The Ten Wildest Moments In Rock

From the moment Elvis Presley started to gyrate his hips on national television back in the ever conservative 1950s – and even earlier still with the many sexual overtones that were pervading much of jazz music – rock and roll has oozed with a sense of reckless abandon and middle finger outrageousness. Bands such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper and The Rolling Stones would go on to push the boundaries of what was considered “taboo” and “wild” in society to new heights of fancy. But it would be Motley Crue who would forever be crowned the kings of depravity. Yet in their aftermath, rock’s wild spirit sort of took a backseat, that is, until bands like Marilyn Manson and Slipknot started voyaging back into that same dangerous territory of their fore fathers again. And from the look of things, it seems that this adventurous spirit in rock and roll is very much back at the fore and in vogue. Joe Matera takes a retrospective look at the top ten wildest moments in rock and roll (and metal) history.

Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx’ hard core heroin addiction cost him his life, well almost, when he died from an overdose only to miraculously be brought back to life. After his heart had stopped beating for two minutes, paramedics administered two shots of adrenaline to bring him back from the brink. Sixx - the epitome of rock and roll dangerousness personified – then on the same day, checked himself out of the hospital, and left a message on his answering machine saying; "I can't come to the phone right now 'cause I'm dead," then went and shot up a nice healthy dose of heroin. Years later, looking back on his near death experience, Sixx told me in an interview, conducted in 2007 that, “I remember sort of seeing the event even though I was actually lying on the ground with a sheet over my head”. He then added, “I think the secret to my success is simply that I just won’t die!”

Legend has it that back in the 1930s, classic Delta bluesman Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil at the Crossroads in exchange for guitar virtuosity, which turned him into one of the most electrifying musicians of his time. Simultaneously the legend would forever marry rock and roll to Satan. Johnson later repaid the devil his due when he was poisoned by a (reportedly) jealous girlfriend. Later on down the years, the outrageous debauchery of Led Zeppelin along with Jimmy Page’s heavily dabbling in the occult and his fascination with “the wickedest man in the world” Aleister Crowley, and the further exploitation of the myth for mass consumption via the 1986 film Crossroads - would only serve to steep the legend further into fact.

When the Rolling Stones played the Altamont Speedway outside San Francisco in 1969, Meredith Hunter, a young black teenager in the crowd, was set upon by the Hells Angels who attacked him with a knife, and when he drew a gun, was hacked and stomped to death to the background strains of Sympathy for the Devil (in ensuing years it was noted that it was not while the band were performing Sympathy For The Devil but in fact, performing Under My Thumb). With that slip of the knife, all the claims of rock’s dangerous qualities were confirmed once and for all.

The psychopath known to every one as Charles Manson wanted to start a global race war between blacks and whites. This philosophy of his was fuelled by mad hidden meanings he found in The Beatles' White Album and in particularly "Helter Skelter" that Manson claimed spoke to him directly. Eventually these so called messages instructed him to brutally and savagely murder actress Sharon Tate and four others at their Hollywood home. But ironically, the Manson clan wrote the words in blood on the walls but spelled it wrong: - “Healter Skelter”.

On the eve of a Stooges gig at the Michigan Palace in 1974, (later captured in all its resplendent glory on the Metallic K.O album) Iggy Pop went on a Detroit radio baiting a local motorbike gang, the Scorpions, by calling them a bunch of pussies. The gang later turned up at the show and all hell broke loose. As soon as the band walked onstage, the band was immediately bombarded with broken glass, beer jugs, bottles of piss and shovels. Amidst the madness, Iggy brazenly taunted: 'You pricks can throw every goddamn thing in the world ... and your girlfriend will still love me’.

During an Ozzy Osbourne concert in Des Moines, Iowa (home to that other dangerous band Slipknot) in the early ‘80s, a bat was thrown on stage. Stunned by the light, the bat lay motionless until Osbourne thinking it was plastic, picked it up and bit the head off of it. Immediately the bat started flapping its wings upon which Osbourne realized it wasn't a fake after all! After the show, Osbourne was rushed to hospital for rabies shots. Osbourne later described the event as "one of the most horrible, painful experiences of my life."

The logo for Death Row Records is a blindfolded black man strapped into an electric chair at the moment of execution, apt for a label with a violent history, and one that includes alleged beatings and public humiliations which culminated in the violent murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Shakur would be shot multiple times while sitting in the front passenger seats of a car in the midst of a crowed Las Vegas street. And at the time, it was reported that Shakur was taking steps to sever his relationship with Death Row.

It seems that where ever Courtney Love goes or has gone, only bad (and hate) is sure to follow. And the statistics are frightening: Her famous late husband committed suicide (though conspiracy theorists argue Love knocked him off), she has constantly battled with debilitating drug addictions, has been embroiled in a messy legal fight with her former record label, has had violent outbursts including one where she allegedly struck an audience member with her microphone stand, was arrested for prescription drugs and for causing a disturbance on an airplane. And that’s only for starters!

Michael Jackson’s - who has earned the title of Wacko Jacko – tribulations with child sex allegations may now be a thing of the past, but they were just another in a long line of accusations and disastrous events that seemed to have plagued his entire long standing career. After all, he did name one of his albums Dangerous and he came precariously close to snuffing it back in 1984 too, when his hair turned a slightly brighter shade of red after catching fire during the sixth take of a Pepsi commercial. Ouch!

And finally to end this special feature, Syd Barrett was the original guitarist, vocalist and songwriter with Pink Floyd, responsible for many of the band’s early psychedelic gems as See Emily Play that reflected Barrett’s fragile, frazzled mental state, due largely to his copious intake of hallucinogenic drugs. All of which would eventually lead to his complete mental breakdown. It’s after effects would see Barrett retire to a hermit like, recluse existence that would end in his untimely death in 2006. A death that would rob the rock world and guitar playing fraternity, of one of its most gifted visionary musical ingenuities.

By Joe Matera

Comments

[true_bacon22]

Whats Tupac and MJ got to do with rock? And mentioning that Nikki died twice afterwards would have been cooler, because he is no where near the first rockstar to OD and come back to life.

[chickrawker]

dude. the bat thing. ew.

[chickrawker]

dude. the bat thing. nasty.

[FFTLxx]

Wow, didn't know about the Charles Manson thing.
Interesting article btw.

[chickrawker]

chickrawker wrote:

dude. the bat thing. ew.

whoops doubled sorry

[jony543]

what about Rollin Stone Keith Richards sniffing his father ashes along with his cocain dose. That is WILD.

[Xeus]

jony543 wrote:

what about Rollin Stone Keith Richards sniffing his father ashes along with his cocain dose. That is WILD.

point

[HammettHead]

jony543 wrote:

what about Rollin Stone Keith Richards sniffing his father ashes along with his cocain dose. That is WILD.

Yeah, but this is the wildest things that actually HAPPENED.

That was a horrible lie made up by the sun.

[kong55]

what about gwar?

[ShreddyKickflip]

if your gonna write about syd barrett's death, why wouldn't you write about Bon Scott's epicly tragic death?

[thfc]

Syd Barret passed away at the age of 60 from cancer. No disrespect intended but how is that untimely? I mean there are many better examples of premature deaths that could have been used (Hendrix, Morrison, Moon, Lennon,
Joplin, Bonham etc.)

[thfc]

Other than that ^ , good article.

[atthedrive-thru]

this sucks

[Les Paul Ell]

ShreddyKickflip wrote:

if your gonna write about syd barrett's death, why wouldn't you write about Bon Scott's epicly tragic death?

I don't think any rock and roll death is "wild" as the title of this article suggests. If they were then Randy Rhoads, Cliff Burton, SRV or Dimebag Darrell would be winning!

[Zappabootlicker]

lol the bat thing, i understand where the whole little nicky bit where ozzy appears and bites that bats head off now comes from!

[LazyLatinoRocke]

kong55 wrote:

what about gwar?

What about them? Their performances aren't dangerous and are just for show.

[MusicalMinority]

Wildest moments in rock? Why aren't the Who on this list? I mean, Keith Moon, explosives, shocked studio audience... Any of this ringing a bell?

[Tophue]

What a dumb ass list. Why add the black kid that was murdered? That's incredibly sad and unfortunate, not a WILD ROCK MOMENT BRAH

[Tophue]

And why did you add Syd Barret? Him going insane and dieing is a wild rock moment??

[Tophue]

Same for tupac. HEH HE GOT SHOT! WILDEST ROCK MOMENT RIGHT???

[Onzaso]

Haha I've got to agree with Tophue...
TUPAC got shot?
Lets let the rap kids worry about that one.

[Riot Act]

He kept mentioning Slipknot, but never included them in one of the moments. I feel like if you are going to talk about the wildest rock (and metal) moments, then you should do it, not mention random bands and then go on to talk about random deaths and murders.

Ozzy's bat incident is probably the only thing that belongs on this list.

[YourMessiah666]

pretty wicked, but you're missing quit a lot. im hoping for a second article soon. 9.

[K!nj!]

Oli Sykes pissing on a fan??? (well it's not proven.... but it's damn wild)

[dagget]

someone needed to mention the whole mayhem murder. intense shizzle.

[ifeastonbums]

what about dimebags murder or the GNR riot?

[metalmagic!]

kong55 wrote:

what about gwar?

...not that shocking bro.

[metalmagic!]

rockers and metalheads threw a party the day tupac died!!

[mesopatamius]

metalmagic! :
rockers and metalheads threw a party the day tupac died!!

what an ignorant, hateful thing to say.

[huevos]

metalmagic! wrote:

Fags threw a party the day tupac died!!

Fixed.

I've seen stupid, but you take it to a whole other level.

dagget wrote:

someone needed to mention the whole mayhem murder. intense shizzle.

And the church burnings.
And Faust killing that homo at the Olympic stadium.

All these stories are just rehashed mainstream media controversies. Everyone should know about this stuff by nao.

[Rebel-666]

metalmagic! wrote:

rockers and metalheads threw a party the day tupac died!!

no ****head i dont enjoy rap i like some here and there but anyways your the reason people think metal is hateful cause from the stereotype we are evil, un loving and are close minded and all other music is shit. while there are some like you, most of us are actual good people

[Life Is Brutal]

The bat was not plastic lol.

[captaincrunk]

chickrawker wrote:

chickrawker wrote:

dude. the bat thing. ew.

whoops doubled sorry

so you triple?

[damien34]

death pf dimebag darrell should b up there... r.i.p. dimebag

[musiclover_92]

MusicalMinority wrote:

Wildest moments in rock? Why aren't the Who on this list? I mean, Keith Moon, explosives, shocked studio audience... Any of this ringing a bell?

I love watching that!

[warlockking]

Um, Alice cooper "biting the head off" a chicken? Iron Maidens story about their producer hitting a carload of nuns going home from a Number of the Beast session and his repair bill being 666 pounds? Even Marilyn Manson getting fake tits for one music Vid or elvis gyrating his hips would be better than Syd Barrett dying of cancer. Ozzy biting the head off a dove. The Metallca Monsters of Rock Riot, The Pantera Ozzfest Riot, Guns and Roses Riot. The fact no one has shot Pete Wentz for being an annoying little emo fag yet?

[warlockking]

sorry for the double, but what about the Sex Pistols Interview where they were swearing and stuff on live TV? (can't remember the show or i'd name it)

[Emo-Slayer]

keith moon taking horse pills and passing out?

[luke-bassist]

What the hell? Half of that stuff is supposedly 'Amazing rock moments?' He didn't mention about when Slipknot stopped playing, threw a live goat into the crowd, and said that they wouldn't play until it was dead.

[Spoony_Bard]

I would submit the following to the list.

-Keith Moon passing out in the middle of a set and the band letting a fan play drums for the rest of the gig.

-The guys from Mayhem murdering each other and wearing each others' bones.

-Any of the various rock riots (GnR, Bad Religion, Manson...)

[JBEADAM]

does Dethklok count?
them + Mayhem = end of story

[THE NEKRYPH]

This list fails, it doesn't mention GG Allin, and neither has anyone else.

[JohnJimJoeBob]

How about Led Zeppelin's "red snapper"? Or Woodstock 1999?

[CHOCOmoney]

what about the guys from the almans(sp?) brother band? the one guy died in a motorcylce accident. then the other guy died in a motocylce accident, one block away from the first one, a year later to the day

[Perpetual Burn]

No GNR, Sex Pistols, Mayhem, Pantera...

[yenners]

man...now i wanna hear about some of the stuff these (^^^) guys are on about!

[raviction]

Hmmm!

[DoteStudios]

Where the **** is Alice's story? You can't just mention him and not talk about him. This is a big disappointment, you chose the dumbest and most obvious things. What about when Alice got hit with the pie, stabbed himself in the leg with a sword and continued the show without taking it out, what about when he got his head chopped off, hanged, electrocuted at EVERY SHOW?! The man's a genius and one of the greatest front man of all time! You should pay him respect! Where's the shock rock?!

[Kapalen]

Courtney Love maybe hitting someone with a mic stand? Micahel Jackson, Tupac on a rock/metal list?

And all the awesome stuff mentioned that didn't get on there already mentioned?

Ace Frehley getting electrocuted and finishing the show then writing a song about it?

That chick who stabbed her guitar player last week?

James Hetfield getting fried by pyro and a fan playing the rest of the tour?

Not that wild but better than the stuff on here, the judas priest tribute singer who got in the band?

[Kapalen]

All the great stuff mentioned in the intro but not listed? Come on man atleast try.

[eireannjon]

What about Phil Lynott, Jim Morrison or Bon Scott?

[eireannjon]

Or a 65 year old man by the name of Keith Richards falling out of a coconut tree?

[chainreaction]

true_bacon22 :
Whats Tupac and MJ got to do with rock? And mentioning that Nikki died twice afterwards would have been cooler, because he is no where near the first rockstar to OD and come back to life.

yeah thats true

[tom1thomas1]

they mention Iggy Pop but not his self harm on stage?

[tom1thomas1]

Dimebag wouldve just been rude to put it in

[BKGMorley]

Go Syd

[Bendrix]

tom1thomas1 wrote:

they mention Iggy Pop but not his self harm on stage?

that's true. he did a lot of really wild things when playing, research it and you'll be amazed. I remember Mojo did a nice article on it months back.

[qotsa1998]

What about Ozzy snorting ants, and then afterwards licking Tommy Lee's pee off a pool deck? Didnt Led Zepplin and a groupie have a goat or a fish in their hotel room? Keith Moon sticking fireworks in his bass drum, then seeting them off after a song on TV? And I know you guys hate My Chemical Romance, but the drummer getting 3rd-degree burns on a video set, then getting staph in the hospital? And didnt WASP get animal guts or raw meat thrown at em, then threw em back in the crowd? Theres alot that got left out of this article.

[Silas S Thompso]

What about when Dave Mustaine dying from an overdose of random pills during a show.

[GS LEAD 5]

Silas S Thompso :
What about when Dave Mustaine dying from an overdose of random pills during a show.

umm...mustaine's still alive...

[SoWrongItsMatt]

I thought it was rather badly organized.

[SpawnSC]

this article would have been good if you didn't talk about the non rock related stuff.

[stef123]

Tupac rock n roll????? ok...

[mrmint17]

This article is a little lame.

[nikkisixx666]

uhhh, qotsa1998, ozzy pisssed on the side of the road and licked it up like a dog and challenged nikki sixx to do the same, and nikki did and then ozzy went down and drank nikki's piss, not tommy lee's then he asked nikki for a bump, and he never so then he snorted the ants, same day and in front of a dennys or sumthin
and if theyre goin ta include nikki's od, ya it was crazy, but they coulda included slash's death by heroin as well
and ya there are thousands of rock crazy moments, some we know, and some we're better of not knowing

[Dnalrafcmb3]

mrmint17 wrote:

This article is a little lame.

stef123 wrote:

Tupac rock n roll????? ok...

SpawnSC wrote:

this article would have been good if you didn't talk about the non rock related stuff.

SoWrongItsMatt wrote:

I thought it was rather badly organized.

nikkisixx666 wrote:

uhhh, qotsa1998, ozzy pisssed on the side of the road and licked it up like a dog and challenged nikki sixx to do the same, and nikki did and then ozzy went down and drank nikki's piss, not tommy lee's then he asked nikki for a bump, and he never so then he snorted the ants, same day and in front of a dennys or sumthin
and if theyre goin ta include nikki's od, ya it was crazy, but they coulda included slash's death by heroin as well
and ya there are thousands of rock crazy moments, some we know, and some we're better of not knowing

[Dnalrafcmb3]

whinny butts

[Scorge]

what about Donita Sparks from L7 who threw her dirty tampon at the audience. yeah....that has to be one of the wildest, most outrageous, disgusting moments in rock history.

[Phoenix_24Leas]

horrible list, that didn't really give any real events, just people.

[jacobbirdy128]

they forgot when Led Zepplin pleasured a groupie with a fish...

[DamageMachine]

dagget wrote:

someone needed to mention the whole mayhem murder. intense shizzle.

And the suicide of the singer and then the guitar player rearanging his body for an album cover
thats just F***ed up
+1

[Altered_Carbon]

Just for the record, Tupac was more rock n roll than anyone on these boards.

[Kawzmo118]

"Shakur would be shot multiple times while sitting in the front passenger seats of a car in the midst of a crowed Las Vegas street."

Did they mistake Tupac for Biggie again?

[puskus54]

why isn't dimebag Darrel death being mentioned? the man was shot on stage for god sake!!

[Iliaz]

That Jackson-fire-thingy to me just proves that Pepsi ****ing is deadly!

[TheBurningFish]

Strangley unmentioned: Sid Vicious cutting himself with a glass bottle on stage.

Yeah, the UG community could have wrote an article waaay-hay better than this one, judging by what I've read.

[kmaster 1337]

THE NEKRYPH wrote:

This list fails, it doesn't mention GG Allin, and neither has anyone else.

YES, he deserves the #1 spot with no doubt, google it!

[sidvicious_91]

warlockking wrote:

sorry for the double, but what about the Sex Pistols Interview where they were swearing and stuff on live TV? (can't remember the show or i'd name it)

it was the bill grundy show

[cosmicsoul07]

luke-bassist wrote:

What the hell? Half of that stuff is supposedly 'Amazing rock moments?' He didn't mention about when Slipknot stopped playing, threw a live goat into the crowd, and said that they wouldn't play until it was dead.

when was this?

And this list was a little lame. These are probably 10 wild moments in rock, but not the wildest. I agree, although pink floyd is my favorite band, and syd one of my favorite musicians, his death isn't really a wild moment in rock. He was in recluse..

[c-rob6422]

this list epic fails> SliPKNoT RoCkS

[Supersonic64]

ShreddyKickflip wrote:

if your gonna write about syd barrett's death, why wouldn't you write about Bon Scott's epicly tragic death?

good point Bon Scoot died by choking on his vomit!!!
that deserves a place in this article

[Butler_41]

jony543 wrote:

what about Rollin Stone Keith Richards sniffing his father ashes along with his cocain dose. That is WILD.

i heard about that too.
i have also heard that once he was absolutely pissed & rooted his daughter after a show
eeeewwww!

some of those are fair crazy, but i'm sure there is thousands more we don't know about

[PinkIsCool]

What the hell? Why weren't The Doors on there? They stuck it to the man on NATIONAL TV!!

[RHCPRocker12]

Kapalen wrote:

That chick who stabbed her guitar player last week?

Haha ya why isnt that on there

[jdiddy182]

Altered_Carbon wrote:

Just for the record, Tupac was more rock n roll than anyone on these boards.

^ agree 100%. Rap and rock are practically the same thing, they both follow the same basic principle, going against the status quo. Don't hate just because he didn't play the guitar.

[bullet_esp \m/]

Surprised nothing about mayhem is on here.

[SG Man Forever]

The Norwegian black metal scene should have been mentioned. Those guys were insane.

[Silas S Thompso]

GS LEAD 5 :
Silas S Thompso :
What about when Dave Mustaine dying from an overdose of random pills during a show.

umm...mustaine's still alive...

I know, he was brought back with that zappy crap. He was dead though for like 5 minutes. Watch Behind the Music more.

[dracon81]

And this list was a little lame. These are probably 10 wild moments in rock, but not the wildest. I agree, although pink floyd is my favorite band, and syd one of my favorite musicians, his death isn't really a wild moment in rock. He was in recluse..

ok the main point of this is it was extremely shocking that we lost one of the most memorable musicians ever not that he died of cancer

[cornmancer]

What about Guns n' Roses the only people who have chance of tying Motley Crue's criminal record. And nothing about the Sex Pistols, not even the whole Sid stabbing Nancy incident.

[Bhuggy]

Sixx was pretty hilarious

[OMGWTFBBQ?]

metalmagic! wrote:

rockers and metalheads threw a party the day tupac died!!

Dude, thats not funny. Even if you dont like Tupac thats really stupid to say.

[kong55]

LazyLatinoRocke wrote:

kong55 wrote:

what about gwar?
What about them? Their performances aren't dangerous and are just for show.

Didn't they sacrifice a goat on stage?
if it's true that's pretty wild

[AdenZerda]

Top ten lists are doomed to fail from the start.

metalmagic! wrote:

rockers and metalheads threw a party the day tupac died!!

I think you're thinking of the wrong person. And Soulja Boy isn't dead yet.

[quazitron]

Kapalen wrote:
James Hetfield getting fried by pyro and a fan playing the rest of the tour?

I thought that was James' guitar tech? Yes, a fan, for shizzle. But still, it was his guitar tech / understudy, not just a random fan from the audience.

[AcidReignguitar]

what about when The Who's drummer took that elephant tranquilizer and passed out on stage, then they pulled some kid out of the croud? haha come on

[classrock77]

here are the real 10 wildest moments in rock:

1. Lynryd Skynyrd's plane crashes killing a bunch of band members. including lead singer and guitarist.
2. the Ozzy biting the head off of the bat incident.
3. Jim Morrison's antics, arrests and overdose.
4. Jimi Hendix's overdose.
5. John lennon shot by obsessed fan.
6. the rolling stones, The Doors, etc. rebelling against broadcasting corperations with refusal to change thier lyrics because the songs were sbout drugs and sex.
7. Elvis also changed things with his actions on stage (mentioned up top)
8. Janis joplin's death.
9. The Beatles, their rise and split.
10. Woodstock 1969.

[thereverendsoup]

luke-bassist wrote:

What the hell? Half of that stuff is supposedly 'Amazing rock moments?' He didn't mention about when Slipknot stopped playing, threw a live goat into the crowd, and said that they wouldn't play until it was dead.

That's an urban legend that's been spread about pretty much every crappy band that's ever scared someone's mom. Never happened.

[Silver_Spork]

What about Demiu Borgir killing live goats on stages and sticking there heads on pikes?

[Silver_Spork]

Also, Rage against the Machine going out on stage completely naked. That has to be wild.

Sorry for double post also.

[Mr_Cheese113]

jacobbirdy128 wrote:

they forgot when Led Zepplin pleasured a groupie with a fish...

not to mention the time Page was in a bathtub with a groupie and an octopus

[kyl3666]

jacobbirdy128 wrote:

they forgot when Led Zepplin pleasured a groupie with a fish...

lol

[kyl3666]

what about metallicas cliff burton 2?????

[Basquiat]

This is seriously lacking some GG Allin.

/shivers

[Larce]

Where's Keith Moon!?

[iron_maiden93]

[quote]thfc wrote:

Syd Barret passed away at the age of 60 from cancer. No disrespect intended but how is that untimely? I mean there are many better examples of premature deaths that could have been used (Hendrix, Morrison, Moon, Lennon,

Joplin, Bonham etc.)[/quote]
what was untimely was his mental breakdown, although without it we wouldn't have such songs as wish you were here and shine on you crazy diamond, both songs forged in his memory

[iron_maiden93]

i just completely fvcked up quoting that

[benf199105]

Cliff Burton got crushed by his own tour bus, thats pretty rock and roll. RIP Cliff,

[Flying Afros]

metalmagic! wrote:

rockers and metalheads threw a party the day tupac died!!

No, your an *******. Tupac had a few good songs that actually meant something.
But he shouldn't be on here, considering he's not in the rock genre.
And Syd Barrett's death was more of a long-term thing, a tragedy. This list is bogus.

[freakincody7]

how about the def leppard drummer's complete lack of an arm, its not a "shocking moment" but it seems to fit this list

[jethro420]

MusicalMinority wrote:

Wildest moments in rock? Why aren't the Who on this list? I mean, Keith Moon, explosives, shocked studio audience... Any of this ringing a bell?

and then the whole passing out during a show and having a member of the audience fill in for him

[MooshMooshMarc]

Basquiat wrote:

This is seriously lacking some GG Allin.

/shivers

yeah man Im sure theres at least 10 good storys about that guy :P

and how about "Randy rhoads crashes plane into bus"
thats a real rockstar death

[fastlanestoner]

great article!

[peachygnr]

Larce wrote:

Where's Keith Moon!?

exactly.

[Dogo10]

1) Tupac and Michael Jackson are absolutely non related to Rock n' roll... even though some wiggies may think otherwise.
2) If you include Syd Barret, why not include Brian Jones... the man was a total legend and one of the saddest stories in music. He was the founder of the Rolling Stones, destroyed by drugs, even more than Barret, to the point he couldn't play instruments (his fingers and mouth bled every time he tried to play guitar or harmonica), he couldn't think on his own, he got dumped out of the band he founded, and his death is one of the most controversial in rnr.

[ServantofBurzum]

How can you not mention first wave black metal? They were killing each other and burning down churches. All praise to the wolf. I'm talking about Varg.

[icantbuyafender]

what about the whole st. Louis incident with GNR back in the day? started a riot...

[SOADriff]

luke-bassist wrote:

What the hell? Half of that stuff is supposedly 'Amazing rock moments?' He didn't mention about when Slipknot stopped playing, threw a live goat into the crowd, and said that they wouldn't play until it was dead.

you just made me hate slipknot even more.

['a7xrocz']

Nikki Sixx coming back to life, big deal hes not the first wat about slash

['a7xrocz']

oh ya and slipknot ****ing rock so **** you!

[Elden G20]

ooookkk... Just googled GG Allin.... He very much deserves to be on here.. more than anything else i can think of.. his funeral sounded insane

['a7xrocz']

"what about the whole st. Louis incident with GNR back in the day? started a riot"

ya they like hit Duff in the head with a bottle and knocked him out,

But not the first band to start a riot

[PedophilePriest]

Robert Johnson was poisoned by the husband of a woman he was sexing,
not by a jealous girlfriend. Get your friggin' facts straight dull wad.

[theshroomman]

im not too fond of this article, mmmmhm.

[Ozwal]

Bad article, the REAL article lies hidden in the article! :P

[Ozwal]

correction the last article was supposed to be COMMENTS

[Eldawgs]

-The guys from Mayhem murdering each other and wearing each others' bones.

wat an douche. pplz need to stop talkin about these things that happen to real ppl. this actually happned and affected ppl in more of a way that you could probably ever affect anyone.

[Matetz]

Where's dimebag?

[darkcheef]

lol!!!!! they called slipknot dangerous.....

[darkcheef]

and they need that crazy lady who stabbed her guitarist for playing the wrong note

[ECwomantoneman]

Also, save a thought for poor Keith Relf, the ex-Yardbirds singer, who died from a fatal electrocution from an improperly grounded electric guitar...

[Schmeg Junior]

What about the St. Louis riot due to Guns N Roses? If you're going to talk about wild, that's where you should look, not Tupac and Michael Jackson. And where's the dude that was killed at the Smashing Pumpkins concert a while back? That's pretty wild.

[Sean Duffy]

Tupac and Michael Jackson, yeah, they're reaaaaly rock/metal. A few good thnings in here, but there's loads more better things you could have included.

[classrock77]

ServantofBurzum wrote:

How can you not mention first wave black metal? They were killing each other and burning down churches. All praise to the wolf. I'm talking about Varg.

Death metal isn't rock, you cant put Swedish screamo bands in the same category as Elvis.

[guitarmanahhhh!]

GG allin....holy sh*t. that should have been #1.

[The_lizard_king]

They should have mentioned Jim Morrison's indecent exposure incident in Miami, and if they wanted to mention a pink floyd incident it should have been when Roger Waters spit on one of the audience member's face, which led to the creation of the wall album

[zvxqykhg]

What about the Judas Priest incident, when those teenagers reportedly listened to their music and commited suicide becaude of it?

And Dimebag darrell? Murdered on stage? How is that not on the list?

[DANZIG767]

ShreddyKickflip wrote:

if your gonna write about syd barrett's death, why wouldn't you write about Bon Scott's epicly tragic death?

or Jimmy Hendrix, or Kurt Cobain, or John Bonham, that list can go on and on

[homer00799]

syd barrett doesnt beat out dimebag darrell wtf

[trax343]

What about the columbine killings where the dudes like worshiped marilyn manson and killed for him or whatever their excuse was, I'd call that pretty wild slash plain insane

[rocker20]

mesopatamius wrote:

metalmagic! :
rockers and metalheads threw a party the day tupac died!!

what an ignorant, hateful thing to say.

um i got drunk and celibrated lol

[damien34]

articles kind of biased

[nbritt]

what about Rick Allen coming back to play drums with one arm, that was pretty wild. But I guess they were looking for bad things.

[-Stain-]

Goddamn I hate it when people get facts about Charlie Manson wrong. He never killed anyone (thats been proven) and Helter Skelter wasn't written at the Tate house, it was written at the LaBianca house.

[classrock77]

homer00799 wrote:

syd barrett doesnt beat out dimebag darrell wtf

well considerig syd barrett actually played rock, im thing yes?

[classrock77]

**im thinking yes?** effing keyboard

[lmp9002002]

classrock77 wrote:

homer00799 wrote:

syd barrett doesnt beat out dimebag darrell wtf

well considerig syd barrett actually played rock, im thing yes?

Was that a stab at dimebag???

[neversleeps84]

I think this article should be re-named "Rock's Wildest Obituaries", right?

I expected to read about Ozzy snorting ants off of a popsicle stick or Keith Moon crashing a car in his underwear (at least I think it was Moon), not about people dying or being killed. How is that "Wild"?

This article should be called "The Saddest Moments in Rock", or something else that isn't so misleading.

[dinley]

-Stain- wrote:

Goddamn I hate it when people get facts about Charlie Manson wrong. He never killed anyone (thats been proven) and Helter Skelter wasn't written at the Tate house, it was written at the LaBianca house.

why does it matter to you so much?

[Kikuta]

Nothing about black metal vocalists burning down churses and murdering each other? What the hell is this?

[gunsnrosesrock:]

kikuta is right black metal is too rough

[Caribousunking]

-Stain- wrote:

Goddamn I hate it when people get facts about Charlie Manson wrong. He never killed anyone (thats been proven) and Helter Skelter wasn't written at the Tate house, it was written at the LaBianca house.

I think you'd best keep your mouth shut. You talk like you were involved in the ****er. These kind've top ten things are always going to be open to debate and its all opinion so theres no right or wrong. However, John Lennons murder is by far the biggest shock in rock n roll but the topic for discussion is "wildest moments in rock" so it doesn't really classify. (problem is you put Tupacs murder on the list so Lennon should be number one)

[DmnBryV2]

wow... I didn't know that those concerts are that kind of "brutal"...

[BornToRun]

Les Paul Ell wrote:

ShreddyKickflip wrote:

if your gonna write about syd barrett's death, why wouldn't you write about Bon Scott's epicly tragic death?

I don't think any rock and roll death is "wild" as the title of this article suggests. If they were then Randy Rhoads, Cliff Burton, SRV or Dimebag Darrell would be winning!

yeah, randy would be pretty high on the list

[scaline1]

erm just outa interest what about when jimi hendrix set his guitar on fire, i mean COMON.

[guitarguru1212]

lol at "wild rock moments"
what about slipknot's DJ Sid setting himself on fire and diving into the crowd?
or the GNR riot in the early 90's i think.
and how does syd's death be a wild moment?

1. everyone dies
2. he was absolutley f****d in the head after all the drugs he'd done it was gonna shorten his lifespan.

[clodzilla319]

Hardly the "Wildest" moments.....

[jakeb1430]

jdiddy182 wrote:

Altered_Carbon wrote:

Just for the record, Tupac was more rock n roll than anyone on these boards.

^ agree 100%. Rap and rock are practically the same thing, they both follow the same basic principle, going against the status quo. Don't hate just because he didn't play the guitar.

i have no idea how rap n rock r the same

[IRONMAIDENTLICA]

motley crue and nikki sixx are just dumb, they took a lot of drugs because they are dumb and did dumb things becuase they are....DUMB.

[IRONMAIDENTLICA]

where is the dimebag murder? i mean it was quite a shock to most people i think?

[classrock77]

lmp9002002 wrote:

classrock77 wrote:

homer00799 wrote:

syd barrett doesnt beat out dimebag darrell wtf

well considerig syd barrett actually played rock, im thing yes?

Was that a stab at dimebag???

yes it was, if you want to make a deal of it.

[bass1212]

chili pepeprs and c**k socks plz?

[TWISTEDFender]

this article was garbage

[mathd]

Don't forget GG Allin! That mother****er was wild.

[TWISTEDFender]

classrock77 wrote:

ServantofBurzum wrote:

How can you not mention first wave black metal? They were killing each other and burning down churches. All praise to the wolf. I'm talking about Varg.

Death metal isn't rock, you cant put Swedish screamo bands in the same category as Elvis.

albeit you're right about the bands not rightly being associated with rock 'n roll, your ignorance is astounding. First of all, there is a vast difference between death metal and black metal, and an even more massive gap between them and screamo. And aside from that, the bands he was referring to were Norwegian.

[TWISTEDFender]

and Johnny Cash did way more for rock 'n roll than Elvis.

[Gibson_SG_uzr55]

bass1212 wrote:

chili pepeprs and c**k socks plz?

[phone]

No Varg?

[Caleb27s]

could i have a bite of that bat head?

[Breebree2314]

DamageMachine wrote:

dagget wrote:

someone needed to mention the whole mayhem murder. intense shizzle.

And the suicide of the singer and then the guitar player rearanging his body for an album cover
thats just F***ed up
+1

Yeah and the note that said "Sorry for all the blood". Christ.....

[Jamie_W]

Where is Richey Edwards?

[Thumper97]

Les Paul Ell wrote:

I don't think any rock and roll death is "wild" as the title of this article suggests. If they were then Randy Rhoads, Cliff Burton, SRV or Dimebag Darrell would be winning!

Yeah, Cliff Burton had a bus dropped on him AFTER the crash. THAT'S wild.

[trendkill-]

thfc wrote:

Syd Barret passed away at the age of 60 from cancer. No disrespect intended but how is that untimely? I mean there are many better examples of premature deaths that could have been used (Hendrix, Morrison, Moon, Lennon,
Joplin, Bonham etc.)

dime bag

[Ndelle94]

ShreddyKickflip wrote:

if your gonna write about syd barrett's death, why wouldn't you write about Bon Scott's epicly tragic death?

But i mean in all honesty theres nothing to wild about drinking yourself to death... It happens...

[Nicky Tuna]

Dude, you forgot Varg Vikernes? With the murders and the ashes thats left of the churches he visited?
That's pretty wild.

[klansenpot]

What's with Hendrix' Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock? What's with Cobain? Morrison?

[JamieSalisbury]

nikkisixx666 wrote:

uhhh, qotsa1998, ozzy pisssed on the side of the road and licked it up like a dog and challenged nikki sixx to do the same, and nikki did and then ozzy went down and drank nikki's piss, not tommy lee's then he asked nikki for a bump, and he never so then he snorted the ants, same day and in front of a dennys or sumthin
and if theyre goin ta include nikki's od, ya it was crazy, but they coulda included slash's death by heroin as well
and ya there are thousands of rock crazy moments, some we know, and some we're better of not knowing

Lol, slash is still alive!

[zink10192]

i think one of those should be the infamous event of when axl caused a riot during that show with metallica when james got lit up from the pyro and axl had to save the day but decided to have a hissy fit instead

[JamieSalisbury]

Ndelle94 Wrote:
[quote]ShreddyKickflip wrote:

if your gonna write about syd barrett's death, why wouldn't you write about Bon Scott's epicly tragic death?

But i mean in all honesty theres nothing to wild about drinking yourself to death... It happens...[/quote]

It ws pretty tragic tho.

[Chevelle454]

poorly written article

[Craigadams93]

I agree on putting Syd Barett on the list, but not his death. Maybe when he walked onstage with tons of hair product that fell on his face and hardened.

[blackborrego]

this is crap

[guitarfreak222]

GS LEAD 5 wrote:

Silas S Thompso :
What about when Dave Mustaine dying from an overdose of random pills during a show.

umm...mustaine's still alive...

He said DYING not dead.. But he did actually die and he came back because the doctors used those electric thingies...

[lolaustinlol]

'a7xrocz' wrote:

Nikki Sixx coming back to life, big deal hes not the first wat about slash

lol Nikki Sixx's "death" was before Slash's. Get your facts straight before you complain about something that you know nothing about.

Also, Slipknot is far from the heaviest band out there.

[lolaustinlol]

JamieSalisbury wrote:

nikkisixx666 wrote:

uhhh, qotsa1998, ozzy pisssed on the side of the road and licked it up like a dog and challenged nikki sixx to do the same, and nikki did and then ozzy went down and drank nikki's piss, not tommy lee's then he asked nikki for a bump, and he never so then he snorted the ants, same day and in front of a dennys or sumthin
and if theyre goin ta include nikki's od, ya it was crazy, but they coulda included slash's death by heroin as well
and ya there are thousands of rock crazy moments, some we know, and some we're better of not knowing

Lol, slash is still alive!

Actually, he died for only a few minutes. He was "brought back" by the doctors, and since then, he's had to have a special piece of machinery to keep his heart beating.

[la_guitarra]

dude, he's on a machine? thts like iron man lol

[purplestrat]

ever heard of a pacemaker?

[Footallica?]

metalmagic! wrote:

rockers and metalheads threw a party the day tupac died!!

How could you be that much of an *******? I despise all rap and everything/everyone to do with it, but I would never wish death or celebrate the death of someone just because they view something differently than I do.

[KeepOnRotting]

metalmagic! wrote:

rockers and metalheads threw a party the day tupac died!!

You're an idiot, how old are you, 13?

[Metallica Meat]

quazitron wrote:

Kapalen wrote:
James Hetfield getting fried by pyro and a fan playing the rest of the tour?

I thought that was James' guitar tech? Yes, a fan, for shizzle. But still, it was his guitar tech / understudy, not just a random fan from the audience.

Hey, whattaya you know
James STILL has the scars, it was HIM who got burnt!
>_< garshnesss...

[dom101]

mike patton did some crazy stuff in mr bungle i reakon he deserves a mention

[loftus96]

hi im joe a guitarist aged 12 but my dad went to see AC DC with bon scott the lead singer before brian johnson and after the gig my dad was talking to bon scott but bon had a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey with him and half way through the conversation a man comes running out of nowhere and robs this bottle of whiskey so what does bon do chases after him beats him up an takes back his bottle of Jack Daniels an then starts talkin to my dad again as if nothing has happend

[loftus96]

hey metalmagic truth is tupac was watching mike tyson (champion boxer) in a fight and after the fight tyson asked tupac if he wanted to stay for a party but tupac turned him down. On his way home he got shot thats how it happend.

[XxPreisserxX]

kyl3666 wrote:

jacobbirdy128 wrote:

they forgot when Led Zepplin pleasured a groupie with a fish...

ok a didn't know that stoy xD but i think I preffer that stay in that way O.o

lol

[scott-john-666]

um Bonzo anyone?

[The_Man_IV]

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT????

[hippyguitardude]

this just made me really really sad

[Teeugh]

Wait wait wait, what about Ozzy taking a piss on the alamo while wereing one of his wife's dress? In all respest Nikki Sixx, your crazy. DON'T EVER CHANGE!!! what about James Hetfield getting his arm burned from fire stage stuff? POINT IS, ROCK IS JUST CRAZY!!!! that is what makes it fun, and of couse the look, the sound, the feel, everything.

[fireyqwerty]

ok a few things from me

even if tupac isnt your style you have to respect his talent and ability as a song writer and person

next, whether you like slipknot or not, you cant deny that some of their onstage antics are pretty crazy

and now my thoughts,
Where is the rammstein!? the insane pyrotechnics accidents the disturbing appearances and performances onstage!?
what about that trampling tragedy where three or four kids died at a concert cause they got trampled on the stairs, cant remeber if that was a rammstein concert or someone else, anyone know?
Cliff Burton, Randy Rhodes, and Dimebag darrels deaths
GG allin that crazy nutball
Alice cooper and the chicken getting thrown on stage ftw

[savory_softy]

Ummm I think the author should do his research, rename the topic or re-learn the meaning of 'wild'. Most of it is just sad, aside from the Ozzy bat incident. And metalmagic!... flaming is what you get for trying to be cool.

[layzejerze20006]

kong55 wrote:

LazyLatinoRocke wrote:

kong55 wrote:

what about gwar?
What about them? Their performances aren't dangerous and are just for show.

Didn't they sacrifice a goat on stage?
if it's true that's pretty wild

i know they do some crazy sh!t. chopping up presidential dolls and penises, spraying blood and semen on the crowd, and although its all fake its some pretty nasty stuff

[jaybe2k4]

K!nj! :
Oli Sykes pissing on a fan??? (well it's not proven.... but it's damn wild)

this guy probably doesn't know who that is. Besides, if they were Bring Me The Horizon fans they deserve to be pissed on

[th3yn3v3rsl33p]

Is it too much to ask that people who write the "articles" on this site have at least a) marginal writing skills and b) the beginnings of a clue?

forgetting, for the moment, that "wild" moments in rock primarily consist of some narcissistic, drug-addled prick making an ******* of himself in public, I can name a few "wild" (ahem) moments that trump anything here:

1. Sid Vicious taking out Nancy Spungen...and being too ****ing high to remember having done it.
2. Inger Lorre of the Nymphs walking into her record label, jumping up onto her A&R rep's desk and pissing all over it.
3. Gram Parson's manager taking his drug-sodden corpse out to the desert, dousing it with gasoline, and setting it merrily aflame.
4. Ray & Dave Davies of the Kinks beating the shit out of each other onstage...repeatedly, in mid-set.
5. Any GG Allin performance (pathetic mother****er that he was, wholly devoid of talent, he nonetheless was ace at attracting attention to himself - causing serious physical injury to self, bandmates, and audience members).

That's off the top of my head, in about two minutes. But it's really beside the point: It's a stupid topic to start with.

[Engage Dist]

I went to the Slipknot gig on 7th dec and the #1 moment put the crowd in awe. Joey Jordison, drummer, was doing a solo and then his drum kit(on a platform) raised into the air bout 20 ft. it then tilted to 90 degrees and spun round so he was doin an awsome drum solo while playing it upside down!!!! Best moment ever!!! :p

[scott-john-666]

do your zeppelin research, i wont go into anything because of the fact it is not my place too. you ****-wits call yourselves fans of rock/metal your people are ****ing retarded. Further more anyone who thinks the jokes like slipknot are evil, etc. are the worst offenders of stupidity because not only dont bands like them dont know the first thing about magick and the occult but the idea that they are "evil" is a joke but an insult to Aleister Crowley one of the great visionary interlecturals of the twentith century. if you **** stains want sone stories about "rock n roll" research your zeppelin simple as that.

[scott-john-666]

i am sorry for my drunken lack of grammer

[scott-john-666]

edit "is not only a joke but an insult to Aleister Crowley" you get where this fits it in...

[scott-john-666]

btw keith richards is god i dare any of you to try play him

[deadlyMETAL]

th3yn3v3rsl33p wrote:

Is it too much to ask that people who write the "articles" on this site have at least a) marginal writing skills and b) the beginnings of a clue?

forgetting, for the moment, that "wild" moments in rock primarily consist of some narcissistic, drug-addled prick making an ***** of himself in public, I can name a few "wild" (ahem) moments that trump anything here:

1. Sid Vicious taking out Nancy Spungen...and being too ****ing high to remember having done it.
2. Inger Lorre of the Nymphs walking into her record label, jumping up onto her A&R rep's desk and pissing all over it.
3. Gram Parson's manager taking his drug-sodden corpse out to the desert, dousing it with gasoline, and setting it merrily aflame.
4. Ray & Dave Davies of the Kinks beating the shit out of each other onstage...repeatedly, in mid-set.
5. Any GG Allin performance (pathetic mother****er that he was, wholly devoid of talent, he nonetheless was ace at attracting attention to himself - causing serious physical injury to self, bandmates, and audience members).

That's off the top of my head, in about two minutes. But it's really beside the point: It's a stupid topic to start with.

Gotta love that list.

By the way, why is Death Row Records mentioned on here if it hasn't got anything to do with rock, let alone wild moments? It has a violent history: so does Guns 'N Roses and the Brian Jonestown Massacre.

[scott-john-666]

I went to the Slipknot gig on 7th dec and the #1 moment put the crowd in awe. Joey Jordison, drummer, was doing a solo and then his drum kit(on a platform) raised into the air bout 20 ft. it then tilted to 90 degrees and spun round so he was doin an awsome drum solo while playing it upside down!!!! Best moment ever!!! :p

tommy lee did that with motley crue in 1987 sorry dude

[scott-john-666]

sorry i dont know how to quote on forums

[McMullen20]

people need to accept the fact that pantera sucks... dimebag getting murdered sad? but pantera sucks give it up... lots of people get murdered... some of them are just more famous for sucking it up than others...

[Angel Of Sin]

I think there has been a lot more wild moments in metal. For instance
- Mayhem (everyone knows this story)
- Burzum (another well-known story)
- Dark Funeral fan stabbing priest
- Deicide frontman burns inverted cross into head
- Dissection frontman kills a homosexual person
- Emperor drummer kills a homosexual person
- Emperor guitarist burns church.
- ect

[Shard Prime]

McMullen20 wrote:

people need to accept the fact that pantera sucks... dimebag getting murdered sad? but pantera sucks give it up... lots of people get murdered... some of them are just more famous for sucking it up than others...

That's not a fact; it's your opinion. I happen to like Pantera.

[maverick_137]

bass1212 wrote:

chili pepeprs and c**k socks plz?

I thought RATM did something like that too.

[pantera456]

warlockking wrote:

sorry for the double, but what about the Sex Pistols Interview where they were swearing and stuff on live TV? (can't remember the show or i'd name it)

better yet, why not put metallica playing "so what" live on here?

That's why i still love metallica

[klansenpot]

- Hendrix burning his guitar at Monterey?!
- Hendrix playing the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock and Woodstock in generall?!!
- Woodstock `99?? That was insane.

[MetalheadforJC]

WTF? Why would Motley Crue come up in a artical about rock? They suck to much to be condidered as "music", tyey're more like "aternative music". Why wasn't Jimmy or Stryper in this to?

[Havoc69]

More than Half of the stuff you people ar mentioning ar just rumors and NOT true.Also I wouldve Put Dead's(Former Lead Singer of mayhem) crazy and inhumanely bizare antics and the murder of Mayhem;s Guitarist when they sent the guy (Forgot his name) to court and he smiled when they sentenced him to prison.

[MaidenandEddy]

Woodstock 99 need to be there, as does Monsters Of Rock 1988 when 2 fans died due to mosh pits during GnR's set, along with the Sex Pistols on the Bill Grundy Show. All wilder than a lot of that stuff.

And didnt Marilyn Manson masturbate during his set at Download 07? or is that just another stupid rumour like the one about him having his lower ribs out so he could suck himself off?

[MaidenandEddy]

Engage Dist wrote:

I went to the Slipknot gig on 7th dec and the #1 moment put the crowd in awe. Joey Jordison, drummer, was doing a solo and then his drum kit(on a platform) raised into the air bout 20 ft. it then tilted to 90 degrees and spun round so he was doin an awsome drum solo while playing it upside down!!!! Best moment ever!!! :p

sorry for the double post, but that's not really that wild. Slipknot are renowned for doing crazy shit like that. plus, as you said, it 'put the crowd in awe' - a great show isnt all about the music, visual things like that or pyrotechnics really help as well

[salmon philippe]

Be happy that Rock'n roll is not only wild like that !

[Flariduh]

list isnt very good. Dimebag Darrell should have been up there, and even with, there are many more "wild" moments in rock and metal history.

[Ledzepjunkie88]

Les Paul Ell wrote:

ShreddyKickflip wrote:

if your gonna write about syd barrett's death, why wouldn't you write about Bon Scott's epicly tragic death?

I don't think any rock and roll death is "wild" as the title of this article suggests. If they were then Randy Rhoads, Cliff Burton, SRV or Dimebag Darrell would be winning!

these are supposed to be wild things that happened, not just famous deaths(however wierd)

[JKingXbassX]

WHAT THE HELL ABOUT DIMEBAG DARREL? I think thats more interesting than someone selling their soul to the devil.

[nbritt]

Dimebag Darrel was sad but I think there were better players out there that has died.

1. Steve Clark (Def Leppard)
2. Jimmi Hendrix
3. Stevie Ray Vaughn
4. All the people who died in Lynyrd Skynyrd

I could keep going but wont.

[BrandNewFan24]

warlockking wrote:

Um, Alice cooper "biting the head off" a chicken? Iron Maidens story about their producer hitting a carload of nuns going home from a Number of the Beast session and his repair bill being 666 pounds? Even Marilyn Manson getting fake tits for one music Vid or elvis gyrating his hips would be better than Syd Barrett dying of cancer. Ozzy biting the head off a dove. The Metallca Monsters of Rock Riot, The Pantera Ozzfest Riot, Guns and Roses Riot. The fact no one has shot Pete Wentz for being an annoying little emo fag yet?

couldn't agree more about the Pete Wentz comment haha

[insurgentsteve]

lawl, comments around here should be called "flames"

[demondown666]

kong55 wrote:

what about gwar?

watch alice cooper, rip offs.

[XtownTraffic]

this is gay who cares about nikki sixx

[ofreena]

I care about Nikki Sixx!!!
But poor Charles Manson, I love his music. No doubt he's one of my favorite musicians. His music sounds like Neil Young to me. Ugh, why must people only see the bad.

[JKingXbassX]

Nah the Nikki Sixx fact deserves its spot. You dont see that all too often.

Dimebag Darrel was sad but I think there were better players out there that has died.

It was the manner in which he died, not the fact that he died.

[GS LEAD 5]

This sucks

JBEADAM wrote:

does Dethklok count?
them + Mayhem = end of story

Says it all...i quite agree.

[nbritt]

JKingXbassX wrote:

It was the manner in which he died, not the fact that he died.

Thats true.

[DeathByDestroyr]

hendrix burning his guitar?

[farfaraway]

K!nj! wrote:

Oli Sykes pissing on a fan??? (well it's not proven.... but it's damn wild)

That's an example of being an *******, not wild.

[Eggs Benedict]

Yeah, man, I agree with DeathByDestroyr... When Hendrix lit his guitar up and smashed it at the Monterey Pop Festival, the footage shows people looking all freaked out. That probably more wild than Courtney Love. The article starts describing people and not moments in rock history.

[Xanadu_ROCK]

true_bacon22 wrote:

Whats Tupac and MJ got to do with rock?

even though i'm not much of a rap fan, i still have to give credit to tupac shakur: any artist that got murdered in his prime deserves the utmost repsect.

[rockinroller25]

what about the stuff Keith Moon of The Who did or Keith Richards being the one to throw a tv out a hotel window in a pool which when This Is Spinal Tap came out that hotel was where Keith Richards threw the tv

[kingurth]

Haha I love how Courtney Love's entire life is on this list...

And BTW, the Sharon Tate murder was in Hollywood Hills, not Hollywood. Yes, those are two different (albeit bordering) places. Still, most people in Hollywood Hills wouldn't say they live in Hollywood.

[pooflinger069]

this sucks...what about Ozzy pissin on the Alamo...**** Tupac and MJ they suck...I thought it said rock

[Guitar Z-neous]

can we define what "rock" is here? why the he** mj on this?

[isaac00]

eireannjon wrote:

What about Phil Lynott, Jim Morrison or Bon Scott?

or tommy bolin or john bonham or john entwistle or keith moon

as for jimmy page and occult...how care as long as he is alive n well and it didn't affect any one around him so far!its his passion in the 60s/70s and i think he doesn't care about it any more as he moved in his life

and if zep was debauche today's rap is more debauche

what bout slash when he was goin to die from an overdose then when he recovered he wrote the song coma

what about yngwie malmsteen and the japan filght incident

tupac...he is a rapper how cares

what about john lennon murder!

[machineslave]

I Like the one about GG allin where he took a bunch of laxatives and deficated all over the stage to the consistency of choclate soft serve....thats wild

[Tele'66]

you forgot Joe Strummer whacking a "violent crowd member" with his guitar! that's way wilder than a phaedophile having his hair on fire

[Apocalypse4162]

RIP Syd

[saad_nirvana]

dude this is all the medias best moments...all the conspiricies and gossip and basically crap of the rock world

where the hell is the real stuff? the stuff about the music? like when nirvana gave mtv jitters when they played the intro to rape me on live tv and switched it into lithium

or when eddie vedder climbed the railing threatining to jump off?

[JoeMayhaus69]

kmaster 1337 wrote:

THE NEKRYPH wrote:

This list fails, it doesn't mention GG Allin, and neither has anyone else.

YES, he deserves the #1 spot with no doubt, google it!

I just googled GG Allin like suggested. The dude is messed up man. Seriously. He does deserve to be on this list. And in a looney bin

[Iced Earth 62]

"During an Ozzy Osbourne concert in Des Moines, Iowa (home to that other dangerous band Slipknot) in the early ‘80s."

lol slipknot sucks nuts.

[git-airman]

iggy rules!!! (well, he did until the insurance adverts.)

[tHE_ pEOpLE_13]

warlockking wrote:

elvis gyrating his hips would be better than Syd Barrett dying of cancer. Ozzy biting the head off a dove. The Metallca Monsters of Rock Riot, The Pantera Ozzfest Riot, Guns and Roses Riot. The fact no one has shot Pete Wentz for being an annoying little emo fag yet?

scott-john-666 wrote: True, but Joey's was ten times better...

I went to the Slipknot gig on 7th dec and the #1 moment put the crowd in awe. Joey Jordison, drummer, was doing a solo and then his drum kit(on a platform) raised into the air bout 20 ft. it then tilted to 90 degrees and spun round so he was doin an awsome drum solo while playing it upside down!!!! Best moment ever!!! :p

tommy lee did that with motley crue in 1987 sorry dude

[ShredderOmega]

Is GG not punk?

[ShredderOmega]

ofreena wrote:

I care about Nikki Sixx!!!
But poor Charles Manson, I love his music. No doubt he's one of my favorite musicians. His music sounds like Neil Young to me. Ugh, why must people only see the bad.

I hope you realise they are talking about the cult leader not the musician who took his second name... Right?

[ShredderOmega]

I have to say that black metal singer killing himself and leaving a note appologising for the blood and discharging a firearm indoors should be on here. I mean, his guitarist re-arranged his corpse, took a picture, grabbed some skull pieces for necklaces THEN called the cops... And afterwards used the picture as an album cover. O_O

[ShredderOmega]

darkcheef wrote:

lol!!!!! they called slipknot dangerous.....

Well, their Duality video was real.. They got sued for it. :P

[Nu Dead Bassist]

yea what is the deal haha rap is crap and doesnt come close to sixxs death or what about syd from slipknot setting himself on fire or sid vicious od'in and dying ??

[Irvgotti]

Jim Morrison HAS to be on the list at least once maybe even Jimi Hendrix went he set his guitar on fire

[AmbrosiusSG]

If we are talking about deaths, what about randy rhoads. remember him?

[JKingXbassX]

Randy Rhoads death was crazy, i think he may deserve a spot...if you know the whole story

[sebgar]

jony543 wrote:

what about Rollin Stone Keith Richards sniffing his father ashes along with his cocain dose. That is WILD.

sick

[sebgar]

who was that ?!?!

ShredderOmega wrote:

I have to say that black metal singer killing himself and leaving a note appologising for the blood and discharging a firearm indoors should be on here. I mean, his guitarist re-arranged his corpse, took a picture, grabbed some skull pieces for necklaces THEN called the cops... And afterwards used the picture as an album cover. O_O

[Dory77]

james hetfield getting set on fire live, not sure when, but that wouldve been wild

[sherry07]

MJ wasnt rock, whats he doing here?

[sherry07]

on wikipedia it says that the guy who threw the bat onstage brought it to the show dead. either way, it was pretty disgusting

[rockandmetalfan]

what about the moment in 1982 when ozzy picked up randy rhoads during the second solo in mr. crowley?