world we will leave him...

Ace Frehley getting electricuted on stage in 1976 is another.

Zappa's infamous incident was forever immortalized in a live recording of Smoke on the Water when Ian Gillan quipped, "Break a leg, Frank!"

@dogcowrph

4 ай бұрын

The first thing I thought of. The Who in 1979, Dimebsg Daryl. I saw Springsteen on NYE 1978. It’s the famous firecracker show.

@stevemalek2970

4 ай бұрын

I thought this would have made the list!

@alancumming6407

4 ай бұрын

Really?

@BunnEFartz

4 ай бұрын

Some idiot firing a flare gun into the ceiling at the Zappa concert was infamous enough

@baron_von_brunk

4 ай бұрын

@@BunnEFartz At least we got a legendary song out of it.

I was at the U2 show in Vancouver when the Edge didn't notice the edge. It was very bizarre. He fell about 8 feet to the cement floor, they just tossed him back up on stage and they kept going. I was sort of impressed. As for Zappa, in that fall he also crushed his larynx and it permanently lowered his voice half an octave or something. He was in a wheelchair for months so took the opportunity to produce a shitload of work.

I was at an Alice Cooper show in Vancouver in 1975. Cooper got tangled in some stage props and fell into security barriers. He broke several ribs and suffered a concussion. Another Vancouver show, this time in 1994 and on the weird side, Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon stripped off his clothes and urinated on the audience. He spent the night in jail for that one and faced criminal charges.

I was at a Washington DC Kinks gig in the mid-seventies when Dave Davies performed a windmill power chord while running towards the audience, dropping to his knees and sliding on what turned out be too short of a runway. No serious injuries that we were aware of, but plenty of embarrassment. The show did go on!

Not to mention, the God of Hellfire, Arthur Brown, who wore a metal helmet filled with burning methanol at a 1967 Windsor Festival. During the performance the methanol spilled and caught fire to his cloak and hair. A nearby fan quickly extinguished the flames pouring beer on Brown's head preventing serious injury

@robertmaybeth3434

4 ай бұрын

...and was then quickly beaten into unconsciousness by several Hell's Angels hired for security purposes?

Watched an interesting Stones documentary last year on the BBC and Mick said in the early 70’s he was always expecting the call to say Keith was dead, not from too much socialising, but from Keith’s driving. They said out of his mind he used to drive his family round regularly bumping into things and writing some cars off.

Has to be John Otway. Live on The Old Grey Whistle Test with Wild Willy Barrett. Otway trys to jump from one speaker stack to another & gets it wrong - he lands bollocks first on the speaker yet somehow completes the song only for Wild Willy to try & stangle him at the end. Legendary tv and he sells flick books of the fall as part of his merch. Otway & Barrett still going strong to this day - well ovef 5000 live gigs now for Otway . Great video.

@frankiehoskyn3948

4 ай бұрын

What a trooper.

From the bands to the topics I love this channel.

I love this channel. This guy is my favorite. Hes so knowlegeable abt music. My favorite !

"I still haven't watched where im going to"

I saw a video clip of Nirvana playing a gig in which it's bass player Krist Novoselic threw his bass guitar up in the air. When he tried to catch it, it hit him in the head. Krist took two steps forward and then fell face first on the floor!😅😅

@jmccuanu2

4 ай бұрын

Yep, I think that was at some awards show back in the 90's. It looked like that REALLY hurt when it hit him!

@stevemalek2970

4 ай бұрын

That was the MTV music awards. I watched it live. God I'm old...

@michaelcraig9449

4 ай бұрын

Just like Kurts entire career!

Excellent! Your on stage delivery is first class and how you keep a straight face is amazing. Well done!!

@classicalbum

4 ай бұрын

Thank you

Man, I love this channel. Well presented, well informed. Thanks mate!

@classicalbum

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@purplemicrodot58

4 ай бұрын

Well informed? Really? I'm not even a minute in and his accounting of the Gothenburg Foo Fighters concert is just... wrong.

Two ones for me. 1 Morrissey in Liverpool. 30 seconds in someone threw some water at him and it hit him. He walked off never to be seen again that night. 2 rod Stewart in Manchester raining he slipped and cut his leg. Next song was first cut is the deepest. He sang while being seen by a nurse.

@cletusbeauregard1972

2 ай бұрын

I saw Cheap Trick's Tom Petersson take a whiskey bottle to the head when Cheap Trick was opening for Kiss at the Pontiac Silverdome back in 1979. He staggered off the stage; the stage crew got him to the paramedics stationed behind the stage, and they stitched him up and let him rest for a few minutes before he and the rest of the band came back out and finished their set.

@smith1958b

2 ай бұрын

Two that come to my mind was when Milli Vanilli was exposed as the frauds that they were. Second, there was the time when Jefferson Starship was playing in Germany with a drunk Grace Slick.

Col. Bruce Hampton had a massive heart attack on stage during the encore of his 70th birthday show. Everyone thought he was just being theatrical, as was his way. He died later at hospital. The man went out doing what he loved, can't ask for a better exit than that.

@gilldavidmour4199

4 ай бұрын

Or did he...? Bruce Hampton was a habitual gambler and had an odd ability to 'obscure the truth'. In fact, that was his whole trip, being surreal. So for him to 'die' on stage at 70 years of age made good sense to him, I bet.

@ramboweed5169

3 ай бұрын

I remember that..I wasn't there but bruce Hampton was a legendary atlanta band

"Let It Be Plugged In". Brilliant😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

August 1991 Judas Priest Painkiller tour in Toronto when Rob Halford rode a motorcycle on stage and collided with a drum riser and broke his nose.

@mikee2923

4 ай бұрын

I like Judas Priest but maybe this was payback for copying Blue Öyster Cult. Eric Bloom used to ride a Harley on stage at the beginning of BÖC’s cover of Born To Be Wild in the 70s and early 80s. Eric also wore leather and studs long before anyone knew who Rob Halford was.

Absolutely loved this. Thanks so much.

@classicalbum

4 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Subscribed,very droll and witty channel but true to the point.Nice one😉

I saw a guy in a band die onstage once. Sad, sad day. It was during soundcheck and he had an asthma attack and died from a resulting heart attack. It was my 21st birthday, actually. RIP, Sean Rowley.

@kingwilly8041

4 ай бұрын

Same thing happened to the late, great Nick Menza but it actually happened during the performance.

@skratman

4 ай бұрын

Our Drummer died onstage, 30 seconds after playing the last beat of a gig. Massive heart attack. RIP Al.

@travisbickle3797

4 ай бұрын

While on stage in Minnesota the one and only Tiny Tim suffered a heart attack midway through his performance of "Tiptoe through the tulips" and died.

@LordHasenpfeffer

3 ай бұрын

@@travisbickle3797Many in the audience that night are reported to have believed it to be part of his act.

There is nothing more Rock n Roll than breaking a leg on stage. 👍

Oh those poor guitars! Seriously thanks for the work...while not always agreeing I value the takes. Thanks you're appreciated.

I’ve always thought Iggy Pop confronting a Hell’s Angel in the audience was probably not a good idea. Nor was Alice Cooper stabbing his thigh whilst getting too flashy with his fencing blade.

Thanks Barry another well done video. I think it’s time for a Spinal Tap sequel to incorporate the truth is stranger than fiction moments of shows.

Cheers mate, knew I'd found the right channel instantly. It just wouldn't feel right to have my rock music anecdotes explained by anybody else besides an obvious former roady with a UK accent of some sort, Innit!

The horror of it all - not just to find yourself at a Kiss gig, but to be pyrogenically chinned by some fool with a deformed tongue pretending to play the bass. Mind you, I was due to see the Foo Fighters the following weekend in London - not best pleased.

superbly amusing Barry

The video of Moon face down in his drum kit is really something to see. After that, the Who insisted on having a drum tech that could play well enough to be a substitute drummer.

@Valveus

4 ай бұрын

But did they get their washing done?

@michaelcraig9449

4 ай бұрын

@@Valveus Naah,

@Foul_Quince

4 ай бұрын

Wasn't there was another time Moon knocked himself out and Townshend announced they were "bringing him around with a custard enema and punching him in the stomach" or was that the same incident? if so, two bon mots for Townshend that night!

When I was a kid I saw a Twisted Sister live concert on MTV during Headbanger’s Ball. They start to play I Wanna Rock and just after Dee Snyder yells out “ I WANNA ROCK ! “ some random dude jumps onto the stage right in front of him. Without hesitation Dee punches the guy square in the face knocking him back into the crowd 🤣 He then signaled the rest of the guys to stop playing and says casually “let’s try that again” and they went right back into it like nothing happened ! It was amazing 😂

My friend was at that U2 show, right up front. The Edge didn't just tumble off the stage - it was more of a delayed fall.

Another Keith Moon moment apparently was when he allegedly had taken an elephant sedative and stopped when performing. A member of the road crew had to crawl out and inject Moon in his leg with something to keep him drumming!

May 3, 1972 At a performance at Top Rank Suite in Swansea, Wales, Les Harvey of Stone the Crows was electrocuted onstage in front of a live audience.

I was at an Iron Maiden concert in 85 or 86 where Bruce jumped down and broke through the stage floor. The roadies came to pull his leg out. He didn’t miss a beat.

Great stuff eloquent and entertaining My mate played in a Who tribute band in Leicester They were appearing at a local working mens' club when during the climax of their act the vocalist went full Daltrey and swung his mic. Said mic. smashed through a tile on the suspended ceiling whereupon bogus Rog. ,tugged at it to retrieve only succeeding in bringing a goodly portion of the remaining ceilingc crashing down on stage, band and audience........don't think the committee were moved to re book them! Of your examples Twisted Sister for utter crasness and their failure to see the pit they were about to fall into takes first prize A slightly different tangent but Clapton's pro Enoch diatribe was astonishing although in thosse less sensitive times did not unduly hinder his career

Thanks buddy!

I’m surprised the infamous Altamont concert in 1969 wasn’t mentioned! Gene offering a t-shirt at 1/2 price! LOL That’s hilarious!

I recall a Mpstly Autumn gig I attended in Liverpool many many years ago when the solid based stage curtain came down mid song and landed on Bryan Josh's head. he carried on (with the curtain half way down) but had to be taken to hospital for a check up afterwards.

I remember David Lee Roth being too blitzed to remember the lyrics at the US Festival in '83.

@The1nsane1

4 ай бұрын

I think that happened more than once.

@Nrustica

4 ай бұрын

or cutting himself requiring stitches in both 2003 and 2015

I saww one in 1978 at Sheffield City Hall. Sabbath, opening night of Never Say Die tour. Closing main set with Iron Man and they blew the main fuse of the sound system. Off they trooped with an announcement that they would be back as soon as it was fixed. 20 minutes or so later they come back on and launched into Children of the Grave which was belting along nicely when they blew the fuse again. Band all looking at each other bewildered whilst Ozzy blew his own fuse and screamed at the to p of his voice "What the f**k!" Looking back after all these years could there be a better way to end a Sabbath gig?

The one I witnessed (on TV) was U2 at Live Aid, when Bono jumped down to hug a fan during "Bad" and the rest of the band keeps playing, going "uh, wtf?" Had to skip their last number because they'd already gone over time.

Great stuff! I’m wondering if our gracious host has a bad case of sleep apnea: Snore City!

Zappa's neck was also injured in that fall, crushing his larynx and lowering his voice. As he said, "Having a low voice is nice, but I would have preferred another means of acquiring it."

Back in the day Rainbow was doing their sound check, someone hit a wrong button and set of the pyrotechnics that were supposed to end the show. Final result the show had to be canceled because the stage was demolished by the fireworks

I saw Steven Tyler pass out in the middle of a concert at the Worchester Centrum in the early 80's (I was only 15). The band played for the last hour without him.

When I was 18 a friend got tickets for a band of the minute called Tesla with a hit or 2 at the time. 2 guitars, in the band. The lead guitarist walked off the edge of the Miami Arena stage whilst plugged in so you could hear him hit the concrete . The lights went up and 15 minutes later the other guitarist came out vamped for 5 minutes not saying anything and then the rest of the band came out; including the other guitarist and did the rest of the show. The sound of the guy hitting the concrete plugged in was truly scary and with that kind of time to think , we'd have sworn he was badly hurt. So for a band who got their 15 minutes and faded they certainly had a resilient or very lucky or both guitar player.

@JacoWium

4 ай бұрын

They were truly good during their short career, must be said! Didn't know about that incident, thanks for sharing!

@philomelodia

4 ай бұрын

Dude! I used to love Tesla! Still like to listen to their stuff from time to time. Great band. They used to have awesome acoustic guitar intros.

@stanphillips7277

4 ай бұрын

@@JacoWium Yeah, I played "Love Song" and that cover of "Signs" that they made popular again. So it was the guitarist with the long black hair who took the extra step. The curly haired one did a good job playing and scatting. They _were_ good right. Slightly better than I remembered even and I remembered them pretty well. 3 decades later I still new the lyrics and the overall band. I even scrolled into them live at Abbey Road. Not the best version of "We Can Work it Out" but at least they did their best as an homage I think. The sharing was my pleasure! Thanks for responding Jaco ✌️🎸

@JacoWium

4 ай бұрын

@@stanphillips7277 Agreed! Their heyday was a relatively short-lived one but I just checked up and learnt that they'd recorded 7 new albums from 2000 onwards and had done some touring throughout the years as well. They even released a new single in 2022... I was completely unaware of it all though I'm sure their later albums probably dipped somewhat in quality. I'll investigate when I have the time. Anyway, it means their career is now spanning some 40 years already! I've only collected 3 albums from their late 80's early 90's period, "Great Radio Controversy", "Five Man Acoustical Jam" and "Psychotic Supper", so I can hardly call myself an expert, though I certainly still love those albums. So much music, so little time!

@stanphillips7277

4 ай бұрын

@@philomelodia Just after I told that story I revisited Tesla and played a few songs and, that's one of the things that struck me too. The curly reddish blonde haired guitarist played those great intros but they were both talented players. The lead vocalist had a cool raspy voice. I'd forgotten about their cover of "Signs" but I remembered "Love Song" very well. Still new the lyrics to both . They even played at The Beatles Abbey Road studio. They had to pay homage so they did "We Can Work it Out" and it was relatively good. Not Beatles good but Tesla good. Not the worst version of a song that's more difficult than it sounds so my hats off that they got through it. Imagine the pressure right. Good band! No doubt ✌️

Excellent tales, perfectly regaled. Tenuous link alert: In the 80s Zappa changed the lyrics to the song "Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me" from "She is an office girl, her name is Betty. Her favourite group is Helen Reddy" to "....Twisted Sister". A fact with no relevance to the video subject at all, but it may inspire others to hunt down "Does Humor Belong In Music?", a live video with Zappa interviews spliced in between the songs. Featuring a classic line-up including, Chad Wackerman, Scott Thunes, Bobby Martin, and sadly missed keyboardist, Alan Zavod. Cheers!

@robthebold4589

4 ай бұрын

FZ testified before Congress with Dee Snider about censoring music.

Phil Collins playing for Led Zeppelin is my #1 FUBAR

@mojobag01

4 ай бұрын

It's still funny after all these years.

@martinkasper197

4 ай бұрын

He also played for Black Sabbath...🤓

@ijustgottasay1281

4 ай бұрын

Not to mention he played with Jethro Tull at the Prince's Trust concert in 1982.

@Simon.the.Likeable

4 ай бұрын

Tony Thompson was the real fuckup on the day. He couldn't keep the tempo and overplayed at every opportunity. He was trying to impress Plant and Page in case the reforming became a long-term gig. Phil Collins just kept to the basics because Tony never showed at the rehearsal. Phil copped all the blame because he was the biggest thing in 1985. Everyone loves to cut down the tall poppy.

@mikee2923

4 ай бұрын

Like anyone could ever fill Bonzo’s shoes, really.

Alice Cooper fell off of the stage 23rd of June 1975 in Vancouver BC during the "Nightmare" tour. He broke 6 ribs and suffered a concussion. He was drinking a lot in those days. A LOT.

Edge not knowing the edge of the stage! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

I was there when Guns 'N Roses broke up on stage during their set. It was opening night for a series of 4 triple-bill concerts in Los Angeles in 1989, featuring Living Colour, GNR, and the Rolling Stones. Living Colour went on while it was still twilight and played their hearts out to the mostly empty arena. I didn't especially like their music, but I had great respect for them after seeing their commitment and professionalism. The arena filled up during the later part of their set. Then we waited for GNR. And waited. And waited. I think it was the better part of an hour before they started their set, and the crowd wasn't happy. Neither was Axl, who was barely phoning in his performance. Then, out of nowhere, he started angrily accusing his bandmates of doing drugs. They staggered forward for a while after that, but ended the set early and stomped off stage to loud boos and jeering from the audience. About 20 minutes after that, the Stones started their set. When the cheering after their opener had died down a bit, Mick sarcastically said "Well, *that* was exciting, wasn't it?", provoking laughter and cheers. When you've screwed up so badly that Mick Jagger feels compelled to acknowledge it, you've *really* screwed up! faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-on-stage-fight-between-guns-n-roses-while-opening-for-the-rolling-stones/

I saw The Who in Pittsburgh the night before the Cincinnati incident. It was a general admission show and when the doors opened we all raced to the front. Luckily nobody was killed in Pittsburgh and it ended up being a fantastic show.

Yep! The edge finally went over the edge.

An honourable mention for Eddie van Halen and Jump - it seems the guitar tech forgot to reset the pitch shifter, as a result of which Eddie launches into a very loud solo in entirely the wrong key. Mysteriously he kept going, rather than stop and cause the guitar tech to move to the local A&E for the foreseeable future.

@pjw5328

4 ай бұрын

There’s also the Tokyo gig in ‘89 where Sammy missed his cue after the guitar solo during “Mine All Mine” and had to sprint all the way back across the stage to get back to the microphone - they lost about half of the third verse. That one’s easy to find on KZread. A mild cock-up compared to the entries on the list, but a pretty amusing one.

Dave lee Roth cutting his nose live at start of show on jimmy kimmel

I982-Linda Thompson vs. Richard Thompson during the Shoot Out the Lights Tour-"The Tour From Hell." and Jan. 23, 1977 in Tampa-Florida-Patti Smith breaks her neck when falling off the stage.

Ace Frehley also was shocked on stage , spawning the song Shock Me

@markjames8664

4 ай бұрын

Perhaps inspiring his recent song 10,000 Volts.

I liked your list. A good addition would have been Robbin Crosby from RATT playing an out-of-tune guitar onstage for 2 songs in 1991.

Some classics there. Great Aerosmith story, although I do prefer the one where, shortly before going on stage, Steven Tyler saw a bag of white powder and proceeded to do with it what he usually would. What he hadn’t realised was that far from being the stimulant he’d hoped, it was in fact a laxative and the ensuing gig was interspersed with regular trips to the khazi!

I remember reading the Who story back in '85 during the fourth grade.

Seattle 1989 The Who played Tommy in it's entirety with perhaps an ill-advised bloated support band. During the "greatest hits" potion of the show of non-Tommy tracks, Pete Townsend (who was having severe tinnitus problems and originally was not even going to play electric guitar) got into the old style spirit of things and started doing his "windmilling" power chord maneuver. Next thing we hear is Roger Daltrey tell us Pete has to go to the hospital "it's gone right through". Now as a guitar player, I had thought, well he probably broke a string and it pierced his finger or hand or something. But at this time he was playing almost exclusively Fender Strats, and as it turns out, he actually managed to impale his hand with a tremolo bar! This could not have been easy to do as the end of these bars are not sharp, but rounded off , dull and about 1/4" thick! This would be like trying to impale yourself with a a spoon! A freak bit of angle alignment and a whole lot of "windmilling" force had managed what one would think was impossible. I have to hand it to Daltrey and the band though, they carried on with a medley of old rock and blues tunes to continue the show in the absence of their intrepid musical leader.

Hugh Cornwell of the Stranglers messing up Golden Brown at Reading Rock 87 I think it was, must have suffered a migraine.

Every time Kiss got on stage it was a lamentable fubar, shirley? Oh, and what about Rob Halford driving his motorbike on stage, breaking his nose as he fell off and knocking himself out?

I've heard of the Cow Palace incident with The Who. I love Moon's drumming, but I'm surprised he wasn't dismissed from the band after the gig. When a member of the band can't play because of heavy drug and alcohol abuse, it's time to find someone else.

I was at the Cow Palace show, and it was indeed memorable. Opening act was Lynrd Skynrd, a band as of yet unknown to most of the crowd.

We need accompanying video of these incidents

I’m surprised that The Who only had the one entry. There was an incident on their 1989-1990 tour where Pete speared his hand onstage when doing his Windmill move.

@sharkmanyt4431

4 ай бұрын

Well deserved, I cannot express just how much I hate the windmill move. It looks so stupid and it doesn’t add anything good

@georgeprice4212

4 ай бұрын

@@sharkmanyt4431 and yet, that’s what people enjoy, probably more than when Townshend went apeshite ballistic on his equipment at the end of concerts.

@sharkmanyt4431

4 ай бұрын

@@georgeprice4212 and as a guitarist it pisses me off that people spend their whole life mastering the art of guitar, and Pete townshend (who is mediocre at guitar at best) just flails his arm like a madman and everyone freaks out and acts like it’s the coolest thing ever, real slap in the face to actual good guitarists.

@georgeprice4212

4 ай бұрын

@@sharkmanyt4431 Pete would actually agree with you. SO THERE.

@sharkmanyt4431

4 ай бұрын

@@georgeprice4212 well then at least he’s got SOME sense

I was at a small local bar/club and the drummer got to the end of the song and as the last drumstick hit the drums he fell over drunk and hit the ground sideways! It was perfectly choreographed!10 outta’10!

I keep going back to your shirt. Mint condition for being that old! Lol.

Atlanta, Ga, circa 1989/90, Mr Big opening for Rush, Paul Gilbert was performing his guitar solo with a drill w/guitar picks attached, Gilbert caught his hair in the spinning drill chuck and the drill slammed into the side of his head! He ran off stage as Billy Sheehan deftly stepped out for an (impromptu?!?) bass solo. Ouch!

I've been to a lot of shows over the past 48 years (my first was in '76) but I've never seen any major screw-ups by bands or band members. I did see an overzealous fan jump on the stage during a Judas Priest show in the mid-'80s and launch himself at Glen Tipton, seizing him in a headlock and nearly tackling him. Security arrived a few seconds later and dragged the fan backstage with an enraged Tipton following behind. The rest of the band didn't miss a beat and continued to play through the entire incident. Tipton returned to the stage a minute later after having presumably exacted some revenge on his attacker.

Isn't there an infamous ZZ Top Tour from the 70s where they attempted to capture the 'spirit of Texas' on stage complete with cacti, tethered vultures and a buffalo? The vultures broke loose and started cricling the audience and the buufalo was so alarmed by the volume it crapped all over the stage. Think I've heard Billy Gibbons confirm this somewhere. Sounds like a terrific show, I reckon.

Although far from Rock 'n Roll, Tiny Tim suffered a heart attack and literally died onstage performing his Magnus Opus. 'Tiptoe Thru the Tulips' in a show hosted by the Women's Club of Minneapolis in 1996.

I kind of expected to see Axl Rose and David Lee Roth in there somewhere.

Zappa broke much more than his leg - his larynx and pelvis, a rib, and possibly his skull, among other injuries. His voice changed permanently, and his leg was shortened. He was in a wheelchair for nearly a year.

@grahamnunn8998

4 ай бұрын

But...Grand Wazoo! 😊

I thought Frank had his trachea or larynx injured also, causing his voice to lower about an octave. Or was that a different incident?

@leetomboulian

4 ай бұрын

Yes, and a concussion.

You left out a good one: Genesis on tour for their concept album “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway,” in Oslo, Norway, February 19, 1975, at the Ekeberghallen. At the end of the final song “It,” a flashbomb is supposed to go off. As Phil Collins told it, when they played in Oslo (the first date on the European leg of the tour), the roadie guy in charge of making the flashbomb “mixed too much bang and not enough flash,” and so there was a deafening onstage explosion. The band completely stopped playing, with both band and audience in total shock. And then the roadie guy poked his head around the curtain and said, “Sorry!” Phil yelled at him, “You’re fired! Get out of here!” And the concert ended right then and there, with no encore. (And, amazingly, there were no fatalities or injuries in the explosion, thank God.)

I like the Flute Fighters. But if they really wanted to do damage, maybe they should try swords. The Edge finds the edge of the stage! Love it !!! I wonder if that's what it was, he was looking for.

I was at the concert where David Bowie suffered a heart attack-it was the only time I had ever seen him live. About 30 minutes into the show, it was over. No rescheduled show, no refunds. But those 30 minutes were incredible indeed. Btw, there were also some strange mishaps elsewhere during that (Reality) tour..

When you were talking Steven Tyler I was thinking you were going to talk the Sturgis Motercycle rally where Aerosmith were playing and Steven who missed the edge of teh stage and went right over!

@razor7394

4 ай бұрын

I was surprised that one wasn't mentioned

I saw The Who at the Tacoma Dome in ‘89. First encore Pete Townsend was doing his windmill strums and drove his whammy bar all the way through his hand.

“Gene probably only charged him half the price for a t-shirt that night” 🤣

January 23, 1977, while touring in support of Radio Ethiopia, Patti Smith accidentally danced off a high stage in Tampa, Florida, and fell 15-feet into a concrete orchestra pit, breaking several cervical vertebrae. She was, at that time, in awe of whirling dervishes (perhaps a little too in awe) …

In 1979, Yes were performing ( In the round stage) in Philadelphia I believe, and a stoned out fan climbed onto the stage and attacked Lead singer Jon Anderson, putting him in a headlock or something, and Rick Wakeman ran over and floored the guy! There was another incident that Yes tour, when they were playing a show in Chicago and the motor to the rotating stage blew out! So the roadies got a dozen or more people from the audience to turn the stage by hand! I was at that show when I was 17.

Here's one for you... The Lords of the New Church at The Keystone in Palo Alto, California, in the early 80's. Durring the show lead singer Stiv Bators decided that he wanted to swing out over the audience. But how? He had a microphone with a long cable! So he climbed a stack of speakers and looped the cord over the lighting rig. He made a loop for his foot and then the swung out. Unfortunately he had also looped the cord around his neck and was now hanging himself. After many moments someone from the stage crew realized what was happening and got him down. The curtain closed and the show was over.

1977, Patti Smith in Tampa FLA. Broken Neck. Metallica lighting themselves on fire. I would've paid to have seen that one.