Ten Worst On-Stage F# 

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

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

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.

#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.

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

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

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).

"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) Edit - yep, screwed the pooch on that one. Kenny Bania is indeed the correct character. My bad.

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!!

Does Vince Neil being on stage count?

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.

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.

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.

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

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!"

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 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 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!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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!😅😅

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.

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

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

From the bands to the topics I love this channel.

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.

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.

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

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.

1982 David Bowie , Let's Dance tour, Rosemont Illinois, Davis makes his grand entrance, starts to sing, his microphone wasn't turned on, he left the stage, and did the entrance all over again, Todd Rundgren, sometime in the 80s, Chicago Auditorium they blew out the stage left speakers, Frankie Goes To Hollywood again in Chicago, the floor in front of the stage collapsed, just a few that I witnessed

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.

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 😂

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

Absolutely loved this. Thanks so much.

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!

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.

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

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

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!

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.

Jackie Wilson collapsed on stage with a heart attack during a Dick Clark revue in 1975, and never recovered, dying early in 1984. Curtis Mayfield was paralyzed from the neck down when he was hit by a large piece of lighting equipment as a heavy gust of wind hit an outdoor concert in 1990 as he was being introduced. Seven months before his death in 1977, aging rocker Bing Crosby fell off the stage and into the orchestra pit after videotaping a concert special, leading to a month-long hospital stay because of a ruptured disc in his back.

Phil Collins playing for Led Zeppelin is my #1 FUBAR

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

superbly amusing Barry

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!

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

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.

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

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?

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.

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?

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) …

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.

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.

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.

That shock probably made Keith immortal!

you cant kill keith richards,hes immortal

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.

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

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

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..

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.

Dead summer tour ‘85 was one of my best times. ‘87 was the best.🧡

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.

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.

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!

Why don’t these stages have a small rim, about 4 inches high, say, like a rubber bumper ? Enough to strike one’s foot against, to get the performer’s attention to the edge. Can’t see how that would obstruct any sort of performance, especially if it were detachable, when necessary.

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!

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.

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.

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.

That Oscar Wilde pun was delicious.

Dave Grohl finished that FF show with a doctor holding his femur in place.

Yep! The edge finally went over the edge.

Townsend driving the whammy bar through his right hand while windmilling. Seatle, early 90s, I believe.

The support band: A drummer comes onto the stage at Dunstable Queens Hall. He is wearing a pink corduroy bib and brace set and has hair like Harpo Marx. He powers into his snare which releases a cloud of talcum powder and glitter. A lot of talcum powder and glitter. He is clearly struggling and the beat is lost just and the band crunch in. The vocalist is swathed in an oversized flasher mac and wrap-around shades, he sings in two notes. The only cool looking one is the bass player, swarthy features and great curly hair, decked out in a Hussar's coat. On the third song the neck drops out of his bass. The crowd could not be held responsible for their laughter. Fear not though, the headliners were Slade and they were on fire that night.

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